Duty Bound Breaks Through

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Duty Bound broke through for a well-deserved win when he led and fought on grandly to beat Rombo Rabbit and Our Star Watch in the 1730m Sky Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Jemma Hayman-trained pacer, driven by Chris Lewis, was the $1.40 favourite…

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Hall Opts For Captain Bligh

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr has made an interesting decision by choosing to drive the New Zealand-bred gelding Captain Bligh ahead of stablemates Im The Black Flash and Velocipede and the Justin Prentice-trained star three-year-old Rolling Fire in the opening event, the 2130m Allwood Stud Devoted To Breeding Excellence Pace…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 27 JANUARY

The moment of truth has finally arrived. Twelve of the best pacers in the west will do battle over the testing 2936m journey in WA’s premier event – the $450,000 Group 1 WA Pacing Cup. And what a race it promises to be. It’s one of the most open WA Pacing Cups in recent memory…

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High Praise for Plutonium

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr labelled New Zealand-bred gelding as the most improved pacer in the State after driving the six-year-old to an easy all-the-way victory in the 2130m Steelos Open Every Race Meeting Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This was Plutonium’s fifth win from six starts…

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Street Hawk Unbeaten in WA

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred three-year-old Street Hawk, a winner at two of his six New Zealand starts, remains unbeaten in Western Australia and looks set to develop into a strong candidate for the $200,000 WA Derby on November 4. He was the $1.80 favourite from barrier five and did all the…

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While They Pray’s Successful Comeback

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Exactly eleven years ago, on Friday May 13, 2011, Slick Bird finished third behind Artemis Belle in the WA Oaks, and her second foal While They Pray marked the occasion by scoring an upset victory in the $30,000 Allira and Jett Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night,…

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Gold Bullion at the Mercy of Wonderful To Fly

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Fabulous filly Wonderful To Fly appears to have a mortgage on the $50,000 APG Gold Bullion for three-year-old fillies next Friday night. She completed her triumphant march towards the rich classic with another effortless victory at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she was unextended in setting the…

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Mattjestic Star Ends a Drought

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Eleven-year-old Mattjestic Star ended a losing sequence of 40 when he relished his pacemaking role and beat the $1.50 favourite Heez Our Perseus in the 2130m Hoist Torque Rent A Gen Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The veteran pacer, part-owned and prepared by Wanneroo trainer Julie…

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Sovrana has a bright future

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising filly Sovrana completed a winning hat-trick when she finished with a strong burst to score an impressive victory in the 2130m Etch Coatings Commercial Spray Painting Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She remains unbeaten as a three-year-old, after finishing strongly to win at Bunbury and…

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Taking The Miki is ready to fire

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented two-year-old filly Taking The Miki, second in two group 1 feature events earlier this year, as well as winning the $50,000 group Gold Bullion final and finishing third in the group 3 Gold Bracelet, is poised to make a winning return when she contests the Simmonds Steel…

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Beat City set for Northam Cup

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising four-year-old Beat City is developing into a standing-start specialist, and trainer Michael Young said the A Rocknroll Dance gelding would be set for the standing-start Northam Cup in February after he had scored a narrow victory in the Specialised Equipment Funding Solutions Handicap at Gloucester Park on…

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