WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 27 MAY

The TABradio APG Series 30 4YO Consolation Final (1730m) highlights an interesting night of harness racing at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $50,000 Group 2 feature has only attracted eight starters, but it promises to be an enthralling affair. Members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have bypassed the feature when settling on their…

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Euphoria Set to Break Through

Michael Heaton | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Despite being beaten as a $1.36 favourite from barrier one four starts ago, Gary Hall Snr is expecting Euphoria to take full advantage of the same draw at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The American Ideal five-year-old wilted to run fifth on April 29 and has been plagued by…

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Grantham Bullish About Boudica

Michael Heaton | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Dual-code horseman Michael Grantham is confident Miss Boudica can land her second Group success in Friday night’s $50,000 Group 2 TABradio APG Series 30 4YO Consolation Final (1730m) at Gloucester Park. Trained by Michael Brennan, the Mach Three mare won last year’s three-year-old edition of the same race and…

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Wonderful To Fly is Wonderful to Watch

Michael Heaton | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Star three-year-old Wonderful To Fly continued her winning ways when taking out the $50,000 Group 2 Trotsynd Diamond Classic (2130m). It was the Fly Like An Eagle filly’s third-straight win and the fifth Group success of her career after victories in the Group 1 2YO Fillies Westbred Classic,…

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Hall Jnr Steals the Show with Awesome Foursome

Michael Heaton | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr had a red-letter night at Gloucester Park on Friday night, driving four winners from eight drives. The Hall of Famer guided Vivere Damore to victory in the opening race of the 10-race card before landing a treble for his father, trainer Gary Hall…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 20 MAY

Wonderful To Fly will be a long odds-on favourite as she shoots for her sixth win in a row in the $50,000 Trotsynd 3YO Diamond Classic (2130m) at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Despite drawing awkwardly in gate 10, the Shane Young-trained and reined star filly has too much class for her 11 rivals and…

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Harper Cautious About Eldaytona’s Rise in Class

Michael Heaton | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Prolific winner Eldaytona has been in blistering form winning seven of his past nine starts but regular driver Lindsay Harper is mindful the four-year-old faces the toughest test of his career at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Trained by Sue Wiscombe, the son of Somebeachsomewhere will contest the Www.jppacing.com.au…

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Robbie Rocket Ready to Roll

Michael Heaton | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators After a frustrating run of poor barrier draws, Follow The Stars four-year-old Robbie Rocket bounced back in a big way at Northam last start and looks primed to land back-to-back wins at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Ron Huston-trained gelding justified his $1.10 favouritism to romp in by…

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Wonderful Filly Set to Fly in Classic

Michael Heaton | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Star filly Wonderful To Fly will be looking to add another Group-level victory to her honour roll at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she lines up in the Group 2 Trotsynd 3YO Diamond Classic (2130m). An emphatic winner at her last five starts and victorious at…

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Patched Up Newsletter Shows Her Class

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing   Prominent breeder and Hopeland trainer Mike Howie has never lost faith in his promising mare Newsletter, who has recovered from damaged tendons to both her forelegs. “I have patched her up and her past five starts have been very good,” said Howie after Emily Suvaljko celebrated her…

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Troublesome Middlepage Triumphs

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing WA-bred five-year-old Middlepage has proved a considerable handful for trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper, but he was almost on his best behaviour at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he won the 1730m Minstrel Pace in convincing style. “He only had to pace to win,” said Harper after Middlepage, the…

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Bushell Keeps Kicking Goals

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing David Bushell was a feisty rover who loved kicking goals for East Fremantle in the 1980s, and now he is thoroughly enjoying kicking goals in the sport of harness racing. He and his mate Kevin Smith, another former East Fremantle footballer, were in high spirits at Gloucester Park…

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