Soho Broadway gets Home by a Head

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Four-year-old Soho Broadway, the youngest and least experienced runner and only mare in the field, showed that she is set for a successful campaign when she fought on determinedly to snatch victory in the 2536m Ima Rocket Star Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The daughter of…

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Angel In White Loves to Lead

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing A fighting fifth behind star mare Savvy Bromac in the group 2 WASBA Breeders Stakes last Friday week was a strong indication that noted frontrunner Angel In White would prove hard to beat from the favourable No. 2 barrier in the 2130m $22,000 Galactic Star Pace at Gloucester…

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Svilicich is on the Ball

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Veteran trainer Tony Svilicich has always been a keen judge of horseflesh, and he made a sound investment when he purchased a seven-year-old trotter Goodtime Pe Rabbit for a mere $5000 in May 2021. “I watched him race (on the internet) when he was a young horse and…

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Heez Our Perseus Continues to Shine

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing New Zealand-bred six-year-old Heez Our Perseus maintained his excellent form and revealed plenty of strength when he raced without cover before dashing away from his rivals over the final 400m to score an easy victory in the 2130m Money Magnet Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Trained…

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Symington’s City First

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Highly-promising young reinsman Kyle Symington landed his first metropolitan-class winner when he produced a flawless exhibition to guide Miss Limelight to an impressive victory in the $18,500 Kallen and Danielle Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Miss Limelight, a $15.80 chance from barrier two on the back…

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Swingband is Set for Stardom

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Powerful gelding Swingband enhanced his reputation as the State’s best three-year-old pacer when he annihilated the opposition in the $50,000 Team Bond Pearl Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His runaway victory gave talented reinsman Michael Grantham his eleventh group 2 success — and the 26-year-old should…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 13 MAY

The $50,000 Team Bond 3YO Pearl Classic (2130m) headlines an interesting night of pacing at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The exciting Swingband will start well in the red for the Group 2 feature and appears to be the one they all have to beat after he drew favourably in gate two. Members of the…

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The Tiger Army can Turn the Tables

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Five-year-old gelding The Tiger Army finished third, three and a half lengths behind the second placegetter Tiza New Day in a 2130m event last Friday week, and he will resume hostilities with his six-year-old rival in the final event, the 2536m Ima Rocket Star Pace at Gloucester Park…

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Hall Chooses Beat City

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr has given punters a valuable tip by choosing to drive Beat City in preference to Jack Farthing in the $23,750 Our Jimmy Johnstone Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Beat City will start from the No. 5 barrier, and Jack Farthing will…

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Harper Happy With No. 1 Barriers

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Bunbury trainer Bob Mellsop and stable driver Kyle Harper cracked the jackpot this week when Apollo Rock and Our Star Watch each drew the coveted No. 1 barrier in their respective events at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Harper was delighted at the favourable barriers and said that both…

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Suvaljko Lays Down the Gauntlet

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Shannon Suvaljko, the State’s leading reinsman this year with 65 winners, is bullish about Dardy Boy’s prospects in the $50,000 Team Bond Pearl Classic for three-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he aims to set the pace and test the brilliant Swingband. Dardy Boy, prepared by astute…

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Sentiment is a Worthwhile Virtue

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Byford trainer Katja Warwick went to the 2021 APG Perth yearling sale with one main objective, and that was to buy a colt by New Zealand sire Foreclosure and the first of the progeny of the Auckland Reactor mare Cap In Hand. Sentiment was the overriding reason. Warwick was…

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