Swingband is Set to Atone

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented gelding Swingband has regained his composure and is poised to make amends for his last-start misdemeanour by winning the $50,000 APG Gold Bullion final for three-year-old colts and geldings at Gloucester Park on Friday night. That’s the learned opinion of trainer Ryan Bell, whose optimism has been boosted…

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Egerton-Green Steals the Limelight

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators There was a remarkable symmetry when outstanding reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green went on to the track at Gloucester Park on Friday night to contest races six, seven and eight. He proceeded to give another example of his skill when he drove career wins Nos. 766, 767 and 768. In the…

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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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Tricky Ric Just Too Tough

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Tricky Ric, engaged in a titanic last-lap struggle with Ace Commander, revealed great fighting qualities to get up in the final desperate stride to snatch a head victory over the $1.65 favourite in the 2096m Garrard’s Free Call Trot at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Ace Commander set the…

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Iamthefirecracker Sparkles in Front

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred pacer Iamthefirecracker ended a frustrating losing sequence of 14 when he dictated terms in front and coasted to victory in the 2130m Garrard’s Your One Stop Shop Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He has been screaming out for a barrier and drawing No. 1 was a…

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Heez Our Perseus Slays His Rivals

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred six-year-old Heez Our Perseus ended a losing run of seven when he took full advantage of the No. 1 barrier and set the pace to score an easy victory in the 2536m Garrard’s Rio Cobra Sulky Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. In Greek mythology Perseus…

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Easy for Alta Cinderella

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Alta Cinderella, a big, long-striding mare, is gradually maturing and developing into a more tractable five-year-old after being a temperamental pacer when she overraced for much of her early career. At her second appearance after a spell, she was a hot $1.20 favourite from the prized No. 1 barrier…

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Double Up is a Long-Priced Specialist

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred five-year-old Double Up is gaining a reputation as a long-priced specialist and a pacer blessed with a powerful late burst. He started out wide at barrier No. 7 in the 2130m Garrard’s Service With Integrity Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night and was a $19.90 tote…

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Roberts Excels With a Double

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Deni Roberts, one of the State’s best young drivers, landed her first double at a metropolitan-class meeting for 14 months when she won the opening two events at Gloucester Park on Friday night with smart four-year-olds Booraa and Ima Rockabilly Rebel. She proved a perfect substitute for the two…

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Ideal Agent Responds to Egerton-Green’s Handling

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green coolly overcame a fleeting moment of anxiety at the start of the $50,000 Garrard’s Horse And Hound Easter Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night before he seized the moment to send Ideal Agent forward to burst to the front 750m after the start of…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 15 APRIL

The $50,000 Garrards Horse & Hound Easter Cup (2902m) highlights the twilight card at Gloucester Park on Good Friday. The Group 2 feature has attracted a strong field with 12 pacers to do battle from the strands in the marathon event. Longshot guru Pat Harding has made his best bet Unconditional in race one. “As…

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Hall Likes Twoandahalf Tigers

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr has advised punters not to disregard the winning prospects of  Twoandahalf Tigers in the 2536m Garrard’s Online www.Horseandhound.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, even though the ten-year-old has been unplaced at his past 15 starts. Twoandahalf Tigers, prepared by Pinjarra trainer Tracy…

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