Gambit is overdue

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall jnr denied that New Zealand-bred six-year-old Gambit is a non-winner, and he is looking forward to the gelding breaking through for an overdue win when he starts from the No. 2 barrier in the 2130m Simmonds Steel Fencing And Gates Pace at Gloucester Park…

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First WA stand for Doc Holliday   

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart New Zealand-bred five-year-old Doc Holliday warmed up for his return to racing after a four-month absence with an impressive victory in a 2150m mobile trial at Byford on Sunday morning. He will start from barrier No. 3 on the front line in the Etch Coatings Professional Powder…

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Savvy Bromac on trial for Sydney

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star pacing mare Savvy Bromac will be on trial for a trip to Sydney when she resumes after a seven-week absence in the $26,000 Simmonds Steel Decorative Screens Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The New Zealand-bred five-year-old faces a stern test from the outside barrier (No.…

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Minstrel to emulate Mighty Conqueror

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond look set to win the $50,000 Etch Coatings Lord Mayor’s Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night with star pacer Minstrel, who has drawn perfectly at barrier No. 2 in the 2536m group 2 feature event. The Bonds won the previous Lord…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 11 FEBRUARY

Wow! What a finish to last week’s WA Pacing Cup – punters didn’t know where to look as more than half the field crossed the line within a length of each other. It was one of the best finishes to WA’s premier race in many years. This week’s card at Gloucester Park features the running…

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Golden Nugget target for Blitzembye

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented New Zealand-bred gelding Blitzembye is bred to be a star, and he is developing into a leading candidate for the $125,000 Four-Year-Old Classic and the $200,000 Golden Nugget at Gloucester Park in December this year. He is already showing the class that should enable him to emulate…

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Swingband in tune for classics

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented gelding Swingband is developing into a leading candidate for several rich classics for three-year-olds in the coming months. He impressed at his third appearance after a spell when Michael Grantham drove him to an all-the-way victory in the 2130m Honsun Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…

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Babyface Adda set for Bunbury Cup

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart WA-bred six-year-old Babyface Adda will be set for the $50,000 Bunbury Cup at Donaldson Park on March 26. That’s the long-range plan for the Rich And Spoilt gelding, who is raced on lease by 28-year-old Boyanup trainer-reinsman Cody Wallrodt. Wallrodt, the recently appointed vice-president of the Bunbury…

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Suing You resumes in fine style

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising mare Suing You has recovered from a virus, and she impressed at her first appearance for seven weeks when she was untroubled to set the pace and score an easy victory in the 2130m Changjiang Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Driven by part-owner and trainer…

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Regal Scribe excels in the breeze

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New South Wales-bred pacer Regal Scribe, described by his trainer Nathan Turvey as a funny horse who seems lethargic when driven anywhere else apart from in the breeze, showed his liking for racing without cover when he won the 2130m Retravision, 60 Day Price Promise Pace at Gloucester…

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Heez Our Perseus slays his rivals

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Perseus was one of the greatest heroes in Greek mythology and he was a noted slayer of monsters. Six-year-old New Zealand-bred pacer Heez Our Perseus reared his head and slayed the talented four-year-old Mighty Ronaldo in the 2130m Imperial Finance Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Mighty…

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Al Guerrero in a different role

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators West Australian-bred five-year-old Al Guerrero went into Friday night’s RAC Members Save 5% Every Day At Retravision Pace with a record of 14 wins — all when leading — and he revealed a different side of his regular pattern of racing when he sat back in the field…

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