Delightfull does it again

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Five-year-old mare Delightfull, a newcomer to Ryan Bell’s Baskerville stables, unwound a trademark finishing burst to win the Westside Auto Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She is proving to be a wonderful acquisition, with her three starts for Bell producing two fast-finishing victories for stakes of…

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Alta Intrigue scrambles home

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Gary Hall jnr had many anxious moments before Alta Intrigue held on grimly to beat the pacemaker Shadow Roll in the 2130m Cowdens The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “I thought Alta Intrigue was going to win easily, and then he sort…

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Doc Holliday too tough for stablemate

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hopelands trainer Michael Young maintained his wonderful strike rate when his two runners Doc Holliday ($3.70) and Zazu ($3.30 favourite) fought out the finish of the Choices Floorings Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Young declared that the New Zealand-bred four-year-old Doc Holliday was the better of…

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Brennan’s birthday present

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Trainer Michael Brennan left Gloucester Park on Friday night for the trip back to his Coolup stables a contended man, with his only runner at the meeting, Whatabro, scoring a convincing all-the-way victory in the 2536m Simmonds Steel Pace. “It’s a good present,” said Brennan, who celebrated his…

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Don’t Bother Me None is going places

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Emerging star three-year-old Don’t Bother Me None notched his fifth win in a row and his ninth victory from 13 starts when he strolled to an easy triumph over Stamford in the 2536m Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Greg and Skye Bond-trained Bettors…

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Hurricane Harley is Cups bound

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred stallion Hurricane Harley, noted for his sizzling gate speed and dazzling sprinting ability in Melbourne and Sydney, is on target to contest the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups in January after his brilliant win the $50,000 Allwood Stud Mount Eden Sprint at Gloucester Park on Friday…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 15 OCTOBER

The Allwood Stud Mount Eden Sprint (1730m) highlights a cracker 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. And the man of the moment – TABradio’s Hayden King, who threw out Luvaflair as his best bet at headquarters on Tuesday night and which duly saluted at juicy odds (20/1 into 10/1) – is urging punters…

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Miracle Moose gets Suvaljko’s nod

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young driver Emily Suvaljko will compete in eight of the ten events at Gloucester Park on Friday night — and she has given Miracle Moose the nod as her best winning prospect. Miracle Moose, prepared by Nathan Turvey, will start from the No. 2 barrier in the…

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Stamford faces a serious test

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Stamford, a full brother to up and coming superstar pacer Magnificent Storm, is poised to run a great race in the Team Bond Pace for three-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The lightly-raced American Ideal gelding has won at six of his ten starts and gave the…

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Young tips a big run from Zazu

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators In-form trainer Michael Young is bubbling with confidence that former Victorian pacer Zazu will give punters a flying start to the meeting at Gloucester Park on Friday night by winning the opening event, the 2536m Choices Flooring Pace. Zazu, whose five starts in Western Australia have produced two…

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Perfect Major is a sprint specialist

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Five-year-old Perfect Major has given a strong indication this year that he is a dashing sprinter, with two superb victories over 1730m, rating 1.53.5 and 1.53.4, and champion reinsman Chris Lewis is planning to use the gelding’s excellent gate speed in a concerted bid to score an all-the-way…

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Bletchley Park on track for big Cups

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented Victorian-bred five-year-old Bletchley Park is showing no signs of the tendon injury which forced him on to the sidelines for six months this year, and he is firmly on track to contest the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups next January. He followed his easy first-up all-the…

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