Brown’s Soft Spot for Veteran

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ten-year-old pacer Star Armbro, a somewhat temperamental and boisterous pacer in his early days, has settled down with age and is now far less impetuous and is one of gifted driver Maddison Brown’s favourites. He continues to race with abundant enthusiasm, and after driving him to victory in the…

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A Milestone For Jan Milentis

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Jan Milentis, a 70-year-old hobby trainer from Wooroloo, with a family background steeped in harness racing, celebrated her first metropolitan-class success when Adda Spoilt Major gave a powerful performance to win the Australian Pacing Gold Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Her father Ron Culleton was a prominent…

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Egerton-Green’s Plan Succeeds

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Dylan Egerton-Green went into the 2536m APGgold.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night with a good degree of confidence — and a plan to stalk Rockaball, a $6.50 chance he considered his main rival. His plan worked to perfection. As expected, the polemarker and $2.40 favourite Valbonne set…

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Mea Culpa Blossoms In WA

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Six-year-old Mea Culpa won at eight of his 77 Victorian starts, and he has blossomed under Ravenswood trainer Nathan Turvey’s care, with his first 14 starts in Western Australia producing seven wins and five placings for stakes of $56,099. Mea Culpa, described by Turvey as “just an all-round good…

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Know When To Run’s Hat-Trick

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star Boyanup trainer Justin Prentice has brought Know When To Run back after a let-up in splendid form, and the seven-year-old completed a hat-trick of wins at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he scored a narrow victory in the 2130m APG Perth Yearling Sale This Sunday At Magic…

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No Trouble For Steel The Show

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred six-year-old Steel The Show looks destined for bigger and better things for champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond after the gelding strolled to victory in the 2130m APG The Industry Owned Sales Company Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Steel The Show’s win completed a hat-trick…

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Lucapelo Ready For A Spell

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lucapelo, who notched his third win from his past four starts when he set the pace and fought on grimly to win the $50,000 APG Sales Classic for three-year-old colts and geldings at Gloucester Park on Friday night, will be sent for a well-deserved spell after he contests the…

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August Moon To Have A Break

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Gnangara trainer Luke Edwards has abandoned plans to run talented filly August Moon in the $50,000 Caduceus Club Classic next Friday night. After Gary Hall Jnr had driven August Moon, the $1.04 favourite, to an easy victory in the $50,000 APG Sales Classic for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park…

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Benji Exceeds Expectations

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Benji, who managed one win and two placings from eight New Zealand starts, has exceeded expectations for trainer and part-owner Nathan Turvey. He celebrated his third appearance at Gloucester Park with an impressive all-the-way win in the Group 3 $50,000 APG Harness Racing Is Our Focus Chandon Classic for…

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Hall Seizes The Opportunity

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr made the most of an unusual stroke of luck to drive Water Lou to a decisive victory in the $100,000 APG Sales Classic for two-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was engaged by veteran trainer Mike Reed and owners Jim and…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 3RD MARCH

It’s an exciting time for owners at Gloucester Park on Friday night with the running of the APG Sales Classic Finals (1730m) for the two-year-olds. The two Listed features are worth $100,000 each – the first involves the clash of the colts and geldings, followed by the fillies final. Many new owners in the sport…

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Mea Culpa Returns To The City

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Experienced six-year-old Mea Culpa’s past five outings have been at Pinjarra for three wins and two placings, and the Nathan Turvey-trained gelding looks hard to beat on his return to city racing when he contests the $18,500 APG Industry Owned Not For Profit Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday…

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