WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 20 JANUARY

Friday night’s meeting at Gloucester Park features The West Australian Nights Of Thunder Final (1730m). Last week’s fastest and most impressive heat winner, Pinny Tiger, is certain to go around deep in the red and it will take a mammoth effort from his eight rivals to lower his colours. Members of the WA Trotting Media…

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Joe With The Flow Loves To Lead

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran pacer Joe With The Flow excels as a frontrunner and he emerged as a star bet at Gloucester Park on Friday night after drawing the prized No. 1 barrier in the 1730m The West Live Page Pace. Star reinsman Shannon Suvaljko has given punters an important lead by…

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Wildwest Gets A Chance To Lead

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Wildwest, shock winner of the WA Pacing Cup early last year, gets a good chance to stake his claim for the $450,000 TABtouch WA Pacing Cup on Friday week when he starts from the prized No. 1 barrier in the Countryman Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He…

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Cherishthememories Poised To Break Through

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Former New South Wales performer Cherishthememories has enjoyed very little luck at her first four starts in Western Australia, and she has bright prospects of breaking through for an overdue victory and ending a losing sequence of eleven when she starts from the No. 2 barrier in the 2130m…

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Pinny Tiger Ready To Excite The Fans

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Six years ago trainer Michael Brennan and his nephew, reinsman Michael Grantham combined to win the Nights Of Thunder final with Nathans Courage, and they plan to stick with their winning formula — charging to the front from the outset and setting a fast pace. Brennan and Grantham are…

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Mighty Conqueror Stakes His Claim

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred eight-year-old Mighty Conqueror, winner of the WA Pacing Cup in January 2020 and finishing third behind Vultan Tin and Chicago Bull in the big event in December 2020, turned back the clock with a fighting victory in the $23,750 Retravision Half Yearly Clearance Pace at Gloucester Park…

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Mea Culpa Is A Surprise Packet

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Mea Culpa, a seasoned Victorian performer, arrived in Western Australia two months ago without any great expectations. But the six-year-old has performed in fine style for Ravenswood trainer Nathan Turvey, with his first six starts in the State producing three wins and a second placing for stakes of $24,275.…

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Nevermindthechaos Set For Feature Event

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Brilliant five-year-old Nevermindthechaos returned to peak form with a dashing victory in the $26,000 Retravision Lowest Price Guarantee Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and part-owner and trainer Michael Young said that he was setting the daughter of Sportswriter for the $50,000 Laurie Kennedy Pace, a 1730m event…

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A winning combination

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented driver Jocelyn Young and veteran pacer Pierre Whitby have formed a highly successful partnership over the past four years, and Young notched her 16TH win with the Mach Three gelding when he surged home from ninth at the bell to win the RAC Members Save 5% Every Day…

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Warwick Seizes The Initiative

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Ryan Warwick approached the Retravision Buy Now Pay Later Handicap, a stand over 2503m at Gloucester Park on Friday night with plenty of optimism as well as a healthy respect for last-start winner Strauny. Warwick was driving the $3.20 second fancy Aussie Scooter, who lined up alongside…

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Hengheng Is A $8500 Bargain

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Six-year-old Rich And Spoilt gelding Hengheng is proving a splendid bargain for trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper, who outlaid just $8500 to buy him at the 2018 APG Perth yearling sale. Hengheng, raced by Harper and seven stable clients, boosted his earnings to $82,007 from nine wins and nine placings from…

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Voak keeps rival in a pocket

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Chris Voak was quite happy to left in the breeze with Sangue Reale in the field of six runners in the 2130m Retravision Click And Collect Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was confident Sangue Reale, a $5.90 chance, had the measure of the pacemaker…

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