Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Four-year-old mare Suing You, a beaten $1.10 favourite at Wagin a week earlier, was unwanted from the coveted No. 1 barrier in the $19,000 Etch Coatings Professional Powder Coating Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She was a $16 chance when part-owner and trainer-reinsman Shane Young drove…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Throughout her career Arma Indie has been an irascible, temperamental pacer and a handful to control in her races. But she is now in foal to Bettors Delight and was on her best behaviour when Mark Reed drove her to an all-the-way victory in the Etch Coatings Commercial…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Heez Our Perseus, purchased for $15,000 about nine months ago, is proving a bargain, and he completed a training treble for Gary Hall snr at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he set the pace and won the 2536m The Trots WA, Harness The Dream Pace. This was…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Brilliant lightly-raced mare Balcatherine stamped herself as a genuine contender for the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups early next year when she gave a superb frontrunning display to score an easy victory in the $50,000 Simmonds Steel City of Perth Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…
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Punters are in for a treat at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Race five – the $50,000 Perth Cup (2130m) – will see the return of exciting pacer Magnificent Storm, the winner of 18 of his 19 starts in the west. The Ray Williams-trained four-year-old gelding has been a revelation since coming to WA from…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred Arma Indie has been unplaced at her past nine starts but looks to have excellent prospects of winning the 2130m Etch Coatings Commercial Spray Painting Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She has been racing in considerably stronger company and she is sure to appreciate…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred six-year-old Carrera Mach has set the pace and been successful at five of his twelve wins, and trainer Ross Olivieri and driver Chris Voak are looking to employ frontrunning tactics with the gelding who is favourably drawn at barrier No. 1 in the 2536m Vale Percy…
DetailsKen Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Shannon Suvaljko, Western Australia’s leading reinsman in the 1917-18 season and winner of 122 races this season, faces a busy evening at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he will be in action in all ten events. “I reckon I’ve got a lot of good drives, and I…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Aldo Cortopassi was delighted with the way Magnificent Storm sprinted over the final 400m in a sparkling 26.8sec. to win a 2150m Byford trial last Sunday morning, and he is planning to set the pace and win the $50,000 Simmonds Steel City of Perth Cup over…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators There were discussions during the week among some of the nine owners of Has No Fear whether to sell the five-year-old mare, but no decision was reached. Talented trainer-driver Jocelyn Young is one of the shareholders, and her offer last Monday to buy out her partners is still…
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