Alta Intrigue defies the odds

  Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators After Alta Intrigue broke down with a bowed tendon for the third time champion trainer Gary Hall reluctantly conceded that his career had ended. But the seven-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding made an almost miraculous recovery and his comeback campaign over the past 15 weeks has produced three…

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Bee Seventeen’s smart trial

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Six-year-old Bee Seventeen gets an excellent chance to break a 15-month drought when he starts from barrier four in the 2130m Simmonds Steel Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Trained at Baldivis by Cliff Woodworth, Bee Seventeen will be resuming after an eight-week absence, and a smart…

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Mellsop to get the show under way

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Waroona trainer Bob Mellsop has former New Zealand pacer Our Star Watch racing keenly, and he has high hopes that the four-year-old will take advantage of the No. 1 barrier and win the opening event, the 2536m TABtouch Better Your Bet Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…

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WA Media Guild Friday’s Thoughts 20 August

The members of the WA Trotting Media Guild are at odds with each other in a couple of races at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The West Australian’s racing co-ordinator Ryan Havercroft has made polemarker Space Junk his best bet in race three, but longshot king Pat Harding has opted for Queen Shenandoah as his…

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Suvaljko picks Machnificent

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Shannon Suvaljko has given punters a valuable lead by opting to drive Machnificent in preference to Rocknroll Elliot in the 2536m Choices Flooring Pace for three-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Rocknroll Elliot, trained by David Thompson, has drawn the prized No. 1 barrier and…

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Al Guerrero set for group glory

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “I have been over the moon with his past two runs, and I expect him to run a bold race out in front in the Binshaw Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night,” said Al Guerrero’s part-owner and trainer Kyle Anderson. The $50,000 Retravision Binshaw Classic, a 2130m…

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Our Star Billing on the way up

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising three-year-old filly Our Star Billing continues to improve, and she has obviously inherited much of her ability from her sire Follow The Stars, a son of Art Major who was the 2014 Australian and New Zealand two-year-old of the year and was retired after 29 starts produced…

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Alta Intrigue Back on Song

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Injury-plagued New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Alta Intrigue has bounced back to top form after recovering from three bowed tendons, injuries that threatened to end his career. He ended a losing sequence of 12 which included five seconds from his previous eight starts when finished strongly to win the 2130m…

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Drama Surrounds Carrera Mach’s Vctory

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators There was considerable drama and a tinge of good fortune before $1.40 favourite Carrera Mach was guided by star reinsman Chris Voak to victory in the 2130m Intersport Slater Gartrell Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was generally anticipated that The Ross Olivieri-trained Carrera Mach would…

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Mandy Joan Just Scrapes Home

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart mare Mandy Joan, a hot $1.30 favourite from the No. 1 barrier in the 2130m TABtouch Better Your Bet Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, gave her supporters some anxious moments over the final stages before she held on grimly to win by a nose from…

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First-up Win for Saleahs Comand   

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Upper Swan trainer Michael Munro produced veteran pacer Saleahs Comand in fine fettle for a first-up victory in the 2130m Retravision Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Saleahs Comand, making his first appearance for five months and favourite at $2.70, was rated perfectly in front by Mark…

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Medieval Man Set for Binshaw Classic

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Freewheeling pacer Medieval Man strengthened his claims for a start in the $50,000 Binshaw Classic next Friday night when he gave a strong frontrunning performance to win the 2130m Simmonds Steel Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This followed the West Australian-bred four-year-old’s splendid victory over Carrera…

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