Symington’s City First

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Highly-promising young reinsman Kyle Symington landed his first metropolitan-class winner when he produced a flawless exhibition to guide Miss Limelight to an impressive victory in the $18,500 Kallen and Danielle Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Miss Limelight, a $15.80 chance from barrier two on the back…

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Swingband is Set for Stardom

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Powerful gelding Swingband enhanced his reputation as the State’s best three-year-old pacer when he annihilated the opposition in the $50,000 Team Bond Pearl Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His runaway victory gave talented reinsman Michael Grantham his eleventh group 2 success — and the 26-year-old should…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 13 MAY

The $50,000 Team Bond 3YO Pearl Classic (2130m) headlines an interesting night of pacing at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The exciting Swingband will start well in the red for the Group 2 feature and appears to be the one they all have to beat after he drew favourably in gate two. Members of the…

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The Tiger Army can Turn the Tables

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Five-year-old gelding The Tiger Army finished third, three and a half lengths behind the second placegetter Tiza New Day in a 2130m event last Friday week, and he will resume hostilities with his six-year-old rival in the final event, the 2536m Ima Rocket Star Pace at Gloucester Park…

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Hall Chooses Beat City

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr has given punters a valuable tip by choosing to drive Beat City in preference to Jack Farthing in the $23,750 Our Jimmy Johnstone Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Beat City will start from the No. 5 barrier, and Jack Farthing will…

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Harper Happy With No. 1 Barriers

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Bunbury trainer Bob Mellsop and stable driver Kyle Harper cracked the jackpot this week when Apollo Rock and Our Star Watch each drew the coveted No. 1 barrier in their respective events at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Harper was delighted at the favourable barriers and said that both…

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Suvaljko Lays Down the Gauntlet

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Shannon Suvaljko, the State’s leading reinsman this year with 65 winners, is bullish about Dardy Boy’s prospects in the $50,000 Team Bond Pearl Classic for three-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he aims to set the pace and test the brilliant Swingband. Dardy Boy, prepared by astute…

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Sentiment is a Worthwhile Virtue

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Byford trainer Katja Warwick went to the 2021 APG Perth yearling sale with one main objective, and that was to buy a colt by New Zealand sire Foreclosure and the first of the progeny of the Auckland Reactor mare Cap In Hand. Sentiment was the overriding reason. Warwick was…

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A Winning Combination

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Jocelyn Young and six-year-old gelding Pierre Whitby continued their wonderful association when they combined to win the opening event, the 2130m Milne Feeds Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Pierre Whitby, the $1.60 favourite from the prized No. 1 barrier, was having his 116TH start, and his…

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Wallrodt’s Smart Change of Mind

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Boyanup trainer-reinsman Cody Wallrodt planned to send Babyface Adda out for a well-deserved spell last Monday. But after studying the nominations for the $30,000 Free-For-All to be run at Gloucester Park on Friday night he changed his mind. He saw that several of the State’s top-line pacers had…

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Ideal Agent Rises to the Occasion

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing “We keep raising the bar, and Ideal Agent keeps leaping it,” said a satisfied Ryan Warwick after driving the talented New Zealand-bred pacer to victory in the 2130m Insure With PSC Bloodstock Services Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Ideal Agent, prepared by champion trainers Greg and…

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Arma Einstein Relishes Tough Program

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Ace trainer-reinsman Colin Brown’s decision to increase Arma Einstein’s workload by racing him more frequently is paying dividends. The WA-bred four-year-old, the youngest runner in the 2130m Budget Stockfeeds In Oakford Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, was lining up for his third start in the space…

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