Slow lead aids Balcatherine

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A dawdling lead time of 38.7sec. paved the way for Balcatherine’s smart victory over her champion stablemate Chicago Bull in the $30,000 Channel 7 Media Guild Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Deni Roberts sent Balcatherine, the $4.75 second favourite, past the polemarker Sangue Reale 100m after…

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Nasty fall fails to deter Brown

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Gifted driver Maddison Brown survived a traumatic moment on Friday morning before she stole the show at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she revealed wonderful skill in the sulky to land four winners. Trotgoers marvelled at her great talent as she remained calm, cool, calculating and confident…

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Egerton-Green brothers in a rare feat

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Logan Egerton-Green celebrated his first success at Gloucester Park as a trainer when Maddison Brown drove his four-year-old gelding Tumblin Dice to an all-the-way victory in the 2130m Allwood Stud Farm Pace on Tuesday night. This followed a runaway win by Rocket City in a heat of the…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 18 FEBRUARY

Friday night’s meeting at Gloucester Park is looming as a big night for Maddison Brown. The three-week suspension of champion driver Gary Hall Jr has handed Brown a golden opportunity to land multiple winners at headquarters. Brown will steer four pre-post favourites, including the “little champ” Chicago Bull in the Media Guild Cup (2130m). Two…

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Stick with Blitzembye

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Up-and-coming four-year-old Blitzembye has thrived since his impressive all-the-way victory last Friday week, and astute Henley Brook trainer Mike Reed is confident the New Zealand-bred gelding will maintain his winning form when he contests the opening event, the 2536m You Beauty Sammy Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday…

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Beefour Bacardi to make amends

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Mundijong trainer Michael Young is confident that Beefour Bacardi will make amends for his unlucky defeat in the $50,000 group 1 Trotters Cup three weeks ago by winning the $20,250 7News The Pulse Of Perth Trot at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Beefour Bacardi was the $1.95 favourite…

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De Campo leans to Floewriter

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Aiden de Campo has made a flying start to the 2022 season, and he leads the State trainers’ premiership table with 21 winners over the first six weeks of the season. He holds a powerful hand in the eighth event at Gloucester Park on Friday night, the Most…

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Alta Louisa back in action

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising, lightly-raced five-year-old Alta Louisa has enjoyed a beneficial respite from racing and is poised to perform strongly at her first appearance after a 12-week break when she contests the Vale Rex Twogood The Johnson final for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. A winner at eight…

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Brown seeking an historic victory

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented driver Maddison Brown is looking forward keenly to driving champion pacer Chicago Bull for the first time in a race when the evergreen nine-year-old contests the $30,000 Channel 7 Media Guild Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night.  And the 26-year-old Brown has high hopes of creating…

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Charles enjoys his busy life

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Seventy-one-year-old Kevin Charles is a busy man, particularly at this time of the year as he prepares twenty youngsters for the APG yearling sale next Sunday week. But the Hopeland trainer still had the time to present Sameplace Sametime in fine fettle for her engagement in the $18,5000…

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Sovrana has a bright future

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising filly Sovrana completed a winning hat-trick when she finished with a strong burst to score an impressive victory in the 2130m Etch Coatings Commercial Spray Painting Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She remains unbeaten as a three-year-old, after finishing strongly to win at Bunbury and…

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Mellsop’s patience is rewarded

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators The patience of Bunbury trainer Bob Mellsop was rewarded when his six-year-old pacer Apollo Rock scored an impressive all-the-way victory in the 2130m Etch Coatings Mobile Sandblasting Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.       Apollo Rock was reappearing at city headquarters after Mellsop had raced the gelding…

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