WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 5TH MAY

The Lark Hill Vets 4 & 5YO Championship (2130m) headlines an interesting 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $50,000 Group 3 feature has attracted a full field of 12 evenly matched pacers and finding the winner will be no easy task. Members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have shied away from…

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Never Ending Back in Action

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Sensational young pacer Never Ending will be out to maintain his unblemished record when he returns to racing after a seven-month absence and has his first start as a three-year-old when he contests the $20,250 Australian Premium Feeds Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Never Ending, the handsome…

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Dardy Boy Makes Good Appeal

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Four-year-old Dardy Boy has been placed at three of his past four starts and he makes strong appeal when he has bright prospects of making the most of a drop in class by winning the final event, the 2130m Allwood Stud Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The…

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Big Test for Taking The Miki

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star four-year-old Taking The Miki has resumed after a spell in a blaze of glory for trainer Jemma Hayman and reinsman Chris Voak, and she has drawn perfectly at barrier one in the $50,000 WASBA Breeders Stakes at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she faces the biggest test…

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Swingband Ready to Shine

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young pacer Swingband looks set to return to action after a 189-day absence on a winning note when he starts from an awkward draw at No. 7 in the Larkhill Vets $50,000 Four and Five-Year-Old Championship at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Ryan Bell-trained four-year-old, the least…

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McDonald’s Plan Z Succeeds

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators When reinsman Stuart McDonald’s plans to win the start and set the pace with Star Lavra in the 2130m Allwood Stud Devoted To Breeding Excellence Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night failed he was forced to make a snap decision — whether to race in the breeze or…

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Watts Up Sunshine Is Classy

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Widely travelled pacer Watts Up Sunshine looks set for a highly successful career in Western Australia where his two starts have resulted in effortless victories for trainer Michael Young and reinsman Gary Hall Jnr. Watts Up Sunshine, a New South Wales-bred five-year-old, was the $1.40 favourite at Gloucester Park…

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American Bullitt Is Firing

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Millendon trainer Sonia Zucchiatti has no regrets for buying American Bullitt for $16,000 at the 2019 APG Perth yearling sale. Now a six-year-old, American Bullitt maintained his good form when he won the Allwood Stud Website Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night and boosted his earnings to $122,219…

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Jett Star Holds On In A Thriller

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ultra-consistent New Zealand-bred five-year-old Jett Star warmed up for next Friday night’s $50,000 Four and Five-Year-Old Championship in fine style with a fighting victory in the $22,000 Fly Like An Eagle Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Jett Star, trained by Greg and Skye Bond, was the $2…

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Middlepage Flies Home

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Consistent WA-bred six-year-old Middlepage notched his fourth win from 13 starts this year when he flew home from a seemingly impossible fifth position 150 metres from the post to get up and snatch a dramatic victory in a four-way photo finish in the 2536m Allwood Stud Supporting WA Breeding…

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Alcopony Sprints Fast

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred four-year-old Alcopony is a versatile pacer with one of his chief assets being his sprinting ability, according to Emily Suvaljko, who drove the Kevin Keys-trained gelding to a stylish win in the 1730m Follow the Stars Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Alcopony was a $5.90 chance…

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Harper’s Problem Horse

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ever since trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper bought Bettorstartdreaming from New Zealand just over two years ago, the gelding has been a problem and has caused him many headaches. “He is not my favourite horse; I don’t like him,” said Harper after driving him to victory in the 1730m Allwood Stud…

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