Soho Vesper Lind Triumphs

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Astute trainer Kim Prentice produced Soho Honey Rider and Soho Vesper Lind in fine fettle for their first-up West Australian debuts in the $21,000 The West Australian Pace for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Soho Honey Rider was all the rage and was the $1.90 favourite from…

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Rattlin Lilly Is Super Tough

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Five-year-old Rattlin Lilly is WA’s best stayer, according to outstanding driver Deni Roberts, who was full of praise for the mare after guiding her to a narrow victory in the Vili’s Family Bakery Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “I’d like to find a stronger word than tough to…

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Mandown Enjoys The Stand

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred pacer Mandown made a successful debut in a standing-start event when he began smoothly from barrier five on the front line and relished his role of pacemaker when he won the 2503m Retravision Every Day’s A Sale Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The four-year-old was…

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Whos The Dad Gets The Job Done

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred five-year-old Whos The Dad went into Friday night’s Final Bridge Bar Pace at Gloucester Park with just one win from his previous 26 starts — and he was described by reinsman Ryan Warwick and trainer Ryan Bell as a pacer difficult to follow. “Looking at his form before the…

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Chillin Gets Home By A Whisker

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr timed Chillin’s finishing run to perfection when the four-year-old got up in the final desperate stride to snatch a nose victory over the pacemaker Major Overs ($3.90) in the 1730m Catalanotrucks.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Chillin, the $2.90 favourite trained by Michael…

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Trotter’s Golden Run

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX New South Wales-bred five-year-old Hold That Gold continued on his merry way for Bunbury trainer Bob Mellsop and driver Deni Roberts when he was not extended in setting the pace and beating Dreambigaimhigh and Luvaflair in the $21,000 Smooth FM Perth Trot over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…

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Aardiebytheseaside Remains Unbeaten

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Only two mares have been successful in the first 43 runnings of the prestigious Golden Nugget championship, but superstar pacer Aardiebytheseaside gave further proof at Gloucester Park on Friday night that she has the class to join Countess Kala (1999) and Libertybelle Midfrew (2014) as a winner of the group…

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Ideal Tomado is Hall’s Best

Ken Casellas | Photo:  HAMILTON CONTENT CREATORS Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr notched his 100TH winner for the season when he drove Pasquale to an easy victory in a 2130m event at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night — thus recording a remarkable achievement of a century of winners in 20 consecutive years. He will have…

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Trial Points To Im Eugene

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Six-year-old pacer Im Eugene struck a purple patch with three all-the-way victories over 2555m, 1609m and 2080m at Cranbourne in March and April this year — and he will be fancied to extend his winning sequence when he makes his WA debut from the No. 3 barrier in the 2130m…

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History Beckons Aardiebytheseaside

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Only four mares have been successful in the 72-year history of the August Cup, a stark statistic which suggests that the brilliant Aardiebytheseaside will have to buck the odds if she is to extend her winning sequence to seven and triumph in the $50,000 time-honoured feature event at Gloucester Park…

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Miller Picks Soho Honey Rider

Ken Casellas | Photo:  HAMILTON CONTENT CREATORS Astute trainer Kim Prentice holds a powerful hand with three of the six runners in the West Australian Pace for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and Mitch Miller has given punters a valuable lead by choosing to drive Soho Honey Rider. Soho Honey Rider and…

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Orphan Colt Reigns Supreme

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Sebastian James, an orphan colt who became a pet for breeder Steve Johnson, his wife Jeneen and their daughter Charlotte, chalked up his fourth win in succession after a debut third placing when he set the pace and held on grimly to win the Group 2 $100,000 Pearl Classic for…

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