Michael Young, the leading trainer in WA this year, is bubbling with enthusiasm over the prospects of Heavenly Gipsy when she resumes after an eleven-week absence in the $27,000 TABtouch Share My Bet Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

Mikayla Jones is the newest recruit to get signed off and tonight she will make her debut to race driving, a moment that has been years in the making.

Any thoughts or hopes Jocelyn Young had of winning the WA Oaks Prelude at Gloucester Park on Friday night went out the window when Akoya Pearl, a filly she was driving for the first time, took charge as the ten runners were circling before coming into line behind the mobile barrier.

Former smart Victorian performer The Iron Duke, a newcomer to the Boyanup stables of Justin Prentice, is expected to be strongly fancied when he makes his West Australian debut in The Ashes on Seven Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

Queensland-bred filly Hunger Strike will be making a late bid to gain a start in the $150,000 WA Oaks on Friday week by winning the $21,000 The Chase On Seven Oaks Prelude over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

Master trainer Gary Hall snr has an enviable record of producing pacers first-up in excellent condition, and he will be hoping for a powerful performance from Raklou in the $23,000 7Mate Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

All eyes will be on Gloucester Park this Friday night when the best of the two-year-olds go head-to-head in the $150,000 Group 1 Golden Slipper, but only one can be crowned the winner, who will it be?

Never Ending makes his return this Friday night after a nine-month hiatus from the races, and for the Justin Prentice stables, there is a sense of relief to see the impressive five-year-old back at the races.

Five-year-old mare Sweet Coco arrived at Gary Hall junior’s Serpentine stables this year after finishing a distant last at her final three appearances in New South Wales --- and then she made a splendid debut in WA with a strong win at Pinjarra last Monday week.

Inexperienced but richly talented filly Bettathanlife is poised to qualify for the $150,000 WA Oaks on October 3 by winning the $50,000 Daintys Daughter Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

Ace trainer-reinsman Chris Voak faces a busy time at Gloucester Park on Friday night with eight drives on the ten-event program, and he predicts his best winning chance will be experienced trotter Aldebaran Boyd in the final event, the $21,000 Taste Of WA Handicap, a stand over 2503m.

Belmont remains the focus in Western Australia again this Saturday with another eight-race card set. Some rain over the last week has us racing on a Soft 6, but we should have fine conditions on race day with the rail out 9m. See below for our best bets in Perth with our race-by-race analysis at Belmont!

Narrogin trainer Jeremy Thornton has no regrets that he outlaid $1000 16 months ago to purchase Majic Bay, who has proved a wonderful bargain.

A brilliant first-up victory by D Mac in the Golden Slipper Prelude at Gloucester Park on Friday night has left champion reinsman Gary Hall jnr in a quandary.