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GRV: The Racing Industry “Watchdog”, Victoria’s Racing Integrity Commission
investigated staff at GRV and found they have breached GRV’s code of conduct.
Greyhound racing’s controlling body in
Victoria has come under investigation
by Victoria’s Racing Integrity Commission.
Last week an investigation found
nine GRV employees, some of whom
had direct responsibility in the conduct
of the sport, had placed bets on greyhound races, with some bets placed at
GRV during office hours.
Three employees had their services
terminated - a full-time steward, one
part-time steward and a full time grader.
Four employees have been issued
with “first and final warnings”.
One part-time employee resigned
his position last Thursday.
Whilst another asked to have his
case adjourned until the end of this
week.
We contacted GRV and asked that
they name the staff who were dismissed,
and also the staff who were issued with
first and final warnings, but GRV declined.
GRV advised NGF that some mat-
listed company and his directorships have
included the Law Institute of Victoria as well
as representing Tabcorp on the Board of
TAB Limited.”
“Mr. Caillard brings a wealth of
knowledge and an intricate understanding of
the critical impact of new media as well as
domestic and international broadcasting on
our racing industry. His experience and
leadership will be of enormous benefit to the
Board and to the industry as we move
through a period of transition with the new
licensing arrangements to commence in
August 2012.”
“I am confident Mr. Caillard is the right
person to lead the greyhound racing
industry through the current challenges
posed by the emerging national wagering
market and the consequent revenue
challenges for Victoria’s fantastic racing
industry. “
“Victorian greyhound racing is flying
and Mr. Caillard will bring a level of
enthusiasm that will ensure the industry
capitalises on its current momentum. I look
forward to working with GRV and Mr.
Caillard to deliver its vision for the future of
the local greyhound industry,” Dr. Napthine
said.
Mr. Caillard has a Bachelor of Arts and
Bachelor of Law from Monash University,
together with a Master of Laws from
Melbourne University and more recently he
has completed a post graduate
management program at Harvard Business
School.
MINISTER for Racing, Dr. Denis Napthine
has announced the appointment of Peter
Caillard as the new Chairman of Greyhound
Racing Victoria (GRV).
Dr. Napthine said Mr. Caillard, who is a
former senior executive with Tabcorp and
Sky Channel, would be a valuable addition
to the GRV board and that he looked
forward to working cooperatively with the
new Chairman during his three year term.
“Peter Caillard comes to the Board of
Greyhound Racing Victoria with extensive
experience in corporate governance and is
one of the country’s most senior wagering
executives,” Dr. Napthine said.
“For nearly a decade Mr. Caillard has
played an integral role in transforming the
old Victorian TAB into a successful publicly
ters may not be finished yet under common law, and it will remain “in-house”.
The Greyhounds Owners Trainers
and Breeders Association President
Geoff Collins told NGF
“Owners and trainers have expressed concerns for some time that a
betting culture may have existed at GRV
headquarters.
The results of this RIC investigation
would seem to support that theory but
until we get full disclosure we have more
questions than answers
GRV needs to come clean with all
the facts to help restore participants
confidence in the industry, said Collins”
New GRV Chairman, Peter Calliard,
who was only appointed last week, said
despite the actions and the investigations, there was no suggestion that greyhound races had been compromised.
Betting on greyhound races is a
breach of the GRV code of conduct for
employees.
Racing Minister, Dr. Denis Napthine said it is important the code is up-
held to protect the integrity of the Victorian greyhound industry.
“These actions by employees, who
are responsible for the good conduct of
greyhound racing, is utterly inappropriate and will not be tolerated,” Dr. Napthine said.
“Victoria’s racing industry is worth
more than $2 billion to the state economy and provides more than 70,000
jobs.
The Coalition Government will not
allow this critical industry to be put at
risk by breaches of the employee codes
of conduct.
“I am confident, particularly in light
of the efficient and independent investigation and the penalties handed down to
the employees involved, that Victoria
has in place the measures needed to
identify and address this inappropriate
behavior.
The Victorian Racing Integrity Office hotline is 1300 22 7225
Or you can email them:
enquiries@racing integrity.vic.gov.au
Mr. Caillard said it was a privilege to be
able to work with Greyhound Racing Victoria
and address the many opportunities and
challenges currently present within the
racing industry.
“In my experience, there is no group
more passionate about sport than those
involved with greyhound racing and I will
work hard to ensure Greyhound Racing
Victoria continues to go from strength to
strength,” Mr. Caillard said.
Mr. Caillard takes the helm following the
resignation of former Chairman, Nick Caley,
on 1 July 2011.
Greyhound Racing Victoria is the
statutory authority responsibility for the
regulation, management and promotion of
greyhound racing in Victoria.
Peter Caillard.
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Saturday
13th August
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The Meadows
Saturday
13th August
First 4 : Race 1
$13,543.72
SIX HEATS of the 525 metres National Sprint highlighted the night’s
racing at The Meadows last weekend,
with Graeme Bate picking up plenty
of winners, but not necessarily with
the greyhounds that most expected to
get through to the Victorian State
Final.
Favoured in the opening heat was
Mepunga Nicky, but after she was
checked at boxrise, her chance of
representing the ‘Big V’ in the final
seemed forlorn.
Making a quick getaway was
Darwin Cup heat winner, Chief Bambury, a $15 chance who used the inside draw perfectly to register splits
of 5.05 and 17.75 before scoring an
all the way 30.02 victory.
He downed kennelmate, Carol
Allen by a length and three quarters,
with Symmetry railing home into
third place.
IN the next round, Kilty Lad
drew the rails alley and was sent out
the $1.50 favourite.
But in a similar run to the previous week’s Maturity final when he
camped behind the pacesetters, he
failed once again, with another from
Graeme Bate’s ranch, Allen Lawson
($5.20) making all the play in front.
Dressed in the yellow singlet, he
clung on to beat the popular elect by
three quarters of a length in 30.14,
while Breezing Shiraz finished fast
for third.
A FEW runners were backed to
win the third round, including Dino
Ferrari ($4.60), Allen Hertz ($6.20),
Iceman Raikkonen ($5.20), Stefan
Bale ($3.30 fav) and Bubba’s Dream
($7.50).
After Iceman Raikkonen led early
he was checked rounding the first
bend, allowing Allen Hertz to assume
the premier position over Dino Ferrari, railing the ears off ’em, but still
three lengths down coming off the
back.
Sporting the white vest, Dino
Ferrari never left the fence, and the
Jamie Ennis trained chaser defeated
Allen Hertz by three quarters of a
length in a smart 29.90, while Iceman
Raikkonen was next past the post.
RADLEY BALE showed us that
he’s not lost any of his ability by an-
nexing the fourth State Sprint heat.
The current Golden Easter Egg
champ camped behind Explosive
Drop until reaching the back straight
then made his move.
Sent out at $1.80 favourite in the
red vest, Radley Bale proved far too
good for Explosive Drop, winning by
five and a half lengths in Best Of
Night 29.84, with Premier Boloney
occupying third place.
RECENT Darwin Cup winner, Surprise winner, Chief Bambury led from go to whoa in a Victorian State
Tonneli Bale came from the widest Sprint heat, running the 525 metres trip in 30.02 for Graeme Bate.
draw to land the penultimate round in
Grade at The Meadows the previous Rob Britton prepared racer led from
30.04.
go to whoa in the 600 metres Grade 5
Another trained by Graeme Bate, weekend.
However, last Saturday night he event, defeating Select Goddess by
the classy bitch was third behind Allen Lennox and Rev Limiter at the was right behind the bunny from the 13 lengths in 34.59, while Serene
half-away mark and made her move outset, and every time that’s hap- Passion sizzled home on the rail to
pened in the past he’s won.
snare the skinny end of the prize.
coming off the back.
After passing the post the first
From 11 attempts it was the third
Rev Limiter took over down the
back but his reign was short-lived, time in a very slick 8.96, the son of win over The Meadows middle diswith Tonneli Bale charging past then Bombastic Shiraz and Silent Flower tance journey, whilst overall he’s
going on to score by over a length to didn’t back-off the pace, completing notched 13 wins and seven placings.
By the way, after this victory,
the hard railing Cosmic Cooper, with the next phase in 22.07 holding a six
lengths break on Bundy Bale.
maybe 13 has become George’s
Rev Limiter third.
Raced by George Farrugia, the lucky number?
FROM box two, speedy chaser,
Dyna Tron won the start and ran
them off their legs for the Dailly team
at Anakie.
After clocking express splits of
4.98 and 17.62, he ran out a near two
lengths winner over Allen Elroy and
third placed Strong intention, clocking 29.98.
Graeme Bate and the Wheeler
family have six of the eight in Saturday night’s final, while Jamie Ennis
and the Dailly team will rug-up one
apiece.
Barrelled them!
Dino Ferrari, trained by Jamie Ennis, railed to victory in a State Sprint
heat, halting the timer at 29.90.
POSSESSING heaps of ability, Barrique has been unlucky in some of his
33 races, including the Mixed 4th/5th
Another of Graeme Bate’s winners was Radley Bale, and the Easter Egg
champ was impressive, recording 29.84 to score easily.
2011 Coffex
Coffee Oaks
2011 SA Coca
Cola Derby
Thursday 8th September
Coffex Coffee Oaks
Heats x up to 8
2011 Coffex Coffee Oaks
& 2011 Coca Cola Derby
Coca Cola Derby
Heats x up to 8
515m @ $2,600 each
515m @ $2,600 each
(For bitches whelped on or after 1st March 2009.
Maiden greyhounds are ineligible).
(For dogs whelped on or after 1st March 2009.
Maiden greyhounds are ineligible).
Thursday 22nd September
Coffex Coffee
Oaks Final
Coca Cola
Derby Final
515m @ $36,000.
515m @ $36,000.
(Group 3 - $25,000, $6,750,
$3,200, unplaced $210)
Nominations:
Coffex Coffee Oaks Heats close
Monday 5th September
with GRSA at 9.00am.
(Group
3 - $25,000, $6,750,
$3,200, unplaced $210)
Nominations:
Coca Cola Derby Heats close
Monday 12th September
with GRSA at 9.00am.
If nominating online please
specify Coffex Coffee Oaks.
If nominating online please
specify Coca Cola Derby.
**GRSA will conduct SA Preludes for SA Trained and
Domiciled greyhounds on Wednesday 24th August with
winners & placegetters gaining automatic qualification
for the Oaks heats (maximum of 24 greyhounds)**
**GRSA will conduct SA Preludes for SA trained and
domiciled greyhounds on Wednesday 31st August with
winners & placegetters gaining automatic qualification
for the Derby heats (maximum of 24 greyhounds)**
Full conditions
are available at
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Page 2 - National Greyhound Form, Thursday, August 11th, 2011
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MINISTER for Racing, Dr. Denis
Napthine today announced the
appointment of Peter Caillard as the
new Chairman of Greyhound Racing
Victoria (GRV).
Dr. Napthine said Mr. Caillard, who
is a former senior executive with
Tabcorp and Sky Channel, would be a
valuable addition to the GRV board and
that he looked forward to working
cooperatively with the new Chairman
during his three year term.
“Peter Caillard comes to the Board
of Greyhound Racing Victoria with
extensive experience in corporate
governance and is one of the country’s
most senior wagering executives,” Dr.
Napthine said.
“For nearly a decade Mr. Caillard
has played an integral role in
transforming the old Victorian TAB into
a successful publicly listed company
and his directorships have included the
Law Institute of Victoria as well as
representing Tabcorp on the Board of
TAB Limited.”
“Mr. Caillard brings a wealth of
knowledge and an intricate
understanding of the critical impact of
new media as well as domestic and
international broadcasting on our racing
industry. His experience and leadership
will be of enormous benefit to the Board
and to the industry as we move through
a period of transition with the new
licensing arrangements to commence in
August 2012.”
“I am confident Mr. Caillard is the
right person to lead the greyhound
racing industry through the current
challenges posed by the emerging
national wagering market and the
consequent revenue challenges for
Victoria’s fantastic racing industry. “
“Victorian greyhound racing is flying
and Mr. Caillard will bring a level of
enthusiasm that will ensure the industry
capitalises on its current momentum. I
look forward to working with GRV and
Mr. Caillard to deliver its vision for the
Peter Caillard.
future of the local greyhound industry,”
Dr. Napthine said.
Mr. Caillard has a Bachelor of Arts
and Bachelor of Law from Monash
University, together with a Master of
Laws from Melbourne University and
more recently he has completed a post
graduate management program at
Harvard Business School.
Mr. Caillard said it was a privilege to
be able to work with Greyhound Racing
Victoria and address the many
opportunities and challenges currently
present within the racing industry.
“In my experience, there is no group
more passionate about sport than those
involved with greyhound racing and I will
work hard to ensure Greyhound Racing
Victoria continues to go from strength to
strength,” Mr. Caillard said.
Mr. Caillard takes the helm
following the resignation of former
Chairman, Nick Caley, on 1 July 2011.
Greyhound Racing Victoria is
the statutory authority responsibility for
the regulation, management and
promotion of greyhound racing in
Victoria.
PROVIDING he goes around in
Thursday night’s Victorian State Final
of the Macro Meats NDC over 715
metres, Bobby Boucheau can pack his
bags for Queensland for the Grand
Final.
The brilliant wildcard concept
that applies to our National Championships allows the highest ranked
AGRA greyhound entry into the
Grand Final on the proviso that they
contest their State Final.
Bobby Boucheau goes into Thursday night’s race as the fastest qualifier
from the heats, having scored in
41.87.
That was the son of Bombastic
Shiraz and Dallas Gypsy’s first race
start in five weeks, with his previous
run being a third to Dashing Corsair
in the Superstayers at Albion Park.
The Angela Jackson owned and
trained stayer loves Sandown, where
he’s not only the track record holder
over the staying trip and the 595 metres, but also the reigning Sandown
Cup champ.
He’ll line up in box eight here,
which is a great draw for a greyhound
that likes to track out from the fence,
and he’ll certainly be the one they’ll
have to beat.
His main danger will be the other
heat winner, Shimaguni, who scored
in 41.97 and made it three from four
at the trip.
Trained by Jim Redenbach, she
recently landed the Group 3 AWM
Distance Championship, and in that
race, similar to a heat, proved too
strong for Echelon.
The daughter of Primo Uno and
Messines looks as though she’s getting stronger with each run and is also
looking smarter each time she goes
around, planning her moves with pre-
Angela Jackson with Bobby Boucheau after the brilliant half-miler snared
a State Heat of the National Distance title in BON 41.87 at Sandown Park.
cision, and will make sure the favourite is kept honest.
Litter brothers Echelon and Granduer have both qualified, and both got
here with a second placing.
Granduer for Len Ketelaar turned
in an absolute bottler to run Bobby
Boucheau to a half length at what was
his first start over the 715 metres trip.
He’s a big gangly type with not
much early toe, but boy, does he motor home.
You’d expect him to improve on
his first-up effort at the trip, and with
luck in running may just tip the previously mentioned duo out.
Echelon is also capable of win-
ning this race without surprising, and
in a heat went under by a length and a
half.
But the Craig Treherne trained
son of Mogambo and Off Springer
has scored here in a flying 41.73, and
it’s worth remembering he went
within .01 of Chinatown Lad’s Wentworth Park track record a couple of
months back.
But this race isn’t just a race in
four, as both Bramley and Lady Arko
have qualified, the former having
scored here in 42.06, whilst the latter
has a PB of 41.77; and that tells you
they are quick enough to score if luck
goes their way.
- Darryl Embling
National Greyhound Form, Thursday, August 11th, 2011 – Page 3
PROVIDING he goes around in
Thursday night’s Victorian State Final
of the Macro Meats NDC over 715
metres, Bobby Boucheau can pack his
bags for Queensland for the Grand
Final.
The brilliant wildcard concept
that applies to our National Championships allows the highest ranked
AGRA greyhound entry into the
Grand Final on the proviso that they
contest their State Final.
Bobby Boucheau goes into Thursday night’s race as the fastest qualifier
from the heats, having scored in
41.87.
That was the son of Bombastic
Shiraz and Dallas Gypsy’s first race
start in five weeks, with his previous
run being a third to Dashing Corsair
in the Superstayers at Albion Park.
The Angela Jackson owned and
trained stayer loves Sandown, where
he’s not only the track record holder
over the staying trip and the 595 metres, but also the reigning Sandown
Cup champ.
He’ll line up in box eight here,
which is a great draw for a greyhound
that likes to track out from the fence,
and he’ll certainly be the one they’ll
have to beat.
His main danger will be the other
heat winner, Shimaguni, who scored
in 41.97 and made it three from four
at the trip.
Trained by Jim Redenbach, she
recently landed the Group 3 AWM
Distance Championship, and in that
race, similar to a heat, proved too
strong for Echelon.
The daughter of Primo Uno and
Messines looks as though she’s getting stronger with each run and is also
looking smarter each time she goes
around, planning her moves with pre-
Angela Jackson with Bobby Boucheau after the brilliant half-miler snared
a State Heat of the National Distance title in BON 41.87 at Sandown Park.
cision, and will make sure the favourite is kept honest.
Litter brothers Echelon and Granduer have both qualified, and both got
here with a second placing.
Granduer for Len Ketelaar turned
in an absolute bottler to run Bobby
Boucheau to a half length at what was
his first start over the 715 metres trip.
He’s a big gangly type with not
much early toe, but boy, does he motor home.
You’d expect him to improve on
his first-up effort at the trip, and with
luck in running may just tip the previously mentioned duo out.
Echelon is also capable of win-
ning this race without surprising, and
in a heat went under by a length and a
half.
But the Craig Treherne trained
son of Mogambo and Off Springer
has scored here in a flying 41.73, and
it’s worth remembering he went
within .01 of Chinatown Lad’s Wentworth Park track record a couple of
months back.
But this race isn’t just a race in
four, as both Bramley and Lady Arko
have qualified, the former having
scored here in 42.06, whilst the latter
has a PB of 41.77; and that tells you
they are quick enough to score if luck
goes their way.
- Darryl Embling
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Although injury-prone, Blondie’s Babe continues to pick up good races, and last Thursday night at
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WHAT’S A KILO in weight between friends?
It’s everything when you are a
30 kilo racing greyhound.
Toowoomba trainer, Col Byers
proved once again what a master
with greyhounds he is when Blondie’s Babe led throughout to win a
520 metres Novice at Albion Park
last Thursday night.
Col had been worried the bitch
was not getting to the line strong
enough in 431 metres races at Ipswich.
His answer was to take a kilo
in weight from the bitch... and
problem solved.
The daughter of Bombastic
Shiraz and Blonde Enforcer ran
30.53.
Col, who has only recently
taken over training of the already
three year-old bitch, was supremely confident.
Blonde’s Babe scored by three
quarters of a length over Mr. Contender, with two lengths to third
placed Penelope Blue.
Blondie’s Babe took her record
to 13 starts for three wins and eight
placings, whilst her wins have all
come over 520 metres at Albion
Park.
The bitch was formerly trained
by Tony Brett for breeder and syndicate spokesman, Brian Kutner (Jr).
“She’d been in a paddock for
QLD
David
Brasch
four months. and Tony had told
Brian he didn’t really have room to
take her back,” said Col.
“I was looking at buying her
when Brian mentioned he had the
bitch.”
“But when I looked at how old
she is, three years, I dropped right
off.”
That’s when Kutner asked Col
to train her.
“It took me a while to get her
right and she ran a few placings at
Ipswich over 431 metres lately, but
I didn’t think she was getting to
the line well enough so I took a
kilo of weight off her,” said Col.
It worked wonders.
“She trialled 30.60 here recently, and that was good enough
to win a Novice,” said Col.
Col proudly strode to the start
with Blondie’s Babe with a collar
and lead in the colours of his beloved Manly Sea Eagles Rugby
League team.
“My son got the collars and
leads to sell through his shop, and
Northern Rivers identity, Dennis Robinson performed handling
duties for his wife/trainer, Denise at Albion Park, where Radical Dos
was successful in a Mixed 4th/5th Grade, clocking 30.33.
he gave me this one in Manly’s
colours,” he said.
Blondie’s Babe recently suffered another setback when she
broke her tail in the catching pen at
Ipswich and needed it removed.
“It was the worst break I’ve
seen,” said Col.
New flyer
BOS FLYER was an outstanding
dog, a multiple city winner for Bob
and Dave Worsley.
But a few months ago Bos
Flyer was bitten by a spider and
ever since then has been fighting a
brave fight to get back to the track.
The dog was at a Northern
Rivers vet surgery for weeks recovering.
Bob and Dave needed a replacement… and it appears they
have it.
The Worsleys went looking for
a dog to race and found Radical
Dos (Hallucinate - Punk Angel),
who last Thursday night at Albion
Park landed a 520 metres Mixed
4th/5th Grade in 30.33.
It was his third win in a row,
and third from four starts since
joining the Denise Robinson kennel.
Radical Dos had been narrowly beaten at his Albion Park
debut, run down on the line by the
powerful type, Ryght Finish.
“We were a bit stiff to
have such a strong finisher as Jeffrey’s (Ahern) dog right behind
us,” said Denise’s husband, Dennis.
He had won his previous two
starts for Denise on July 25 and 28,
both in 30.19.
He scored by four lengths
rushing away at the finish to beat
tearaway leader, Chevez, with a
half head to Give Em Curry third.
“Anthony Azzopardi recommended the dog to us,” said Denise’s husband, Dennis, who handled Radical Dos on Thursday
night.
“He has put us onto a few
handy dogs in the past.”
Chevez sped to a long lead into
the back straight but his 520 metres shortcomings were obvious by
the home turn.
“I thought he was in a bit of
trouble in the back straight,” said
Dennis, “but he’s surprised me that
he won by so far at the finish.”
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AT WENTWORTH PARK last Saturday night it was our turn to hit the
track for Nationals 2011, and on the
Stayers front Zipping Lad handed in a
performance that could land trainer,
Jason Mackay his third distance title.
Zipping Lad was having only his
second appearance over the half-mile
journey and it’s quite obvious that
this is where he will continue his
chasing, despite just turning two
years of age.
Exiting box four, Zipping Lad
bounced straight to the front and led
from Mr, Meana on settling down, as
both were the popular fancies and
punters thought an exciting finish was
in store.
However, after a lap was run you
got the feeling that Zipping Lad had
just started to warm up, and the 32kg
fawn chaser gradually increased his
lead over Mr. Meana, who is strong at
the finish of his races.
Coming down the side Zipping
Lad slipped into overdrive and left
NSW
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Arnold
Mr. Meana lamenting.
Turning for home Zipping Lad
was clear and going further away,
saluting the judge six and a quarter
lengths ahead of the fast finishing
Slick Lee, completing the 720 metres
trip in a fast 42.25, with Mr. Meana
holding down third spot, a further two
lengths back.
Zipping Lad, by Malfoy out of Or
Catra, raced by Fiona and Marty Hallinan, has had 16 career starts for 10
wins and three placings.
Keith Pedrana puts the polish on
Slick Lee (Brett Lee x Goodoo Mate)
and from 86 career starts has won 21
times with 40 placings, whilst Mr/
Beer Assassin took over at the half-way before winning a NSW Distance
heat in 42.67 last weekend for in-form Thirlmere trainer, Mark Gatt.
Meana (Collision x Token Whiz),
prepared by Mark Gatt, after 29 career starts has tallied 13 wins and 11
placings.
The other heat went to Beer Assassin, who maintained his good record over the long trip at the Glebe
course.
Mark Gatt trains the son of
Whisky Assassin, who has never
missed a cheque in eight appearances
at headquarters.
When the lids opened, best away
was Devine Nation from the six, with
both the popular picks Melkate and
Beer Assassin also well served at the
start.
In the straight the first time Melkate took up the pilot’s role, but it
was the black vested Beer Assassin
that outrailed her leaving the straight.
Setting a good tempo at the head
of affairs, Beer Assassin maintained
his advantage to the home corner
where some challengers again started
to ‘lift’.
In the dash down the straight
Beer Assassin was able to hold on,
defeating Melkate by one and a quarter lengths, with Devine Nation a
neck away third.
Melkate registered a 42.67 gallop,
whilst her quickest time at the tack
and distance is 42.24.
Beer Assassin (x Or Catra) has
now had 38 career starts for 15 wins
and 12 placings.
Carolyn Reinke trains Melkate
(Late Late Show x Kowem Girl),
with 10 wins and 12 placings from 52
career starts produced to date, whilst
Pat Parelli’s Devine Nation (Elite
State x Majestic Rush) from 38 career
starts has won nine times with 18
placings.
Zipping Lad is a class act, as the big fawn chaser traversed the 720
metres trip at Wentworth Park in 42.25 to land a National Distance heat.
WONDERFUL PRODUCER, Or
Catra looks to have a mortgage on the
NSW winner for the State Distance
title, as she produced both heat winners last week, albeit to different
sires.
Though the stand-out selection
does appear to be the Jason Mackay
trained Zipping Lad, who is aiming to
give his mentor his third National
title following victories from Classy
Customer and Texas Gold in recent
years.
Zipping Lad, despite his young
age (August 2009), is a natural
stayer.
The fawn dog is bold striding,
has early speed and keeps on running – fast.
The most impressive part about
this dog is when he has been to a
track and returns the next time, he
goes even quicker.
His 42.25 win last week is only
about .30 off Chinatown Lad’s course
record, so given the right conditions,
this level is under threat.
HIS half-brother, Beer Assassin
appears the logical danger, and the
eight box will suit him, as he’ll have
some galloping space early on.
However, if he’s to win, the Mark
Gatt trained chaser must lead.
One real advantage for this dog is
that he will rail, meaning the others
will have to go around him.
Mr. Meana and Melkate are not
without a chance, and of course the
latter’s kennel has won Staying titles
previously as well, and with box two
should be in a good position early.
The strong finishing Altario and
Slick Lee need the pace on, and if a
few things go their way they are definite place hopes, along with the con
sistent Devine Nation.
The race has plenty of experience
and youth, but the younger legs are
hard to go past in this race.
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A VERY LARGE crowd was in attendance at Betchoice Gardens last Friday
in the twilight zone for the 2011 Laurie
Healion Memorial Maiden final.
For the second year in a row, John
Finn produced the winner of this Group 3
event when Flavours led throughout in
near track record time.
The 21 months-old son of leading
producer, Frosty Fruits was purchased for
a good price from his breeders, the Chappelow family, after the dam’s first litter
saw the likes of Pulp, Goodesy and Little
Sparkle grace the tracks.
Without doubt, any pup from future
Frosty Fruits’ litters will be most sought
after.
When the eight runners arrived at the
515 metres starting point, punters had left
Flavours as the race favourite, and from
box eight it was the jump that would decide the result.
When the lids opened Flavours
stepped brilliantly and charged across the
face of the field, along with Pretty Precious, who followed the pink down into
the first corner.
Leaving the straight Flavours got well
into stride and rocketed through the next
section, with both Pretty Precious and
Teenage Dream doing their best but were
never any chance of catching the tearaway leader.
To the cheers of his connections,
Flavours turned for home well clear and
raced strongly to the judge, recording a
nine and three quarter lengths victory
over Pretty Precious, with Teenage
Dream a further two and a quarter
lengths away third.
The journey was clocked in a flying
NSW
Ron
Arnold
29.48, or just four lengths outside Velocity Cloud’s course record.
Flavours is by Bombastic Shiraz,
owned by a group of mates who formed
the Redliner Syndicate, and the 32kg
fawn chaser went through the three
rounds of this series undefeated in his
first appearances at the racetrack.
Pretty Precious (Bit Chili x Full Time),
owned and trained by Leanne Procopio,
has snared three placings from four starts
to date, whilst the Cliff Clark’s Teenage
Dream (Knocka Norris x Size ’Em Up) to
date has a win with three placings after
his fourth start.
with Bit Brisk occupying third place, a
further two and a quarter lengths away.
Key To Eden (x Wild Chant) has now
11 career starts for seven wins and one
placing.
Westend Star (Big Daddy Cool x
Westend Kaitlyn) from nine career starts
has produced two wins and four placings
for trainer, Jack Maher, whilst the Larry
Procopio prepared Bit Brisk (Bit Chili x
Full Time) after 22 career starts has
grabbed seven wins and five placings.
Smooth result
THE JUDGE earned his pay in the 515
metres Multicam Systems Stake when a
blanket finish saw a narrow margin
awarded to veteran, Smooth Manner,
who downed Smart Sam and Brisk Miss.
There was an early charge that saw
Rutland Bert lead them early on, while
Smooth Manner took a sit in second spot
from box five.
Racing tight, the leader was under
immense pressure, firstly from Smooth
Manner and then Myron’s Angel issued a
challenge.
Rutland Bert was headed by Smooth
Manner turning for home, with more late
swoopers, Brisk Miss and Smart Sam
charging late.
That trio hit the line locked together,
until the judge found a half head margin,
giving Smooth Manner the nod over
Smart Sam in 30.22, and a neck to third
placed Brisk Miss.
Smooth Manner, by Over Flo from
Rema’s Puzzle, and at over four and a
half years of age has now recorded 17
wins and 29 placings from 90 career
starts for trainer, Wendy Brown.
Prepared by Eric Castle, Smart Sam
(Suave Fella x Wild Chant) has raced 26
times for 10 wins and nine placings,
whilst Brisk Miss (Bit Chili x Your On),
trained by Leanne Procopio, has had 48
career starts for eight wins and 17 placings.
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ANOTHER WINNER on the card that
looks a very likely type is the Eric Castle
trained Key To Eden.
The daughter of Suave Fella is just
19 months of age, but the knowledgeable
trainer has quickly placed the blue brindle
chaser over middle distance journeys and
she has taken an immediate liking to the
extra ground.
Contesting the Greyhound Products
Direct Stake over 600 metres, Key To
Eden stepped quickly from box four and
led on settling down from the outside
drawn pair of Westend Star and Bit Brisk.
They strung out in the straight the
first time, with Key To Eden starting to put
a good margin on her rivals.
Down the back the margin increased
for Key To Eden and it was just a matter
of how strong she would be at the end.
Turing for home Key To Eden
stepped up another gear and raced powerfully to the line for a dominant 11
lengths win over Westend Star in 34.66,
A sight that sends a panic message to all greyhound followers is a fallen chaser evading track staff and making it’s way
back to the oncoming lure. It does happen, as shown by Paul Munt’s pics from the last race at The Meadows on Saturday
night. Rapid Force (3) came down on the first bend and then quickly picked itself up and headed back up the home
straight to confront the oncoming lure. The collision occurred on the top bend and gave stewards no other alternative
than to declare the event a “No Race”. Such was Rapid Force’s impact with the lure that he managed to knock the
retractable bunny clean off the lure arm, which attracted the attention of eagle-eye Miss Stackhouse, who declined to
follow her mates into the catching pen and turned back to get a piece of the action.
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DOMINATION of the red vest continued at Dapto last Thursday night,
with those greyhounds drawn the
inside alley winning half the program
and grabbed four of the first five
races.
Punters who threw the “one” into
their tips have been on a great trot. as
too has trainer, Wally Lutiger, who
has bounced back a vengeance, training plenty of winners lately after going through a slightly lean patch not
that long ago.
The Bringelly mentor led home
How About Gorby, who finished
strongly to win the Betfair Blue Paws
4 Stake over 520 metres.
The son of Over Flo has been
quite consistent so far in his races,
however, he had only a couple of
wins previously to his credit.
At boxrise it was the centre
drawn duo, Courageous Lee and
Midnight Lee that began best, with
the extreme outside drawn Highly
Spirited dashing down the outside.
Leaving the straight Highly Spirited crossed and led the field, while
How About Gorby received a nice
run from his rails box to slide into
second spot as they headed to the
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Highly Spirited led them off the
back but was under pressure from
How About Gorby, who had dashed
to the front by the home turn.
Down the home running How
About Gorby stretched right out and
raced to the judge a three and a half
lengths winner over Courageous Lee
in 30.44, while Ashlyn’s Choice ran
on to grab third spot, a length further
back.
How About Gorby (x Susan
Hotz) is owned by GBOTA Director,
Richard Bligh, and overall has had 22
starts for three wins and 10 placings.
Courageous Lee (Bit Chili x Remorse Lee), raced by Adele Powell,
has had 17 career starts for two wins
and seven placings, whilst the John
little prepared Ashlyn’s Choice (Over
Ron Johnson applies the polish to Coulta Bright, who took out a Mixed
3rd/4th Grade at Dapto, running the 520 metres in 30.16.
Flo x Cokie Royal) has produced two
wins and three placings from 18 career starts.
Bright for age
JUST TURNING four years-old, the
Ron Johnson trained Coulta Bright
was another who continued his good
form of late with a strong win in the
Greyhound Products Stake over the
520 metres journey.
With only six runners, the recently well credentialled Country
Rebel went out the favourite, and
those who took the short odds were
happy when the lids lifted, as she
bounced straight to the front from
box two.
The other runners raced tight behind Country Rebel as they left the
straight, but Coulta Bright did get a
nice run along the paint to go into
second spot as they headed into the
back.
Country Rebel was still the leader
off the top corner but did stay a little
away from the fence, which gave
Coulta Bright a good sight of the lure
and the chance to push past on the
circle.
Turning for home Coulta Bright
used his 8kg advantage to shoulder
Country Rebel out of the road and
then sprinted clear in the straight.
Coulta Bright kept going strongly
to the line, winning by two lengths to
Super Laurie, who also ran on well
for second in 30.15, a half length in
advance of Country Rebel.
Coulta Bright, by Bombastic Shiraz out of Coulta Sandy, overall has
had 54 starts for 16 wins and 15 placings.
Super Laurie (Super Burst x Curi
Lee), trained by Margaret Keys, has
had 75 career starts for 18 wins and
29 placings, whilst Country Rebel is
by Hallucinate x Fawn Country and
How About Gorby raced away from his rivals in a 520 metres Blue Paws
Stake, clocking 30.44 for Richard Bligh and trainer, Wally Lutiger.
has amassed 12 wins and 16 placings
from 44 starts for trainer, Neil
Staines.
Drinks all round
SUPPORTERS of Vee Bee Bay were
always heading to the bar to celebrate
as the son of Knocka Norris had the
Betfair Blue Paws 5 Stake won a long
way from home.
From the rails draw Vee Bee Bay
began moderately, while Monique
exited box three quite speedily, as too
did Stylish Jezazz, who carved across
from the outside draw.
Leaving the straight there was
plenty of trouble, and as they spread
out it was Vee Bee Bay that got the
saloon passage ron along the fence
and charged to the front as they
headed into the back.
From thereon it was a one-act
affair, with Vee Bee Bay striding
clear down the side, and the further
the race went the further the 34kg
chaser gapped his rvials.
When the judge called a halt, Vee
Bee Bay was 11 lengths clear of Oh
Kay in a smart 30.15, with a head to
third placed How About Billy.
Vee Bee Bay (x All Your Antics),
trained by Andrew Bayliss, has contested 18 races for three wins and 10
placings.
Trained by Tony Messina, Oh
Kay (Surf Lorian x Kristen Alyssa)
has had 11 starts for a win and a placing, whilst How About Billy (Over
Flo x Susan Hotz0, trained by Wally
Lutiger, from 24 career starts has
notched two wins and 11 placings.
Andrew Bayliss must have needed a thirst quencher when he named Vee
Bee Baby, who got a good run through the field before snaring a 520
metres 5th Grade in 30.30 at Dapto.
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THERE WERE FOUR heats of the
NSW Sprint series at Wentworth
Park last Saturday night and all the
winners produced exceptional efforts.
However, after the first three victors had all done their brilliant best,
along came Prince Diablo to clock
the best, whilst he looked the best
and proved he is probably the best
sprinter in NSW at present.
From box one, Prince Diablo
missed the jump fractionally then
gathered momentum quickly to lead
his rivals by the first corner.
From the moment he entered the
back straight the race was as good as
over, but the effort of runner up,
Dana Travis must be commended.
Prince Diablo was untroubled
over the final stages, defeating Dana
Travis by four lengths in 29.55, with
Wenzke back in third place, a further
five and a half lengths away.
By Premier Fantasy out of Best
Of Diablo, trained by John Finn,
Prince Diablo has had just 20 career
starts for 10 wins and five placings.
Dana Travis (Big Daddy Cool x
NSW
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Dana Gretel), trained by Neville
Brown, has had 23 career starts for
five wins and 12 placings, whilst the
Brian Smith prepared Wenzke
(Closing Argument x Spitfire
Moosie) has produced nine wins and
nine placings from 39 career starts.
Cold is hot
IN THE opening heat the race did not
go according to script, but the win of
Cold Fusion showed just how much
ability this son of Bit Chili really
does possess.
When the lids opened Cold Fusion jumped well from box five and
outpaced the more popular picks,
Diddy Rose and Oaks Road, who
were drawn closer to the rail.
Improving in leaps and bounds, Prince Diablo, trained by John Finn, led
from go to whoa in a NSW State Sprint heat, running a sizzling 29.55.
Budding star, Cold Fusion and led them a merry chase from the first turn in a National Sprint heat at
Wentworth Park, scoring in 29.70, notching his 10th win from 19 starts for Northern Rivers mentor, Neil Falls.
Leaving the straight Cold Fusion
took up the front runner’s role over
Dyna Forte, while Oaks Road worked
into third spot, but the leader was
travelling well.
Turning for home Cold Fusion
was still going too well for his rivals
and raced to the judge a clear four
and a half lengths ahead of Dyna
Forte in 29.70, with third placed
Oaks Road a further three lengths
adrift.
Cold Fusion (x Arena Lee),
trained by Neil Falls, has had 19
starts for 10 wins and six placings.
Dyna Forte (Droopys Maldini x
Hanicka Bale), trained by Graeme
Bate and now owned in new NSW
interests, has faced the starter 97
times for 26 wins and 22 placings,
whilst the Mark Gatt trained Oaks
Road (Spiral Nikita x Leprechaun
Pace) has had 19 starts for seven wins
and nine placings.
THE NEXT heat was won a long
way from home when the powerful
finishing He Knows Uno was closer
to the leaders than anticipated.
Racing close to the leader down
the back straight, he went on with the
business to win in 29.74, which was
his best time to date at the venue following four victories.
He Knows Uno is a powerhouse
sprinter, who is unlucky that his current crop of rivals are absolute flyers.
He Knows Uno, a son of Primo
Uno and Honeymoon Over, defeated
Things Missing (Spiral Nikita x Leprechaun Pace) by two lengths, whilst
Noble Pedro (Where’s Pedro x Miss
Beeslee) finished third, one and a half
lengths back.
THE OTHER heat winner was
the Wally Lutiger trained Fancy
Dean, who made it eight victories at
headquarters and equalled his best
winning time of 29.74.
After a good getaway from box
four, Fancy Dean took a sit just off
the pace and ran to the front coming
down the side.
He cleared out over the concluding stages and at the judge had three
and a half lengths to spare over
Mythical Eagle, while the winner’s
litter brother, Fancy Will finished
third, a further five and a half lengths
away.
Fancy Dean and Fancy Will are
by Where’s Pedro out of Sweet
Fancy, with the former having won
12 from 25 starts plus 11 placings.
The blue chaser has only had 12
starts in town, so his record is most
impressive.
ON A SAD NOTE, during the
meeting the top class sprinter, More
Space met her maker in tragic circumstances.
The winner of over $80,000 in
stakes was the pride and joy of Garry
Edwards and was high on the list of
Easter Egg favourites prior to this
year’s race.
WITH SIX of the eight runners in
this week’s Victorian State Final of
the National Sprint series at The
Meadows, you’d have to think that
leading mentor, Graeme Bate has a
mortgage on the event.
The other thing of note is that all
eight finalists are based in the
Greater Geelong region.
Now that he’s been allocated the
three alley, you’d have to reckon that
current Golden Easter Egg champ,
Radley Bale would take plenty of
tossing.
And even more so after the red
fawn racer took out a heat last weekend in Best Of Night 29.84.
Running a track record to annex
the Darwin Cup recently, three times
Group winner, Tonneli Bale recorded 30.04 to land a heat but will
need plenty of luck in this if she’s to
head north for the NSC Grand Final
at Albion Park on August 25.
Despite her class, drawing the
widest trap at the 525 metres start at
The Meadows usually means you
have to hold down a forward position out wide or drop back then hope
a run materialises in transit.
Either way, the Laurels winner
cannot be taken lightly in this select
field of crack sprinters.
Should Dyna Tron replicate his
flying 4.98 early split then the Dailly
team’s only finalist could run them
ragged, especially if he can again
skim over the surface in 21.62 down
the back.
The red brindle chaser won a
heat in 29.98, and the four draw at
the Broadmeadows layout isn’t all
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Dyna Tron is the likely leader in
the Victorian State Sprint final.
that bad if you’ve got good box
speed.
Of course, another chaser that’s
racing in superb form is the Rob
Britton prepared Dino Ferrari, and
like Tonneli Bale, seems to go better
at Sandown.
Don’t get me wrong though, as
the in-form dog did rail his way to a
heat victory in an excellent 29.90,
but box seven this time has done him
no favours.
After leading throughout to snare
a heat in 30.14, Allen Lawson drew
the inside gate, which has to be
worth something in this week’s final,
whilst kennelmate and Traralgon
record breaker, Allen Elroy will exit
box two, having made the field with
a gallant second to Dyna Tron.
Chief Bambury and Allen Hertz,
drawn five and six respectively, are
the other finalists, whilst the reserves
are Cosmic Copper and Carol Allen.
- Allan Hawkswell
THAT MAN, Steve Kavanagh
landed a winning double at Albion
Park last Thursday night to add to the
double he had trained the previous
week.
Steve’s winners were Gung Ho
Rumble and Rumble Hero, the latter
having won the previous week as
well.
And Steve believes Gung Ho
Rumble could be a pretty smart galloper of the future when he learns to
race.
Gung Ho Rumble (Bombastic
Shiraz - Rumble Charm) scored by
two and a half lengths in 30.30,
downing the late charging Finishing
Style, with four and a half lengths to
Cawbourne Cody third.
And Rumble Hero ran 30.41 after
doing it tough early to land a 520
metres Fifth Grade as well, scoring
by a length and a half over Mini Pod,
with two and a quarter to Notta
Whisper third.
Kavanagh has a good opinion of
both dogs but particularly likes the
potential of Gung Ho Rumble.
“Awkward” is how he describes
the dog.
“But he is promising,” said Steve.
“He’s in again on Monday night
Steve Kavanagh knows how to get ’em going, so you can expect Gung Ho
Rumble, a 30.30 winner at Albion Park last week, to race through the grades.
and after that he’ll probably go to
Wentworth Park for a few races because there are some good age races
coming up soon.”
Gung Ho Rumble has won four
of 12 starts and been placed in three
others.
“He liked drawing the wide box
tonight,” said Steve. “It gave him
room to move early.”
Rumble Hero, who brilliantly
won in 30.21 the previous week
when off the rails draw, had to work
hard to get around the inside dogs
from his wide alley.
Once in front he travelled
smoothly and always looked like
holding off Mini Pod.
He has now won six of his 12
starts and been placed six times.
COLD KNIGHT
OMEN PUNTERS would have been
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Race 5 was called the Give Me
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at Ipswich, Albion Park, Townsville
and Lismore each week to generate
publicity for his dog.
“It’s an ongoing sponsorship with
those clubs.”
“To be successful with any product you have to advertise, and it’s no
different with a stud dog. It’s just that
I do things a little different to most,”
Hines said.
In that fifth race last Tuesday,
there were three runners by Give Me
Five.
And they ran first, second and
third!
The trifecta dividend wasn’t huge
at $57.30, which means plenty of
punters collected on that combination.
The winner was Bob Essex’s
Maywyn A Motza, who beat Troy
Sharpe’s Set For Fame and Vicki
Wisener’s Petie Pie.
The three greyhounds are from
different litters, all by Give Me Five.
Hines says the stud dog game is
tough.
“I will always sing the praises of
my dog, of course, but there are a lot
of top dogs out there for breeders to
choose.”
“It costs plenty to keep the advertising going.”
“In just over 18 months at stud,
Give Me Five has sired 360 winners,
whilst over 50% of his pups to race
have earned a prizemoney cheque.”
“And the dog is number 18 on the
Australia-wide sires list.”
Whilst Give Me Five is yet to
produce a superstar, Hines believes
the recent effort of Gula Bale to make
the Shepparton Cup final stamps her
as being highly promising.
“She’s still a youngster but made
QLD
Paul
Dolan
it to the final, and what a race that
was… El Grand Senor beating a top
field of mainly seasoned sprinters,”
he said.
“Gozo’s Gift is another one doing
well, making it to the final of the
Tweed Heads Galaxy a few weeks
ago… the youngest runner in that
field.”
The progeny of Give Me Five win
a lot of short course races, and Hines
is happy about that.
“Racing everywhere nowadays is
geared towards the shorter races, not
only in Queensland.”
“If his pups can win over 331 and
395 metres, that’s good. But they
aren’t all restricted to those distances.”
“Just last week Got Standards
came from an impossible position to
win over 635 metres at Lismore.”
Blessing in disguise
WHAT A GREAT EFFORT by training brothers, Renald and Martin Attard last week.
They landed winning doubles at
each of south-east Queensland’s racing venues.
It licked-off at Capalaba, winning
with Hot Tiger and Wild Albert.
Then it was off to Ipswich three
days later where Hot Tiger won
again, and Grumpy Poet also scored
on the same card.
Then it was winning double at
Albion Park on Wednesday via Star
John and Star Reggie.
“I suppose there aren’t many
trainers who race regularly at Capalaba and the TAB venues too, but
we like to do that,” Renald said.
“I won the Trainers Premiership
at Capalaba last year.”
“We only started racing there in
May and landed 30 winners.”
“We have 15 in work, but our
most promising dog didn’t actually
race last week, it’s Hot Sunday.”
“He’s won three of his four starts
but is out with a cracked stopper
bone.”
“He’s probably a 50% chance of
racing again, but we’re hoping he will
recover.”
Attard says south-east Queensland’s devastating floods in January
this year affected their property at
Fairney View (near Ipswich), but
damage caused may have actually
been a blessing in disguise.
“Our yards were wiped out and
the fences all came down.”
“Fortunately we had no pups in
there, as we had dropped off breeding
with the uncertainty about where
Queensland’s tracks are going to be in
the immediate future.”
“The bull ring and our 300 metres
straight track were demolished too by
the floods.”
“The waters ran under our house,
but not into it, and didn’t reach the
kennels.”
“Rather than rebuild the straight
track, we put in a 100 metres sprint
yard.”
“This altered our training to the
extent that we give the dogs up to six
gallops of 100 metres each.”
“The dogs work well and seem a
lot fitter. We’re getting good results,
anyway.”
Renald predicts a good future for
Star Reggie.
“He had two months off. I was
out walking him with another dog and
I slipped over.”
“The dogs got away and ended up
in a fight, Star Reggie came off second best, but he’s good as gold now.”
Consider this
Can a cemetery raise its burial
costs and blame it on the cost of
living?
BATHURST RACECALLER, Ron
Knight and his brother, Gary secured Elusive Ace to breed from,
but she has given them a racetrack
windfall, scoring her seventh
straight win on Monday.
After the latest Bathurst win, a
racegoer remarked to Knight that
despite his ownership involvement,
his broadcast was ‘cold’.
Said Knight, “I have owned
greyhounds since I began calling the
dogs at Muswellbrook in the 1980s
and have become objective when I
have a runner.”
“The best greyhound I have
raced was Banker’s Dream, the
Muswellbrook record holder.”
“Later she produced Goodesy’s
dam, Frosty Fruits, but she was otherwise disappointing at stud.”
“Elusive Ace is a granddaughter of great brood bitch, Elusive Rebel, so Gary and I wanted to
get her for breeding purposes.”
“We possessed frozen semen
from stud dog, Surf Lorian, and
Glen Starr, of Starr Racing Kennels
at Bathurst, was chasing a service to
that dog.”
“We did a deal with him and
got Elusive Ace, the only bitch in
the litter whelped by Smokin' Aces.”
Elusive Ace was third at her
first start but has since been unstoppable, scoring at Bathurst, Dubbo
and Grafton over 305 to 318 metres.
But trainer, John Buttsworth
doubts she will see out the 520 metres at Wentworth Park.
“Elusive Ace had a couple of
400 metres trials before she began
racing and got to the line reasonably
well,” Buttsworth said last week.
“She is much stronger now, so 400
metres races should not be a problem.”
“But 520 metres at Wenty Park
is a different matter, and while she is
getting draws and winning, I will
keep entering her for sprints.”
Elusive Ace has box eight in
Race 10, another 307 metres ‘flutter’
at Bathurst.
**********
GLAUCOMA prevents Pat West
attending race meetings, but the 79
year-old Leppington trainer led the
cheer squad at home when at Dapto
on Wednesday, For Glenda’s Boy
won his sixth race in just 13 starts.
West and husband, Jerry, 73,
got great satisfaction from the win
because they bred For Glenda’s Boy
along with his dam, Glenda’s Pick
and grand-dam, Glenda’s Flash.
“We have 15 in work, but while
I can see the races on TV, our
grandson, Shane Bowen has to take
the dogs to the track,” West said.
“Glenda’s Pick, the dam of For
Glenda’s Boy, was very well performed and we sold her to an owner
in South Australia for $30,000.”
“But after she arrived he wasn’t
happy with her, so we refunded his
money and got her back.”
“And she has turned out to be a
good producer.”
“For Glenda’s Boy, who won
over 297 metres at Dapto, is quick
but has trialled over longer distances, and 400 metres is about as
far as he can get.”
“But we have just educated and
named a litter from Susan Hotz, another of our bitches, which could
become top notchers.”
Jerry and Pat West, who have
been in the sport for 45 years, formerly broke in the stock of the late
Allen Wheeler, whose son, Paul is
now Australia’s leading owner and
breeder.
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BOBBY BOUCHEAU resumed from
a five weeks spell to take out heat
two of the Macro Meats NDC Vic
over 715 metres, running the Best Of
Night 41.87.
Sent to box six as favourite at
$1.80, the Angela Jackson owned and
trained stayer won the start and led
Black Viking by a half length at the
first peg in 6.24, with a half length to
Bling It On in third spot.
Around to the Judge with a lap to
travel and it was Bobby Boucheau
tracking out from the fence in charge
with a length on Bling It On and a
further two lengths to Pepe’s Colour.
Bobby Boucheau made it to the
far turn in 30.67 but Bling It On was
really serving it up to the favourite,
with Pepe’s Colour poised behind
and Granduer was coming into it.
Bobby Boucheau had to dig
really deep over the final stages and
fought back gamely to hold out the
late charge by Granduer ($5.70),
scoring by a half length, with Lady
Arko ($2.90) flashing home late
along the fence to get third money,
five and three quarter lengths in arrears.
Bobby Boucheau, a son of Bombastic Shiraz and Dallas Gypsy, has
won three of his five tries at the trip,
as part of his 17 wins in 29 goes
overall.
First heat favourite
IN HEAT one of the Macro Meats
NDC Vic over 715 metres, it was the
favourite, Shimaguni that scored in
41.97 to give her trainer, Jim Redenbach the first leg of a winning double.
Drawn in box seven at $1.40, the
daughter of Primo Uno and Messines
settled fourth early before getting up
to second but had a great battle with
Echelon for that possie until the back
straight.
Shimaguni took the lead off the
back and did enough in the run, beating Echelon ($4.20) by a length and a
half, with Bramley ($13.10) three and
a quarter lengths further afield.
Shimaguni has won three of four
tries over the trip, whilst overall she’s
picked up 14 victories in just 20
starts.
Budgie Lass gave Jim his double
when she recorded 29.90 to score in
the Sandown Facebook Mixed 4th/5th
Grade over 515 metres.
Allocated the inside trap as a
$6.60 fancy, the daughter of Meticulous and Giddigan led early before
being shaded by Where’s Demonica
at the first mark but then railed to the
front turning out the straight and led
from thereon.
Budgie Lass didn’t look like being caught, accounting for the late
finishing Gold Heritage ($5.60) and
Foot Tapper ($20.50), with the margins being a length and a quarter both
ways.
Budgie Lass, owned by the
Budgie Syndicate, has won six of her
34 starts, whilst on the track she’s
picked up three wins in 15 goes.
Both to Giles
THERE were two races run over 595
metres and “Moe Maestro”, Peter
Giles trained the winners of each.
The first of those was Timmy
Woodcock, who used to rails to advantage and got home best to score in
the Happy Hour Every Thursday
Grade 5.
The son of Big Daddy Cool and
Sniveller had the yellow vest on at
$4.10 and was back sixth early before
improving to fourth in the straight the
first time and railed his way to second into the back.
Timmy Woodcock sped to the
front around the final corner and
greeted the Judge three quarters of a
length in advance of Crossing Texas
($3.60 fav), with Onya Splash
($13.40) picking up third money, a
length and a quarter in arrears.
Timmy Woodcock, owned by
Wayne Vincent, recorded 34.76 to
bring up his first win in seven starts
at the trip that took his career tally to
six firsts in 33 outings.
KINGA WILL, owned by Noel
Talia, gave Pete his double by registering the new PB of 34.45 to take
out the Rapidvite Dual D & A Mixed
4th/5th Grade.
Coming from box two at $12.40,
the son of Bit Chili and Or Catra was
second early before finding the front
turning out of the straight and from
thereon cruised home a six and a half
lengths winner over Timbo ($5.30),
with three quarters of a length to third
placed New Year’s Punch ($25.00).
Kinga Will has now won six of
his 23 attempts, whilst on the track at
the trip he has the good record of four
wins in nine goes.
Tania Two Shoes came out running and waltzed away with a Grade 5 sprint event
last Thursday night at Sandown Park. Raced and trained by Andrew Stewart of
Melton, the fast breaker scooted around the 515 metres circuit in a new 29.76 PB.
to take out the Sandown website
Grade 5 over 515 metres.
Exiting the two trap as the popular elect at $2.70, the daughter of
Collision and Lexy Bale settled third
early before getting into second place
in the back straight.
Bestie Bale hit the front after
straightening for the run home, and
out in the middle of the track, was
just too strong on the night, defeating
Kon Tiki ($5.40) by a length and a
half, with a half length to third placed
Picaboon ($5.10).
Bestie Bale has now raced seven
times and this was her fourth win,
whilst at the trip this was her second
go and the first time she’d scored.
WALTER BALE provided Paul
and Graeme with their double when
he led all the way to take out the
Christmas Parties at Sandown Grade
5 over 515 metres.
Wearing the blue vest as a $10.10
elect, the son of Hallucinate and Kazar Bale ran splits of 5.02 and 18.85
on his way to an overall 29.86, registering his first win at his 10th try at
the journey.
The red fawn chaser ticked-up his
17th career win at start number 72 by
beating his kennelmate, Stanford
Bale ($4.50) by two lengths, with
Shiraz Colour ($7.30) three quarters
of a length further adrift.
Bate kennel handler, Aidan Andrews
poses with Walter Bale, who finally
broke through after nine previous
unsuccessful attempts to win over
the Sandown Park 515 metres trip.
Leading combo again
Lauren Gorman and Kinga Will, who provided the Peter Giles kennel with the
second leg of a 595 metres double last week at Sandown Park. The kennel was
successful earlier in the evening with the luckless Timmy Woodcock, who
deserved his first victory over the middle distance in 34.76.
AUSTRALIA’S leading owner
trainer combo of Paul Wheeler and
Graeme Bate continued on their winning way with a double, and Bestie
Bale was leg one when she ran 29.90
Sandown Park 595 metres and 715 metres track record holder, Bobby Boucheau showed the benefit of a short let-up from
tackling the best stayers in the land with a faultless display on his home track lat Thursday night. Angela Jackson’s pride
and joy held off fast finishing Granduer in 41.87, giving him three wins from four tries over the half mile journey.
Big night for Jimmy Redenbach: Shimaguni was the first of a kennel double for
the Cranbourne trainer after she took out the first heat of the State National
Distance series at Sandown Park in 41.97. Later in the evening Budgie Lass
showed a return to form after eight defeats with a strong victory over the sprint
trip in 29.90. Shimaguni is the next “Black Caviar”, according to her devoted
trainer, and will line up this Thursday night against Bobby Boucheau to decide
who will wear the Big “V” in the Australian final at Albion Park later this month.
HEATS of the National Sprint and Distance Championships got underway at
Angle Park last Thursday night, with two
heats of the sprint and a single heat of
the distance being run on a rain-affected
track.
DARK DUO maintained his early
favoritism for the series when he took out
the opening round of the sprint in fine
style for trainer, Rob Harnas.
Donning the yellow vest and starting
$1.90 favourite, Dark Duo jumped nicely
and showed good pace to cross the field
and hold the early lead over Point Two
Over.
Showing the way by a couple of
lengths over kennelmate, Point Two Over
along the back straight, Dark Duo edged
away to reach the top turn with a three
lengths break.
Rounding the final bend still three
lengths clear of Point Two Over, Dark
Duo finished well and increased the gap
in the run to the judge.
A son of Bombastic Shiraz and Token Whiz, he crossed the line three
lengths ahead of Point Two Over in Best
Of Night 29.78, with Rawson Reason
running a good race in third place.
RANDOM TEST registered a training
double for Harnas when he won heat two
with a strong finish.
Nicely drawn in box one and starting
as the $1.70 elect, Random Test jumped
safely but was outpaced early, settling
down third behind the front running
Where’s Cisco through the first turn.
Improving to be second in the back
straight, Random Test loomed up ominously and reached the top turn camped
on Where’s Cisco’s heels.
Railing past Where’s Cisco through
the final bend and straightening for home
a length clear, Random Test had to fendoff the fast finish of Sargent Trigga over
the closing stages.
The son of Collision and Camden
Shiraz scored by three quarters of a
length in 30.21, while Where’s Cisco
hung on for third.
SA
Paul
Rehmann
Mayhem in the distance
KALDEN MAYHEM upset favourite, Satanic Cash when he landed the only heat
of the National Distance for trainer, Troy
Murray.
Drawn box seven, Kalden Mayhem
($3.20) began slowly then mustered
speed, working his way into the picture
through the first turn, where Wot Price
Pete was in charge.
Making good ground and taking the
lead with a lap to run, Kalden Mayhem
worked a couple of lengths clear passing
the catching pen, with Satanic Cash last,
about 15 lengths adrift.
Leading by a single length over Wot
Price Pete along the back straight, Kalden Mayhem regained his two lengths
break as they reached the top turn.
Rounding the final bend three lengths
clear of the leg-weary Wot Price Pete,
Kalden Mayhem finished the race off well,
holding at bay the fast finishing Satanic
Cash in the run home.
By Big Daddy Cool from Abbadale
Gold, he cruised past the post two and a
quarter lengths ahead of Satanic Cash in
43.65, with Forty Twenty making late
ground in third place.
The same seven runners contest
Thursday night’s State Final.
Zeppelin too zippy
LED ZEPPELIN notched his sixth win
from 11 starts at Angle Park last Thursday night by taking out the Mixed
2nd/3rd/4th Grade for trainer, Lesley Sermon.
Nicely drawn in box three and starting at $2.70 behind race favourite, Tesla
Honest as they come, Kalden Mayhem won the National Distance heat in
43.66 at Angle Park last week. But in a move that’s unwarranted and
stupid, according to many in the industry, the same seven greyhounds
will contest the SA State Final this Thursday night.
SA KENNEL
CAPERS
GREYHOUND OF THE MONTH –
JULY 2011
Greyhound of the month for July was
Hannah McLaren for trainer Don
Foster.
July’s award for Hannah
McLaren made her the first
greyhound in 2011 to take out
multiple Greyhound of the Month
awards after she was awarded the
winner in May.
Her month was highlighted by a
scintillating performance in winning
the rich Gawler Produce Final in early
July.
After being undefeated through
the heat and semi final some thought
that maybe box 5 in the final may
bring the daughter of Bit Chilli and
Nimuay Lass undone as she started
an easing favourite however all
doubts were cast aside shortly after
the start when she pounced on the
lead.
She ran blistering times when out
in front winning the feature final by
8½ lengths and stopping the clock at
30.34 only .11 outside Regional
Image’s track record set in July of
2003.
The Foster’s then headed to
Angle Park with “Hannah” and easily
won a Grade 6 event in a sizzling
29.72 however disappointed at her
next start surprisingly finishing out of
the placings in late July as an odds
on favourite.
In July Hannah McLaren only
had the three starts for two wins with
stakemoney of $14,360 bringing her
career to 20 starts for 12 wins and 3
placings and over $47,000 in
stakemoney.
THANKYOU MAL
Greyhound Racing SA recently
through retirement lost one of its
valued and popular Stewards
Malcolm John Westley (Mal).
Mal was a member of the
Stewards Department for over twenty
five years and in that time has gained
the respect of all other Stewards,
Staff, Clubs and Industry participants.
He was able to provide
assistance to GRSA wherever
needed.
($2.40), Led Zeppelin jumped fast but
was outpaced by Woodside Woody before settling second through the first turn.
Tracking Woodside Woody by a couple of lengths in the back straight, Led
Zeppelin was sticking close to the leader
as they reached the top turn, still separated by just two lengths.
Trying hard to bridge the gap and
straightening for home just over a length
off the pacesetter, Led Zeppelin finished
powerfully, overhauling Woodside Woody
over the closing stages.
The son of Collide and Friendly Aviator defeated the gallant Woodside Woody
by over a length in 30.26, with Tesla a
close third.
Hannah takes honour
HANNAH McLAREN was rewarded for
her strong efforts last month when named
the SA Greyhound of the Month for July.
Trained by Don Foster, Hannah
McLaren had three starts during July for
two brilliant wins… the first in the Produce Stake final at Gawler when she led
all the way from box five in a sensational
30.34.
Hannah McLaren’s other win for the
month came in a Grade 5 at Angle Park
when she led all the way from box eight
to record Best Of Night 29.72.
The first chaser to win multiple Greyhound of the Month awards this year,
having secured the award for May, Hannah McLaren was also awarded the Run
of the Month for July for the 30.34 Produce final victory.
Other chasers to win a Greyhound of
the Month award so far this year are Satanic Cash, Goosebumps, Brahma Boy
and Dark Duo.
Top Dog
MURRAY BRIDGE TRAINER, Shaun
Matcott holds an almost unassailable
advantage in the Leading SA TAB Trainer
with 171 winners to the end of July.
Petar Jovanovic, who’s second, is
ineligible for the award and
currently has his license disqualified.
Troy Murray is having a
good year and is currently third
with 68, while Kim Johnstone is
fourth on 55.
Don Turner shows the way
in the Leading SA Non-TAB
Trainer with 9 wins so far, that’s
three clear of Gary Pidgeon (6),
with Marion Lanyon next on 5.
Scull Murphy has a slight
break in the Leading SA Stud
Dog with 17 winners, three clear
of Dr. Van Loon (14) and third
placed Emerley Carlos (12).
Tilka Lee shows the way in
the Leading SA Brood Bitch
with 28 winners, Nimuay Lass
is hot on her heels with 25,
followed by Corrumbene Lass
third on 22.
THIS WEEK’S State Final of the National Distance Championship looks to
be a cracking affair, judging by the single heat run at Angle Park last Thursday
night.
With the same seven runners in the
race as last week, the odds are likely to
be a lot closer this Thursday night after
Kalden Mayhem lowered the colours of
Satanic Cash.
KALDEN MAYHEM has drawn well
in box one, and with three wins from
four starts over the journey for trainer,
Troy Murray, he has strong claims.
A moderate beginner who warms
up quickly and is capable of running
record splits, Kalden Mayhem will be
looking to open a big break on Satanic
Cash in the middle stages.
Already a runner up in a Group 2
Gold Cup at Wentworth Park, Kalden
Mayhem is probably the only chaser in
the field that stands between Satanic
Cash having a second crack at a National Grand Final.
SATANIC CASH lost no admirers
when finishing second last week after
making up the best part of a dozen
lengths over the last 300 metres, having
dropped to the rear of the field early
from his unsuitable draw of one.
Trained by Bob Isaacson, Satanic
Cash has drawn much better with box
four in the final and will be looking to
add to his incredible record of 21 wins
from 27 starts over the 731 metres trip.
Runner up behind Blue Lorian in
last year’s National Grand Final, Satanic
Cash will win if he stays in touch with
the field early but would not want to give
Kalden Mayhem a 15 lengths head start
this week.
FORTY TWENTY has been a
model of consistency over the 731 metres since coming to SA, with his SA
CV showing three wins and six placings
from nine starts, while his third placing
in last week’s heat was another typical
effort.
Trained by Lesley Sermon, Forty
Twenty will run another strong dour race
in the final but will need Kalden Mayhem
and Satanic Cash to find trouble if he’s
to win the race.
WOT PRICE PETE has been a
power to behold over the 515 metres
and 600 metres distances, with nine
wins from 10 starts before his fourth
place in last week’s heat when on debut
over the half-mile trip.
Trained by Mick Giniotis, Wot Price
Pete will probably find the early lead
from box seven in this week’s final, however, will find the going tough over the
final stages with so much strength in the
race.
SAMANTHA McLAREN went into
last week’s heat with four wins from six
starts over the distance but found the
going tough against the state’s best
stayers, finishing fifth.
Trained by Don Foster, Samantha
McLaren is a talented youngster with
ability but a place finish looks to be her
best chance in the final.
ELENA McLAREN will take her
place in the final for trainer, Helen Foster, but will need sharp improvement on
her sixth place heat finish.
A veteran of only two races over the
distance for no placings as yet, Elena
McLaren has box six in the final and
looks to be well held.
HURLEY’S KIST rounds out the
seven finalists and looks well held on
his last place finish in the heat when a
100/1 chance.
Trained by Peter Hurley, she’s a
winner of two races from seven attempts over the distance but is not
hopeless, and with box eight in the final,
this looks too rich.
- Paul Rehman
We wish Mal and his family all
the best for the future.
GREYHOUNDS AUSTRALASIA
THUMPS STUDY
Dr. Steve Karamatic will be visiting
South Australia to observe >450
individual greyhounds up to 10
minutes post race.
This will involve watching races
from the catching pen and then
greyhounds returning to the wash
b a y s a n d r e c o r d i n g v i su a l
observations.
It may involve filming some
greyhounds post race.
Furthermore he may be allowed
to view those greyhounds who are
kennelled too quickly with a torch
through the cage doors for evidence
of 'thumps' (excluding greyhounds to
be swabbed) and this may be
necessary if he does not get to view
most dogs greater than 6 minutes.
He will be attending the following
meetings •
Strathalbyn Sunday 28 August,
•
Angle Park Monday 29, Tuesday
30, Wednesday 31, Thursday 1,
and
•
Gawler Friday 2 September.
Something in common
TELL ME, what do Rapid Journey and El
Grand Senor have in common?
“Macca’s”!
Yes, it seems El Grand Senor loves
nothing better than going through the
drive-thru at Macca’s after a night at the
track.
Well, so I’m told.
Come to think of it, with the money
he’s won, he could almost buy his own
outlet.
I also heard he’s a bit of a “tealeaf” (that’s thief in rhyming slang).
I hear he took a fancy to Carolyn’s
half eaten steak sandwich and decided to
help himself to his share.
Mind you, he could have bought his
own; as he’d just pocketed $90,000 by
taking out the Shepparton Cup.
And he earned it too; they really
made him win it.
Aston Galilee early, then Mystic Apple at the end, made the son of Where’s
Pedro and Elgrando Gold work throughout, with the champ having to dig really
deep to claim his third Provincial Cup for
the year.
Anyway, El Grand Senor passed half
a million dollars in prizemoney and
moved to second behind High Earner on
the Australian Stakemoney table.
El Grand Senor was not nominated
for the Nationals, and a few people
thought that was a sign that he was to be
retired again.
But as far as I know, he’ll probably
keep racing.
I think that seeing as he’s so close to
the record and still young and racing in
great form, you wouldn’t want to go to
your grave wondering “would he have got
it”.
And if you want to think about the
fact that he’s brilliant on the big horseshoe type tracks, with the Ballarat and
Geelong Cups still to come.
Oh hang on, he’s a star at The Meadows too, and there’s a TOPGUN coming
up.
Didn’t he win that last year?
Speaking of last year, didn’t he land
the Melbourne Cup?
My view is this: This dog is capable
of becoming the first greyhound in the
world to win a million dollars in
prizemoney.
He currently has $581,335 in the
bank.
The four races I’ve just mentioned
above carry total first prizemoney of
$405,000 this year, plus in three you will
probably need to win a heat to make the
final.
Let’s see; $581,335 plus $405,000
equals $986,335.
The prizemoney from the heats might
top that over a million.
Is there anyone out there brave
enough to say with certainty that the
above scenario isn’t possible for this dog?
Of course, that would then give him
something else in common with Rapid
Journey, and that’s setting a prizemoney
record that may stand for a real long time.
Check out second
DO YOU remember my rule with fast
times?
If a dog runs a real fast time or a
track record and there’s a doubt in your
mind about its accuracy, the best way to
verify the time is to check out the second
dog.
At Sandown on July 28 in the opening race, Gold Coast Gazza zoomed
around in 29.31 to score by six lengths.
The time seemed extremely fast to
most.
For the record, Gold Coast Gazza
was having just his fifth start.
His debut run was a Sandown win in
30.17 on a slow track where the BOD
was 30.04.
BOD, that’s four days earlier, going
more than 10 lengths slower than the
29.31.
Incidentally, his only other run on the
track resulted in a 20¼ lengths last in
30.05 where the BON was 29.53, but in
fairness, he was flattened numerous
times.
Anyhow, back to the near-record run,
and as I said earlier, he scored by six
lengths.
That means the second dog has
recorded around 29.67 which just happens to be .57 (nine lengths) quicker than
he’d ever run there before.
He had a PB of 30.24 achieved in
one of his three runs on the track, whilst
his times in his other two efforts were
approximately 30.27 and 30.85.
If you want to take it one step further,
the third dog was a further length and a
half away, which means he posted 29.76;
his only other effort was 30.16.
I will point out that the Steward’s
Report said: “The official time of 29.32
(sic) was also confirmed by the Judges
official hand timing on the event.”
Anyhow, you have the figures, you
decide!
Very interesting
FOLLOWING on from the previous piece,
there was something that I found very
interesting in the Steward’s Report on
that race.
It said; “Stewards spoke to Mr. R.
Britton, the trainer of Gold Coast Gazza
regarding the greyhound’s performance
tonight.
Microchips
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY for animal
identification was first introduced in the
1980s and has developed over the years
into the injectable chip or transponder
used today.
They are routinely used worldwide to
identify animals.
The microchip provides permanent
irrefutable proof of identification, without
any form of scarring or disfigurement.
Microchip identification is a
compulsory policy of most local councils,
and greyhound racing authorities are
adopting this identification method.
While microchipping has been a
success for local government, it must be
remembered that before the advent of
microchipping there was no reliable
means of identifying a stray dog.
Victoria is one of the first places in
the world to introduce compulsory
microchipping for its dog population.
And whilst there are many benefits, it
should be remembered that the
greyhound population have had an
effective identification system that has
certainly stood the test of time, and at the
end of the transition there will be very little
difference in either system.
By Dr. Des Fegan
MVB MRCVS
Microchip technology is based on the
use of scanners sending out a radio wave
or electromagnetic field.
When a scanner comes into the
proximity of a chip, the chip is energised
by the radio wave and transmits its
unique code back to the scanner.
The scanner LCD will then display
the microchip number for a minute.
It is the scanner that does all the
work!
They are known as Radio Frequency
Identification Devices or RFIDs.
A microchip is the size of a large
grain of rice, encased in a biocompatible
glass, which should be covered by a thin
coa ti n g to en co u ra g e ti ss u e
encapsulation.
These coatings are used in human
pacemaker and prosthetic surgery, and
used to prevent rejection of the item and
speed up the bonding process with the
tissues.
The coating forms an irregular
surface, which allows the tissue fibres
Mr. Britton advised Stewards that the
greyhound was relatively young and inexperienced (5th start this event) but was
surprised by the greyhound’s performance, in particular the 1st split time of
5.02.”
Firstly, what’s interesting is that according to GRV’s official results, the first
split was taken by number eight (Madge
Allsop).
The second part that I guess is very
interesting is that had anyone bothered to
do the sums that were displayed in the
previous piece called “Check out second”,
you wouldn’t have been asking the winning trainer anything at all.
But perhaps I’m just too logical for
that!
Another first four
WE MUST get runs on certain things
because you may recall a couple of
weeks ago, I reported to you about
Graeme Jose’s ‘first four’ finish with littermates at Cranbourne.
Well at Warragul on July 26 in the
ninth race, the Selleck family provided a
‘first four’ finish.
The littermates, all owned by Cyril
Anderson, were from Big Daddy Cool out
of Token Excuse, and they filled the first
four placings in the ninth race, a 400 metres Maiden.
Victory went to Charge It, who came
from box three at $9.50 to defeat Batten
Rouge in the green vest at $11.20, with
Fortune Ate ($27.50) out of box five running third. whilst number two, Just Sioux
Me finished fourth.
First and second were trained by
Jodie Selleck, with Debbie Selleck preparing the third runner, whilst Brian had
Just Sioux Me, who ran favourite at
$2.70.
The divvies were: Quinella $16.30,
Exacta $103.50, Trifecta $327.70 and the
First4 $407.80.
Hope the family had something on it!
Great to see
IT WAS great to see Shimaguni score her
first Group win when she took out the
AWM Distance Championship at The
Meadows.
It’s been no secret that we’ve had an
extremely high opinion of her right from
day one, and it’s always nice to see a dog
you’ve “followed” from the beginning
achieve success in a top grade race.
If you recall, Shimaguni came
through that GRV VBIS Maiden Series at
Sandown earlier in the year, and proving
how valuable those events are at producing “tomorrow’s” stars, the runner up in
the AWM, Echelon also contested that
same series.
It’s great when the form stacks up.
Shimaguni is now having a crack at
the Nationals, and she’ll again get the
chance to match motors with Echelon, his
brother, Granduer and current Sandown
Cup champion and track record holder,
Bobby Boucheau.
A couple of other stayers that contested the AWM are there too, they being
within the animal to bond and grow
around the microchip holding it in place.
Early reports on the greyhound
population that have been microchipped
over the past months suggest that the
rate of microchip migration is much higher
than would be expected.
Approximately one in four seem to be
moving to areas other than where they
were placed.
More concerning is that some seem
to have disappeared altogether and had
to be redone.
Greyhound Racing Victoria has
deflected concerns from veterinarians by
accusing them of “operator error”.
The incidence of migration and
complete loss suggests a more scientific
and investigative response may be
required.
The coatings are well tested and any
adverse reactions are reported on.
The incidence of adverse reactions is
extremely rare, and those that are
investigated by reputable scientific
journals invariably find a culprit other than
the microchip.
Walnut Veterinary Clinic
84 Clarendon Street
Cranbourne, 3977
(03) 5995 5255
Bramley and Lady Arko.
Sadly, only 14 stayers nominated,
but I‘m certain whatever dog gets through
will do “us” proud because there’s nothing
wrong with the quality.
Well speculated
THE Maturity final was a case of “girls
rule”, and so did the Wheeler/Bate combo
too it seems.
Over the past few weeks I’ve been
looking at the series, and Shereen Bale
proved superior in the heats, semi-finals
and the final by running BON’s each time
to score.
No one could begrudge any greyhound that has done that a well deserved
victory.
The fact she was a girl against the
boys made her win even more meritorious, plus having to deal with box eight in
the final, what more can you say?
Again, the form around that second
Laurels final has stacked up.
Black Saharrah, a finalist in that Laurels, made the Maturity final, and if you
remember, Shereen Bale was runner up
in the Ladies Bracelet at Wentworth Park
and the WA Oaks, and both times to Tonneli Bale, also a Laurels finalist.
The other thing about this year’s
Maturity was the way the Paul Wheeler
(and family) greyhounds performed.
The best part for Paul was to get
one-two in the final, with Stefan Bale
acquitting himself extremely well to pick
up second prizemoney.
And what about that man… Graeme
Bate?
There’s just no stopping his run, and
of course as we now know, preparing the
quinella in the Maturity is just another
feather in his cap.
Cup and record
TONNELI BALE, she just keeps getting
better.
She zipped up to Darwin to contest
the Group 3 Cup and after running a track
record in a heat, broke that time to land
the final.
When you dish-out awards, any greyhound that breaks their own track record
goes into a rather elite club.
And if you happen to run a track record to win a major race, there’s another
elite group you can join.
Again, yet another great greyhound
in the Wheeler/Bate “colours”… and a
bitch as well.
I rate this one very highly indeed, and
I’ll stick by my view that if she ever
switches to staying at some point, she
may just wind up Australia’s best halfmiler.
Of course, she may just end up Australia’s No. 1 sprinter yet, as she’s contesting the Victorian leg of the National
Sprint Championship.
Banana benders
WE LOVE calling Queenslanders
“Banana Benders”, but I tell you what, just
at the moment they might be the red hot
favourites to provide both National
champs.
Besides the obvious home-track advantage that their representatives will
have, they also happen to have a couple
of chasers that are well in contention on
their overall ability.
We’ve mentioned Dashing Corsair
before, but apart from nominal favourite,
he’d have to be sentimental favourite.
And why can’t he win it?
He loves Albion Park, he’s the track
record holder there and he’s in brilliant
form.
And many will say he deserves it.
No arguments here.
But they also have a sprinter in
Queensland with a real lot going for her.
Velocity Regina also loves Albion
Park and handed in a great run in the
Darwin Cup by running Tonneli Bale to a
half length in the final, so we know she’s
in form and she’s trained by one of Australia’s best, Tony Brett.
And I daresay that at the moment
she must certainly be well in the market
to take out the NSC.
Huge plunges
IN DAYS gone by, there have been some
huge plunges on greyhounds.
The “Irish” Tote at Warrnambool was
great in pre TAB days.
I had a dog in one night and the
owner came along for the ride.
He wasn’t “up to speed” on just how
the on-course Tote worked.
Finding our dog at 5/4 with the bookies, he decided that the Tote would be a
better option.
So he put $150 on for the win.
And win she did.
After some time, the divvies were
declared, 50 cents for the win and $28.00
for the place.
A friend’s wife had $1.00 each-way
on her and collected $57.00.
She was the real winner.
I ended up all right too, my $60 on
the bookies returned me $150, as I got
6/4.
Anyhow, if you use the logic that the
place divvy is around a quarter of the win
divvy; that could have meant my bitch
was at $112.00 for the win before the
owner backed her.
Jokingly, I’ll claim that as a record.
But a guy I knew takes the award in
orchestrating the cleverest plunge.
He had a dog in at a bush track,
same deal there, an on-course Tote and
bookies.
Being told the bookies wouldn’t hold
much, he had a swag of dough he wanted
on his dog; he couldn’t see it losing.
Anyhow, before leaving home, he put
it all on with the SP’s.
At the track, his race was the ninth
and his luck was in; he just kept backing
winners all night.
All cashed up, he asked his mate to
use some of his winnings to punt his own
dog.
The money went on at 2/1 with the
only bookie on the track, which then resulted in “Satchel Swinger” twiddling the
knobs into 1/10.
The dog won.
The trainer I heard had a $200 collect
on his dog on-course, so he wasn’t too
bad off.
But of course the SP was 1/10, and
that’s what he got for his large investment
with the SP’s, a healthy 10%.
Still, it was better than bank interest.
Got a good one like the above two
tales to tell, send it in and we’ll run it here.
Your Say
“Clever Fella” with, “Might as well have
my early Nasho picks.
I really think Tonneli Bale might be
hard to beat in the sprint and I like Bobby
Boucheau in the staying.”
Two Victorians eh, you’re a parochial
chap I must say, but anyhow, duly
noted.
“Micro Brain” stated, “Well there goes the
uniformity again.”
I guess eventually it will be uniformity,
as all greyhounds will be chipped,
some sooner than later!
“New Comer” asked, “Do you think it’s
better to buy a pup or a proven dog?”
Why not one of each, that way you get
a dog racing whilst you wait for his or
her replacement to grow up....gee, how
diplomatic can I be?
But seriously, you’re probably better
off looking at a ready-made dog; I’m
assuming you plan on giving it to a
trainer.
This week’s Teaser
FOLLOWING on from last week’s legendary Stud Dogs Teaser, Anna Gram has
asked; can you identify these eight legendary brood bitches?
1. Try Paste
2. Bugbear Goose
3. Babe Survey
4. So Elite
5. Primrose Fees
6. Wiggly Teasers
7. Bingo Slabs
8. Purely Panache
ANSWERS NEXT WEEK
Last week’s answers
THE answers to last week’s Stud Dog
Legends Teaser:
1. Andrew Micawber
2. Chief Havoc
3. Rocket Jet
4. Black Top
5. Temlee
6. Brother Fox
7. Token Prince
8. Bombastic Shiraz
FORM GUIDES INCLUDE:
LIFTOUT
FORM GUIDE
INDEX
ROB HARNAS looks to hold all the
aces in this week’s SA State Final of
the National Sprint Championship, as
Dark Duo, Random Test, Stove
Rocks and Point Two Over give him
four good chances.
DARK DUO will start the deserving favorite after winning a heat
in a good 29.78 over Sargent Trigga
on a very wet track.
A winner of 17 races from 24
starts on the track, Dark Duo has
been the SA’s best sprinter this year,
and with box three in the final, he
will take a power of beating.
A safe beginner with great midrace pace and a strong finish, Dark
Duo will just have to stay safe in the
early part of the race. and with moderate beginners around him he should
do just that.
RANDOM TEST ran a good race
when winning the second heat in
30.21, and with 15 wins from 29
starts on the track, he’s always a
strong chance in any race he contests.
A fair beginner who loves to run
home strongly along the rail, Random
Test has come up with the suitable
draw of two in the final but will need
a little bit of luck. with Honky Tonk
Girl in box one likely to push wide in
the early stages.
POINT TWO OVER ran home
well when finishing second behind
Dark Duo in a heat last week and has
come up with the same draw of eight
in the final.
A super-honest chaser with lots
of ability and 11 wins from 41 starts
on the track, Point Two Over has
claims again in the final but will have
to do things the hard way from his
wide draw, so a place looks best.
STOVE ROCKS is the fourth of
Rob Harnas’ runners in the race and
will start from box four after finish-
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ing fourth to Random Test in a heat
last week.
A wide runner who charges home
over the closing stages, Stove Rocks
should give good cover to Dark Duo
early, but with a clear run and a
roughly run race, he could add to his
honest record of fi8ve wins from 16
starts on the track.
RAWSON REASON is still on
the come back trail after spending a
year off with a bad injury, and his
third place finish to Dark Duo in a
heat was just his fourth start back.
Trained by Don Foster, Rawson
Reason is a talented chaser with 12
wins from 34 starts on the track, and
although drawing poorly with box
five in the final, he still looks a strong
place chance and could surprise.
SARGENT TRIGGA is another
strong chaser in the race, who ran on
well when finishing second to Random Test in a heat.
Trained by Lesley Sermon, Sargent Trigga has drawn poorly with
box six in the final but will be running on strongly over the concluding
stages when looking to add to his
strong record on the track of nine
wins from 34 starts.
WHERE’S CISCO led early before tiring to finish back third in another of the heats that Random Test
won, but with box seven in the final,
the bold front runner looks drawn to
lead once again.
Trained by Narvette Treloar,
NGF
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THE MEADOWS (SAT)
RACE 6 NO 3
MYSTIC APPLE
ANGLE PARK (THU)
RACE 8 NO. 3
DARK DUO
SANDOWN PARK (THU)
RACE 8 NO. 8
BOBBY BOUCHEAU
WEDNESDAY
The Meadows
The Gardens
Albion Park
Rockhampton
Angle Park
Cannington
Shepparton
Ballarat
Nowra
THURSDAY
Dark Duo with his owner, Tung Phan, after the very consistent Angle
Park racer recorded his 17th win a SA’s premier venue in a National
Sprint heat, running 29.78 on a slow track.
Where’s Cisco loves a wide draw and
has pace to burn early, but with such
strong runners in the race he will
need to pinch a good break if he’s to
add to his good record of 16 wins
from 38 starts on the track.
HONKY TONK GIRL is the only
bitch in the final and has drawn well
in the event and will exit the coveted
rails alley.
Michael Sullivan
Trained by Bruce Lellmann,
Honky Tonk Girl is a fair beginner
and strong finisher but will need to do
everything right in this company to
have any chance of adding to her record of seven wins from 25 starts on
the track.
Reserves in the race are Adjust
for Lesley Sermon and Aston Elite
for Troy Murray.
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THE MEADOWS (SAT)
RACE 7 NO. 2
BARRIQUE
ALBION PARK (THU)
RACE 6 NO. 5
VELOCITY REGINA
THE MEADOWS (SAT)
RACE 3 NO. 1
EXPLOSIVE DROP
NGF
Sandown Park
Geelong
Elwick
Maitland
Dapto
Grafton
Warragul
Albion Park
Mandurah
Angle Park
FRIDAY
Geelong
Traralgon
Ipswich
Wentworth Park
The Gardens
Casino
Gawler
SATURDAY
The Meadows
Warrnambool
Wentworth Park
The Gardens
Richmond
Mt Gambier (Sunday)
Launceston (Monday)
The above form guides may change without
notice due to box draws being held over or
nominations extended due to insufficient noms
at the time of printing.
THE FIRST TWO NIGHTS had suggested
that this could be a quite special ladbrokes.
com Irish Derby, but it went into orbit in the
second last of the 25 heats on Saturday
night at Shelbourne Park as Razldazl
George produced one of those remarkable
performances that are only witnessed once
in the proverbial full moon.
Picture the scenario… Dublin is virtually submerged in a late afternoon,/early
evening deluge, and we drive through halfflooded roads to reach the Mecca of the
sport.
We witness high class greyhounds
such as Melodys Royal and Colorful Champ
turning in foot-perfect performances and yet
struggling to return times such as 30.33 and
30.35 respectively, comfortably 60 or more
spots behind what they would be capable of
doing on any normal night.
The announcement then arrives that
the Stewards have decided that the going is
being rated at .30 slow.
It is greeted with loud guffaws and,
despite the drying conditions and regular
rolling through the night, the times remain
very ordinary.
Even Derby champion, Tyrur McGuigan
does everything right and yet clocks 30.36,
all of 85 spots slower than his time in last
year’s Derby final triumph.
In the very next race, Razldazl George
occupies the inside box. He looks a certainty to beat his four rivals – Coolard Chief
and his appointed reserve were missing –
and then produces a real stunner.
The renowned from-behind performer
takes an absolute screamer from the inside
box, is lengths clear around the bend from
Soviet Marco and draws further and further
clear all the way to win by an extending 11
lengths in 29.88.
The official going description transcribes this as a 29.58 run – forget it, this is
a run that wouldn’t be far short of College
Causeway’s sensational 2009 Derby run of
30.21.
After racing, Dolores Ruth and Liam
Marks were still trying to take it in.
“Unbelievable,” whispered Liam, but he
too realises there are bigger tasks ahead,
particularly when the going gets tougher
and the admirable George has to turn third
or fourth into the back straight!
But what a hand the Ruth and Dazzling
Syndicate team have in this year’s Derby.
Six survivors from a seven-strong starting team, and all six are sons of the remarkable Razldazl Pearl.
Amongst the absolute leading contenders is Jayfkay, Bugatti, Makeshift and
George, now the new 9/1 favourite with
Ladbrokes – and not forgetting Barack and
Kingo.
No wonder the Rathangan based lass
had a grin as broad as O’Connell Street on
her face as she waited for the draw to be
made afterwards!
Multiply the Ruth team by two and a
half and you come up with the number of
survivors that PJ and Conor Fahy have from
their original entry of 18.
And don’t run away with the idea that
because reigning champion, Tyrur McGuigan was some 48 spots behind Razldazl
George on Saturday night that he has no
chance of retaining his title.
Believe me, this dog is going to take
the world of beating in this classic again,
with his early pace another of the glowing
memories of Saturday’s action.
Remember, he had to beat accomplished sprinter, Barefoot Admiral to the
bend, and he achieved this with more than a
modicum of authority.
He eventually won by two lengths from
six-bend star, Express Trend, but the champion will improve with each outing and his
early pace will be even more effective when
he is not dealing with a rain-sodden track.
PJ Fahy was effusive in his praise for
McGuigan afterwards, but he was almost
breathless after getting the fright of his life
with Tyrur Big Mike in the concluding heat.
For once, Big Mike missed the start
and looked an absolute “gonner” when he
checked very wide on the opening bend.
A mixture of good fortune and tremendous resilience then came to Big Mike’s aid.
On the second bend, fast starting
Crossfield Kurt led from Colourful Bolt, but
the latter then badly hampered the leader
off the second bend and was subsequently
disqualified.
Suddenly, Mozzletoff and Barefoot
Bullet were now disputing the lead, and the
latter would obviously outstay the Oaks
runner-up over the trip.
This he did, as he led on the third bend
where suddenly Tyrur Big Mike could be
seen making up huge ground in behind and
moved to third turning for home.
Barefoot Bullet went on to win by two
lengths from Mozzletoff in 30.61, with Tyrur
Big Mike a length and a half third.
The Fahy team had a treble on the
night, which was initiated by Tyrur Lucky in
heat 19 when he led all the way for a seven
lengths verdict over Maggies Whistle in an
admirable 30.19.
The second leg was provided by Tyrur
Monicam as she overtook Aranock Hand on
the third bend in heat 22 and held on
gamely by three parts of a length from Slick
Hawk in 30.62, with the Dean Childs trained
Pennys Viking a half length third.
Paul Hennessy, who had endured
dreadful luck in the first two sessions, enjoyed much better fortune on this occasion
as he also completed a three-timer.
Colorful Champ set it up in heat 16
when leading all the way for a convincing
four and a half lengths margin over Loughview Gem, and in the following race, Hello
Ringo ran second for much of the way but
came through in the straight to beat long
time leader, Tyrur Richie by a length in
30.35.
Then came Barefoot Bullet in that
eventful final heat.
Patsy Byrne was present to see his
Melodys Royal produce a very efficient
victory in heat 15.
He broke fast from six and led all the
way for a very convincing three and a half
lengths margin over Royal Patrol in 30.33.
Elsewhere, John McGee’s Cian Jamie
came a second time to beat Varra Captain
by a neck in 30.43 in heat 14, while Helen
Cashin’s Smooth Daddy maintained a very
impressive strike rate as he led all the way
in heat 18, beating Cian Abbey by five
lengths in 30.26.
Jerry Melia was just deprived of a
smashing litter double, with Head Rock
soon leading in heat 20 to beat Paddy Design by five lengths in 30.50, while litter
sister, Nikitas Scut led for 548 yards when
pipped a head by Gerry Holian’s Starry
Messenger in 30.62 in heat 21.
Second round draw
Ballymac Razl on his way to wining on opening night of the 2011 Ladbrooke’s
sponsored Irish Derby series at Shelbourne Park on August 3. The son of
Razldazl Billy and Ballymac Floss started at 6/1 and hit the line in 29.64.
Bawna Storm, (Westmead Hawk—Bawna Emily) was a 12/1 outsider in his 29.91
Irish Derby heat win in 29.91.
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RAZLDAZL GEORGE will once again occupy the inside trap in the second round,
but his task in heat 10 on Saturday night will
be much tougher than his first round heat.
Amongst his rivals will be slick starting,
inside-loving Tyrur Henry in two, Oaks winner, Droopys Twirl in four and Oaks runnerup, Mozzletoff in six, while the very capable
Cabra Legend will wear the orange jacket.
Heat 12 looks a lively affair, with
Razldazl Jayfkay in five and also in there
are Tyrur Domingo and heat winners Air
Force Roger, Ballymac Razl and Barefoot
Bullet.
Reigning champion, Tyrur McGuigan
looks to have a very handy task in the concluding heat 16 and will be the hottest favourite of the round.
Last year’s runner-up, Tyrur Big Mike
also got away pretty well with a six draw in a
relatively ordinary opening heat.
Razldazl Bugatti won many admirers in
the first round and will be a very hot order
for heat 3 on Thursday.
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3 TYRUR LOHAN
4 BAWNA STORM
5 SMOOTH DADDY (M)
6 AIR FORCE ROXSY (W)
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3 BAREFOOT ADMIRAL (M)
4 DEERFIELD SINGS (W)
5 TYRUR BREHENY (W)
6 DROOPYS GREG (W)
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2 KINGO
3 HEAD ROCK
4 PADDY THE PRICER
5 MELODYS ROYAL (W)
6 TYRUR SYCAMORE (W)
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4 SIMPLE CLASS
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SATURDAY
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1 MAKESHIFT
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2 CROOM UPPER
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4 BALLYMAC RAZL
5 RAZLDAZL JAYFKAY (M)
6 BAREFOOT BULLET (W)
HEAT 13
1 COOLYKEREEN IMP
2 GENERAL DOGSBODY
3 EXPRESS TREND
4 DEERFIELD MUSIC
5 HEY GRINGO
6 TYRUR QUINN
HEAT 14
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4 MAYS MILAN
5 TYRUR MONICA (M)
6 COLOURFUL FOX (M)
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2 MAGGIES WHISTLE
3 RAZLDAZL BARACK
4 TYRUR IRENA (M)
5 CIAN ABBEY (W)
6 ARANOCK HAND (W)
HEAT 16
1 DROOPYS CASANOVA
2 FASTAWAY KING
3 PENNYS VIKING (M)
4 STAR HEAD (M)
5 TYRUR MCGUIGAN (M)
6 ASSASIN BLUE (M)
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Victorian Litter Registration Details
Sire
In the week from July 19 to July 25
there were 13 litters registered with
GRV.
VELOCETTE (Bombastic Shiraz
x Texan Lady) sired a litter of four
dogs and three bitches from Inexhaustable whelped March 29 that was
registered by Murrumbateman
breeder, Mark Scholes.
Inexhaustable, a daughter of Hallucinate and Glen Abbey Jewel,
started 29 times for eight wins, scoring at Canberra over 530 metres in
30.67 and over 520 metres at Young
in 30.82.
She won over 520 metres at
Bathurst in 30.37 and twice at Goulburn over 457 metres with a PB of
25.93.
She was successful at Wentworth
Park over 520 metres in 30.50 and
twice at Richmond over 618 metres
with 35.70 being her quickest.
The other successful members of
her litter were Chief Ringo (2 wins)
and House Keeping (5 wins).
The dam, who had plenty of ability, comes from a successful line,
which puts the future of these youngsters in very good stead.
Knocka Norris
URAIDLA breeder, Craig Arthur
registered a litter by Knocka Norris
(Elite State x Oriental Angel) from
Fly High and the four dogs and four
bitches were whelped February 24.
Fly High, a daughter of Gable
Lafourche and Camplin’s Gold, won
nine of her 28 starts, all at Angle Park
over 515 metres for a 30.13 PB.
The other members of her litter
were Gable Roxx (3 wins), Gold Reality (4 wins), Lafourche’s Gold (2
wins), Misscara (2 wins) and Predict
(5 wins).
Fly High has had one litter to race
so far and that was to Surf Lorian
whelped September 2008, producing
Is It Gunnamatta (3 wins), Swell Pursuit (2 wins), Touch The Clouds (1
win) and Vanilla Gorilla (2 wins).
The dam had plenty of potential
and is already proven, suggesting that
these youngsters should be make their
presence felt on the track.
Talk’s Cheap
TALK’S CHEAP (Spiral Nikita x
Leprechaun Yap) sired a litter of
three dogs and three bitches from
Petroy’s Fortune whelped March 21,
registered by Pearcedale breeder, Ron
Partington.
Petroy’s Fortune, a daughter of
Brett Lee and Shirl The Girl, raced 57
times scoring in four of those, successful twice at Cranbourne over 311
metres with a PB of 18.48 and a win
over 450 metres at Ballarat in 26.08,
as well as scoring at Cannington over
530 metres in 31.38.
were Ate Lee Ate (1 win), Lee Max
(7 wins), Scrapper (1 win) and Timlee Boy (3 wins).
This litter combines Brett Lee
with Leprechaun Yap, which suggests
these youngsters should taste plenty
of success on the track too.
Where’s Pedro
DEVON MEADOWS breeder, Robin
Moore registered a litter by Where’s
Pedro (Brett Lee x Elusive Rebel)
and the one bitch whelped April 12 is
from Beachside Babe.
The dam, a daughter of Token
Prince and So Awesome, started 18
times for seven wins, notching a victory at Ballarat over 450 metres in
25.71 and scoring twice at Cranbourne over 520 metres with a PB of
30.38.
She won at Sandown over 515
metres in 29.82 and twice at Sale
over 520 metres with 29.73 being her
best, as well as winning at Horsham
over 480 metres in 27.24.
The other members of her
litter were Buck’s Chance (7 wins),
Four Walls (6 wins), Jakoby (3 wins),
Kingston Belle (14 wins) and Pull
The Trigger (1 win), whilst a previous pairing produced Divide And
Rule (6 wins), Kingston Royale (16
wins), So Blessed (11 wins) and Vespera (3 wins).
The dam comes from a great
line, which suggests that this youngster should have a breeding career
once she finishes racing.
Hot Mikado
MARIA BARBER, Manager of the J
And J Syndicate, registered a litter of
six dogs and one bitch by Hot Mikado (Hotline Hero x History Making) from Bella Ebony, whelped
April 5.
Bella Ebony, a daughter of Big
Daddy Cool and Ashton’s Girl, won
11 of her 107 attempts, scoring twice
at Traralgon over 513 metres with
29.82 being her best and picking up a
win at Cranbourne over 520 metres in
31.01, as well as winning eight races
at Healesville over 340 metres where
18.49 was her best.
her litter were Cool Lightning (3
wins) and Dragon Rider (14 wins).
The dam had plenty of ability and
is from a good line, which tells us
that these youngsters should more
than make their presence felt on the
track.
Premier Fantasy
PREMIER FANTASY (Premier
County x Nifty Niamh) sired a litter
of three dogs and three bitches
whelped April 6 from Quiet Girl,
registered by Southern Cross breeder,
Garry Elliott.
Quiet Girl, a daughter of Token
Prince and Quiet Whisper, won eight
of her 26 starts, picking up four wins
at Warrnambool over 450 metres with
a PB of 25.38 and a win at Horsham
over 480 metres in 27.33.
She saluted at Sandown over 515
metres in 30.13 and twice at The
Meadows over 525 metres where
30.35 was her fastest.
Quiet Girl was the only member
of her litter.
Quiet Girl has had one litter to
date and that was to Where’s Pedro
whelped March 2009, producing
Pharo Black (2 wins).
The dam had plenty of ability and
her only pup has scored, which augurs very well for the future of these
youngsters.
Bombastic Shiraz
BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ (Black Shiraz x Bombastic Blonde) sired a litter
of two dogs and three bitches
whelped April 19 from Black Caviar,
registered by Justin Illman, Manager
of the Prime Park Racing Syndicate.
Black Caviar is an unraced
daughter of Brett Lee and Leprechaun
Yap, whilst the other members of her
litter were Engine (10 wins), Gutter
Black (9 wins), Lizzy Lee (9 wins),
Nando Torres (16 wins) and Seeing
Ghosts (5 wins).
Two previous litters produced
Betty’s Angel (15 wins), Brood
Saquan (2 wins), Fast Indian (6
wins), Global Warming (12 wins),
Leprechaun Gem (4 wins), Leprechaun Pace (15 wins), Miss Mini
Mouse (17 wins), Monkey Ranch (5
wins), Queen Erminia (3 wins), Rufus
Dufus (5 wins), Shiver Inside (12
wins) and Witch Jasper (5 wins).
The dam comes from an amazing
cross, which tells us that these youngsters should meet with plenty of success too.
Bo Frazier
BO FRAZIER (Spiral Nikita x Leprechaun Yap) sired a litter of four dogs
and three bitches whelped March 19
from Molly Grace, registered by
Warrnambool breeder, Noel
Mugavin.
Molly Grace, a daughter of
Whisky Assassin and Born Lucky,
scored in nine of her 79 goes, winning over 390 metres at Warrnambool
in 22.33, twice over 450 metres there
with a PB of 25.79, at Horsham over
480 metres in 27.55 and at The
Meadows over 525 metres in 30.71.
She picked up two wins at Sandown over 515 metres with 29.92
being her fastest, plus a win at
Healesville over 340 metres in 18.84
and over 450 metres at Shepparton in
25.57.
were Born Charlie (1 win), Born
Louie (10 wins) and Born Princess (7
wins).
The dam, who had plenty of talent, is part of a successful line, which
tells us that these youngsters should
pick up their share of races too.
Velocette
MARCUS HILL breeder, Barry
Moloney registered a litter by Velocette (Bombastic Shiraz x Texan
Lady) and the seven dogs and three
Velocette
Knocka Norris
Talk’s Cheap
Where’s Pedro
Hot Mikado
Premier Fantasy
Bombastic Shiraz
Bo Frazier
Velocette
Talk’s Cheap
Vapour Whirl
Talk’s Cheap
Aston Trivett
from 19/07/2011 to 25/07/2011
Dam
Whelped Date
Inexhaustable
Fly High
Petroy’s Fortune
Beachside Babe
Bella Ebony
Quiet Girl
Black Caviar
Molly Grace
Mojo Glory
Ceejay’s Vixen
Bonding Time
Scenic Wyzee
Arcadia Gem
29/03/2011
24/02//2011
21/03//2011
12/04//2011
05/04/2011
06/04/2011
19/04/2011
19/03/2011
06/04/2011
12/03/2011
17/03/2011
03/01/2011
15/03/2011
bitches whelped April 6 are from
Mojo Glory.
The dam, a daughter of Jack Junior and Mint Mojo, won five of her
36 runs, scoring twice at Geelong
over 457 metres with a PB of 25.93
and at Ballarat over 450 metres in
25.82.
She picked up a win at Sandown
over 515 metres in 30.21 and won
over 525 metres at The Meadows in
30.35.
her litter were All Mojo (10 wins),
Mojestic (16 wins), Mojo Powers (7
wins), Mojo Thriller (10 wins),
Mojo’s Pride (14 wins) and Special
Sunrise (6 wins).
Mojo Glory has had one litter so
far and that was to Collision whelped
February 2009, leaving us Small Encounter (3 wins).
The dam is beautifully bred from
a litter that won 68 races and is already proven, which says that these
youngsters should have a very bright
future on the track.
Talk’s Cheap
TALK’S CHEAP (Spiral Nikita x
Leprechaun Yap) was the sire chosen
by Keysborough breeder, Paul Hili
for Ceejay’s Vixen, and the two dogs
and three bitches were whelped
March 12.
Ceejay’s Vixen, by EJ’s Douglas
from Advert, started 46 times for 13
wins, scoring six times over 515 metres at Sandown with a PB of 29.82
and three wins at Cranbourne over
520 metres where 30.29 was her fastest.
She picked up a win at Warragul
over 424 metres in 24.16, won over
440 metres at Sale in 25.29, had two
wins at Traralgon over 513 metres
where 29.63 was her best, plus a success at Healesville over 340 metres in
19.41.
She won four races at The Meadows over 525 metres with a PB of
29.93 and had a win at Wentworth
Park over 520 metres in 30.43.
were Advertising (18 wins), Bellarine
Bob (8 wins), Bellarine Joe (4 wins),
Ceejay’s Magic (4 wins), Dallas
Gypsy (3 wins), Dallas Major (6
wins) and Elle Douglas (10 wins)
whilst a follow up litter produced
Adverse (2 wins), Red Factor (3
wins) and Tea Towel (4 wins).
Ceejay’s Vixen has had one successful litter to race and that was to
Brett Lee whelped January 2008, producing Jay Jay Fox (4 wins), Jay
Desc
4D 3B
4D 4B
3D 3B
0D 1B
6D 1B
3D 3B
2D 3B
4D 3B
7D 3B
2D 3B
4D 6B
6D 2B
7D 5B
Breeder Name
M. Scholes
C. Arthur
R. Partington
R. Moore
M. Barber
G. Elliott
J. Illman
N. Mugavin
B. Moloney
P. Hili
P. Martinovic
S. Bye
M. Fulton
Jay’s Jewel (1 win), Le Fox (10
wins), Miss Glory (10 wins) and Miss
Vixen (7 wins).
The dam was a top class galloper,
who has already left some smart
types, which suggests that these
youngsters should more than make
their presence felt on the track too.
Vapour Whirl
PETER MARTINOVIC, Manager of
the Bachelor Club Syndicate, registered a litter of four dogs and six
bitches by Vapour Whirl (Ashigga x
Broad Band) from Bonding Time,
whelped March 17.
Bonding Time, a daughter of
Bond and Lovely Prima, scored in
five of her 40 tries, picking up four
wins at Healesville over 340 metres
with a PB of 18.52 and also scored at
Horsham over 480 metres in 27.38.
were Dids (11 wins), Haylee Jayne (2
wins), Heathy (4 wins), Like Iron
Mike (13 wins), Rexeray (6 wins) and
Serena Bee (9 wins).
The dam is part of a great line,
which tells us that these youngsters
should have a very bright future on
the track.
GRV MONTHLY
SIRE STATS
June 2011
SIRE
NATURAL
FSI
TOTAL
Andy Palmer
Aston Galilee
Best Score
Big Daddy Cool
Birthday Boy
Black Shiraz
Bo Frazier
Bombastic Shiraz
Dyna Lachlan
El Galo
El Grand Senor
Go Wild Jack
High Earner
Hondo Black
Major Mission
Mantra Lad
Mister Twink
Mogambo
Nitro Burst
Path To Power
Premier Fantasy
Pure Inspiration
Pure Octane
Regal Thyme
Return The King
Run’s House
Spitfire Jet
Superman
Talk’s Cheap
Trewly Special
Vapour Whirl
Velocette
Where’s Pedro
2
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
6
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
1
0
7
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
3
0
4
0
1
5
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
1
3
8
2
1
2
3
1
1
3
7
8
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
6
1
1
5
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
8
TOTALS
25
52
77
2011 LEADING SIRES - from January 1st
MEADOWS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
WHERES PEDRO
842 -120-107-98
14.25%
BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ
591 -81-72-98
13.07%
COLLISION
322 -55-56-55
17.08%
PREMIER FANTASY
183 -38-33-18
20.76%
PURE OCTANE
335 -27-46-38
8.05%
OVER FLO
87 -22-19-11
25.28%
BIG DADDY COOL
199 -20-17-25
10.05%
SURF LORIAN
193 -19-19-25
9.84%
HALLUCINATE
158 -16-22-22
10.12%
BRETT LEE
100 -16-15-19
16.00%
ANGLE PARK
SANDOWN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ
814 -103-109-102
12.65%
WHERES PEDRO
760 -101-93-113
13.28%
PREMIER FANTASY
207 -45-35-34
21.73%
COLLISION
210 -38-31-34
18.09%
PURE OCTANE
318 -35-44-37
11.00%
BIG DADDY COOL
201 -27-27-25
13.43%
PRIMO UNO
154 -25-16-21
16.23%
BRETT LEE
125 -23-20-13
18.04%
HALLUCINATE
129 -20-6-21
15.05%
BIT CHILI
86 -18-10-8
20.93%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
WHERES PEDRO
818 -116-122-105
14.18%
BIG DADDY COOL
722 -102-95-117
14.12%
PURE OCTANE
542 -82-78-68
15.12%
BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ
408 -67-64-55
16.42%
SURF LORIAN
568 -61-82-97
10.73%
COLLISION
367 -59-37-45
16.07%
HALLUCINATE
268 -34-35-35
12.68%
COLLIDE
146 -31-28-20
21.23%
BIT CHILI
168 -26-21-22
15.47%
METICULOUS
79 -26-6-12
32.91%
WENTWORTH PARK
ALBION PARK
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
BLACK ENFORCER
1070 -139-140-124 12.99%
SURF LORIAN
834 -111-87-87
13.03%
BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ
492 -76-77-61
15.44%
BIT CHILI
400 -66-65-61
16.05%
MADE TO SIZE
441 -62-65-47
14.05%
COLLISION
446 -60-69-61
13.45%
PURE OCTANE
349 -58-42-55
16.61%
WHERES PEDRO
458 -56-67-54
12.22%
GIVE ME FIVE
280 -45-33-41
16.07%
HALLUCINATE
307 -43-39-37
14.00%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ
454 -69-64-56
15.19%
HALLUCINATE
365 -61-48-47
16.71%
COLLISION
425 -51-55-47
12.00%
WHERES PEDRO
260 -46-38-49
17.69%
BIG DADDY COOL
348 -45-46-52
12.93%
BIT CHILI
250 -29-33-32
11.06%
ELITE STATE
186 -23-26-20
12.36%
SURF LORIAN
252 -22-24-31
8.73%
BRETT LEE
130 -20-14-18
15.38%
MALFOY
44 -19-5-6
43.18%
LAUNCESTON
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
WHERES PEDRO
326 -43-44-42
13.19%
COLLISION
206 -38-32-26
18.44%
COLLIDE
148 -31-21-21
20.94%
BIG DADDY COOL
233 -22-20-34
9.44%
BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ
136 -22-15-20
16.17%
SURF LORIAN
143 -20-21-24
13.98%
BOND
111 -16-12-20
14.41%
PURE OCTANE
153 -14-22-16
9.15%
PADDYS FLAME
46 -8-8-2
17.39%
METICULOUS
53 -7-8-12
13.02%
DARWIN
MANDURAH
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
WHERES PEDRO
772 -109-117-85
14.11%
BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ
578 -98-77-75
16.95%
HALLUCINATE
492 -76-64-63
15.44%
PRIMO UNO
444 -71-66-66
15.99%
PURE OCTANE
625 -69-71-83
11.04%
BLACK ENFORCER
456 -67-62-66
14.69%
BIG DADDY COOL
476 -59-59-57
12.39%
COLLISION
315 -46-40-54
14.06%
ELITE STATE
363 -39-58-38
10.74%
GLOBAL WARMING
234 -39-28-30
16.66%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
BOND
99 -26-16-13
26.26%
WHERES PEDRO
72 -20-13-9
27.77%
SURF LORIAN
62 -14-14-14
22.58%
PURE OCTANE
127 -11-21-18
8.66%
BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ
67 -9-11-15
13.43%
SCHWARTZANAGER
23 -9-1-0
39.13%
KNOCKA NORRIS
41 -8-7-9
19.51%
NOVEMBER FURY
43 -8-5-7
18.06%
TYPHOON TIDE
44 -5-6-5
11.36%
HALLUCINATE
35 -4-6-8
11.42%
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A nostalgic night at the old North Melbourne greyhound track at Arden Street. The
first official trialling session and that’s a youthful Carl Haas Snr on the left with a
the field glasses over his shoulders. Sadly a lot of these punters have passed on,
but we did manage to identify some characters, including “John The Baptist”, Syd Another Western District identity, Quid Halliburton at
Hall, Lal Scurrah’s bagman, and Barney Labransky.
a 1950’s coursing meeting.
This photo of a greyhound in a small sulky harness was captured
by former track photographer, the late Allan Quinn. It shows a
trainer from Braybrook, Kevin ? Smith and the late Ken Carr during
a National series at Olympic Park, which was sponsored by ArnottHarper.
Track specialist: Striding Ahead had
such a following at Olympic Park that
she even managed to make the front
page of The Sun. Her amazing success
over the 560 yards trip saw her win 28
Some more “blasts from the past”: Greyhound transportation has moved ahead
races, including a dozen in a row over
since this photo of a greyhound trailer at a coursing meeting. Those readers with
her favourite distance. She was
sharp eyes might be able to pick up that the gentleman in the left of the picture. Is
virtually unbeatable at the iconic track
none other than former MGRA Director, Andy Simpson when he attended
coursing meetings in the role of a bookmaker. Also noticed the vehicle that pulled Unsure of the bloke on the right, but OTL has been informed it was a trainer from and was trained by Pat Haas of Pine
Winds at Tynong.
Warrnambool with South Purrumbete’s Jack Darcy.
the trailer was a Jaguar. Others were Matt Cunningham and Bill Pollock
The good old days: Live hare open coursing at South Purrumbete (near Camperdown) attracted the whole family, and this rare picture sent in to OTL by Michael Darcy, reminds us of just what our great grand
folks did for entertainment on the weekends. It was a real social occasion. This meeting attracted three generations, and the obvious winner was unfussed with a youngster riding on his back. I don’t know if
the old car fridge or “Esky” was around in those days, but the bloke on the far right gives another meaning to BYO. The keg or “ferkin” had the famous Carlton and United Breweries stamp but there didn’t
appear to be any chilling equipment and most of the males seem to be enjoying a “frothie”, even the blokes on horseback.
I HOPE the next generation of racecallers
don’t become too staid in their profession.
Bryant, Collins, Martin, Miles and
Tapp certainly had the ability to paint a
picture for punters, and a golden opportunity went begging at a recent provincial
meeting.
The unusually named Moo was engaged in a Tier 3 meeting at Shepparton
and finished in arrears of the winner by
nearly 10 lengths.
How come Moo didn’t get within a
Bull’s Roar of the winner?
Maybe next time.
And still on racecallers, there are a
couple of unusually named chasers going
around that are tongue twisters which
and can cause some problems.
“Happy” Hammon did his best to
avoid calling Zlatan at Shepparton’s Monday evening meeting on August 1, but the
Simone Fisher chaser stumped him in the
call.
He remarked after the race,
”Murphy’s Law; it’ll always get you.”
A national rules book
DON’T be silly.
The gaffs and stuff-ups continue to
embarrass our sport and I can’t recall a
year when so many “unfortunate incidents” have made greyhound racing authorities run and hide.
Dogs being pulled from the boxes
whilst the lure is on it’s way, dogs running
in bitch races, dogs wearing the wrong
rugs and dogs not wearing rugs at all.
And not forgetting the long running
saga of a greyhound withdrawn from the
boxes without the trainer’s permission or
presence.
The latter incident is not dead and
buried as many people think, and I’m
reliably informed that the NSW ombudsman is taking up this case.
It makes you cringe, and maybe the
saturation of our wall to wall racing might
have something to do with these embarrassing moments.
I wonder if anyone will dare to highlight them at their respective state GOTY
functions in a “funniest home video” segment.
Some think its funny, as both the
Vics and Two Blues have been having
more than a friendly dig at each other’s
lack of surveillance at the tracks on all the
major forum sites.
Even that perennial problem of not
having the appropriate disc over the correct box once again flared up, with the
ninth event at Shepparton on July 21 not
indicating that No. 3 Tiger’s Beauty,
wouldn’t be taking part in the 650 metres
event.
Don’t know what the answer is, but I
reckon those punters who backed the
‘nude” vestless runner at Dapto on July
If you are planning for a year,
sow rice; if you are planning
for a decade,
plant trees;
if you are
planning for
a lifetime,
educate
people.
20 had their pants pulled down well and
truly when the greyhound was disqualified from the event “for having an unfair
advantage”.
Not worried about the explanation,
only concerned that those who backed
the dog and did their money cold, no
refund.
Why it wasn’t declared a non-starter,
which would have allowed punters to get
their hard-earned returned, has got me
baffled.
But once again we have a National
set of Rules whereby everyone is reading
from the same page, don’t we?
Egg timer
WITH respect to the Steve Shinners
owned, Greg McLachlan trained Who’s
Asner, I reckon the Beckley Park timing
mechanism was on the nose when the
youngster won her Maiden at the July 24
Sunday meeting.
What other explanation can be derived after the daughter of Where’s Pedro
and Jules Asner scooted around the 460
metres trip in a creditable 26.33.
Not a bad time for a Maiden winner,
but when you break down the splits, it’s
hard to conceive that the timing device
was working properly.
Who’s Asner, who had two previous
runs at Cranbourne prior to her Beckley
Park success, was credited with running
6.35 to the first sectional mark.
That’s high flyingn according to the
astute form watchers, and a length inside
blueblood Miss Trew Star’s benchmark of
6.41.
Now Miss Trew Star, a daughter of
Premier Fantasy and Miss Mini Mouse, is
an absolute flying machine, rarely led, as
a matter of fact, has only been headed
early in three of her 17 starts to date and
was credited with the shorter 400 metres
first split record at Sleepy Hollow back on
April 3 and recently trimmed the Ballarat
450 metres split to 6.40 on June 15.
Admittedly, Miss Trew Star does tire
in her races, but she is one serious fast
breaker.
She even ran third in a heat of the
Shepparton Cup, leading at both splits
(6.49=B and 11.27) and anyone who
knows their potatoes would realize those
early sectionals are up there with the best
Graeme Bate may have landed the Group 2 Darwin Cup, but Mick Chilcott
earned the bragging rights for these two beauties He hooked at the Top End. I
can see a bigger team from Victoria heading north next year for the wonderful
winter racing carnival that entices many visitors to Darwin.
Bendigo’s Lord Raceway may be undergoing a facelift, but that doesn’t mean local trainers take a holiday. Long Gully
resident, Karen Repia doesn’t mind travelling with her team and recently landed her first treble. Liquid Laugh and his
litter brother, High Ignition, along with their younger half-sister, See See See, saluted at Shepparton’s August 1 Monday
meeting. See See See, a daughter of Bush Legend and Iza Tora, was never headed when wining a Maiden event, the first
race of 12 on the card. Her kennelmates, litter brothers High Ignition and Liquid Laugh, members of a Where’s Pedro
and Iza Tora mating, won their respective Grade 5 races later in the night. Karen has a one acre property at Long Gully
and her well deserved success gives many of the sport’s hobby trainers the confidence that they too can be
competitive with the bigger kennels.
of them.
Now to even consider Who’s Asner in
her league is sheer folly.
What makes the time seem ridiculous
is that Who’s Asner clocked 6.35 early
and then laboured to reach the second
split in 11.48.
She must have dragged a ball and
chain to register 11.48 then discarded it
to get home in 26.33.
Miss Trew Star went 6.41 and 11.18
when she set her sectional record on May
27.
Pity those poor punters who tumbled
in and backed Who’s Asner at her next
start was over 450 metres at Ballarat’s
Morshead Park on a cold Monday arvo
meeting on August 1.
Drawn the five alley in a Grade 5
non-penalty, you can imagine the class of
opposition she was pitted against.
Opened up a raging $2.20 favourite
and drifted to $2.30 before starting officially as the punters elect at $2.60.
Missed the start and was never going
to challenge the winner, let alone run
some hot sectional time.
She finished a well beaten seventh,
13 plus lengths from the winner in a sedate 25.83.
Her estimated first split was 6.95,
well outside the sectional record at Ballarat of 6.40.
Now this is not a crack at Who’s Asner, just the ridiculous information accredited to her after her two lengths Geelong Maiden win.
I wonder what legal grounds punters
would have if they put forward a case that
the only reason they backed her at Ballarat was on the alleged sectional record
at Geelong on July 24.
Hmm, like to know Slater and
Gordon’s stance.
Do the sums, it doesn’t hold up.
Then up at Morshead Park on July
20, Autoamerican won first up over the
550 metres trip.
Trained by Darren McDonald, the
talent laden chaser, who won a GOBIS
series at Warrnambool back in January
this year, was credited as having broken
the first and second splits, running 11.52,
or .04 inside the previous best of 11.56,
then 16.31, a half length inside the previous split of 16.34.
Sport 927 broadcaster, Ron Hawkswell advised those on and off-course
viewers and listeners at the end of the
race that Autoamerican had recorded
30.75, but this time was later amended
on the official results to 31.01, but no
mention as to whether the splits had to be
amended.
Methinks the latter.
He went around the following week at
the same track over the same journey
and naturally bolted in, but could only
manage 31.24 this time, or .23 slower
than what he registered on July 20.
His splits on this night revealed
11.85, and 16.74, much slower than
11.52, and 16.31 victory
But it doesn’t finish there.
Glenview Park had problems (doesn’t
every club) with the camera equipment
when the system failed to capture an
image for events 1 – 7 on Friday night’s
July 29 meeting.
How often have we seen this type of
information tagged at the bottom of Stewards Reports.
On this night the judges decided the
placings for these events with the use of
the back-up video system and by their
own observations.
I humbly suggest someone erase
some of the details mentioned on the
official results page for this meeting as it
is quite laughable.
Race 1 didn’t have any splits, Race 4
missed the important third split and in
Race 5, the first sectional is listed as
5.14, which is very, very fast.
Traralgon’s new safer Burrumbeet
racing surface is now well and truly compacted, but I don’t think it is conducive to
producing 5.14 first splits, especially
when other leaders on the same program
were hitting the same mark in 5.44, 5.45,
5.53 and 5.43.
Incidentally, Marmion holds the first
split honours there with a flying 5.32.
But still the glitches continue.
The judges used the back-up system
and their own observations at Warragul
on August 2 when a perennial malfunction affected the photo finish of the first
event and failed to capture an image.
Ho hum.
And I’ve lost count of the number of
times at Sandown Park when the timing
mechanism doesn’t produce both splits
for their 595 metres races.
Maybe the lure is triggering these
excessively fast splits, but you don’t have
be a “Clarence The Clocker” to realize
that at Glenview Park and at Beckley
Park, these times were a tad, just a tad
out.
It’s alright collecting and collating all
this data and throwing it at punters, but it
becomes superfluous if its incorrect.
New face at Logan Park
GARRY ALLEN has held the reins at the
Warragul Greyhound Racing Club for the
past dozen years and has enjoyed a
wonderful ride, where he and his committee oversaw a huge financial turn-around.
Now a successful debt-free club,
Allan has decided to stand down and
allow some new blood to steer the ship.
Matt Height now assumes the role of
President, whilst local trainer, Glenn
Woods was co-opted onto to the committee to fill Garry Allan’s vacancy until the
next AGM later this year when he will
stand at the elections for a permanent
position.
Allen was buoyant his club was heading in the right direction and advised that
the proposed 200 metres slipping track
was still the club’s number one priority.
“We have been assured by our local
member that land that runs along the
creek in the back straight, and currently
leased by a local pony club, will be allocated to the club and hopefully be up and
running within 12 months.”
“We have a wonderful blend of youth
and experience still in control at Warragul
and our bank balance never looked better.”
“The club couldn’t be in better
hands”.
- Peter Pearson
IT TAKES a really special performance to
steal the headlines on WA Sprint Championship heats week, but that is what the
22 month-old bitch. Miata has achieved.
The Paul Stuart trained chaser rewrote the record books at her third race
start, taking a length off the time standard
set by Velocette two years ago.
A very handy field lined up for the
provincial Grade 5 Final, with the track by
no means fast.
Miata, by super sire, Bombastic Shiraz out of champion producer, Winsome
Bluebird, headed to the boxes at $2.10
favourite, with Linda Britton’s duo, Premium Love and Moss Vale also in the
market.
Miata was away well but was
checked by Shivine as Premium Love
wanted to push out.
Shrugging-off the bump, Miata
pushed up to lead by a length over a
bunched field, clocking 5.75 early.
Moving through the catching pen
Miata had opened a three lengths break
on Regent Meteor and was starting to
stretch out.
A flying 18.74 was the time off the
back as the future ‘Queen of Cannington’
increased her advantage to six lengths on
Moss Vale, who was moving forward
strongly.
Miata was turbo-charged in the run to
the judge, clocking a staggering 11.12
final section to stop the timer at 29.86.
Runner-up, Moss Vale was 12
lengths adrift in the second fastest time of
the night, even further highlighting the
achievement of Miata.
The red fawn bitch, owned by Nichole
Wheeler-Whye, made it three wins from
three starts and took her stakes to
$4,500.
She won a Maiden in May in a record
30.18, before clocking 30.21 in her heat
win the previous Wednesday.
This Wednesday Miata again lines up
against provincial Grade 5 company with
only bad luck challenging her perfect
record.
If she wins, the Centre for Cerebral
Palsy will be $5,000 to the good, as Greyhounds WA has pledged this money as
part of Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week,
which runs from August 1-7.
The donation will double in value if
Miata betters her own track record.
I caught up with Paul Stuart on Saturday and asked him about his rising star.
“She broke-in brilliantly and has matured into a quiet and perfectly behaved
kennel dog.”
Miata was bred by Stuart from brilliant producer, Winsome Bluebird, and a
recent repeat mating to Bombastic Shiraz
has netted one valuable pup.
Miata was reared and broken in by
Brendan Wheeler.
WA
Laurence
Torpy
Stuart continued, “She is mature and
seasoned beyond her track experience
and adapts quickly to the situation.”
“I have always thought she would
break 30-seconds, but maybe not this
soon.”
Track record holders don’t have
many chinks in their armour, and Stuart
believes the lack of early box speed to be
the only one he has identified so far.
The trainer continued, “She came
home in just over 11-seconds at her first
Cannington trial, and I see a long-term
future as a stayer.”
“If she continues in her current form, I
may take her to Adelaide for the Oaks as
her first trip away.”
“She is the best dog I have put a lead
on.”
Pedrosa fires up
THE WEEK kept improving for Stuart with
a double on Saturday night, and his
champion chaser, Pedrosa clocked 30.04
to easily be the fastest qualifier for the
WA Sprint Championship final.
Sent out at $1.30 favourite, he
revved-up from seven on the grid and
opened up in blistering fashion, putting
two lengths on his rivals in a sensational
5.58 first section.
Tracking a couple wide through the
first turn, as is his style, Pedrosa held the
same margin over Big Jo King, who was
prominent at his first run for a month, with
five lengths to Avalanche Angel.
The champ was out by four lengths
off the back in 18.76, with the placegetters unchanged in a spread out affair.
It was all Pedrosa in the run home,
and the speedster racked-up a nine
lengths win over Big Jo King, who held
Avalanche Angel at bay by a length.
It was the 28th win from 44 starts for
Pedrosa, who has won $204,000 for his
owner trainer.
The opening heat saw the WA bred
star, Vocal Enforcer sent out the $2.40
favourite, as he sought to book his place
in Saturday’s $18,000 final.
The son of Black Enforcer and She’s
Vocal didn’t disappoint supporters with a
strong come from behind win in a very
smart 30.28.
Fellow WA bred chaser, Bomber
Command jumped brilliantly from box five
to lead in 5.63 for trainer, Tony Williams.
We Paint Houses pushed up for sec-
Highly promising sprinter, Miata ran a record breaking 29.86 when
beating a Grade 5 field by 12½ lengths at Cannington’s midweek fixture.
A FANTASTIC WA Sprint Championship
that’s packed with class and pace will be
conducted this Saturday night at Cannington that carries $18,000 and a trip to
Brisbane as incentives.
Bomber Command in the cherry,
Olivia’s Asset in three and Pedrosa in
four are all likely to give the 5.60 first
split a real push in the charge for the
early lead.
With Bomber Command demonstrating a step to the right approach last
Saturday, the connections of Vocal Enforcer (2) will be hoping he exits
straighter this week.
The Andrew McLaren trained
chaser is due a slice of luck in a big
race, and with a clean getaway looks to
be the challenger to Pedrosa in the race
to represent the West.
If successful, it will be back to back
wins for Pedrosa in the WA Sprint
Championship.
Another runner worthy of thought is
Rousay.
The least experienced finalist, with
15 outings, is finding her way through
the higher grades and battled on
strongly for her come from behind placing to Vocal Enforcer.
- Laurence Torpy
Page 60 – National Greyhound Form, Thursday, August 11th, 2011
ond on the rail, with Vocal Enforcer up to
third as they entered the first turn.
Bomber Command was the lamplighter onto the back, holding a two length
break over We Paint Houses, who
tracked a couple off the rail on the turn,
keeping the favourite third.
A length separated the lead trio off
the back in 18.85, as Vocal Enforcer
made his audacious move past We Paint
Houses then ranged alongside Bomber
Command to hit the lead turning for
home.
Andrew McLaren’s charge, a strong
530 performer, ran away to score by four
lengths over Rousay, who burst clear off
the pack for second, shading the speed
machine, Bomber Command by a half
length.
It was the 16th win from 29 outings
for the Peta and Rod Noden owned
chaser, taking his earnings to $76,000.
IN AN OPEN affair, the second heat
saw veteran, Brencole Bale a surprise
$3.90 favourite, with Rock Pool ($4.20)
continuing her affiliation with tricky middle
box draws.
The Barry Thompson trained Olivia's
Asset, who made a rare visit from Mandurah, was away brilliantly to lead the
field into the first turn with a 5.65 sectional.
As they settled down along the back
straight, Olivia’s Asset was still making
play with a length lead over Brencole
Bale and a couple of lengths to Rock Pool
railing past Premium Love.
They were unchanged into the turn,
however, Rock Pool railed through to
challenge Brencole Bale as they straightened.
It was a tough tussle in the run to the
line, with the 2010 WA Oaks winner,
Rock Pool getting up by a nose to down a
sensational Olivia's Asset in 30.36.
Pickle Mickle
WITH SMALL fields of five, the WA Distance Championship heats were given
the graveyards slots, Races 10 and 11, in
a classic scenario of wagering considerations being given precedence to the importance of the races.
Before the first heat, the crowded
venue with over 600 restaurant guests
witnessed a stupid act by an individual,
who trespassed onto the track in the closing stages of Race 9.
The person was apparently clipped
by the lure but escaped without serious
injury.
Greyhounds WA CEO, David Simonette was angered by the incident, as too
were many industry participants.
“There are laws of public nuisance
and trespass that appear to have been
broken and the matter is now in the
hands of the WA Police.”
“The lure driver did a great job to
minimize the potential damage to the
individual.”
DESPITE NEVER taking out a National Sprint or Distance title, Tasmania can be full of hope this year
with their ace distance star, Ming
Dynasty and their best sprinter,
Damek both displaying Group 1
worthy performances on Monday
night at Launceston.
Not even a rain-affected track
could stop Ming Dynasty from securing her spot in the National Distance Championship Grand Final
with a classic come from behind
victory.
With a similar scenario to her
heat win last week, she found herself
off the pace early, six lengths behind
the leaders at the winning post a lap
out.
However, with a clear run into
the back straight and only one greyhound to chase, Thirteen Black
couldn’t hold the lead any longer,
with Ming Dynasty zooming past to
score by two lengths in 43.55.
Trainer, Susan Gittus will now
NO BOX DRAW was conducted for the
WA Distance Championship, so selecting a winner in a rare eight dog field is
no mean task.
The form suggests David Hobby’s
Time To Speed is the one to follow, but
the Robert Greig owned dog will need to
get the vet’s all clear to take his place in
the field, having been slapped with a 14
day injury stand down.
Pickle Mickle, whilst clearly the
fastest stayer in the field with a sizzling
41.69, is not a dog that you can follow
with great confidence.
That said, I believe the final will be
won by either he or Scuttlebutt, who’s
chances improve rapidly if she draws an
inside box, and even more so if she can
hit the lead early and try to run them off
their legs.
Kalden Athena is an interesting
proposition, however, as the classy bitch
is finding the journey on her limit at this
stage and is more likely to be a placegetter.
- Laurence Torpy
Twenty minutes later the field took to
the track for the opening NDC State Heat
that was taken out by the enigmatic
Pickle Mickle in a quick 41.80.
Time To Speed ($1.70) was all the
rage on the back of four straight Free To
All wins, in which he had seen off his two
main dangers, Pickle Mickle and Scuttlebutt.
Scuttlebutt was away well but was
held out by Barney Stinson in the early
going, and passing the judge the first time
in 15.71 he held a neck lead over Scuttlebutt, with three lengths to Time To Speed
and further couple to Pickle Mickle loping
along fourth.
The lead quartet bunched together
on the back straight before Pickle Mickle
found a gap and burst through, putting
three lengths on the pack in an instant
and wrapping up the race on the third
turn.
The Linda Britton trained son of Flying Penske and Classy Creek extended
his margin to five lengths at the judge,
with Scuttlebutt second and Time To
Speed qualified in fourth place but
copped a 14 day injury stand down after
the race.
THE SECOND heat saw Dan
Biddle’s Kalden Athena break through for
her first win over the journey at her fourth
attempt.
An even jump saw Phase Three Ho
on the paint, Kalden Athena and Jazzy
Judy three wide contesting the early lead,
with Biddle's charge breaking clear
through the first turn.
With a circuit to travel Kalden Athena
was employing catch me if you can tactics, running a handy 15.69 opening sectional and a four lengths lead on the peloton.
But they never caught the daughter
of Big Daddy Cool and Abbadale Gold,
who extended her winning margin to
seven lengths, recording 42.10.
Better deal?
RUMBLINGS of discontent continue in
the industry with some leading owners
and trainers pushing for what they consider to be a fairer distribution model for
the WA racing participants.
Amongst other issues, it is argued
that the current distribution model of
RWWA does not give a fair return to greyhounds, which is stagnating the development of the industry.
Anecdotal evidence continues to
show a drop in numbers and the class of
Saturday’s city race meeting, with short
fields becoming a norm on the showcase
night.
This issue appears to be hotting up
as some of the leading figures in the WA
racing industry are putting a marker in the
sand in their push to secure the future of
the greyhound industry.
There were no results available for
week six of the Rapt In Racing tipping
competition.
Please check the website www.
raptinracing.com for updates, and whilst
you are there, check out some of the
informative articles published.
Pickle Mickle missed the start but rallied to the front coming off the
back and came away in a State Distance Heat to score easily in 41.80.
head to Albion Park on August 25
looking for consecutive win number
seven with Ming Dynasty when she
makes her interstate debut, looking
to bring home Tasmania’s first National Distance title.
By Chinatown Lad out of Brandon Sky, Ming Dynasty’s bloodlines
are no strangers to staying success,
with half-sister, Miss Brook a multiple Group winner.
HAVING BEEN heavily backed
last week and finishing a somewhat
disappointing third, Tasmania’s
crack sprinter, Damek was back to
his usual best on Monday night with
a determined display from box six,
going one better than last year to
secure his spot in the National Sprint
Championship final.
After beginning midfield, the
winner of 37 races quickly mustered
speed to sit behind leader, Ella
Lucky for the majority of the race.
On the home turn he booted
away, going on to score by five
lengths in a solid 29.92 on a wet
track.
Trainer, Peter Phillips will be
hoping his star boarder can produce
a positive interstate performance
after his previous record of just two
interstate starts at The Meadows for
two lasts.
By Big Daddy Cool from
World’s Finest, brother, Decembrist
was no stranger to interstate success
with a Group 2 Richmond Derby
victory earlier in 2011.
With an entire state behind the
champ, all hopes will be on a positive box draw in an effort to deliver
Tasmania’s first National Sprint
Championship title.
Lady’s bonus
Horsham August 2
MAGANDA LADY collected the GOBIS Bonus
by taking out the 570 metres Maiden on Tuesday night.
Drawn in box five at $3.20, the daughter
of Mogambo and Miss Jim scored by three and
a half lengths over Sophfeera ($7.60), with a
head to third placed Kerry’s Elle ($2.20 fav).
Maganda Lady, who clocked 33.54 to
break through at her seventh attempt, is owned
by the Rising Above Syndicate and was the
first leg of a winning double for trainer, Rodney
Clark.
Dashing Red Girl for the KSJC Syndicate
completed the double for Rod by running the
new PB of 27.38 to take out heat three of the
GRV VBIS Restricted Win Stake over 480
metres.
The daughter of Bit Chili and Quite Dashing came from box five at $3.50 to score by
half a length over Carlingford Finn ($4.00), with
Bolder ($2.10 fav) the next to arrive, three and
three quarter lengths in arrears.
Madame Blue posted 27.66 to take out a
480 metres Grade 5.
Wearing the blue vest at $13.80, the
daughter of Black Enforcer and Blue’s Loot
scored by two lengths over Viterra ($11.40),
with Walkaway Again ($9.20) a length and a
quarter back in third spot.
Madame Blue, owned by Greg Slatter,
was the first leg of a winning double for Kerry
Prowse.
The Gary Ennis owned Miss Vee Man
completed the double for Kerry by registering
the new PB of 23.63 when an all the way winner of a 410 metres Grade 5.
Rated at $4.90 out of box seven, the
daughter of Vee Man Vane and Awesome
Saint saluted by two and a quarter lengths over
Borrego ($4.20), with Electric Cowboy ($5.80)
a length and a half back in third spot.
Space Power took time honours over the
480 metres by posting 27.37 after leading
throughout to take out heat one of the GRV
VBIS Restricted Win Stake.
Sent out at $7.00 from box six, the Calven
Russell trained chaser scored by three and
three quarter lengths over Milly’s Express
($3.80), with Dijamaka Money ($7.00) two and
a half lengths further afield.
Space Power, a daughter of Path To
Power and Novaspace is owned by the Lexton
Street Syndicate and at her 19th start, this was
her third win.
Stomping Bear ran the BON time of 23.51
to take out the 410 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade
after leading throughout.
Coming from box eight as favourite at
$1.60, the son of Elite State and Kinda Saintly
beat Riddle Bale ($3.50) by three quarters of a
length, with Silver Pedro ($20.60) two lengths
further adrift.
A winner of 19 of his 42 starts, Stomping
Bear is owned and trained by Marie and
Murray Harvey.
Unbeaten in series
Warragul August 2
ADULTEROUS remained unbeaten in the GRV
VBIS Maiden Series over 469 metres by taking
out the final on Tuesday night.
Coming from box six as favourite at $1.50,
the Jamie Ennis trained youngster scored by a
length and a half over By Starlight ($34.80),
with El Mulatto ($8.20) coming in third, three
quarters of a length away.
Adulterous, a son of Meticulous and Aisha
Magic, owned by Paul Westerveld, collected
the GOBIS Bonus as well as the $7500 first
prizemoney with a gallop of 26.00.
Brandeen Marny took time honours over
the 400 metres by running the new PB of 22.57
to easily take out the Mixed 3rd/4th Grade.
The daughter of Collide and Brandeen
Lee came from box two at $4.60 and lead
throughout and bolt in by eight and three quarter lengths over Free Dream ($7.30), with Pure
Peaches ($6.80) three quarters of a length
further adrift.
A winner of 20 of her 47 runs, Brandeen
Marny is trained by Louise Allen and was the
first leg of a winning double for Trevor Allen.
The Noel Miller owned Rellim Riley gave
Trevor his double by posting 26.06 to take out
heat six of the 460 metres Grade 5.
Lining up in box one as the popular elect
at $2.20, the son of Where’s Pedro and Rellim
Lizzy saluted by a length and three quarters
over Eyes On Prize ($11.20), with a neck to
third placed Eurico Bale ($3.60).
There was a Novice run over 680 metres
and Egg Bound was the winner in 39.81.
Listed as a reserve but gaining a start in
box three, the Sharon-Lee Chignell trained
chaser was at $4.70 before beating Free Roll
($11.50) by five lengths, with Up And Gone
($18.20) three and three quarter lengths back
in third spot.
Egg Bound, who made it two firsts in 21
runs, is a son of Head Bound and Senza
Nome, owned by the Reid Racing Syndicate.
Stagger recorded the BON time of 25.88
to take out heat five of the 460 metres Grade
5.
The son of Primo Uno and Instructed First
wore the yellow vest as favourite at $1.20 to a
four and a quarter lengths win over King’s
Pride ($15.60), with Flying Pieces ($14.90) two
and three quarter lengths further afield.
Stagger, owned and trained by Garry
Selkrig, has now won nine of his 21 attempts.
Do the stomp
Ballarat August 3
STOMP STOMP took the time honours over
the 450 metres on Wednesday night by running 25.36 when an all the way winner of a
Grade 5.
Sent to box one at $5.90, the Garry Selkrig trained chaser scored by three lengths
over Vision Of Time ($15.90), with Pure Show
($7.50) three and a quarter lengths back in
third spot.
Stomp Stomp, who’s won five of his 20
outings, is a son of Primo Uno and Instructed
First owned by Chris Carroll.
Union Lady started her career on the right
note by running 22.43 to take out the 390
metres Maiden Qualy Final.
After qualifying in 23.07, the daughter of
Bo Frazier and Innocent Eyes wore the black
vest at $31.00 to a two and three quarter
lengths win over Ain’t No Star ($3.00 fav), with
Without Warning ($3.20) seven and a quarter
lengths further astern.
Union Lady, owned by Peter Brown, was
the first leg of a winning double for trainer,
Darren Brown.
Enflame for the Park Long Syndicate
completed Darren’s double by posting 22.48
after leading throughout to take out the second
of the 390 metres Maiden Qualy Finals.
After winning a qualy in 22.72, the daughter of Paddy’s Flame and Encampbell came
from box four at $11.80 and scored by two
lengths over Unique Venom ($7.20), with No
More Express ($11.00) three quarters of a
length back in third possie.
Conchalio recorded 25.77 to take out the
450 metres Maiden Qualy Final.
Wearing the red vest at $3.50 after qualifying in 26.38, the Cameron Taylor trained
chaser scored by a half head over Loretta
West ($7.30), with Spark Up ($2.30 fav) three
lengths back in third spot.
Conchalio, a son of Slater and Light A
Candle, is owned by the Slater Park Syndicate.
You Bee scored her first win by taking out
the 390 metres Maiden Final in 22.34.
Lining up in box two at $18.10, the black
sprinter got in by five and a quarter lengths
over Princess Maggie ($22.80), with Coringel
Spirit ($19.10) the next to arrive, a length and
three quarters away.
You Bee, a daughter of Vapour Whirl and
Chikate, is trained by Ashley McDowall for
Robert Jehu.
Macalea Bale posted 31.79 to take out a
550 metres Restricted Win Stake.
Coming from box eight at $27.50, the son
of Droopys Shearer and Odessa Bale saluted
by a half length over Crafty Warwick ($6.80),
with a head to third placed Sisco Spice ($8.00).
Macalea Bale was the first leg of a winning double for owner trainer combo of Paul
Wheeler and Steve Collins.
Aralu Bale completed the double for Paul
and Steve by clocking the BON time of 22.19
to score in a 390 metres Grade 5.
The daughter of Give Me Five and Jasmine Bale came from box two at $7.40 to
account for Arolok Lady ($7.70) and Scant
Regard ($3.20), with the margins being a
length and a half by a neck.
Aralu Bale has now raced 20 times and
this was her sixth win.
Loose Bolts ran the BON time of 31.51 to
take out a 550 metres Restricted Win Stake.
The Ros Hume trained chaser came from
seven as favourite at $2.80 to beat Sir Harry
($4.20) by three quarters of a length, with Into
The Mist ($5.60) four lengths further astern.
A winner of three of his 11 tries, Loose
Bolts is a son of Bombastic Shiraz and Zarbo,
owned by Geoff Collins.
Best all ova
Shepparton August 3
HIAVACKOVA ran the new PB and BOD time
of 25.54 to take out a 450 metres Grade 5 on
Wednesday.
Coming from box three at $2.90, the Graham Glass trained chaser led throughout to
score by five and a half lengths over Grandsebi
($6.90), with Cruising Jessica ($2.20 fav) a
length and a quarter further afield.
Hiavackova, who’s won two of her 13
runs, is a daughter of Path To Power and
Novaspace, owned by Brenda Kinder.
Billy Shines led all the way to take out a
Tier 3 Maiden over 390 metres in 22.68.
Sent to box one at $3.90, the son of November Fury and Shanlyn Molly saluted by two
and three quarter lengths over Rapid Ruby
($2.40 fav), with Banger Flyer ($16.40) two and
a half lengths back in third spot.
Billy Shines, owned by Ian Hopper, was
the first leg of a winning double for trainer,
John Donaldson.
The Dean Andreula owned Fawn Hyde
gave John his double by posting 22.44 when
successful in a 390 metres Grade 5.
The son of Bombastic Shiraz and Hyde
Park came from box two at $22.20 to beat
Texas Commando ($5.40) by a length and a
quarter, with a half length to third placed Platinum’s Image ($3.20 eq fav).
Dot Man provided owner trainer, Peter
Bartlett with the first leg of a winning litter double by posting the new PB of 22.29 after leading throughout to land a 390 metres Grade 5.
Lining up in box eight as favourite at
$1.80, the white and black sprinter defeated
Emma Frost ($8.40) by five and a quarter
lengths, with Rye Assassin ($4.80) a length
and a quarter back in third possie.
Charlie Charlie gave Peter his litter double
after he clocked the new PB time of 22.63 to
take out a 390 metres Grade 5.
The son of Mandagery Man and Kimba’s
Hope came from box five at $3.90 to get there
by a neck over Kinetica ($2.80 fav), with Eighteenth State ($18.50) two and a quarter lengths
further adrift.
Fleet King took time honours over the 390
metres by running 22.24 to take out a Tier 3
Maiden.
Rated at $5.50 from box six, the son of
Laurie Banner and Our Abilene beat Rustic
King ($2.90 fav) by a length and a half, with My
Mate Rocky ($4.30) four lengths further astern.
Fleet King, owned by Clayton King, was
the first leg of a winning treble for trainer, John
McClelland.
Super Creative, owned by the Podmore
clan, was leg two for John when he led
throughout to take out a 390 metres Grade 5 in
22.61.
Wearing the red vest at $10.10, the son of
Pure Octane and Creative Action saluted by
two lengths over Let’s Go All with Albenator
($3.70), eight and a half lengths further astern.
The Grace McClelland owned Sunnyvale
gave John his treble with a gallop of 22.61 to
land a 390 metres Grade 5.
Exiting the three trap at $3.60, the son of
Clappin Thunder and Solid accounted for
Voltage Line ($6.20) and Warrabilla ($2.30
fav), with the margins being a half length by a
neck.
Bolted in
Geelong August 4
RAYA RIOT collected the GOBIS Bonus
by taking out the 680 metres Grade 5 Final on
Thursday night.
Coming from box one at $3.90, the Keith
Hellmuth owned and trained stayer led
throughout to bolt in by eight and a quarter
lengths over Let’s Celebrate ($22.10), with
Elite Strike ($1.50 fav) four and three quarter
Raya Riot, a daughter of Bombastic Shiraz and Holly’s Gem, clocked the new PB time
of 39.44 to make it seven wins in 35 outings.
Clay Pan took out the Final of the 460
metres Grade 5.
Sent to box three at $13.90, the son of
Where’s Pedro and Miss Chilli got there by a
head over Blitzem Bale ($3.80), with Our
Buddy ($3.20 fav) coming in third, four and a
quarter lengths in arrears.
Clay Pan, who recorded 26.00, is owned
by M C + C E Morris, was the second leg of
winning double for trainer, Robert Britton.
El Bulli for the Footy Fans United Syndicate was the first leg for Rob and ran 22.72
when an all the way winner of heat three of the
400 metres Maiden.
The son of El Galo and Thai Again came
from box one as favourite at $1.40 to romp
home by six and three quarter lengths over
Daisy Flame ($14.10), with Daisy Drop
($26.30) three and a half lengths further
astern.
Take Shelter led all the way to land heat
one of the 400 metres Maiden in 23.04.
The son of Bit Chili and Typhoon Marina
came from box one at $4.10 to defeat Forrester ($34.90) by three and a quarter lengths,
with Darley Whistler ($12.30) two and a half
Take Shelter, owned by John Pollard, was
the first leg of a winning double for trainer, Tina
Womann.
The Dennis Trewin owned Best Perfume
completed the double for Tina by recording
26.18 to take out a 460 metres Grade 5.
Rated equally on top at $2.70 from box
two, the daughter of Paddy’s Flame and Always Chloe saluted by a nose over Houdini
($9.60), with Nino Fields ($2.70 eq fav) three
and three quarter lengths further afield.
Penthouse took time honours over the
460 metres by posting 25.91 to land the Mixed
4th/5th Grade.
The Seona Hood owned and trained
chaser wore the blue vest as favourite at $2.90
to a three and three quarter lengths win over
Aleta Allen ($3.10), with Bee Gee Mac ($9.80)
picking up third money, a half length in arrears.
A winner of 15 of his 54 starts, Penthouse
is a son of Run’s House and By Request.
Little Master ran the BON time of 22.70 to
Drawn in box two at $13.40, the son of
Where’s Pedro and In Flew Enza scored by
five and three quarter lengths over Octagon
($4.30), with Marcus Blue ($7.10) a length and
a quarter back in the skinny end of the prize.
Little Master, who won five of his 24
attempts, is trained by Bianca Whitford
for the Whitford Syndicate.
Flying swan
Warragul August 4
MAGPIE SWAN ran the new PB and BOD time
of 22.83 to easily take out a 400 metres Grade
5 on Thursday.
Sent to box two at $4.00, the Lauren
Gorman trained sprinter bolted in by seven and
a quarter lengths over Kava King ($8.70), with
Burrendong Way ($9.50) a neck further adrift.
Magpie Swan, who’s scored twice in eight
attempts, is a son of Where’s Pedro and
Paddy’s Ember, owned by Daniel Twohig.
Swift Amy led throughout to open her
account by taking out a Tier 3 Maiden over 400
metres.
Rated at $3.50 from box three, the daughter of Surgeon and Tranquil Heidi scored by
five and a half lengths over Kelnic’s Boy
($8.40), with Special Value ($2.80 fav) three
quarters of a length further adrift.
Swift Amy, owned and trained by Dawn
and Hugh Clarke, stopped the clock at 23.03.
Pendlebury Road led throughout to comfortably take out a 400 metres Grade 5 in the
time of 23.27.
Wearing the pink vest at $11.20, the black
sprinter defeated Blue Water High ($3.40) by
five lengths, with a neck to third placed
Where’s Humma ($5.10).
Pendlebury Road, a son of Bombastic
Shiraz and Holiday Road, is owned and trained
by Maureen Brown.
Power Of Thor took the time honours over
the 460 metres by posting the new PB of 26.00
to score in a Grade 5.
Coming from box one as favourite at
$2.80, the Ian Newcombe trained galloper beat
Island Treasure ($10.30) by four lengths, with
Leading Hand ($15.20) a length and three
quarters back in third spot.
Power Of Thor is a son of Texas Gold and
Brekky, owned by Michael Newcombe, and at
his 34th start, this was his fourth win.
First win in final
Geelong August 5
CANDESCENT ticked-up her first win by taking
out the 520 metres Maiden Final on Friday
night.
Lining up in box two at $13.40, the Mandy
Smirnis trained chaser finished best to score
by two and a quarter lengths over Doug Douglas ($3.20), with Dance On ($2.50 fav) a length
and a half back in third spot.
Candescent, a daughter of Premier Fantasy and Candy Can, owned by the Mandalou
Syndicate, stopped the clock at 30.85.
Aston Galilee took the time honours over
the 460 metres by posting 25.58 when an all
the way winner of the Mixed 4th/5th Grade.
Rated on top at $1.30 from box five, the
son of Bombastic Shiraz and Elite Oriental
romped home a seven and a half lengths winner over Dyna Viv ($46.00), with Hafren Bale
($20.40) a length and three quarters back in
third spot.
A winner of 14 of his 22 starts, Aston
Galilee is trained by Jason Thompson for Ray
Borda.
American Magee ticked up a hat-trick of
wins by taking out the 520 metres Mixed 4th/5th
Grade in the BON time of 30.54.
Coming from box six as the punters elect
at 1.90, the Robert Britton trained chaser
scored by two lengths over Liesel ($19.30),
with Fundosy Bale ($5.90) five and three quarter lengths further astern.
American Magee, who’s won 13 of his 51
tries, is a son of Kiowa Sweet Trey and Quidame, owned by Helen Ivers.
Le Pippy posted the BON time of 22.70 to
Drawn in box three at $20.60, the daughter of Big Daddy Cool and Prize Possession
beat Bledisloe ($28.60) by a length and a half,
with Sir Prize ($2.00 fav) two lengths back in
third spot.
Le Pippy, trained by Jason Formosa for
David Francalanza, has now scored in nine of
her 42 starts.
Andrea Dailly was the first of two trainers
to land a double, and the Susan Lenehan
owned Lektra Johnson was leg one when he
clocked 25.98 to take out heat two of the
Young Star Classic over 460 metres.
The son of Premier Fantasy and Elektra
came from box two at $8.20 to beat his kennelmate, Lektra Grande ($3.80) by a length.
Dyna Gala for owner, Brendan Wheeler
completed the double by running the new PB
of 25.83 to land heat three of the Young Star
Classic over 460 metres.
Coming from box seven at $3.80, the
daughter of Give Me Five and Kingston Bale
beat Eurico Bale ($8.80) by two lengths.
Peter Giles was the second trainer to land
a double, and the Peter Alcock owned Hagan’s
Hero was leg one, clocking 26.30 when an all
the way winner of a 460 metres Grade 5.
Sent to box eight as favourite at $2.60,
the son of Pure Octane and Ikari Lee defeated
Dyna Diego ($9.50) by a length and a quarter.
Tyer’s Special for the High Energy Syndicate completed the double for Pete by recording 22.72 to score in a 400 metres Grade
5.
The daughter of Bombastic Shiraz and
Laquinta Miss wore the white vest at $6.70 to a
two lengths win over Dyna Clayton ($3.00).
Easy for wolf
Traralgon August 5
ROZEHILL WOLF scored an easy win in heat
two of the 513 metres Restricted Win Stake on
Friday night.
Coming from box one as favourite at
41.80, the Phillis Brown trained chaser led
throughout to bolt in by nine and a quarter
lengths over Never Sure ($18.40), with
Shanlyn Sparkle ($15.90) picking up third
money, two and a half lengths back.
Rozehill Wolf, a son of Talk’s Cheap and
Bernmar Lass, owned by Susan Van Lieshout,
clocked the new PB and BON time of 29.55 to
make it four wins in 16 starts to date.
Apache Pass equalled his PB of 29.67 to
take out heat four of the Restricted Win Stake
over 513 metres.
Lining up in box three at $3.30, the son of
Whisky Assassin and Dora Lee saluted by
three and a half lengths over Battle Rose
($3.70), with a neck to third placed Saint Neo
($3.20 fav).
Apache Pass is trained by John Connor at
Rosedale for George Wapshott.
Happy Alf recorded the new PB of 30.07
to score in the 513 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade.
Rated at $12.40 out of box six, the black
chaser greeted the Judge a half length in advance of Everywhere ($6.40), with Live On
Reality ($5.30) a length and a half back in third
spot.
Happy Alf, a son of Boris Reigns and Me
Bonsai, is raced and trained by Jenny Gieschen.
Borzov ran the new PB of 16.94 to take
out the 298 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade.
Kenneth McCann trained sprinter scored by
three lengths over Invictus Venessa ($10.40),
with Suspicious Merk ($3.70) a length and a
half back in third spot.
A winner of 10 of his 52 attempts, Borzov
is a son of Meticulous and Darlin’ Ditmar,
owned by Harold McCann.
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Chief in charge
Warrnambool August 6
SOUTHWOOD CHIEF sped over the 390
metres on Saturday night in the Mixed 3rd/4th
Grade to score in the new PB and BON time of
22.04.
The John Drennan trained sprinter came
from box three at $6.10 to lead throughout and
score by four and three quarter lengths over
Flint Bale ($7.30), with Sandy Bubba ($35.80)
three and three quarter lengths further astern.
Southwood Chief, a son of Where’s Pedro
and Miss The Boat, owned by the Southwood
Park Syndicate, has now scored in eight of his
20 starts.
Mint Power ran the new PB and BON time
of 25.37 to take out the 450 metres Mixed
3rd/4th Grade.
Drawn in box one as favourite at $1.90,
the son of Elite State and Miss Teddy Mint
scored by a neck over Jimmy I Am ($3.30),
with Allen Monaro ($9.20) collecting third
money, four and a half lengths in arrears.
Mint Power, who’s won 15 of his 40 starts,
is owned by Ray Watson and was the first leg
of a winning double for trainer, Jason Thompson.
The Jason Fletcher owned Rybenbrook
Flick completed the double for Jason, posting
The daughter of Bombastic Shiraz and
Flick The Switch came from box four at $3.70
to beat He Ain’t Casper ($8.10) by two and a
half lengths, with Melaluka Lad ($5.00) a
length and three quarters further afield.
Minnie Power took out the 390 metres
Grade 5 Final with a new PB gallop of 22.23.
Wearing the red vest as favourite at
$2.30, the daughter of Black Enforcer and
Cuz’s Joy saluted by a half length over Kirabilli
Kruise ($19.70), with True House ($9.90) a
length and a half back in third spot.
Minnie Power, owned by the Wooden
Dogs Syndicate, was the second leg of a winning treble for trainer, Louise Allen.
The James Gawne owned Gee And Tee
was Louise’s first leg, running 22.39 to take out
a 390 metres Grade 5. The son of Collide and
Brandeen Lee wore the green vest at $22.30 to
a length win over Avrom Bale ($3.10 fav).
Walk Don’t Run for the Sparkle And Fade
Syndicate provided the treble for Louise by
posting 22.60 to score in a 390 metres Grade
5.
Lining up in box three at $10.50, the son
of Go Wild Teddy and Lusty Star defeated
Cuga Blaze ($2.40 eq fav) by three quarters of
a length.
Lindsay Morshead picked up a double
also, and Here’s Kath was his first leg when
she registered 25.87 to land heat three of the
450 metres Maiden. Coming from box two at
$6.60, the daughter of Where’s Pedro and
Farloe’s Ebony saluted by a neck to Fizzing
Wizzbees ($1.60 fav).
Connemara Suzy for the Mayo Syndicate
completed the double for Lindsay by recording
22.39 to take out a 390 metres Grade 5. The
daughter of Black Enforcer and Elite Gold
came from box four to score by half a lengths
over Where’s Lorry ($5.10).
Best for last
Geelong August 7
WE HAD to wait until the last race to see the
fastest time posted over the 400 metres on
Sunday and that was 22.70 handed in by Holy
Rioli in landing a Grade 5.
Lining up in box six at $12.50, the Brett
Hare trained sprinter saluted by four and a half
lengths over Betsie ($2.20 fav), with Subtraction ($10.40) coming in third, three quarters of
a length away.
Holy Rioli, who’s won two of his 15 tries,
is a son of Slater and Minnie Minor, owned by
the Socks Syndicate.
Shotsekter ran the equal BOD time of
Sent to box seven at $6.10, the brindle
chaser led throughout to score by seven
lengths over Perfect Delight ($4.40), with Miss
Elegant ($10.10) a length and three quarters
back in third spot.
Shotsekter, a son of Collision and Ultimate Intent, owned by Brad Sands, has now
won two of his 12 runs.
Sharing the 460 metres time honours with
a gallop of 26.02 was Major Enforcer.
The black galloper came from box eight in
a Grade 5 at $4.20 to romp home a seven and
three quarter lengths winner over Rufus Rex
($4.60), with a neck to third placed Eggy Morris
($2.90 fav).
A winner of eight of his 35 starts, Major
Enforcer was the first leg of a winning litter
double for owner, Brett Dowler and for trainer,
Brian Hodgson.
Major Mavis brought up the litter double
for Brett and Brian by registering 26.15 to land
a 460 metres Grade 5.
$2.10, the daughter of Black Enforcer and
Violet Mavis accounted for Inclination ($2.80)
and Princess Melanie ($18.30), with four and a
half lengths both ways being the margins.
Favourite fuel
Sale August 7
EVEN MONEY ($2.00) favourite, Fuel Pump
took out the first leg of the Quaddie, a 440
metres Grade 5 on Sunday night.
Coming from the outside trap, the Braden
Finn trained chaser scored by four and a quarter lengths over Red Sole ($20.90), with Buckley Rose ($5.60) two and three quarter lengths
further afield.
Fuel Pump, a son of Knocka Norris and
Poppy’s Angel, owned by John Walsh, stopped
the clock at 25.25.
Aston Jobson took the time honours over
the 440 metres by clocking 25.24 to score in
heat three of the Maiden when on debut.
Sent to box two as favourite at $2.10, the
son of Pure Octane and Cheeky Sprite bolted
in by seven lengths over Bolt Von Zipper
($4.10), with Johnny’s Flame ($5.50) five
Aston Jobson, owned by Ray Borda, was
the first leg of a winning double for trainer, Bill
McMahon.
The Anthony McVicker owned Surf Sticka
completed the double for Bill by recording
25.41 to land a 440 metres Grade 5.
The son of Knocka Norris and Surf Queen
came from box four at $4.60 to beat Sinful Soul
($8.00) by a length, with Tom Tukan ($4.20)
picking up third money, a length in arrears.
David Curtain chimed-in with a double
also, and Cool Duffy was his first leg when she
ran 25.78 to take out heat two of the 440 metres Maiden.
The daughter of Velocette and Cool
Hayley made her debut from box four at $5.20
and saluted by two and a quarter lengths over
Linton’s Boy ($2.90 fav), with Flaming Waters
($18.80) four and three quarter lengths further
astern.
Galaxy High for the Go Bones Syndicate
gave Dave his double by returning the BON
time of 29.96 to take out the 520 metres Mixed
4th/5th Grade.
Wearing the pink vest at $8.30, the
daughter of Path To Power and Misty Lee beat
Where’s Turner ($3.30) by a length, with Daintree Rocket ($4.40) picking up third money,
four and three quarter lengths away.
Galaxy High has now started 50 times
and this was her 17th win.
Easier for Willy
Ballarat August 8
SLIPAWAY WILLY found a 450 metres Grade
5 a much easier assignment on Monday and
scored in the BOD time of 25.72.
Norm Wynd trained chaser saluted by three
quarters of a length over Where’s Jacko
($6.20), with Cee Rioli ($4.20) two lengths
back in third spot.
Slipaway Willy, who’s won 12 of his 56
starts, is a son of Whisky Assassin and Slipaway Lass, owned by Barry Augustine.
Kay Bee Douglas ran 26.03 when an all
the way winner of a Tier 3 Maiden over 450
metres to provide trainer, John Higgins, with
the first leg of a winning double.
Sent to box one at $7.00, the Kevin Ward
owned daughter of Premier Fantasy and Bo
Douglas beat Horizon Fast ($3.00 fav) by two
and a half lengths, with Barker’s Rumor ($4.80)
a length and three quarters back in third spot.
Classy Dude for the Brosvag Syndicate
completed the double for John by recording
Drawn in box seven at $19.70, the son of
Flying Penske and Just Cool got in by two and
a quarter lengths over Real Control ($34.40),
with Usain’s Fault ($3.10) the next to arrive, a
length in arrears.
Shauny Badtooth took the time honours
over the 550 metres by clocking 31.57 when
an easy all the way winner of a Grade 5.
Rated at $3.30 out of box five, the Adam
Richardson owned and trained galloper scored
by seven lengths over Track Control ($28.90),
with a neck to third placed Rusty Allie ($2.80
fav).
Shauny Badtooth is a son of Where’s
Pedro and drunken Dreams and at his 60th
start, this was his 12th win.
Leg Before registered the new PB and
BOD time of 22.37 to take out a 390 metres
Grade 5 in 22.53.
Lining up in box eight as favourite at
$1.90, the son of Kiowa Sweet Trey and Mrs.
King defeated Doc’s Disciple ($4.50) by three
quarters of a length, with McCue Magic ($7.60)
three and three quarter lengths back in third
spot.
A winner of nine of his 27 starts, Leg
Before is trained by Kevin Ashton for Matthew
Prior.
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Outsider’s final
Cranbourne August 8
PRICE INCREASE, an outsider at $17.90, took
out the 520 metres Novice Final on Monday
night.
Coming from box seven, the Darren
McDonald trained chaser scored by a length
over Where’s He Shall ($7.20), with Maxim
Reality ($3.10 fav) two and a quarter lengths
further afield.
Price Increase, a daughter of Where’s
Pedro and Cheeky Sprite, owned by the Tuff
Luck Syndicate, stopped the clock at 30.66.
Darlyn Chris made it four wins on the trot
when successful in a 311 metres Grade 5.
$2.40, the son of Where’s Pedro and Shazlyn
saluted by a length and a half over Zero’s Hero
($7.60), with a length to third placed My Argument ($12.10).
Darlyn Chris, who recorded 18.04, is
trained by Robert Camilleri for Lyndel Annett.
Iceman Raikkonen ran the BON time of
30.52 after leading throughout to score in the
520 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade.
Drawn in box four as the popular elect at
$2.20, the Jeff Britton trained chaser defeated
Days Of Steam ($48.30) by five and three
quarter lengths, with Coolan Miss ($3.70) three
quarters of a length further adrift.
A winner of 19 of his 65 outings, Iceman
Raikkonen is a son of Solve The Puzzle and
Shirl The Girl, owned by Allan Lie.
Maxziva took time honours over the 311
metres by posting the new PB of 17.87 to take
out the Free For All.
Sent to box four at $13.00, the son of
Pure Octane and Boney Maronie saluted by
three quarters of a length over Grasmore
($19.50), with Axeman ($1.90 fav) collecting
third money, a neck away.
Maxziva is owned and trained by David
Crawford and at his 37th start, this was his
ninth win.
AGRA GREYHOUND OF THE MONTH - July 2011
SHEREEN BALE
Shereen Bale winning the Maturity at The Meadows.
AGRA RUN OF THE MONTH - July 2011
PUNK WARRIOR
Punk Warrior storms home to win a heat of the McKenna Memorial.
AGRA GREYHOUND RACING
BREEDING RANKINGS END JULY 2011
Final bonus
Horsham August 8
CARLINGFORD FINN collected the GOBIS
Bonus by taking out the Final of the 480 metres GRV VBIS Restricted Win Stake on Monday night.
Coming from box five at $8.20, the Peter
Carter trained chaser accounted for Space
Power ($5.60) and Smokey Cheese ($3.30
fav), with a length and a half both ways being
the margins.
Carlingford Finn, a son of Where’s Pedro
and Carlinford Tina, owned by the P And M
Carter Syndicate, stopped the clock at 27.77.
Arvo’s Gotcha clocked 23.45 to take out
heat two of the Memorial Grade 5 over 410
metres.
After lining up in box eight at $13.70, the
son of Primo Uno and Arvo’s Olivia scored by
two and a quarter lengths over Brandeen
Marny ($1.50 fav), with Hiavackova ($12.30)
seven and a half lengths further astern.
Arvo’s Gotcha, owned by the Arvo’s Syndicate, was the first leg of a winning double for
trainer, Mark Delbridge.
The Sam Nikolakopulos owned Hill Top
Sam completed the double for Mark by posting
23.64 to score in heat four of the 410 metres
Memorial Grade 5.
Drawn in box eight at $7.30, the son of
Pure Octane and Miranda Bay got there by a
nose over Oxley Destroyer ($2.70 fav), with
Rusty Mahogany ($8.00) four and a quarter
Uno Stella Star recorded 32.95 to take out
the 570 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade.
$3.10, the Malcolm Hirtzel trained chaser saluted by three quarters of a length over Radiant
($3.50), with Pure Show ($4.80) five and a half
lengths further afield.
A winner of eight of his 45 starts, Uno
Stella Star is a son of Primo Uno and Estella,
owned by Xavier Davey.
Molly Molloy took the time honours over
the 480 metres by registering 27.30 to land the
Mixed 4th/5th Grade.
The daughter of Premier Fantasy and
Witch Magic came from box seven as favourite
at $2.50 to beat Kid Colossus ($13.90) by
seven and a half lengths, with Elite Lombo
($9.60) three and a quarter lengths back in
third spot.
Molly Molloy, who’s won 11 of her 24
starts, is trained by Craig Elliot for the Cypress
Lodge Syndicate.
Ella Allen posted the new PB and BON
time of 23.40 after leading throughout to take
out the 410 metres Mixed 3rd/4th Grade.
The daughter of Collision and Clementine
Bale wore the pink vest at $8.50 to account for
Mandy Shiraz ($5.10) and Modern Stone
($68.60), with two and a quarter lengths by two
lengths being the margins.
Ella Allen is trained by Graeme Bate for
Jan Wheeler, and at her 39th start, this was her
ninth win.
AGRA GREYHOUND RACING
RACING RANKINGS END JULY 2011

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