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Thursday, October 20th, 2011 - No. 808

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ALLEN HARPER

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OAKS ROAD (NSW)

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SATURDAY

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AT WENTWORTH PARK last Sat-urday night one of the great staying features was again finalised, and like all special events there were plenty of tweaks and turns.

And then when you thought it was over, more drama followed. The Pages Event Equipment Syd-ney Cup was taken out by the Eric Castle trained Key To Eden, who proved too strong for the odds-on favourite, Zipping Lad.

This was a complete reversal to the previous week’s heats when Zip-ping Lad had the sit on Key To Eden and proved too good. Leading up to the final, Jason Mackay was forced to withdraw one

of his main chances, as Zipping Jewel was unable to recover from an injury received in a heat. The punters rallied for Zipping Lad, with nothing really supported to defeat this new staying find.

And at boxrise those who took the twos-on were curling the mo. Zipping Lad went straight to the

front from box two, with Key To Eden exiting box five and taking the sit in second place.

Into the straight the first time Zipping Lad was clear and rolled through the first section in 16.00, which was on target for his normal race time.

Heading to the back Zipping Lad was still high flying but it was obvi-ous that Key To Eden wasn’t going away, and then Mr. Meana made his usual late rally from the back. Off the top bend, Paul Ambro-soli’s tone started to lift, as he could tell that Key To Eden was gradually eroding the leader’s advantage.

Hitting the home turn Key To Eden ranged alongside Zipping Lad, who offered little resistance to the small 26kg chaser’s finishing burst. Key To Eden pulled clear half-way down the straight and passed the judge one and a quarter lengths clear of Zipping Lad, with a similar margin to third placed Mr Meana. The 720 metres was clocked in 42.32, and this was the winner’s best effort in her three track wins to date. The race then took a sad twist as they raced into the catching pen.

They were very bunched and a bad scrimmage saw gallant chaser, Billy Bobaggings seriously injured in freakish circumstances.

Amidst the cheers of the winning connections came the emotions of trainer, Mick Blissett and his owners, as they made the quick decision to put Billy out of his agony. But the drama did not end there.

As the winning presentation was set to start a fireworks display com-menced at Darling Harbour.

Stewards made the call that the presentation would be conducted in-

doors, so the placegetters would not get stirred-up.

So, everything was packed up and inside we went. With the winning trainer cur-rently convalescing and unable to be trackside, the winning owner, Stephen Connor was on hand to ac-cept the $25,000 first prize for this daughter of Suave Fella and Wild Chant, who overall has had 18 starts for 13 wins and two placings.

Zipping Lad (Malfoy x Or Catra) from 24 starts has won 14 times with six placings, whilst Mr. Meana (Collision x Token Whiz(, prepared by Mark Gatt, has from 39 career starts notched 14 wins and 15 plac-ings.

On target QUITE APT it was that in TOPGUN week a dog named Spring Gun would continue to find his mark by landing the 520 metres Steve White Cup, thus maintaining an unbeaten three starts at headquarters. Owned by Greg Board and trained by Christine Oldfield, who combined some years ago with Spring Secret to make a Melbourne Cup final, this son of Bombastic Shi-raz always showed potential, and at just two years of age has the world at his mercy

And on top of that he has the looks to match. From box three, Spring Gun matched motors with the speedy Si-enna’s Delight, however, once the red fawn chaser found the front leaving the straight it was times and margins please. Spring Gun raced away over the concluding stages, defeating Patch Up Job by six and a quarter lengths in

29.93, with Sienna’s Delight a further two lengths away third. This 34kg gun chaser has broken the 30-seconds barrier in all of his Wentworth Park wins to date and will take aim at this week’s Vic Peters Classic series. Spring Gun (x Ready For Rain) has now had 20 career starts for 13 wins with two placings.

Patch Up Job (Eiffella x Seem-ingly), trained by Nicholas Clifton, after 54 starts has registered 11 wins and 13 placings, whilst Sienna’s De-light (Where’s Pedro x Cool Count-ess) has amassed nine wins and 27 placings from 54 starts for trainer, Dean Swain.

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A group of well-wishers helped celebrate the win by Key To Eden in last Saturday night’s Group 3 Sydney Cup.

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MEPUNGA NICKY came of age at Angle Park last Thursday night when the Jeff Britton trained speedster took out the Group 1 Triple M Adelaide Cup final. Aiming for her sixth successive victory, and her fourth from as many attempts at Angle Park, Mepunga Nicky started well in the market at $4.60 behind race favourite, Riley Bale ($2.80). Sporting the pink vest, Mepunga Nicky jumped safely then showed blinding speed, recording an unheard of 4.26 first split to easily lead Rad-ley Bale through the first turn. Getting away to a four lengths break over Radley Bale entering the back straight, Mepunga Nicky was

setting a cracking pace and reached the top turn still three lengths ahead. Rounding the final bend with Radley Bale edging closer, Mepunga Nicky straightened for home only two lengths clear.

But Mepunga Nicky, a daughter of Premier Fantasy and Mepunga Diamond, showed great heart to fend-off the fast finishing burst of Radley Bale over the closing stages and crossed the line a head in advance of Radley Bale, running the 515 metres trip in Best Of Night and new per-sonal best time of 29.45, while boom youngster, Cape Hawke was third. They were followed home by Allen Hertz, Allen Harper, Clyde’s Angel, Weekend Rush, and Crazy Heart. Winner of the Group 3 SA Oaks on the track back in September, that success was enough to convince Jeff to come back and have a go at the rich Adelaide Cup series with his latest star boarder. “She’d done everything well over here and you just couldn’t bypass the series,” Britton told NGF.

“She’s come up against the best dogs in Australia here tonight and she’s beaten them fair and square.”

Asked whether he was worried during the race, Jeff said, “I thought we might be in trouble when Radley Bale lobbed in second place behind her, but she’s an amazing chaser and she’s done a great job.”

Jeff told us that Mepunga Nicky’s next mission would be the Vic

Peters Memorial at Wentworth Park, and judging by her last month of rac-ing, she’ll take a power of beating in the series. The win took Mepunga Nicky’s career record to 20 starts for 13 wins and four runner-up cheques. Golden Easter Egg winner, Rad-ley Bale tried his heart out in the

race, and to get so close at the finish was testament to the huge heart and ability of the Graeme Bate trained chaser. Cape Hawke struggled to get across from his seven draw but still ran a great race to take third place for trainer, Jamie Ennis, but his day will come in the not too distant future.

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Adelaide’s Hunnies flank Adelaide Cup winner, Mepunga Nicky, who’s pictured with Jeff Britton and Triple M personalities after landing the Group 1 feature final in a brisk 29.45 at Angle Park last Thursday night.

Troy Murray holds Adelaide Cup Consolation winner, Kalden Aurora, who landed the 515 metres event in 29.52 at Adelaide’s premier greyhound venue last week.

KALDEN AURORA gave trainer, Troy Murray a reason to smile when she ran a brilliant race to win the Triple M Ade-laide Cup Consolation at Angle Park last Thursday night. A luckless second placegetter behind Weekend Rush in a heat, Kalden Aurora was expected to put up a good showing in the consolation and was sent out the $3.20 favourite.

Donning the check vest, Kal-den Aurora began brilliantly and showed plenty of pace to hold the early lead over Woodside Woody through the first turn. Leading by three lengths in the back straight, Kalden Aurora was setting a hot pace and reached the top turn still three lengths in front of Woodside Woody. Rounding the final bend

nicely clear of David Bale getting through into second place, Kal-den Aurora finished full of run-ning.

Increasing his advantage along the home straight, the son of Premier Fantasy and Abbadale Affair coasted home a five and a half lengths winner over David Bale in a fast 29.52, with Allen Lawson making late ground to finish hot on their heels.


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Never waste a good draw: Classy chaser, Point Two Over, seen here with trainer, Rob Harnas, leapt brilliantly from the rails alley and led from go to whoa in the Mixed 3rd/4th/5th Grade at Angle Park last Thursday night, completing the 515 metres journey in 29.67.

POINT TWO OVER bounced back to his brilliant best night and ran a new personal best time when winning the Triple M Rocks Football Mixed 2nd/3rd/4th Grade at Angle Park last Thursday night for trainer, Rob Har-nas. Nicely drawn in box one and start-ing the popular elect at $1.80, Point Two Over commenced best and showed pace on the rail to hold the early lead over Grevillea Bale through the first turn. Showing the way by three lengths over Grevillea Bale in the back straight, Point Two Over had extended his margin to four lengths at the top turn. Rounding the final bend well clear of Grevillea Bale, Point Two Over finished the race off powerfully. The son of Collision and Camden Shiraz crossed the line seven and three quarter lengths clear of Grevillea Bale in 29.67, while Dancing Jay Lo finished third. A fourth placegetter to Metz Magic in this year’s National Sprint Grand Final at Albion Park, Point Two Over took his record to 18 wins and 26 placings from 64 career starts. ‘No Race’ a saving grace THE PREMIERS CUP over 731 me-tres was declared null and void at Angle Park last Thursday night after disaster struck through the first turn. Race favourite, Kalden Mayhem had taken the lead and looked set for victory in a fast time, judging by the first two splits.

But Honky Tonk Girl had taken a nasty tumble rounding the first turn and was lying motionless in the middle of the track. With the rest of the field making their way past the catching pen, it looked like things were about to get a lot worse.

However, the lure driver showed great wisdom to slow the bunny and safely stop the field before they reached the stricken runner. At the time of writing it was un-known whether the lure driver was instructed to do so or decided on the action himself, but either way those responsible should be congratulated for a great display of commonsense. With a huge crowd on hand to

witness the Adelaide Cup final, a field of chasers running over a helpless fallen runner would have been a public relations disaster, as well as the possi-bility of more chasers being hurt. With every effort being made to remove Honky Tonk Girl before the field made it back around, there was no way for the lure driver to tell if the track would be clear, and there was the added danger that the person on the track could be hit as well. Whilst many feared that Honky Tonk Girl may have injured her neck, it was found that the Bruce Lellmann trained chaser had severely injured a shoulder.

And whilst she is unlikely to ever race again connections are hopeful that medical treatment will see her recover and go on to a breeding ca-reer. The Premiers Cup will be rerun at a date to be decided. Top Dog IF THE LEADING SA TAB Trainer was a dog race then Murray Bridge trainer, Shaun Matcott would be lap-ping his rivals, as he’s 125 clear of his nearest rival, with 215 winners to the end of September. Troy Murray has been strong in the second half of this year and has moved into second place on 90, fol-lowed by Petar Jovanovic (86) and Kim Johnstone (73). With non-TAB races now being a rarity in SA, Don Turner holds sway with 9 wins, followed by Gay Pidgeon (6) and Marion Lanyon (5). Scull Murphy looks to have an unassailable break in the Leading SA Stud Dog with 28 winners, well clear of Dr. Van Loon (15) and Emerley Carlos (13). The Leading SA Brood Bitch is extremely tight, with Bar Crusher, Blue Palace, and Tilka Lee all sharing first place on 29, while Nimuay Lass is not far behind on 26. Judi Hurley has a big lead in the

SA Breeder of the Year with 112, or 38 clear of Karen Bearpark (74), with Matthew Payne and Barry Stewart third on 57 apiece. Miss makes a hit MISS STACKHOUSE scored a strong win for Victorian trainer, Angela Lang-ton when she took out the Autism Angels Grade 5 at Angle Park last Thursday night. Poorly drawn in box seven yet starting the $2.80 popular pick, Miss Stackhouse flew out of the boxes and easily led Mr. Mavross through the first turn. Skipping away to lead by four lengths over Mr. Mavross in the back straight, Miss Stackhouse was making every post a winner and reached the top turn still well ahead. Nicely clear rounding the final bend, Miss Stackhouse had to dig deep in the home straight to hold out the late charge of My Boy Pedro. Holding on gamely, the daughter of Bombastic Shiraz and Miss Tay-liana passed the post three quarter of a length before My Boy Pedro in 29.87, with third placed Mr. Mavross a further seven lengths adrift. Kalden collects KALDEN MAYHEM has taken back to back SA Greyhound of the Month awards after being named as the win-ner for September. Trained by Troy Murray, Kalden Mayhem had four starts during Sep-tember for three wins and a third plac-ing. His main highlights were a 30.88 track record run in a heat of the Strathalbyn Cup and a 31.05 win in the final that was a fortnight later. Kalden Mayhem, whose record currently stands at 55 starts for 25 wins and 16 placings, joins Satanic Cash, Goosebumps, Brahma Boy, Dark Duo, Led Zeppelin and Hannah McLaren as monthly winners so far this year. Kalden Mayhem was also awarded the SA Run of the Month for his 30.88 track record run in the Strathalbyn Cup heats on September 11.

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ALTHOUGH he’s racing in great heart of late, it was a bit of a surprise when Stack ’Em Flat grabbed the winner’s cheque in the Hudson Pa-cific Special Event at the Meadows last Saturday night.

Kept real safe at $5.90 from the widest alley, the Bruce Lellman owned chaser was poorly away, with plenty of early pace being shown by Stetson Lily, who recorded 9.09 with a lap to negotiate.

Untroubled in transit, Stetson Lilly built a handy lead over Indeed I Do and Kialdu Anna, who were booth checked out of play rounding the second bend.

And whilst the Finley based Stet-son Lily still held sway at the next checkpoint in 22.41, it was the pow-erful finisher, Stack ’Em Flat that was steadily eroding the advantage.

Catching Stetson Lily in the run home, Stack ’Em Flat charged past the post one and a half lengths clear, running the middle distance journey in 35.00 on the new surface, while Premier Boloney finished the race off nicely in third place, a half length further adrift.

Of the odds-on pop, Easy

Peasy… well, there must be two of him!

After drawing the rails on the back of some impressive form, he began poorly but gained a perfect run in transit, however, punters and con-nections were left short-changed again.

From 10 tries around the Broad-meadows layout over 600 metres, Stack ’Em Flat, a three-state winner, has scored three times, whilst career-wise the Graeme Bate prepared son of Bombastic Shiraz and Bar Crusher has posted 29 wins plus 19 placings from 64 attempts, earning $81,595 along the way.

Went like clockwork A SUPERB 29.89 gallop was handed in by Tasmanian owned Rewind when taking out the Macro Meats Mixed 3rd/4th Grade in runaway fash-ion. For form students, Rewind was considered the best bet of the night and they supported him into $1.50 at boxrise. Donning the stripe vest, Rewind leapt to the front, recorded 5.06 to lead Hutmaker and Ryker Bale

around the first turn, whilst along the back he put the pedal to the metal. Running through the markers in a swift 17.66, the Morrie Strickland owned racer seemed to have just one danger, Hutmaker, when they reached the penultimate corner. But Rewind powered away in the run to the judge and defeated Hut-maker by four and a half lengths, with Dyna Lowell doing his best work at the finish to be a length and a quarter away third. Prepared by Darren McDonald at Cranbourne, the white and black son of Collide and Ricky’s Angel, who recently contested the Paws Of Thun-der and Healesville Cup series, has won three of four runs at The Mead-ows.

His lifetime scorecard reveals 24 wins along with right placings from 36 outings, returning connections $73,225 in earnings. BACKED to the exclusion of all others, the money was spot-on for Eurico Bale in the 525 metres Sky Racing Grade 5 final. With the assistance of box one, the Paul Wheeler owned chaser was right behind the bunny early on, clocking 5.09 before leading Dyna Erina and Dyna Dara around the ini-tial bend. With a wing on each paw, Eurico Bale ($1.80 fav) had a three lengths break on Proven Cue along the back and recorded 17.85 nearing the next turn, where Dyna Erina went wide but was still running on.

Although wilting slightly on his run, the Mark Delbridge owned red fawn son of Bartrim Bale and Serene Bale held out the late burst of Dyna Erina to score by a length in 30.22, while Proven Cue wound up third ahead of the luckless Dyna Dara.

It was the 10th win from 30 starts for Eurico Bale, who has scored three times in seven runs at the northern suburbs venue. Rocket takes off WITH the Victorian Quaddie holding around $58,000, Daintree Rocket ($2.80 fav) injected no value whatso-ever by taking out the third leg.

Drawing box four at the 525 me-tres start is not a great issue, and whilst Daintree Rocket was beaten for early speed by Smokin’ Gonzales (5.16) and Tania Two Shoes, he quickly found the rail that saw the Gary Joske owned chaser in front as they headed to the back.

From thereon it was smooth sail-ing for the Lauren Gorman trained son of Bombastic Shiraz and Daintree Lady.

After running the next section in 17.98, Daintree Rocket cruised to the line a four and a quarter lengths win-ner over Smokin’ Gonzales, while it was a strong railing effort that saw Boggy Spitfire finish third.

With two victories from six runs on the track, Daintree Rocket clocked 30.24 to make it a dozen wins and 15 placings at his 52nd career start.

Oh yeah, and the SuperTAB Quaddie returned $137.30 for the abovementioned winners.

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Racing at his peak over a range of distances, Stack ’Em Flat won the 600 metres Special Event at The Meadows in 35.00 last weekend.

A model of consistency, Rewind justified his cramped quote and romped away in the Mixed 3rd/4th Grade, clocking BON 29.89.

Popular pick, Daintree Rocket made it four wins from his past five starts by taking out a Grade 4 event over 525 metres in 30.24.


IT was a long time coming but the first long distance event at the Hobart track, Tattersall’s Park, eventuated last Thursday night

The Laurie Hills trained Stresser had the honour of being the first win-ner over the 709 metres trip.

Whilst the 709 metres boxes have been finished and ready to use for some time, trainers have shied away from the new distance on the U-bend track.

It was a game effort, given the dog was near last nearing the home turn, but dug deep when it counted and forged clear in the home straight.

He defeated the pacesetting Ar-row On Fore by a half length, with reserve, Macey’s Favourite three lengths away third, just in advance of the odds-on favourite, Ming Dynasty.

Stresser had been placed over middle distances at Hobart and De-vonport at recent outings, so Johnson was confident he could handle the step-up in distance.

“We’ve had this distance (709m) available to race in Hobart for some time but the problem has been getting enough nominations,” Johnson said.

“I knew there were a few trainers keen to nominate for this race, so I put him in, and thank heav-ens we were able to get a race.”

“He got back a fair way in the run but finished the race off as I ex-pected,” he said.

Stresser (Elite State - Girrawarra Minny) has been something of a pro-fessional placegetter, with this being his third win from 35 starts.

However, he has managed to pay his way with 14 minor placings that have contributed to his lifetime stake earnings of $7200.

Stresser ran the 709 metres in 42.25, which stands as the record… but for how long is anybody’s guess, although most would think – not long.

Ming Dynasty was slowly away

from box six and dropped out to last, while Stresser settled just in advance of the favourite, with the Juilie Ban-non trained Arrow On Fire surging to the lead at the first turn.

Ming Dynasty slipped into top gear nearing the homer turn but clipped the heels of Jaylei Julie, cost-ing her at least a minor placing.

It was Ming Dynasty’s fourth run back in Tasmania since finishing last in the National Distance Champi-onship in Queensland in August.

Long distance racing in Tasmania has been restricted to two or three seasonal series, of which all have been in Launceston.

But with Hobart to host the Na-tional Sprint and Distance Champion-ships next year, trainers are likely to be calling for more regular long dis-tance races in at the southern race-way.

Damek’s all class TASMANIA’S best sprinter, Damek expanded his winning record on the Hobart track when he led all the way to defeat a handy field in an Invita-tion event over 461 metres at Tatter-sall’s Park last Thursday night.

It was Damek’s 18th win from 21 tries on the Hobart circuit, and it was the dog’s 40th win from 45 outings in Tasmania.

The Peter Phillips trained dog was only fairly away from box seven, but as usual he slipped clear and crossed to the fence with a brilliant spurt to record a second split of 11.18 that set up a winning break.

Mojito put it to Damek nearing the home turn and at the top of the home straight but the champ an-swered the challenge, going on to score by just over a length to Mojito, with Learoyd Lahrs over three

lengths away third. Damek stopped the clock at

26.11, which was well off his per-sonal best of 25.79, but it was still doog enough to earn run of the night status.

Phillips confirmed the son of Big Daddy Cool and World’s Finest has fully recovered from the muscle in-jury that stopped him from contesting the National Sprint Championship final at Albion Park in Queensland in August.

Damek broke down when trial-ling for that event at Albion Park a few days before the final.

Damek’s is again being aimed at the Hobart Thousand series in De-cember.

Millie bounces back AFTER having her colours lowered by another aspiring star in Launceston, Millie Grace bounced back to the winner’s circle with an impressive Grade 5 victory over 461 metres in Hobart last Thursday night.

Millie Grace flew the lids from box six, and once on the lure she ca-reered away from her rivals.

She went on to defeat Wicked Potion by over three lengths, with Blue Tongued Boy a half length away third.

The Mick Stringer trained bitch won a heat and the final of the Lau-rels at her first two outings and it took a real smart one, Jethro to ruin her perfect record in Launceston last Monday week.

Millie Grace burst onto the scene with an impressive win in a Laurels heat, defeating the in-form Peejay Tadmore by a narrow margin, but she improved to win the final comforta-bly from the promising Irinka Julia.

She led at her first try on the Launceston circuit and looked home, only to be run down by Jethro in the last couple of strides, with the winner clocking a handy 30.18 over the 515 metres trip

Millie Grace is raced by Karlene Cuthbertson and Sally Wilson, who have had a lot of success in the past year and it would appear they are destined to remain regular visitors to the winner’s circle with this latest addition to their team.

Rising star, Millie Grace was back on the winner’s list at Hobart last week, outclassing a Grade 5 field, running the 461 metres in 26.20.

Last Thursday night, Stresser won the first 709 metres race at Hobart, clocking 42.25 for Gary Johnson.

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ACTION at Dapto last Thursday was highlighted by the running of the 520 metres Greyhound Recorder Silver Collar final, with the time-honoured South Coast feature being won by Undisputed Dos, trained at Cawdor by Anthony Lord, who is the leading trainer at the course. The white and brindle chaser, who was lining up for his 50th race start, had won on two previous occa-sions at the Dogdome. When the lids rose in the $5,000 to winner final, best away were Elain Allen from the two trap and Dana Bel in the yellow vest.

Undisputed Dos exited the four box and was able to stay with the leaders heading into the first corner.

Pushing hard between them, Un-disputed Dos found the fence and the front as they left the straight. Racing clear down the back, Un-disputed Dos had the race quickly in his keeping, despite the efforts of Elain Allen, who was trying valiantly to stay in touch. However, the name was on the silverware when heads turned for home, with Undisputed Dos racing right away over the concluding stages.

He recorded a dominant eight and a quarter lengths win over Elain Al-len in a fast 29.79, with Dana Bel back in third place, a further one and a half lengths away.

With career stats of 16 wins and 18 placings for stakemoney hovering around $55,000, Undisputed Dos, by Pure Octane out of Dos Santos, is owned by Allen Williams.

Elain Allen (Collision x Olivia Allen), trained by Simon Rhodes, has had 23 career starts for eight wins and seven placings, whilst Rod

McDoonald’s Dana Bel (Collide x Dana Betty) has raced 73 times for 16 wins and 23 placings.

RETURNING to the winner’s list was the Brian Hall trained Lizzie Taylor, who scored her ninth win at the track in the Sportingbet Stake over 600 metres. The race changed complexion dramatically over the concluding stages, as Lizzie Taylor gained the upper hand after Callamac Kid went amiss when being acclaimed the win-ner. Boxrise saw Lizzie Taylor jump well from the rails box, however, was headed off by Callamac Kid in the straight the first time.

Callamac Kid got away into the back and led by six lengths to Lizzie Taylor, who at this stage was looking content with second prize. Coming off the top bend Cal-lamac Kid dipped noticeably, ap-peared to be injured and dropped back suddenly.

Lizzie Taylor ducked past the hobbling rival and quickly put the race result beyond doubt. Down the home straight it was Lizzie Taylor nicely clear and she passed the judge three and a half lengths ahead of Northern Bound in 34.80, with Irish Kiss gaining third place, a further two and a quarter lengths away. Lizzie Taylor, by Surf Lorian

from Lizzie Arden, has now had 60 career starts that have yielded 10 wins and 24 placings.

Northern Bound (Hall’s Northern x Pixie Puzzle). prepared by Judy Player, has contested 69 races that have produced 13 wins and 19 plac-ings, whilst the Peter Lagogiane pre-pared Irish Kiss (Valentia Citrate x Ghost Zappa) has had 17 starts with seven wins and two placings.

WONDERFUL producer Paris St. Germain looks to have another poten-tial city class pup following the win of Emilia Jade, who led throughout in the Gary Harley Stake. Top class pups THE daughter of Velocette made it two from two with an all way win from box four and clocked 30.25 for the 520 metres journey. Emilia Jade, trained by Shaun

Evans, defeated Rockabout by one and a quarter lengths, with Aunty Nagalot a neck away third. Rockabout (Surf Lorian x Sum-mer Bliss), owned and trained by Allen Bryant, after nine starts has notched a win and six placings, whilst Aunty Nagalot (Robust Char-acter x Ricketty Kate), trained by Mark Arncliffe, has raced on 25 oc-casions for one win with 11 placings.

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LAST WEDNESDAY the Rich-mond GRC staged a solid program in the twilight zone, with TAB hold-ings very strong to once again prove the popularity of this wagering time zone. With three different distances catered for, including Maiden events, the meeting gave trainers the opportunity to step up their moder-ate performers at TAB level.

One trainer who was thrilled with the result on the day was John Aul, who prepared He’s A Gem to score his second race victory at start 24.

Contesting the 535 metres Wenty Leagues Club Stake, the son of Bombastic Shiraz proved too strong in the end, having occupied a prominent position throughout.

From box two, He’s A Gem and the white vested Miss Indica were best away and they raced into the first turn together.

Leaving the straight Miss Indica took up the front running role, with He’s A Gem camped behind, while Knocka Back and Fruity Shiraz were both coming into calculations. Leaving the top turn Miss Indica still led with Fruity Shiraz moving up three deep, while He’s A Gem was looking for the split between them.

Turning for home the run came for He’s A Gem and the 32kg black chaser quickly pounced. In the drive to the line He’s A Gem was far too strong for Fruity Shiraz, winning by a length in 31.34, with Miss Indica a head away third. He’s A Gem (x Geminist) has

previously had just the one victory along with nine placings.

Prepared by Craig Chappelow, Fruity Shiraz (Bombastic Shiraz x Frosty Fruits) from five starts has recorded a win and two placings, whilst Miss Indica (Slater x Indiana Lee), trained by Elizabeth Bont, has faced the starter 26 times for three wins and seven placings.

Lucky 9 EARLIER ON, the reserves grabbed a couple of victories, as Kool Brock and Black Couldron took full advan-tage of some scratchings. When the boxes opened for the Maiden Stake it was the inside duo, Precious Jill and El Toro that jumped best, with Tango Thunder and Black Couldron coming across from outside draws. At the first bend Black Couldron was able to cross to the fence and took up the front running role, while El Toro and Hachi’s Destiny gained a break after trouble occurred behind them and slotted in behind the leader. That trio had the race between them, however, the leader put her foot down coming off the back and burst clear.

Turning for home Black Coul-dron was in a race of his own.

Careering away down the home straight, he scored by 11¾ lengths to El Toro, running the 400 metres trip in 22.94, with third placed Hachi’s Destiny three quarters of a length further astern. Black Couldron, by Hallucinate out of Wicked Witch, is trained by

Ken Staines and grabbed her first victory at start number three.

El Toro (El Galo x Nikita Grove) is prepared by Jane Craw-ford, whilst Hachi’s Destiny, a first starter by True Destiny from Secrets Kept, is under the tutelage of Denis Hogan.

The other ‘No. 9’ winner was the Andrew Drapiewski trained Kool Brock, who drew the extreme out-side gate at the 400 metres boxes. One again it was the inside pair of Bellarine and Fools In Motion that began best, however, quickly Kool Brock put the pedal to the metal and led them as they headed to the back. Kool Brock got away off the back, with Bellarine giving chase, while Lou Lou Rambo worked into a forward spot. After turning for home Kool Brock pulled out plenty and proved too strong.

At the post Kool Brock was a length ahead of Bellarine in 23.05, with Lou Lou Rambo third, a half length away. Well bred by Big Daddy Cool out of Biddyken Lass, Kool Brock has had 29 lifetime starts for seven wins and six placings.

Bellarine (Solve The Puzzle x Agatha Panther), trained by Stephen Wadick, has had 32 career starts for six wins with 14 placings, whilst the John Intveen trained Lou Lou Rambo (Bombastic Shiraz x Na-tional Alert) has had 50 career starts that have yielded eight wins and 16 placings.

- Ron Arnold

Undisputed Dos ran Dapto’s 600 metres trip in a nifty 34.80 to snare the Silver Collar final. Raced by the Bigger Then Life Syndicate and trained by Anthony Lord, the white and red brindle chaser was joined on the dais by Dapto officials. - pic courtesy robshots.com.au

Across ‘the ditch’ SERGIO, owned and bred by Lorraine Atchison at Jilliby, on the NSW central coast, has been crowned 2010/2011 NZ Greyhound Of The Year.

The Garry Harding trained dog won three Group 1’s, including the NZ and Waterloo Cups.

The four year-old son of Collision and Tarawi Tess also broke the 30-seconds barrier in a Golden Easter Egg semi-final at Wentworth Park in April.

Sergio is being set for another NZ Cup later this month, and later will go to stud alongside former kennelmate, Var-vatos at his trainer’s property.

Sergio may be in the twilight of his career, but Harding and Atchison have a ready replacement, Shelly Shelby.

A daughter of Primo Uno and Proper Shelby, dam of former cham-pion, Cindeen Shelby, Shelly Shelby has won each of three NZ starts.

“I was recently offered $50,000 for her,” Atchison said last week.

“That’s a lot of money, but it would not change my life, and I just want to be around my family and have fun with my greyhounds.”

Little Mother, another Aussie expa-triate and Sergio’s arch-rival, is also being set for the NZ Cup.

Owned by Gordon Sciberras and Londonderry breeder, Barbara Spack-man, Little Mother has won a remark-able 64 out of 101 races.

“Early next month she will return to NSW and hopefully come in season so we can breed from her,” Sciberras said.

********** AMBARVALE owner breeder, Ron Field doesn’t have Sky Racing 2, so had to go to his local pub to watch his greyhound, Oh Watta Nite qualify for last Sunday’s $40,000 Healesville Cup.

The richest straight track race in Australia, the 350 metres final also fea-tured Hunter Valley trained Marbro Man.

Since Field sent Oh Watta Nite to champion Victorian trainer, Jason Thompson, the dog has won 20 from 24 starts.

“I was shaking like a leaf in the hotel before the heats,” Field told us.

“The publican turned down the Bathurst motor racing telecast so I could cheer the dog on, but I’ll be trackside for the final.

“Oh Watta Nite’s heat time of 19.20 was bettered only by I’m A Fencer (19.19), and Jason thinks the run will improve him.”

“Jason is pleased with box two, although Victorian, Flash Stride, a real flying machine, will be hard to beat.”

Field rates Oh Watta Nite’s litter brother, I'm The One equally fast, but says the dog regularly pulls up lame in the wrist.

“I trialled him over 274 metres at Appin this week and he clocked a flying 15.76 but in the process broke down again,” Field said.

********** BUCK FEVER was “short of a run” when he smashed the Bathurst 450 metres record on Monday.

“He needed a gallop but had to break his maiden status so I could enter him, his brother, Gundabooka and sis-ter, Moonshine Sally for the Vic Peters Memorial Classic heats at Wentworth Park on October 22,” trainer, David Pringle informed.

Moonshine Sally, who broke the Coonamble 530 metres record in her only two previous races, was unharmed by a fall at Bathurst.


NEIL FALLS would have had mixed emotions after Cold Fusion missed this week’s TOPGUN, however, the Northern Rivers trainer was all smiles following his star boarder’s brilliant win at Wentworth Park a week ago. In clocking a fast 29.72, Cold Fusion showed he is up there with the best in the land but just needs that mixture of space and luck, as early pace is not his greatest attribute. In the Globe Memorial Stake, Cold Fusion was only moderately away from the eight gate, with the early pace shown by God Star and Kazmic’s Mariner. God Star found the front in the drive to the first turn, however, Cold Fusion charged around with a clear run and slotted straight into second spot as they went to the back. God Star led down the back straight, but Cold Fusion had the

leader well covered, and once they moved off the top bend the NSW Sprint champ moved up to challenge and down the side charged away. Once finding the front, Cold Fu-sion put a gap on his rivals and looked great, racing away in the home straight to score by five and a quarter lengths over a gallant God Star, with third placed Kazmic’s Mariner a further two lengths adrift. Cold Fusion, who’s by Bit Chili out of Arena Lee, to date has had 28 career starts for 15 wins and nine placings.

The Ruth King trained God Star (Collision x Toe Line) has had 68 career starts for 18 wins with 17 plac-ings whilst the Anthony Lord trained Kazmic’s Mariner (Hallucinate x Berridale Girl) from 56 career starts showing 12 wins and 18 placings. ANOTHER flying win by Sam’s Conquest has the Kristy Sultana trained chaser aiming at bigger fish over the coming months. Winning his third race at head-quarters, Sam’s Conquest clocked 29.92 for the 520 metres. At boxrise Sam’s Conquest was only fairly away from the rails spot, with the white vested Apalousa the best to begin.

Using the fence, Sam’s Conquest drove hard along the rail and sat be-hind Apalousa as they left the straight. Although Apalousa led down the back, Sam’s Conquest had her meas-

ure, and by the time they hit the side Sam’s Conquest had grabbed the as-cendancy. Kicking right away rounding the home turn, Sam’s Conquest streaked away over the concluding stages and won easily, scoring by eight and a half lengths to Ruby’s Lair, who ran on to just beat home Kool Icon for second prize. Sam’s Conquest, a son of Slater and Pure Conquest, overall has had 21 career starts for 12 wins and three placings.

Ruby’s Lair (Where’s Pedro x Ruby Red Lips), trained by Tracey Bryant, has had 41 career starts for 11 wins and 17 placings, whilst Kool Icon (Big Daddy Cool x Belle Lucille), trained by Graham Borrow, has produced 29 career starts for seven wins and 17 placings.

BREAKING THROUGH for his first win in town, General Trigga gave little known owner trainer, Ra-domir Manojlovic a taste of city suc-cess. Generals Trigga drew box two and jumped best to hold out Lagoon

Raxy at the first turn. Coming over from the extreme

outside was Flying Liddy, however, this chaser stayed deep leaving the straight, enabling the other pair to kick away into the back. General Trigga was pressured by Lagoon Raxy down the back but kept finding plenty, and by the top bend you could tell the leader was going to be hard to run down. Turning for home General Trigga kicked again and was too good for Lagoon Raxy, scoring by two and a quarter lengths in 30.19, with Flying Liddy holding third, a further three and a quarter lengths away. General Trigga, by Big Daddy Cool out of Gemini Jessie, to date has had 12 starts for four wins and two placings.

Lagoon Raxy (Where’s Predro x Lagoon Smylee), trained by Ray Webster, has had seven starts show-ing two wins and two placings, whilst the David Hodder trained Flying Liddy (Flying Stanley x Crazy Jo) has recorded three wins and three placings from 20 career starts.

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Drawn favourably out wide, the Neil Falls prepared Cold Fusion showed he is in the top bracket of sprinters by running 29.72 to land the 520 metres Free For All at Wenty Park last week.

Powerful railer, Sam’s Conquest scored by eight and a half lengths at Wentworth Park on Friday night, recording 29.92 for Kristy Sultana.

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HURLEE collected the GOBIS Bo-nus when an easy winner in a rough-house Kingston Trophies Maiden final over 515 metres.

Drawn in box seven at $16.50, the John Galea trained galloper was out well to be second on the outside at the first mark, where Glamorous Keisha, racing nearer the rail, had the lead in 5.14, with Stetson Donna over on the fence.

Courtesy of a stack-up behind, Hurlee, who’d found the front into the first bend, raced away with a six lengths lead at the far corner in 18.98, with Ucme Typhoon doing the chas-

ing, four lengths in advance of Red Heat.

Hurlee had it in the bag a long way out and cruised to the line nine lengths clear of Ucme Typhoon ($5.20), with All On Black ($3.30 fav) three quarters of a length further adrift.

Hurlee, a son of Bombastic Shi-raz and Sensation Lee, owned by Richard Kurkowski, clocked 29.58,

with the black racer notching his first win in five tries so far at his second go on the track.

Stayer’s bonus BLING IT ON picked up the GOBIS Bonus by taking out the Radio Sport National Grade 5 final over 715 me-tres. Lining up in box eight at $2.90, the son of Where’s Pedro and Miss Bling was only moderately away but worked up on the outside to be sec-ond at the first mark, where Pink Bandanna had found the lead to take the split in 6.27.

Around to the Judge with a lap to travel it was Pink Bandanna arriving in 15.94 with a two lengths lead on Bling It On and a similar margin to Slashing Junior, whilst they’d put some space on the rest.

Bling It On took control going past the starting position and reached the back turn in 30.82 with a length on Pink Bandanna and there was four lengths to Slashing Junior third.

Bling It On was just too strong on the night, defeating the fast finishing Granduer ($2.80 fav) by two lengths, with Pink Bandanna ($8.10) two lengths further afield.

Bling It On ran 42.09 to make it three wins in seven starts at the trip.

The Carol and John Westerlo owned and trained stayer collected the $10,000 first prizemoney to make it 15 wins in 42 attempts to date.

Short-cut winner COSMIC COOPER out-railed his opponents to take out the Rapidvite Amino Cal Mixed 4th/5th Grade over 595 metres.

After lining up in box two at $4.20, the Darren Brown trained gal-loper was last to leave the traps but by sticking to the inside, and with many opponents going wide, he quickly improved his post into the straight the first time..

Stoked was the pilot through the first marker, pausing the timer at 9.27 with a head lead over Dyna Max, while Bureaucrat was splitting them and Cosmic Cooper was now fourth, just over two lengths back.

Dyna Max took over turning out

of the straight but Cosmic Cooper railed through to second, and at the back corner in 23.48 there was a length between them, with Stoked still in the picture, two lengths back.

Cosmic Cooper railed hard along-side the leader and got on terms upon straightening before coming away at the end.

Recording 34.46 to score his first win at his second try at the trip, he scored by a length and a quarter over Dyna Max ($5.10), with Stoked ($3.90 fav) two lengths back in third spot.

A winner of 10 of his 46 starts, Cosmic Cooper is a son of Bombastic Shiraz and Cosmic Goddess, owned by Louise Parkinson.

Don too strong DON CHENDO was just a bit too strong at the end, which enabled him to score a last stride win in the Macro Meats Free For All over 515 metres.

Sent to box five at $8.10, the son of Where’s Pedro and Kilby Supreme was away smartly then had a great battle with Simply Charlie to the first

mark, with that chaser being a neck in front, while Crossfarnogue over on the fence was a close third.

Simply Charlie had the speed on along the back and arrived at the back corner in 18.80, but Don Chendo was keeping him in his sights, two lengths behind, and they had nearly three lengths on Miss Roman Nose, who’d run to third.

Don Chendo started to close on Simply Charlie and got on his ham-mer passing the 595 metres boxes before ranging alongside on the final turn.

In a great battle, it was Don Chendo that did best in the drive to the wire, getting the verdict in a photo by a head over Simply Charlie ($6.10), with Miss Roman Nose ($4.70) three and a quarter lengths further astern.

Don Chendo, trained by Len Ketelaar for Joy Davis, stopped the clock at the new PB time of 29.55.

The black dog has been around 40 times in total for 16 firsts, whilst on the track he’s been successful four times in 13 goes.

Tommy Dailly and another promising youngster by Bartrim Bale. This November 2009 puppy was untroubled in her all the way BON 29.36 PB victory at just her sixth track appearance.

Nicki McRae is fast becoming a cover girl for NGF: Last week she had the handling duties for the Carol and Jack Westerlo combination, who race and train front running half-miler, Bling It On. The in-form stayer proved too strong for her rivals in the Radio Sport National Final over 715 metres, notching her third distance win there and picking up a nice $10,000 first prize plus the all-important GOBIS Bonus.

Members of The Meadows board invaded Sandown Park last week: Terry Davis and Len Ketelaar, plus their wives, Joy and Robyn, gathered trackside to enjoy the gutsy win by the very honest Don Chendo in a new 29.55 PB. Fellow board member, Brian Parkinson’s better half, Louise, races Cosmic Cooper, and the hard chaser made it a running double for the Broadmeadows group with a determined victory over the 595 metres trip in 34.46. Another MGRA Director, Charlie Bates, who races Granduer, had to be content with a game second behind Bling It On in his 715 metres distance engagement.

Billy and “Smiling” John Galea with the promising Hurlee, who scored a runaway nine lengths win in the opening event in 29.58. Raced by Richard Kurkowski, the man who put Brett Lee on the map, Hurlee is a beautifully bred son of Bombastic Shiraz and Sensation Lee and looks to have a bright future.

Cosmic Cooper doesn’t know how to run a bad race and showed plenty of tenacity to post his tenth career win with a 595 metres victory for trainer, Peter Brown, recording 34.46.


WE’RE ALWAYS ON the lookout for a sure-fire method to back win-ners.

Of course, no such thing exists. However, quite a reliable form-

line can be found by scanning the Capalaba results each Saturday.

Greyhounds that win or run a place over the 366 metres straight course invariably do well at their next start… if it’s with five days.

That refers to greyhounds back-ing-up by the following Thursday at Ipswich or Albion Park.

Sure, you won’t collect every time, but it works quite well.

Why would this be so? Well, it seems as though racing at

Capalaba assists, not only the fitness factor, but also can be a mental stimulation, as in, it provides a change of scenery.

Perhaps runners are sharpened-up when they return to the circle ven-ues?

Whatever the reason, it works well… and that’s been the case for many years.

Last week’s John Young Memo-rial final winner at Ipswich, Hail A Mail had run a close third in a Fifth Grade at Capalaba three days earlier. The Des Heilbronn trained Hail A Mail scored a last-stride victory over Sure To Win’ in the Ipswich feature.

The margin was a head, whilst a

further half head away third was Waltz With Me. Hail A Mail was the fastest heat winner in the John Young series with a time of 30.72.

The son of Train A Journey and Hay Holly Hock ran 30.82 when win-ning the final. “The dog regularly breaks 12.00 for the final sectional at Ipswich and that’s pretty strong,” Heilbronn said. “He ran 11.97 when winning the John Young.

It was a top run because near the 630 metres boxes he stumbled when going for an inside run; I thought he was going to fall.”

But he recovered and scored a last-stride win down the outside.”

Heilbronn has 20 greyhounds in work at Ipswich.

Many are for long time client, Fred Harvey, a former Ipswich GRC committeeman. “Fred uses the word ’mail’ in the name of all his greyhounds.”

He reckons that way, when he scans the fields, he doesn’t miss any

of his that are racing,” Heilbronn said. “I use the word ‘hay’ in most of the greyhounds I own.”

“It stems from the fact that I used to purchase my dog food from ‘Hay You’ when they were in business in Brisbane. They always gave me a good deal.”

“The owner used to follow the ‘Hay’ dogs when they were racing.”

“Sadly, he passed away about five years ago and the business was closed.”

“But I keep using the ‘hay’ word; it’s been lucky for me.”

Grading guidelines I’VE BEEN puzzled about the make-up of a couple of race fields lately, so sought clarification from Grader, Eddie Little about how fields are compiled. There was a Maiden race at Ips-wich that contained two first starters in the field and both reserves were first starters.

Why wouldn’t one of the reserves be in the field, rather than Cobalt Blue, who had run fourth, beaten 10 lengths at its previous start?

Little explained that the prefer-ence for selecting Maiden fields is: (a) Last start reserves right (b) Last start placegetters (c) First starters

As Cobalt Blue had been a re-serve and didn’t gain a start the previ-ous week, the dog was the first one included in this field.

Then there were five last start placegetters nominated, so they went into the field next.

That left two spots for the six first starters that had been nominated.

“Their names went into a random draw, two got into the field, two were reserves and two were balloted out,” Little said.

At Albion Park’s Sunday meet-ing, Bogangles Billie and Five Carats were drawn in a Mixed 3rd/4th Grade event over 395 metres.

They were also drawn as reserves for the Best 8 over the same course.

There was a scratching from the Best 8 and Five Carats went into that race, so was scratched from the Mixed 3rd/4th Grade.

Given that Five Carats and Bogangles Billie were guaranteed starts in the easier race, why force connections to race in a tougher field, the Best 8?

Little says they are the grading conditions, and have been for a long time.

“We have rarely compiled fields in this manner because, until recently, there weren’t as many greyhounds going through to Third Grade,” he said.

The reason that is happening now is that Racing Queensland now pro-grams fewer heats and finals in the lower grades, meaning greyhounds are moving through the grades more quickly nowadays.

It’s a strange one. The Sunday Best 8 and the 3rd/4th

Grade were worth the same prizemoney, $1,400 in total.

Five Carats went into a tougher field for no potential extra reward.

He ran unplaced, but so too did Bogangles Billie in the Mixed 3rd/4th Grade. There will be occasions, however, when greyhounds drawn under simi-lar conditions will race for higher prizemoney.

As an example, Albion Park could have a 3rd/4th Grade of $5,000 on a Thursday night, and a ‘Best 8’ on the same card for $8,000.

A runner in the 3rd/4th Grade race could be forced into the Best 8, but it would be for higher prizemoney.

I guess most trainers would pre-fer the easier option, even if it meant racing for the lower prizemoney.

But at the end of the day you will never find a system that pleases eve-rybody.

Consider this Amateurs built the Ark. Profes-sionals built the Titanic.

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Paul Dolan

VETERAN TRAINER, Keith Hard-ing pulled off the career resurrection of the decade when Living Image ($30.30) saluted in the Group 3 Man-durah Cup.

`The 45 month-old son of Bom-bastic Shiraz and Swift Sphinx was set for early retirement in late 2010 when plagued by career-challenging injuries. Part owner and former mentor, John Edwards said, “Getting back to

the spacious Mandurah track has helped this dog no end.”

“The trainer is a genius and a

great trainer. It’s a great thrill to own such a fantastic dog and to lift the Mandurah Cup.”

Edwards also paid tribute to vet, Brian Vale, who along with Harding has worked to get the former topliner back to the track. Edwards and co-owner, Richard Humphries bred Living Image, who took his career earnings to over $77,000 with his 14th career victory.

Adding to the rich prizemoney, the connections also picked up sub-stantial Westcha$e Bonus to bolster their kitty.

Edwards also added, “Richard punted the Quaddie, making for a huge evening”.

“Living Image won the first leg of the Mandurah Quaddie, which returned over $8,000. In the heats, Living Image had broken a run of 20 outs that stretched right back to win in open company in July 2010.

Serious injury struck the 30kg black dog in November 2010, which saw him off the scene for five months. “John was getting out of training and approached me to take on the dog,” Harding said.

“We did a lot of work on him and got him back to the track, only for him to incur another career-threatening injury.”

“It was touch and go whether his career was over, but we persevered and it was good to pick up the feature with him.” His heat win at Mandurah was his first start at the coastal circuit since June 2010 when he was also success-ful.

Coming into the $37,500 final, Living Image had been in the quinella position five times out of six jumps at the track and was ideally drawn in the cherry. The highly regarded Linda Brit-ton trained Uno Reltub dominated betting at the $1.30 quote, with his kennelmate, Miss Queue ($10.80)

heading a cluster of runners returning low-teen dividends.

They broke in a pretty even line, with Living Image a clear half length to the good, while Uno Reltub in the check vest away only fairly. Passing the 405 boxes Living Image was making play by two over Uno Reltub, who was cranking through the gears on the inside of Ocean Deep, who did well to cross from pink.

In the first turn squeeze the mid-dle boxes were tightened, and whilst close enough, they were never in con-tention from thereon. Uno Reltub moved to a clear sec-ond on the leader’s heels at the 302 metres boxes, with two lengths to the McNally duo, Ocean Deep and As-sassin's Quest.

That pattern remained the same through the sweeping turn, with Liv-ing Image a length clear into the home straight. The Harding trained chaser held them at bay, scoring a length and three quarters win over Assassin’s Quest, who clocked the same time as Uno Reltub but pipped him for sec-ond.

Those top grade chasers will now turn their attention to Cannington this Saturday for the heats of the Group 2 All Stars.

Saturday Wrap A TREBLE from the Britton camp and doubles from Eric Campana and Jamie Marsh highlighted the action from headquarters on Saturday night Canning Vale trainer, Eric Cam-pana kicked-started the program with the talented Good Odds Knocka ($17.70) bursting the How Goods That bubble by clocking Best Of Night and career best 30.51.

The son of Knocka Norris was away well and held the rail in a three-wide charge with What Size and Big Noter into the opening turn. Good Odds Knocka and What Size were stride for stride along the back, with Campana's charge edging clear into the home turn.

Working clear by a length and half for home, he held off a strong late charge from Big Noter to win by three quarters of a length. GIANT UNIT, Rookie Blue dwarfed his rivals in size and ability to bring up his second WA win in 30.65, giving Campana a winning double.

By Where's Pedro from Ruby Red Lips, he was away well to lead by two at the first marker then was never in danger, defeating Rumble Zone by four lengths. THE HARD to find but quite capable Ebony Storm broke through for his first city win for Jamie Marsh.

Three-wide into the first turn he benefitted from some tightening in-side to swoop to the lead through the pen.

Continuing to make this race his own before becoming weary in the home stretch, he hung on and scored by a head to consistent chasers, Spring Ruler and Cousin Callum, who is worth black booking.

AUTUMN RAIN racked-up the Marsh double in a heat of the Provin-cial Grade 4 middle distance race.

A sister to Ebony Storm (Solve The Puzzle - Austin Lee), she de-feated professional bridesmaid, Hog-mania by six lengths in 37.53.

The other heat went to $20.50 roughie, Ambassador Love, who clocked 37.76 for John Carmody.

LEADING WA trainer, Linda Briton dominated the second half of the card with three winners over all distances.

Improving chaser, Mungo Park made it eight wins from 18 starts to hold off a late burst from Blood Oath to record a three quarters of a length win in 30.65.

Veteran Pickle Mickle left it to the last stride to close down kennel-mate, Jersey Bale before saluting by a head in a PB 37.22 over the middle distance.

And over the staying journey, Dark Mirror was strongest and won by five lengths in 42.08.

WA

Laurence Torpy

Mandurah Cup winner, Living Image and Keith Harding were joined by WAGRA Chair, Patricia Tassell, plus Alan and Janine Crawshaw (sponsor) for the trophy presentation at the Peel venue last Friday night.


THE TOPGUN field sprung a few sur-prises for many.

There were plenty of us, myself in-cluded, that were shocked to see Sher-een Bale on the reserve’s bench.

I had her pencilled-in as a definite, right from day one.

Change pencil to permanent marker! I also had the other reserve, Enry

Walt in my line-up, right from day one too. However, despite the fact he’s won a

Group 1 on the track, he was runner-up in last year’s TOPGUN and has won two country cups this year, his recent form on the track is a bit ordinary by his stan-dards.

Having said that, there were a couple that got in that have not scored on the track, and one that hasn’t raced on the track.

In fact, three that got a start had slower PB’s, whilst one had the same time as Enry Walt (29.84).

Back to Shereen Bale, and her PB is 29.68, only one in the field had gone quicker and that’s Kilty Lad with a 29.66 PB.

Also the last Group 1 sprint race run at The Meadows was The Maturity, which Shereen Bale won from box eight in 29.76, coincidentally, Kilty Lad ran fourth in that race, beaten 12½ lengths… and from box one.

Kilty Lad was a dog I had included in the field from the start, and he’s also AGRA’s highest rated chaser, so defi-nitely no arguments from me on him be-ing in.

I also included He Knows Uno, de-spite the fact that he’s only raced on the track once, and that was fifth from box one in The Temlee.

Another that I had in my line-up from the start was Golden Easter Egg winner, Radley Bale, and no surprises that he gained a run.

I think Bogie King’s inclusion shocked a few people.

I’m aware that he’s a Group 1 Na-tional Derby winner, although that was back in February, but he did come to The

Meadows for The Maturity in July, win-ning a heat in a pedestrian 30.22 (B 29.77) before running fourth from box one in a semi-final behind Shereen Bale.

Oh, and Prince Diablo ran third in Bogie King’s National Derby, although he has since won the Group 3 Canberra Cup.

He has been to The Meadows be-fore, running in a heat of The Maturity from box two where he was beaten 11¾ lengths in 29.95 (B 29.77).

Oh, and that 29.77 BOD in both those cases above was recorded by Shereen Bale.

And Allen Hertz actually beat him home in that race.

Allen Hertz, of course, ran third in the National Sprint Championship Grand Final and third in the Group 1 Paws Of Thunder.

Allen Harper ran fourth in the Group 1 POT, but he did win the Group 1 Mos-man.

Oh, and I’m heading out for some glasses, as I missed the fact that Velocity Regina was not on the list.

Shame really, as I rate her very highly.

My late inclusion of Metz Magic was based on the fact he was the NSC, but I’m not really surprised he’s not in.

But for mine, he should have been higher in the pecking order than some that did get in, mainly dogs without a Group 1 win.

But I heard he was pulled out, so a moot point I guess.

Still, all in all it’s a pretty good field… nowhere near the best in my view, but that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it; opinions.

And those opinions, as far as I know, were based on selecting dogs with the best current form, and fair enough on that one.

We certainly never want to see an-other Brett Lee fiasco, do we?

So, to finish on, will there be a scratching, and can Shereen Bale do a Regal Thyme? Omen bet SUNDAY October 9 was “Bathurst” (that’s a car race in case you didn’t know) and there was also dog racing at Sandown.

And at the Lightwood Road venue in the 10th race was a dog called Vee Ate Mate

Gee, could you get anything more appropriate than that?

Vee Ate Mate did the right thing by punters and scored a smart win in 29.79.

But don’t go planning your retire-ment, as the $1.60 win dividend is better than bank interest but won’t add much to the superannuation fund.

Vee Ate Mate is a son of Talk’s Cheap and Lil’ Bit Cool, owned and trained by Engin Gemci.

Seeding SELECTING the TOPGUN field helped raise an issue on ‘seeding’.

One of my pet hates is ‘seeding’ of big races, as I’d much prefer the ‘blind draw’ method, but as we might just see, it possibly doesn’t matter.

Anyhow, let’s have a little test here, just for a bit of brain fodder.

Let’s say there’s a 525 metres Group 1 being staged at The Meadows, and not the TOPGUN.

So, as it stands our Selection Com-mittee have picked their eight best dogs (the current TOPGUN field), so we’ll call those the ‘seeded’ dogs.

Okay, so we take those eight ‘seeded’ dogs and place one in each of the eight heats.

The reason we’re doing this is to try and make sure those eight dogs are in the final.

So tell me, what odds would you give about those eight all winning their heat and making the final?

I reckon it’d be huge. What about say six of them winning? Still huge? Would four be more realistic… do

you think your ‘seeding’ would guarantee four making it?

I think the odds there would be a lot shorter.

So how about the Committee picking their second eight and then ‘seed’ them; and their third eight, and so on.

Would the odds still be the same? Okay, so what would you end up with

in all likelihood? I’d say four first picks, a couple of

second picks, maybe a third pick and an upset sixth pick.

Still, it’d be a pretty good final. Okay, so we’ll change the rules a tad

and say not only can we ‘seed’ the eight best, but place them in their preferred box.

How are the odds on all eight win-ning?

Still huge, but not as big as previ-ously.

Realistically, would five or six winning be out of the question?

Well it might come to pass that even if you ‘seeded’ with preferences, the chances of getting your top eight through are slim.

However, I still think if you want to do that, scrap eight heats and run it as a TOPGUN.

As one wag once said, who would be interested in seeing a Group 1 Final with the dogs rated 57th to 64th engaged?

The answer, their connections! Here’s a thought A FEW years ago we pushed hard to try and get Melton a straight track license.

Obviously it never eventuated, but at the time we believed that a second straight track in Victoria would have been a splendid idea.

Going by the popularity that Heales-ville has, perhaps it’s still a splendid idea.

Being honest, I’d rather see races up a 350 metres straight then say 12 non-penalty Grade 5’s at Ballarat or Sheppar-ton.

Mind you, that mightn’t be the best example, as those non-penalty meetings are extremely popular too.

Now that Healesville is sand, basi-cally it could be raced on 7 days a week, so perhaps there isn’t a need for a sec-ond track.

I wonder, however, if say a straight track was built at Wangaratta (or Wodonga), just how successful would that be?

Then again, I think the earlier idea of having a Sandown shaped two-turn track at Wodonga would be much better.

That still leaves the popularity of straight track racing with just one venue.

Melton would have been the pre-ferred venue, as it would have given Vic-toria a straight track on either side of Melbourne, making easy access to either from any part of the State.

But in all honesty, the way things are, we need another track as much as we need a hole in the head.

And that ladies and gentleman is not a good sign in one sense, and unless we can see the future and know for certain things (by the way of numbers) will pick up, then even contemplating new venues is ridiculous.

Might as well make better use of what we already have. Moving on USING that last sentiment in the previous piece as the starting point here, it seems that the rank and file have a fair idea of what we should be doing.

Sandown on a Sunday needs to go, and it can then go back to sharing Wednesday with The Meadows.

And for mine, that’s a far better idea at the moment than any other.

However, a couple of the ideas float-ing around shouldn’t be considered, and that is increasing the number of non-penalty meetings run by Ballarat and Shepparton, which are proving to be ex-tremely popular, or putting them on some-where else.

Geographically, look at where Bal-larat and Shepparton are.

Not a straight line, but between those two is a track called Bendigo.

Let’s look at ‘ball park’ numbers, if Ballarat get 200 entries and Shepparton get 200 entries, there’s a fair chance that 100 of those are double-ups, and 100 to 150 are chasers that would race/enter at Bendigo.

So the logic is, once Bendigo is re-built and up and running, the numbers at both Ballarat and Shepparton should come down.

And there’s still that option of running a second meeting at Healesville mid-week.

Now before someone wants to shoot me down for trying to push for more 300 metres-type races via a straight track, I will tell you that dogs that regularly race over “500” or further will be competitive on a straight track and there are plenty of trainers who trial their “500” metres dogs up a straight in between racing engage-ments.

So, the sprints on a track like Heales-ville, in my view, are a “mile” better than the sprints on a huge horseshoe track. Another problem ANOTHER problem we seem to have is about the owners/trainers of a lot of our ‘lower end’ chasers.

A lot of these people work for a living; they aren’t full-time dog trainers or self-employed people or retired and on a pen-sion.

Although the number of nominations received make a lie of that fact.

But it has been pointed out that the three big non-penalty meetings are run Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Perhaps it’s just as well that we do run them then, otherwise there might be 400 entries per meeting.

Now that Healesville is back and the coursing season is over, a non-penalty

meeting on a Saturday should be on the cards.

Even non-TAB with no Sky coverage won’t matter, just as long as the people who train, but who work can get a meet-ing for their dogs. Back to 10 THERE are plenty of people around who feel race meetings should go back to being just 10 races.

And if you get plenty of entries, run the additional one or two races.

How hard is that? Qualies YEARS AGO, when we had more grey-hounds that we could poke a stick at, we ran a lot of qualifying trials. The cheap alternative, I call it. But even if you fail to win a qualy, a few seconds gets you some form that reads alright and helps your chances of gaining a run. And yes, I well remember running in Qualies that had fields of eight. And I also remember there being more Qualies than places in a final, so winning was still no guarantee of getting a start. But seeing as we have plenty of ‘low end’ gallopers (judging by entries) and a lot of those are missing out on a run, perhaps we need more Qualies staged. Pick it now - finalè THE TOPGUN field has been announced.

My final eight were: Cold Fusion, Enry Walt, He Knows Uno, Kilty Lad, Metz Magic, Radley Bale, Shereen Bale and Velocity Regina.

I got three right - He Knows Uno, Kilty Lad and Radley Bale, whilst I had the two reserves, Enry Walt and Shereen Bale.

Better luck next year, I say! Your Say “Time Ticker” asked, “I’m sorry, but I don’t get the story on the times at Warrnam-bool, could you please explain it?” Okay, it’s a tad cryptic, but here goes. When people see overall times that are the same/similar, they start wondering whether the clock is on the blink. At Warrnambool, the fact that the splits were all different and the run-home times likewise, it suggests it was quirkiness and not the clock that yielded the results that it did. “Real Popular” with, “Healesville is real popular, isn’t it?” It sure is. “HoF Man” stated, “A real Hall of Fame is way better than a virtual one; I’d love to see it happen.” Many of us would...over to you Dr. Dennis? “Good Idea” remarked, “Grade 6 and promoted to Grade 5, best idea for the non-penalty races; hang on, then they’re not non-penalty, are they? Actually, you can still run them as “low-end” races for half stakemoney, and by allowing races of two grades (5 & 6), you get a few more options with the programming. “Just Think” quipped, “If racing takes off in China, I can see a very lucrative future here and there.” They have 1.3 billion people, even a 1% following (13 million) there would make us look like amateur hour at the local park! Oh, a little statistic I saw, there are more Chinese people that speak Eng-lish as a first language than there are people in the United States. This week’s Teaser ANNA GRAM says, “This is easy”. 1. Talk Idly 2. Hellen Ratz 3. Debonair Clip 4. Going Bike 5. Unhook News 6. Beard Alley 7. Haler Planer 8. Okras Ado ANSWERS NEXT WEEK Last week’s answers The answers to last week’s Teaser: 1. Cold Fusion 2. Enry Walt 3. He Knows Uno 4. Kilty Lad 5. Metz Magic 6. Radley Bale 7. Shereen Bale 8. Velocity Regina

Yeah, yeah...it’s genetic! Liz Hurley is obviously not a ‘Star Trek’ fan, nor even of the classic movie ‘The King and I’.

Her recent liaison with the ‘King of Spin’ suggests the era of the charismatic and sexy bald movie star is over.

Yul Brynner would be lucky to get a part as an extra nowadays, never mind as the King of Siam.

Ironically for Yul, he was not a natural bald man but had to shave his head for the part in ‘The King and I’ and was apparently was so impressed with the “off set” results that he kept it up for the rest of his life! Male pattern baldness is a genetic condition; it is common in some populations but quite rare in others.

Can you remember seeing a bald Mexican?

The gene has been identified in recent years, which makes the hair follicle sensitive to dihydrotestosterone, which causes it to gradually wither and die.

And despite this recent reversal in the fortunes of the hairless head, it is a recessive gene and because of that it must certainly have been somewhat advantageous in the mating ritual, otherwise it would have disappeared generations ago!

Whilst I am on the subject of recessive hair genes, the Celtic red hair (ranga) gene is slowly dwindling out, and like our current Prime Minister, will be

distant memory in the near future. I should have said that recessive

genes need the mother and the father to be carriers in order for the condition to express itself, while dominant genes need only one parent to carry the gene.

I guess by now you are wondering just what the demise of the sexy bald man and the flustering red-headed Prime Minister has to do with greyhound racing, and of course the answer is not a lot!

But I did want to mention one baldness condition that is very common in racing greyhounds, and that condition is caused by a weak, poorly functioning thyroid gland.

Thyroid function in the racing greyhound is poor, or marginal at best.

The greyhound population has very little genetic diversity, and unfortunately for us, some of the foundation individuals of the greyhound population had a weakness in their thyroid function.

This genetic trait expresses itself as a predisposition to bald thighs, a relatively long inter-season interval when compared to other canine breeds and many other subtle medical weaknesses caused by a tardy metabolic rate.

Among some academics there is a view that because the greyhound breed (as a population) has a low thyroid reading then this must be somehow ‘normal’.

I do not agree with this assessment. Many greyhounds function perfectly

reasonably with their “iffy” thyroid function, but I suggest they would function a lot better if their hormone levels were closer to those of other canine breeds.

Thyroid hormone levels are very important in carbohydrate and fat digestion and metabolism.

Living on a high protein diet, with relatively small proportions of these two nutrients, is one of the fundamental reasons why greyhounds ‘get away’ with low thyroid function and appear relatively healthy.

Thyroid hormone is now also recognised as an important factor, along with growth hormone, in the healthy growth of cartilage and bone.

Going back even earlier in a puppy’s life, the link is being established between adequate thyroid hormone and brain development in pregnant mammals.

It is possible to over-supplement thyroid hormone, and too much of it in the body increases the metabolic rate, in essence burning too much fuel and causing the body to break down muscle.

Walnut Veterinary Clinic 84 Clarendon Street

Cranbourne, 3977 (03) 5995 5255

By Dr. Des Fegan MVB MRCVS

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I FIND it amazing that in any Group race, let alone the Group 1 Adelaide Cup, that only two swabs were taken.

I am only going by the race results which shows a swab being taken, not the stewards report which is still not up on the net yet after four days.

One was a winner and the other an unplaced favourite.

How to set the tongues a wagging. None of the well known trainers of winners but a young bloke coming through.

I am a trainer and I would expect that every qualifier would be swabbed for any Group race.

Every winner was for the Heales-ville Cup and it is a Group, 3 as you would know.

I am disappointed that this has hap-pened when there has been some very public integrity issues in other states and codes.

I guess there is no rule about swab-bing and that it is the responsibility of the governing body, however, I feel that every Group Race, Australia-wide need to have a blanket swab of all qualifiers, this would help people in the industry believe it is a level playing field. - Cheers,

Charles Mizzi

GREYHOUNDS Australasia (GA) in con junc t ion wi th Aus t ra l i an Greyhound Veterinarians (AGV) are pleased to advise that Dr Steven Karamatic has commenced a Masters in Veterinary Science at The University of Melbourne investigating Post Exercise Distress Syndromes (PEDS) in greyhounds. PEDS is a term used to describe a variety of syndromes seen after greyhounds exercise. It includes the condition termed ‘thumps’ or diaphragmatic flutter, post exercise dyspnoea, ataxia, seizures and collapse. As part of his Masters, Dr Karamatic will provide GA with ongoing reports, which will be shared with AGV members and industry. To date Dr Karamatic advised GA of the following: ♦ He has visited Victorian, Western

Australian and South Australian racet racks and properties , observing over 3,000 greyhounds following exercise.

♦ Initial data suggests ‘thumps’ to be of similar incidence in Victoria, South Australia and

W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a , w i t h approximately 1 in 4 greyhounds showing signs.

♦ Greyhounds showing signs of ‘thumps’ have not appeared clinically unwell.

♦ ‘Thumps’ generally refers to a f lut te r o f the d iaphragm synchronous with the heart beat which can be seen visually on the left flank as an irregular pulsation almost resembling a ‘hiccup’.

♦ On average, signs of ‘thumps’ are first evident 5-6 minutes after completing exercise with the vast majority of these greyhounds showing no signs of distress and returning to normal relatively quickly.

♦ Ataxia (often called ‘hypoxia’) was observed in 14 greyhounds, with some repeatedly showing signs or having littermates with similar signs. Some of these ataxic greyhounds developed ‘thumps’ as well, though at this stage the two (ataxia and ‘thumps’) are alleged to be entirely separate entities.

♦ Of the 3,000 greyhounds

observed, none collapsed, seizured or died.

Dr Karamatic, stated today that: “The Greyhound racing industry has never before had a study of this scope done in Australia. The amount of information that will be accrued will ensure that there is a greater unders t and ing o f causes o r contributing factors to developing PEDS. This project will enhance the welfare of greyhounds by determining trigger factors for various PEDS, and ensuring this information is distributed to racing industry members, as well as industry veterinarians. This will ensure that an accurate diagnosis and prognosis is given by veterinarians to owners and trainers, and may allow for alterations in the husbandry of greyhounds that will prevent the development of PEDS.” The project is forecast to be completed by late 2012.

- Craig Taberner Greyhounds Australasia

Tabcorp Holdings Limited have provided a trading update for the first quarter of the 2012 financial year to coincide with the company’s investor day hosted in Sydney. Revenue for the three months ended 30 September 2011 was $759.4 million, up 2.7% on the prior corresponding period. The positive revenue trends at the time of the demerger of Tabcorp’s Casinos business have continued with each of the company’s four divisions experiencing ongoing revenue growth in 1Q12.

REVENUE ($m)1 1Q12 1Q11 GROWTH

Wagering 394.1 386.2² 2.0% Media & International 46.6 44.5 4.7% Gaming 285.2 297.7 2.0% Keno 45.8 42.9 6.9% TOTAL 759.4 739.7 2.7%

WAGERING TURNOVER1,3 ($m) 1Q12 1Q11 GROWTH

Retail - NSW 972.5 911.7 6.7% Retail - Victoria 767.0 754.4 1.7% Internet 508.4 424.5 19.8% Telephone 203.6 215.1 (5.4%) On-course 184.0 187.7 (2.0%) Luxbet 100.5 144.7 (30.6%)

1. Unaudited 2. Includes $7.5m fixed odds revenue from 2010 Soccer World Cup 3. Includes Victorian Joint Venture part-ner’s 25% share The Wagering division’s positive reve-nue and turnover trends were under-pinned by growth in fixed odds racing in the retail network, and the introduction of the animated racing game, Trackside in NSW. Fixed Odds revenues grew 18.2% to $72.7 million, Trackside revenues grew 88.5% to $20.8 million and Luxbet re-corded 9.0% revenue growth as a result of improved yields despite lower turn-over. This more than made up for a 4.2% decline in NSW and Victoria totali-sator revenues. Wagering retail turnover grew 6.7% in NSW and 1.7% in Victoria (4.4% total) despite the significant challenges faced by retailers in the current trading environment. “The continued revenue growth in Tabcorp’s four divisions demonstrates

that the investments to grow the busi-ness in each of its respective markets are being well executed,” said Tab-corp’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, David Attenborough. “The strength of our brands and the strategies we have in place are translat-ing into revenue growth, despite the difficult trading conditions that many companies are experiencing.” Keno revenues grew 6.9% for 1Q12 to $45.8 million, with the division seam-lessly delivering the roll out of Keno Touch self-service terminals and ex-panding its NSW hotel network. Revenues from Tabcorp’s Gaming division increased 2.0% to $285.2mil-lion. Tabcorp’s Media and International division grew revenues by 4.7% to $46.6 million, reflecting its focus on optimising Australian racing exposure to domestic and international customers, and on the export and import of racing product worldwide. - Nicholas Tzaferis

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BRISBANE Lord Mayor Graham Quirk should abandon a planned public meeting to be held on Sunday, October 16 until he has been properly briefed on vital plans that have the potential to deliver a brighter future for Queensland’s racing industry. Racing Queensland Limited (RQL) chairman Bob Bentley today said the Lord Mayor was putting the cart before the horse by holding a public meeting without having been briefed by RQL on the full detail of its Industry Infrastructure Plan. “What on Earth is the Lord Mayor thinking? We have tried repeatedly since June to give Cr Quirk the facts on the RQL’s Industry Infrastructure Plan and in particular issues surrounding both Deagon and Albion Park yet he seems to have a case of selective hearing when it comes to listening to both sides of this discussion,” Mr Bentley said. “Our project team was told the Lord Mayor’s diary was full for the rest of the year and only late yesterday did he finally agree to meet with us but not until the damage is done at a half-baked ‘public meeting’. “He simply shouldn’t be holding a public meeting on an issue he’s not been bothered to know the facts about.” Mr Bentley said RQL had received a number of complaints from local residents who had been doorknocked by individuals spreading misinformation about the development plans for Deagon. “What they are being told is outrageous and it’s all to try and drum up attendance at what is clearly a blatant political rally for the LNP and not a public meeting to sensibly discuss the merits of a proposal which is critical to the future livelihood of the racing industry,” he said. “Many of these people have offered to attend and voice their protest however I think that would be a waste of time as clearly the facts are falling on deaf ears.” Mr Bentley said ratepayers attending the rally should ask the Lord Mayor a few hard questions like: • How many times has he met or

spoken with high profile anti-plan campaigners since he became Lord Mayor?

• Why did he refuse to meet with RQL for so long to get a

balanced view of the argument and an understanding of what it means to an industry that e m p l o y s s o m a n y Queenslanders?

• Why does the Lord Mayor seem at odds with his own Albion Neighbourhood Plan which clearly states that the preferred option for the Albion Park Raceway is its relocation to allow for a more appropriate development for an inner city location?

• What are the real motives for Brisbane City Council to keep harness racing operating on substandard tracks and poor facilities at Albion Park?

Mr Bentley said postponing the planned public meeting until after RQL’s briefing with the Lord Mayor would have at least conveyed a perception of impartiality. “RQL has done significant planning in the past few months on both Albion Park and the Deagon development which will include a one and a two turn greyhound track as well as harness stakeholders current first priority, a 1400 metre harness circuit,” he said. “The planning work at Deagon will mean both greyhound and harness racing will receive a first class facility and still allow the resumption of land for the Deagon deviation currently in progress. “We know some thoroughbred trainers are against moving from Deagon but we have worked closely with them and progress has been made to such a point that some facilities have been retained in the Development Application we recently sent to Council. “We also intend to turn Albion Park into a project of national significance. “This won’t be just a residential development, this will be a project that will include a massive urban recreation area that will combat any future flooding issues and be a project the whole of Brisbane can be proud of. “The plan also includes stringent traffic management protocols which will minimise the impacts onto Kingsford Smith Drive. “Both these projects have enormous benefits for the entire community and we deserve to have these submissions handled fairly and impartially by Brisbane City Council.”

COMMENCING Wednesday 2nd November 2011 the Shepparton Greyhound Racing Club will be offering trainers the opportunity to gain full field experience with their maiden greyhounds by introducing an eight dog maiden trial over 390m each week. The trial, to be filled on a first in first served basis, is for maiden greyhounds only and will be conducted as the first trial after each Wednesday twilight race meeting, following the running of any satisfactory trials.

"While half field trials give greyhounds much needed experience against other dogs the Club is aiming to provide trainers the opportunity to give their greyhounds a genuine race experience before they start and early in their careers" said SGRC Manager Troy Harley. "Our 390m trials after the race meetings are conducted last however to encourage trainers to use the full field trial it will be conducted first, after any satisfactory trials, and only on Wednesday afternoons" added Harley.

"We will schedule the trials regardless of the numbers in each trial for the remainder of the year and if the trials are supported by trainers they will stay on the schedule. The only thing we ask is that trainers ensure the dogs being put in the full field trials are maidens". The first of the full field trials will be held after the race meeting on Wednesday afternoon (twilight) 2nd November 2011 and bookings can be made by contacting the SGRC office on the day of the meeting. Cost of trial will be $5 per dog.


JUST an update on the nominations issue.

Since the week August 29 to Sep-tember 30 there been 27 entry exten-sions.

Unusual. Is it a growing trend; are authori-

ties concerned? Who knows. August 29 - September 2 week (4

extensions, Sandown Park (T), Tra-ralgon Melton Coursing and Mead-ows (W).

The second week, September 5 – September 9 nine late calls.

The Meadows (W), Sandown Park (T) twice, Geelong (F) three times, Cranbourne, Warragul twice, and Cranbourne (W).

Week 3, September 12 – 16. Traralgon twice, Geelong (F),

Traralagon (Sun) twice. Then week 4, September 19 – 23. Sandown Park (T), The Meadows

(S) and Sandown Park (Sun). The opening of Healesville at-

tracted a stack of nominations, which you might like to think had an effect on other meetings.

Week 5 September 26 – Septem-ber 30 saw six extensions, Sandown’s Sunday meeting needed two extended closing times, likewise Meadows Wednesday program.

The other two tracks were Traral-gon and The Meadows Saturday fix-ture.

The obsession of building one-bend tracks with shorter distances looks as if it is impacting on the num-ber of chasers that can actually com-pete over the circle trips.

I’m staggered that the new Bendigo venue won’t have a two-turn circle distance.

The new proposed 500 metres distance, I’m told, starts on a turn, and also reliably informed that breed-ing litters is down 16% on the previ-ous year. No more birthdays SAD to report former top grade city sprinter, Birthday Boy passed away.

Just short of five and a half years, the competitive hard and very honest

sprinter died of a twisted bowel on Thursday, October 6.

Raced by Cliffy Justin and trained at Camperdown by breaker, Steve Elsum, Birthday Boy made a success-ful comeback to the track after con-vincing connections that he wasn’t ready for a easy life on the farm.

Retirement didn’t sit too well for this big leggy 34 kg chaser, and he won his last race in June at Ballarat when a five year-old.

He was a racetrack centurion, contesting 103 races, winning 26 and finding the minor placings on another 42 occasions.

He earned $202K in prizemoney and more than held his own in elite company.

A big race finalist on numerous occasions, his tardy box manners un-fortunately prevented him from clunking a deserved feature event, but his trademark hard chasing qualities were well respected by his foes.

Birthday Boy found the placings in 68 of his 103 appearances, 14 of those were in town, and proof that he was a genuine 600 metres sprinter.

Those who put their hard-earned on this bloke always knew they would get a run for their money.

He was patronised at stud by breeders wanting to put fair dinkum “chase” into their pups and hopefully a few young BB’s will be seen on the track in the not too distant future. Distractions KENNY BAILEY won’t forget the last week in a hurry.

The Sale Tabaret Manager ex-perienced a rollercoaster ride that saw him enjoy the highs and lows of our fluctuating sport.

Firstly at Sandown Park he ex-perienced the embarrassment of watching his very handy sprinter,

Select Nan perform somersaults in the new starting boxes, hence facing the wrong way when the lids were lifted.

A visit to the Stewards Room ensued to try to offer an explanation of her uncharacteristic behaviour, which culminated in her copping a Satisfactory Trial before she would be allowed to race again.

The three hour drive back home and the frosty reception the errant bitch received had nothing to do with the cold early morning arrival.

A quick nap, and then it was back up the highway for another six hour round trip to Geelong, but this time the team got the chocolates.

Select Gav came out running and led all the way to land the GRV Maiden GOBIS Final at Beckley Park in a slick 26.15.

A $7.500 cheque plus the all-important GOBIS Bonus saw Gav and Kenny in a better frame of mind for the return trip to the Gippsland town.

A well deserved rest and he heads off for Sandown Park on Sunday to perform a Satisfactory Trial for the gymnast. Select Nan, which she com-pletes to the approval of the Stewards and was cleared for racing.

A week later and Ken and Select Nan are back on the road and heading back to Sandown Park to contest a Melbourne Cup Prelude.

A pitstop in Drouin for some juice for the Mercedes (they travel in style Team Bailey), but Ken is dis-tracted by some unfinished work at the Tabaret.

His mind is elsewhere as he dodges the rain and continues to top up the luxury vehicle.

Suddenly the wiff of unleaded petrol clears the brain and he immedi-ately realizes that his costly motor (as Arthur Daly used to call them) has $30 worth of the wrong fuel in the petrol tank, and he’s still refilling.

This German gem is a diesel ma-chine and thankfully Kenny had re-frained from turning the ignition key.

He’s stunned, but remembers Rosedale resident, Paul Galea is also on the highway en route to Sandown Park with Bubba’s Dream and con-tacts him via mobile.

Luck has it Paul has just passed through the moccasin town and quickly U-turns and picks up Select Nan and an embarrassed Ken Bailey.

Both trainers continue to San-down Park, where Lady Luck gives them a wide berth.

Select Nan decides to keep her head down but finds Bekim Bale too good, whilst Paul’s red vested short-priced $2 favourite, Bubba’s Dream puts in a shocker and finishes a well beaten sixth.

Needless to say the trip home was quiet and uneventful (thankfully), but I didn’t find out how much it cost to drain the Merc.

Never forgotten NICE GESTURE by the Symes brothers, Brian and Ian, along with Russell McRae, to remember the late Geoff Harris and name a youngster Potsy’s Boy.

Brian and Ian, sons of Roy “Nugget” Symes, a coursing legend who won the 1988 Melbourne Cup with Hua, knew of the strong bond both Harris and their father had on

the coursing fields prior to their pass-ing.

Geoff “Potsy” Harris, along with his brother, John, rarely missed a coursing meeting and were pretty handy at setting up a greyhound and pulled off many stings.

Potsy’s Boy, a blue and fawn son of Big Daddy Cool and Semaphore, the dam being a very good sprinting bitch who was rarely led in her races, has been taken along quietly by his trainer, McRae, and recently put to-gether back to back wins at The Meadows.

I’m not sure who runs the SP up-stairs, but I bet both “Potsy” and “Nugget” were on. Traffic jam THIS has got to be the understate-ment of the year: “We might take stock of our-selves and take a break.”

Those words, or similar, were uttered by the Sky Channel host when three races on the Sunday, October 9 evening overlapped and obviously caused much confusion to their tech-nical department.

Okay, it does get crowded, but why should greyhound racing suffer when harness and the thoroughbreds can’t start their races on time.

Geraldton races (6), Hobart har-ness (5) and the seventh event at Wagga greyhounds all clashed at the one time, and who do you think came out the worst.

No prizes, as the dogs copped it in the neck again.

Wagga got a replay, barely three seconds of the field running up the home straight, that gave you a great insight into what and where your hard earned went .

Can’t the backroom people alert

those running late and advise them that they have to give precedence to those codes who can actually get their races off on time, eg. greyhound rac-ing.

It’s a sore point, and it continues to frustrate punters who don’t get to see the bang for their buck.

The harness code are repeat of-fenders, just in front of the thor-oughbreds.

Gee, we should have some clout, we’re holding 20% of the turnover now.

It’s no use offering apologies. And why the tenth race at Sale

was a replay on the same night also baffled me, and I suppose plenty of other punters.

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NSW visitor, Rose Birrell had to be content with a game second from her big 38.5 kg chaser, Blocker Laird in a heat of the Healesville Cup. “Hopefully I’ll be back next year, if I have a runner good enough”. “It’s a nine hour drive down from Appin, but it’s a fantastic complex, a shame about all the rain, but the track is ideal and the club is professionally run.”

Camperdown trainer, Steve Elsum with Birthday Boy .

A GREYHOUND trainer who towed a trailer with just one wheel through Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat has had his fine reduced through a Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal appeal. But VCAT found that George Ar-vanitis, from Devon Meadows, was guilty of misconduct and convicted him of breaching a Greyhound Racing Victo-ria rule. In October last year Greyhound Racing Victoria ruled Mr. Arvanitis acted in an improper manner which consti-tuted misconduct when he continued driving to Bendigo Greyhound Racing Track despite only having one wheel on his trailer. At the time Mr. Arvanitis was trans-porting eight greyhounds. He was fined $5000 and disqualified by Greyhound Racing Victoria for six months with three months suspended. In his ruling released on Tuesday, VCAT member John Nixon said Mr. Arvanitis did engage in misconduct. He said he was satisfied that the transportation of greyhounds by a li-censed person to an official greyhound meeting did constitute involvement in the sport of greyhound racing and fell within the right of Greyhound Racing Victoria to control the sport. He said by Mr. Arvanitis continuing to transport the greyhounds when he was aware he had problems with the trailer, at least when he realised the tyre was on a rim, he was guilty of miscon-duct. Mr. Arvanitis was fined $5000 and lost his licence in August after he

pleaded guilty in Bendigo Magistrates Court to reckless conduct endangering serious injury, driving an unroadworthy vehicle, and towing an unroadworthy trailer. The court heard that on August 23, last year, police attended a crash near Maple Street after one of the tyres on Mr. Arvanitis’ trailer came loose, ca-reened across the road and hit a parked car. Mr. Nixon said the Greyhound board’s $5000 fine and six-month dis-qualification was excessive. “Disqualification is a penalty of last resort and taking into account the cir-cumstances of the offence itself and all other relevant matters I do not consider any period of disqualification is war-ranted in this case,” he said.

Mr. Nixon ordered Mr. Arvanitis be fined $500.

Courtesy: Clare Quirk Bendigo Advertiser

FINE CUT: George Arvanitis has had his $5000 fine reduced to $500.


MARBRO MAN made the long trek down from Abermain in northern New South Wales to contest the Group 2 Lion Quality Products Healesville Cup over 350 metres on the new sand track. In a heat at his first go on the track, the son of Elite State and Si-

merema Lass wore the green vest to a head win in 19.50 after finding some bother in the run.

The recent Bulli 400 metres track record breaker came up with box three in a star-studded final, carrying a first prize of $40,000.

Punters rated the black flyer fifth

in the betting at $8.70, whilst it was Flash Drive from the six on top at $2.50.

Oh Watta Nite out of box two was second pick at $4.70, with Enry Walt, who was chasing his third Vic-torian Provincial Cup in 2011, the third pick from box one at $6.00.

Surprisingly, the fastest qualifier and track record holder, I’m A Fencer was fourth in the betting at $8.40 from the five trap.

The remaining trio weren’t af-forded much of a chance, with Mar-mion at $14.70, Arazi at $18.10 and It’s Manic the outsider at $20.30.

The start wasn’t kind to three of the fancied runners, as Oh Watta Nite, Marbro Man and I’m A Fencer were all slowly away, but as was ex-pected, Flash Drive was away fast and off and running.

Flash Drive led them at the first mark in 6.56, which was .1 slower than what he’s run in a heat; with his 6.46 being the split record.

There was a bit of pushing and shoving going on behind the leader between Enry Walt and Oh Watta Nite, while some of the more power-ful finishers were cranking it into top gear and putting themselves into a position for a late burst.

Looking more like a pack of hounds after a fox, it was a mad charge over the concluding stages

and still anyone’s race with 50 metres to go.

In a driving go to the line, it was Marbro Man that finished the best to beat I’m A Fencer by a half length, with a similar margin to third placed Marmion.

Oh Watta Nite came in fourth ahead of kennelmates Flash Drive and Enry Walt, while It’s Manic beat Arazi home for seventh, with only four and three quarter lengths sepa-rating first from last.

Marbro Man recorded the new PB and Best Of Day time of 19.27 and took his career record to 20 wins with nine placings in 34 tries, with his prizemoney now showing $92,220.

Marbro Man is no stranger to Victoria, having been down here for a year, from July 2010 until July 2011 with Kel Greenough, who inciden-tally prepared the runner-up, I’m A Fencer.

During his time in Victoria, Mar-bro Man started 20 times for nine wins and he made the final of the Group 1 Silver Chief, finishing fifth.

He is owned and trained by Simon Brown, who had driven home overnight, getting in at 5.30am before then going off to work without any sleep.

He told us, “Yeah, it’s a long way down and back. It took me 11½ hours to get home.”

“I drove down the week before too for the heat, and I was very pleased with how he went.”

“I thought he only needed a bit of luck on his side and he’d be very

hard to beat. He’s a very good dog.” I quizzed Simon about the fact

that he beat Kel Greenough’s dog in the final and he quipped, “Kel did a terrific job with him when he had him. It was a mutual agreement that he came home.”

“Anyhow; Kel won the trainer’s race.”

“It’s definitely my biggest win, by money and by prestige.”

“I have to give half of it to mum, as she has a share in the dog, but I did get a bit extra as I backed him.”

Simon added, “It’s absolutely fantastic at Healesville, the track is brilliant, the facilities are first class, the people are wonderful and I’ll be coming back again for sure.”

- Darryl Embling

Pleasant surroundings, beautiful weather and Johnny Delaroche with a unit of the Quaddie worth $16K.

Benevolent benefactor, Peter Reinders has back-stopped the Healesville Cup for many years. The boss of Lion Quality Hardware products has also thrown his weight behind the Traralgon Monster Raffle. A respected owner, breeder, rearer and trainer, Reinders also supplied consolation prizes to every trainer in the Healesville Cup. Generous donors deserve a plug, and his products make wonderful Christmas gifts.

Mrs. Brown you’ve got a lovely grand-daughter. Marie Brown with the Healesville Cup, son Luke with some more treasures and grand-daughter, Jaimi.

Presentation of the Group 2 $40,000 to the winner Healesville Cup to NSW sprinter, Marbro Man and trainer, Simon Brown.

He Knows Uno with Michael Patterson and Callum Andrews.

AWESOME, is the only way to describe the victory of He Knows Uno in Sunday night's Group 3 Gold Coast Cup (520m) at Albion Park. The son of Primo Uno and Honey-moon's Over came from second last to blitz a top class line-up in 29.70, scoring by four lengths over Glen Gallon, with two and a quarter to early leader, Sob-bing Destiny third. Mick Patterson bred and trains the dog for his wife, Lillian, who took his remarkable record to 18 wins in 39 starts. And Mick admitted he was at one stage contemplating not running his dog in the delayed final. The Cup was washed out last Thurs-day night and transferred to tonight. Mick, not knowing the race had been moved, headed to Grafton to slip his dog post to post first thing Friday morning. “I’ve spent the past three months

concentrating on getting him ready for the TOPGUN and I didn't want anything to upset those plans,” said Mick. “After I’d trialled him at Grafton and then found out the Gold Coast Cup was being run on Sunday night, I seriously thought about not running at Albion Park.” But he did, and He Knows Uno was devastating. He ran home in a final section of 12.41 and was a length, or even two, off the leader at the final section mark. The victory showed just what a love affair the dog has for Albion Park, where he has started 14 times for 10 wins. He has won the Group 1 Brisbane Cup and the Group 3 Flying Amy Clas-sic, and was runner-up in the Group 1 Winter Cup. Mick and his star now go to The Meadows on Saturday night for the Group 1 TOPGUN. - David Brasch


In the week from September 27 to October 3 there were 11 litters reg-istered with GRV.

PATH TO POWER (Awesome Assassin x Star Witch) sired a litter of four dogs and one bitch from Candy Can whelped June 6 that was regis-tered by Wangaratta breeder, Michael Hickmott.

Candy Can is a daughter of Black Shiraz and Dance Portrait that won 12 of her 34 starts, scoring twice at Mandurah over 405 metres with 22.97 being her quickest and a win over 492 metres there in 28.08, as well as winning nine races at Can-nington over 530 metres for a 30.58 PB.

The other members of her litter were Dance Siyan (1 win) and Hel-lyeah Bess (8 wins).

Candy Can has had one litter to race so far and that was to Premier Fantasy whelped May 2009, produc-ing Fruitylicious (1 win) and Wex-ford Melody (1 win).

The dam is from a very success-ful line and is already proven, sug-gesting that these youngsters should find success on the track too.

Cosmic Chief WARRNAMBOOL breeder, Allan Lie registered a litter by Cosmic Chief (Brett Lee x Cosmic Goddess) from Flippin’ Cool and the one dog and five bitches were whelped May 17.

Flippin’ Cool, a daughter of Cool Performance and Flipper, won eight of her 32 starts, scoring twice at Bendigo over 430 metres with 24.58 being her best and three times at Bal-larat over 390 metres with a PB of 22.31, as well as winning there over 450 metres in 25.91.

She picked a win at Warrnambool over 390 metres in 22.34 and a win at there over 450 metres in 25.96.

The other successful members of her litter were C’est La Vie (8 wins), Cool Saint (2 wins), Fifty Flippers (2 wins), Flipping Out (5 wins), Foolish Laird (5 wins), Lizard Man (10 wins) and Money returned (2 wins).

The dam is a litter sister of a Group 1 Laurels winner, suggesting

that these youngsters should be make their presence felt on the track too.

Premier Fantasy WARRNAMBOOL breeder, Allan Lie registered a litter by Premier Fan-tasy (Premier County x Nifty Niamh) from Tzar Bowler and the three dogs and three bitches were whelped June 1. Tzar Bowler, a daughter of Brett Lee and Grigorieva, won six of her 25 starts, pickin up three wins at Bendigo over 430 metres with a PB of 24.62 and a win over 424 metres at Warragul in 24.08. She scored at Sale over 440 me-tres in 25.05 and over 457 metres at Geelong in 25.98. The other members of her litter were Brilliant Lee (22 wins), Harry Hooka (22 wins), Ikari Lee (6 wins), Leefull (18 wins), Opening Attack (12 wins) and Sensation Lee (29 wins), whilst a follow-up litter pro-duced Bee Zee (6 wins), Fortythree Below (5 wins), Ikarieva (3 wins) and Jumping Tatiana (9 wins).

Friendly Aviator has had two litters to race, with the first to Elite State whelped July 2006 giving us Pailing (2 wins) and Sparks By Na-ture (2 wins).

Litter number two was to Surf Lorian whelped January 2008, leav-ing Chiang Mai Chick (3 wins), Co-bra Show (5 wins), Son Of Lorian (7 wins) and Tzar’s Girl (7 wins). The dam is from a great female line and is proven to two sires, which says these youngsters should have a bright future on the track too.

Collision WANGARATTA breeder, Greg Ryan registered a litter of two dogs and three bitches by Collision (Awesome Assassin x Rumble Spirit) from Wanalta Queen, whelped May 18.

Wanalta Queen, a daughter of Where’s Pedro and Belle Quartette, scored in five of her 13 tries, winning two races at Shepparton over 390 metres with 22.17 being her fastest and she scored twice at Wangaratta over 403 metres with a PB of 23.23,

as well as winning there over 474 metres in 27.19.

The other members of her litter were Aremcee (6 wins), Bob Cat (6 wins), Last Belle (8 wins) and Span-ish Maid (12 wins), whilst a previous litter produced Wanalta Chief (12 wins) and Wanalta King (7 wins).

Wanalta Queen has had one litter to race so far and that was to Premier Fantasy whelped January 2010, pro-ducing Bohemian Queen (2 wins).

The dam is from a very good line and is already proven, which augurs well for the future of these young-sters.

Just The Best JUST THE BEST (Credibility x Fly-ing Amy) was the sire chosen by John Hutchison, Manager of the Scholars Syndicate, for Soopa Shoopa, and the three dogs and six bitches were whelped June 22.

Soopa Shoopa, a daughter of To-ken Prince and Go Shoopa, won 19 of her 72 attempts, saluting three times at The Meadows over 525 metres with a PB of 30.13 and four wins there over 600 metres with 34.62 be-ing her quickest.

She picked up five wins at San-down over 515 metres with 29.94 being her best, scored at Shepparton over 450 metres in 25.91, won over 457 metres at Geelong in 25.96 and three times there over 600 metres with 34.60 being her fastest.

She won over 550 metres at Bal-larat in 31.74 and over 545 metres at Bendigo in 30.97.

The other members of her litter were Cash Express (22 wins), Gun-nadoo Magic (27 wins), Hampden Park (3 wins), Performance Inc (5 wins) and Poetry In Motion (11 wins).

Soopa Shoopa has had one litter to race and that was to Flying Penske whelped July 2009, giving us Jose-phine Wiz (2 wins) and Napoleon Wiz (2 wins).

The dam was a very smart chaser from a great litter and has already produced winners, suggesting that these youngsters should make their presence felt on the track.

Solve The Puzzle SOLVE THE PUZZLE (Light Of Fire x Magic Riddle) sired a litter of five dogs and four bitches from Bob Cat, with the youngsters whelped June 5 registered by Goorambat breeder, Tabatha Antoinette Osborne. Bob Cat, a daughter of Where’s Pedro and Belle Quartette, raced 54 times scoring in six of those, annex-ing two races over 515 metres at San-down where her best was 30.41, she won two races over 403 metres at Wangaratta with a PB of 23.08 and two races there over 474 metres with 26.88 being her quickest.

The other members of her litter

were Aremcee (6 wins), Last Belle (8 wins), Spanish Maid (12 wins) and Wanalta Queen (5 wins), whilst a previous litter produced Wanalta Chief (12 wins) and Wanalta King (7 wins).

The dam, who had ability, is from a winning line, which suggests that these youngsters should taste their share of success on the track.

Cool Effort HEINZ CZMOK, Manager of the Beasts Of Burden Syndicate, regis-tered a litter by Cool Effort (Big Daddy Cool x Token Effort) and the six dogs and three bitches whelped April 23 are from Madden Flyer. The dam, a daughter of Bitability Bale and Daphne Bale, has won four of her 39 runs, victorious at Sheppar-ton over 450 metres in 26.07 and over 424 metres at Warragul in 24.58.

She picked up a win at Sale over 650 metres in 37.47 and a win over 715 metres at Sandown in 42.78.

In her litter were Hotondo Bale (18 wins), Madina Bale (4 wins), Make Me Dollars (1 win), Mind Freak (2 wins), Potenza Bale (4 wins), Thrifty Bale (1 win) and We Got Ya (2 wins).

The dam is a “Bale”, which says that these youngsters should have a bright future indeed.

Surgeon COBRAM breeder, Bernard O’Kane registered a litter by Surgeon (Primo Uno x Bella’s Angel) and the one dog and two bitches whelped May 14 are from Shirdon Nomi. The dam is an unraced daughter of Just The Best and Bentley Babe and there were no successful mem-bers of her litter.

Shirdon Nomi has had two litters to date, and the first was to Major Blaze whelped in April 2005 pro-duced Bentley Patch (5 wins).

Litter number two was to Primo Uno whelped March 2007 and that gave us Bootmaker (7 wins), Rock-star Manga (8 wins) and Shirdon Lauryn (8 wins). The dam, who is superbly bred, has already thrown plenty of winners, which augurs well for the future of these youngsters.

Mantra Lad MANTRA LAD (Pure Octane x Al Fresco) sired a litter of three dogs and

one bitch whelped June 11 from My Girl Rebbekah that was registered by Tongala breeder, Brett Scoble.

My Girl Rebbekah, a daughter of Go Wild Teddy and My Girl Geor-gina, won three of her 10 starts, col-lecting two wins at Cranbourne over 311 metres where 18.31 was her fast-est, as well as a Geelong 347 metres win in 20.03.

The other successful members of her litter were Go Wild Jimmy (2 wins), Life Of Brian (15 wins), Love Raymond (7 wins), Miss Lohnro (9 wins) and Winoki (28 wins).

The dam is from the Floodgate line, which suggests that the future prospects of these youngsters are bright. Collision COLLISION (Awesome Assassin x Rumble Spirit) sired a litter of four dogs and five bitches whelped July 29 from Tocsin that was registered by Ferntree Gully breeder, Kerri Dalziel.

Tocsin, a daughter of Pure Octane and Sound Lee, scored four times in 17 attempts, saluting three times at The Meadows over 600 metres with a PB of 34.43 and at Cannington over 530 metres in 30.17.

The other members of her litter were Aston Dream (4 wins), Aston Octane (5 wins), Code One (19 wins), Nitrane (9 wins), Pure Inspiration (13 wins), Pure Sound (1 win) and Regal Blaze (17 wins).

The dam, who was a strong type, comes from a very good litter that won 72 races, which tells us that these youngsters should meet with plenty of success too.

Surf Lorian SURF LORIAN (Just The Best x

Barrio Fiesta) sired a litter of one dog and one bitch whelped August 26 from Larkhill Lass that was registered by Cameron Smith, Manager of the Clemsonsmith Syndicate.

Larkhill Lass, a daughter of Larkhill Jo and Sensation Lee, won three of her six starts, scoring at Warrnambool over 390 metres in 22.31 and twice there over 450 me-tres with a PB of 25.29.

In her litter were Encryption (1 win) and Forgetful Lucy (3 wins).

The dam is impeccably bred, which tells us that these two young-sters should pick up their share of races.

2011 LEADING SIRES - from January 1st 1 WHERES PEDRO 8048 -1130-1026-1017 14.04% 2 BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ 5673 -809-730-807 14.26% 3 PURE OCTANE 4443 -451-592-599 10.15% 4 COLLISION 2186 -357-313-319 16.33% 5 PREMIER FANTASY 1694 -329-259-226 19.42% 6 BLACK ENFORCER 2395 -283-300-327 11.81% 7 HALLUCINATE 1849 -274-231-227 14.81% 8 ELITE STATE 2063 -259-272-276 12.55% 9 BIG DADDY COOL 2100 -250-259-268 11.09% 10 PRIMO UNO 1822 -219-240-236 12.01%

VICTORIA 1 BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ 5102 -770-731-672 15.09% 2 BIT CHILI 5005 -726-692-622 14.05% 3 COLLISION 4553 -718-640-664 15.76% 4 BIG DADDY COOL 4360 -705-583-579 16.16% 5 HALLUCINATE 4055 -632-542-564 15.58% 6 ELITE STATE 4067 -566-572-561 13.91% 7 WHERES PEDRO 3360 -532-472-462 15.83% 8 SURF LORIAN 3750 -411-470-481 10.96% 9 PURE OCTANE 3217 -383-428-428 11.09% 10 BLACK ENFORCER 2438 -333-375-336 13.65%

NEW SOUTH WALES 1 BLACK ENFORCER 2977 -374-407-368 12.56% 2 SURF LORIAN 1961 -269-224-243 13.71% 3 BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ 1391 -217-214-212 15.06% 4 COLLISION 1281 -204-215-185 15.92% 5 WHERES PEDRO 1366 -196-186-153 14.34% 6 GIVE ME FIVE 988 -184-144-133 18.62% 7 HALLUCINATE 985 -174-151-119 17.66% 8 MADE TO SIZE 1197 -161-159-156 13.45% 9 BIT CHILI 1039 -155-157-150 14.91% 10 PURE OCTANE 972 -142-130-152 14.06%

QUEENSLAND

1 WHERES PEDRO 1240 -143-173-170 11.53% 2 COLLISION 778 -127-114-90 16.32% 3 BIG DADDY COOL 832 -119-95-117 14.03% 4 COLLIDE 439 -81-68-50 18.45% 5 BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ 455 -75-53-59 16.48% 6 PURE OCTANE 518 -60-59-63 11.58% 7 SURF LORIAN 420 -49-58-54 11.66% 8 HALLUCINATE 242 -42-42-40 17.35% 9 BOND 447 -36-53-72 8.05% 10 LILLI PILLI LAD 273 -32-29-41 11.72%

TASMANIA 1 WHERES PEDRO 2186 -315-314-301 14.04% 2 BIG DADDY COOL 1841 -253-237-283 13.74% 3 PURE OCTANE 1359 -182-193-167 13.39% 4 BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ 1091 -164-161-136 15.03% 5 SURF LORIAN 1175 -153-160-191 13.02% 6 COLLISION 844 -134-95-104 15.87% 7 BLACK ENFORCER 478 -85-85-64 17.78% 8 PREMIER FANTASY 309 -75-58-36 24.27% 9 COLLIDE 387 -71-65-50 18.34% 10 ELITE STATE 384 -69-68-52 17.96%

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ 1632 -245-221-213 15.01% 2 WHERES PEDRO 1751 -224-231-210 12.79% 3 BIG DADDY COOL 1457 -222-200-180 15.23% 4 PRIMO UNO 1061 -174-159-155 16.39% 5 HALLUCINATE 1022 -159-141-134 15.55% 6 PURE OCTANE 1396 -157-169-184 11.24% 7 SURF LORIAN 1452 -140-172-208 9.64% 8 BLACK ENFORCER 913 -131-117-122 14.34% 9 PREMIER FANTASY 562 -123-103-67 21.88% 10 COLLISION 847 -118-107-125 13.93%

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 BOND 153 -34-26-19 22.22% 2 WHERES PEDRO 84 -22-15-10 26.19% 3 SURF LORIAN 95 -18-23-20 18.94% 4 BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ 97 -16-12-23 16.49% 5 PURE OCTANE 157 -12-25-22 7.64% 6 KNOCKA NORRIS 54 -9-11-11 16.66% 7 NOVEMBER FURY 54 -9-7-9 16.66% 8 SOLVE THE PUZZLE 21 -9-2-4 42.85% 9 SCHWARTZANAGER 23 -9-1-0 39.13% 10 KIOWA SWEET TREY 16 -7-4-0 43.75%

NORTHERN TERRITORY 1 WHERES PEDRO 18183 -2587-2450-2348 14.22% 2 BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ 15736 -2329-2157-2168 14.08% 3 COLLISION 10773 -1706-1521-1519 15.83% 4 BIG DADDY COOL 11569 -1651-1498-1568 14.27% 5 PURE OCTANE 12260 -1421-1626-1645 11.59% 6 HALLUCINATE 9014 -1404-1218-1198 15.57% 7 SURF LORIAN 10749 -1276-1316-1442 11.87% 8 BLACK ENFORCER 9582 -1242-1330-1269 12.96% 9 BIT CHILI 8437 -1185-1177-1066 14.04% 10 ELITE STATE 8343 -1102-1159-1126 13.02%

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Victorian Litter Registration Details from 27/09/2011 to 03/10/2011

Sire Dam Whelped Date Desc Breeder Name Path To Power Candy Can 06/06/2011 4D 1B M. Hickmott Premier Fantasy Tzar Bowler 01/06/2011 3D 3B A. Lie Collision Wanallta Queen 18/05/2011 2D 3B G. Ryan Just The Best Soopa Shoopa 22/06/2011 3D 6B J. Hutchison Cosmic Chief Flippin’ Cool 17/05/2011 1D 5B A. Lie Solve The Puzzle Bob Cat 05/06/2011 5D 4B A. Osborne Cool Effort Madden Flyer 23/04/2011 6D 3B H. Czmok Surgeon Shirdon Nomi 14/05/2011 1D 2B B. O’Kane Mantra Lad My Girl Rebbekah 11/06/2011 3D 1B B. Scoble Collision Tocsin 29/07/2011 4D 5B K. Dalziel Surf Lorian Larkhill Lass 26/08/2011 1D 1B C. Smith

Father of 6 budding stars: From 55 starts, Cosmic Chief won 16 metro races in three states, as well as the Group 2 Warrnambool Classic.

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Shiny is best Horsham October 11 SHINY SUDOKU ran the BON time of 27.52 when successful in a 480 metres Grade 5 on Tuesday night.

Lining up in box one as the favourite at $3.00, the Elaine Vigor trained chaser scored by three and a quarter lengths over Sisco Style ($5.50), with Chaz ($12.40) coming in third, seven lengths back.

Shiny Sudoku, who’s won six of his 39 starts, is a son of Solve The Puzzle and Mira-cle Maid, owned by the Team Bell Syndicate.

Milky Joe posted 24.03 to take out a 410 metres Tier 3 Grade 5.

Drawn in box six at $15.20, the son of Global Warming and Maid By Ocker led throughout to beat Gone Outside ($8.80) by three quarters of a length, with Stinger One ($3.20 fav) three and a quarter lengths further afield.

Milky Joe, owned by Gary O’Keefe, was the first leg of a winning double for trainer, Chris Stanton.

The Bob Morrow owned Katnook Princess gave Chris his double by posting 33.11 when an all the way winner of the 570 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade.

Sent to box one at $33.30, the daughter of Bombastic Shiraz and I’m All In defeated Kir-abilli Rove ($3.40) by a length and three quar-ters, with Lara’s Rock ($3.10 fav) three and a half lengths further astern. Graeme Bate took the training honours for the night with four winners, and his second leg was with Classy Maldini in the 410 metres Maiden Final.

Owned by the Gar Bob Syndicate, the son of Droopys Maldini and Firing Zone led all the way to bolt in by nine lengths over Elisa Bale ($8.00), with Fay Bale ($40.20) a length and a quarter further adrift.

Classy Maldini clocked the new PB and BON time of 23.34 to make it two wins in just three starts.

The Keith Dawson owned My Mate Max was leg three and he took out the Daryl Dun-can Memorial Grade 5 over 570 metres in the new PB and BON time of 33.03.

Wearing the red vest as favourite at $1.70, the son of Where’s Pedro and Cash Up saluted by a length over Black Rage ($4.20), with Crafty Warwick ($16.60) the next to arrive, three lengths away.

My Mate Max has now been around 24 times and this was his fifth win. Graeme’s first leg was the Paul Wheeler owned Hackel Bale, who ran 27.72 after lead-ing throughout to score in a 480 metres Maiden.

Rated at $4.70 out of box three, the son of Bombastic Shiraz and Gold Rush Bale beat Prancing Joe ($2.40 fav) by three and a quar-ter lengths.

The Jan Wheeler owned Falay Allen completed the set for Graeme by registering 23.53 after leading all the way to land the 410 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade.

Coming from box eight, the daughter of Collision and Olivia Allen beat Sing Sing ($11.10) by seven and a half lengths.

Dream dash Warragul October 11 DREAM CHICK took out the Grade 5 Damsels Dash final over 460 metres on Tuesday night.

The Jeff Britton trained chaser came from box eight to score by a length and a half over Arvo’s Josie ($45.00), with Ruby Ha Ha ($8.60) two lengths back in third spot.

Dream Chick, a daughter of Premier Fan-tasy and Que Sera Sera, owned by Jacob Weinmann, returned the time of 26.16. Brynne Bale ran 22.71 to take out the final of the Bitches Maiden over 400 metres.

Drawn in box three at $12.20, the daugh-ter of Bombastic Shiraz and Gold Rush Bale saluted by five and a quarter lengths over Stetson Donna ($11.00), with Alana Miss ($20.50) two and three quarter lengths further astern.

Brynne Bale, owned by Paul Wheeler, was the first leg of a winning double for trainer, Graeme Bate. The Brendan Wheeler owned Dyna Erina completed the double for Graeme by posting 26.22 to score in a 460 metres Grade 5.

Sent to box three as favourite at $2.60, the daughter of Westmead Hawk and Summer Bale beat Judge Enforcer ($6.60) by a neck, with Total Rebellion ($3.80) the next to arrive, three and three quarter lengths away. Spot On Rob took the time honours over the 460 metres by clocking 26.10 when an all the way winner of the Free For All.

The Margaret Grindley trained chaser came from box one at $4.30 to beat Pat’s Dunroaming ($2.80 eq fav) by a half length, with Gotta Hope ($2.80 eq fav) a length and three quarters back in third spot.

A winner of 13 of his 57 starts, is a son of Flying Scott and Jen Boyd, owned by the Mar-lie Syndicate. Burnt Fuse sped over the 410 metres in

heat five of the Grade 5 to score in the BON time of 22.56.

Coming from the six trap as favourite at $2.20, the son of Knocka Norris and Ebony Jess scored an all the way three lengths win over Aston Jobson ($9.80), with Rainbow’s Gift ($3.90) the next to arrive, a length in arrears.

Burnt Fuse is trained by Eddie Caruana for the King High Syndicate and at his 33rd start, this was his 14th win.

Peggy did Ballarat October 12 PEGGY MAY ran the new PB and BON time of 22.03 to take out the 390 metres Special Event on Wednesday night.

Sent to box eight as favourite at $1.50, the Jason Thompson trained sprinter led all the way to score by six lengths over Where’s Lorry ($24.20), with a length and a half to third placed Who’s House ($4.50).

A winner of 12 of her 21 outings, Peggy May is a daughter of Royal Riddle and Trinity County, owned by Casie O’Neil.

Power Bomb ran 22.38 to take out heat one of the 390 metres Maiden.

The $4.50 favourite who drew box two, the son of Bombastic Shiraz and Money Mag-net scored by two lengths over Stylish Guess ($4.70), with Flying Maldini ($7.10) three lengths further afield.

Power Bomb is owned by Gavin Worroll and was the first of four winners for trainer, Andrea Dailly. Dyna Digger was leg two for Andrea and he posted 31.14 to take out the 550 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade.

Coming from box eight at $4.70, the son of Where’s Pedro and Dyna Panama beat his two kennelmates Lektra Jay ($3.00 fav) and Mamie Bale ($3.70), with a length by two and a quarter lengths being the margins.

Dyna Digger, who’s won eight of his 31 starts, was the first of three winners for owner, Brendan Wheeler.

Dyna Steal was the next to score, clock-ing 25.60 to land heat three of the 450 metres Grade 5.

Wearing the black vest as favourite at $1.60, the son of Collision and Gold Rush Bale beat Super Aden ($4.20) by two and three quarter lengths, with two lengths to third placed Magic Jay Man ($10.90).

Bitten, a litter sister of Dyna Steal, com-pleted the sets for Brendan and Andrea by running the BON time of 25.39 to land heat four of the 450 metres Grade 5.

Coming from box seven at $6.30, the black galloper scored by three and a quarter lengths over Fully Advanced ($1.70 fav), with Cutts Road ($31.30) two and a half lengths further afield.

Bitten has raced 36 times for six wins.

Stayer’s bonus The Meadows October 12 JASON SHARP prepared a double at The Meadows last Wednesday, taking his midweek tally to 20 winners thus far this year.

Of course that’s nowhere near Graeme Bate’s tally of 84, but it does show how much talent he possesses when preparing the long-tails.

Kick-starting the day for Jason was Take It Home,($8.60), who overcame the six trap to land a 600 metres Grade 5 in 34,81, making it five wins from 28 lifetime starts..

The son of Cash Express and Campus Flower downed Where’s Betty ($14.80) by two and a half lengths, with three and a half lengths to third placed Harbour Rose ($6.30) .

When Mr. Sharp won another 600 metres Grade 5 race, it racked-up Jason’s double..

Sent to box three at $6.60, the brother of Take It Home led from go to whoa, beating Indy Son ($2.60 fav) by a length and a half in 34.92, while Saint Boddsmith ($7.10) finished third, nearly three lengths further adrift.

Both dogs were on debut in a middle distance race at The Meadows, but Mr. Sharp has now won four of his 22 career starts.

Graeme Bate provided three of the seven victories by Lara based trainers last week.

And firstly it was the Paul Wheeler owned Gordon Bale ($$3.50 fav) that came from the two gate in a 525 metres Maiden and led all the way, defeating What A Trooper ($24.60) and third placed Doug Bale ($3.80) by five and a half lengths in 30.48 at his second race start.

Drummond Bale worked a little harder for his victory in another Maiden event.

Exiting box two from the 525 metres start, the Bombastic Shiraz and Gold Rush Bale product saluted the judge six and a half lengths ahead of kennelmate, James Bale ($3.50) in Best Of Day 30.30, with Mister Patience ($14.20) third.

When Parisette, a red brindle daughter of Velocette and Paris St. Germain, scored in a Grade 5, Bate had his hat-trick.

Cutting straight across towards the rail from the five alley, the Chris Nutt and Sean Evans owned racer scooted over the 525 metres trip, clocking 30.62.

At her fifth raceday appearance she

notched her second success, registering her first win at the track and distance by defeating Tasi ($7.40) by one and a quarter lengths, with Gaylah Bale ($2.70 fav) a distant third.

Nice to see Violet Town residents, Gary Robinson and Linda Bannan net a double between them.

For Gary it was Roxy’s Flame ($9.00) from the rails draw that shook off the early challenge by Corazon Bale and led for the entire 525 metres, winning the Grade 5 by five lengths to Noaki Ghost ($3.20) and third placed Corazon Bale ($8.20).

From 48 attempts for the Sanbri Syndi-cate, Roxy’s Flame (Paddy’s Flame - Proven Intrigue) has won eight times, while Linda’s charge, Octane Baby ($9.90) has circulated on 21 occasions for five victories.

Drawn box four in a Grade 5, the Nicolette Grimmond raced daughter of Pure Octane and Bee Zee camped behind the pacesetting Lever Footprint, (2.70 fav) and took over rounding the final bend.

She drew clear and scored by two and a half lengths in a respectable 30.42, with out-sider, Tat Express ($37.00) holding down third place.

The best take Shepparton October 12 FIRST STARTER, Tyler’s Take posted the BOD time of 25.49 when an all the way winner of heat five of the 450 metres Maiden on Wednesday.

The Bob Smith trained chaser came from box four at $9.00 to lead throughout and score by four and a half lengths over Koko Whiz ($1.30 fav), with Elgin Lane ($31.40) five and a quarter lengths further astern.

Tyler’s Take, a son of Bombastic Shiraz and Los Caballos, is owned by Leigh Smith.

Toe Cutter took the time honours over the 390 metres by leading throughout to record 22.42 when successful in a Maiden.

Drawn in box three as favourite at $3.20, the son of Collision and Current Dream de-feated Flying Fletch ($17.30) by three and three quarter lengths, with Wanalta Princess ($3.40) picking up third money, three lengths in arrears.

Toe Cutter, who was having his fifth run, is owned by the Get In The Que Syndicate and was the first leg of a winning double for trainer, Paul Abela.

Where’s Ruby for the Two Syndicate completed Paul’s double by registering 25.80 after leading throughout to land heat six of the 450 metres Maiden on debut.

Coming from box two at $3.40, the daugh-ter of Where’s Pedro and Special Sign scored by four lengths over Jacka Boy ($13.40), with Irish High ($4.80) the next to arrive, three and a half lengths back.

Debutante Moon Lane led from pillar to post to take out heat two of the 450 metres Maiden in 25.96.

The son of El Galo and Proven Lilly wore the red vest as favourite at $1.20 to a length and a half win over Blonde Zepha ($13.10), with Elgin Storm ($13.40) five and a half lengths further afield.

Moon Lane was the first leg of a winning double for owner trainer, Michael Carter.

The Suzanne Tindall owned Leo The Line completed the double for Michael by posting 25.62 to score in heat three of the 450 metres Maiden.

After lining up in box six as favourite at $1.50, the son of Surf Lorian and Nova Keroma scored by four and a quarter lengths over Tiny Farmer ($15.70), with a half length to third placed Kingston Thunder ($7.50).

Bonus moo Geelong October 13

MORE MOO picked up the GOBIS Bonus by taking out the 680 metres Grade 5 on Thursday night.

Coming from box three at $4.30, the Charles Farrugia owned and trained stayer scored an all the way two and a quarter lengths win over Larabella ($6.00), with Honey Crumble ($2.90 fav) five and a half lengths further astern.

More Moo, a son of Where’s Hoover and Jaymack, clocked 39.51 to bring up his 12th win at his 50th start.

Rapid Force ran the new PB and BON time of 25.99 to take out the 460 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade.

The son of Superman and Cacheci came from the six trap at $9.80 to score by a length over Big Stud ($3.10), with Southwood Barge ($2.60 fav) a length and a half back in third spot.\

A winner of six of his 30 attempts, Rapid Force is trained by Michelle Mallia-Magri for Sean Cachia.

In There blew whatever punters were left in the Quaddie out by taking out the final leg, a 460 metres Grade 5, at the bolter’s odds of $34.50.

Wearing the white vest, the Lyn Smith

trained chaser saluted by a half length over Daintree Atom ($4.50), with She’s Bossy ($7.20) a half head further away.

In There, a son of Surf Lorian and Forti-fied Cabin, owned by the WGS Surf’s Out Syndicate, recorded 26.21.

Mid Levels took time honours over the 400 metres by posting 22.73 when successful in the Free For All.

After lining up in box seven as favourite at $2.00, the son of Pure Octane and Black Chantilly scored by two and a quarter lengths over Paper Chaser ($7.90) and Kian Prince ($2.90), a neck was the margin there.

A winner of 26 of his 83 runs, Mid Levels is trained by Peter Giles for Arthur Cooper.

Drawn to win Warragul October 13 CHALLIS RUN looked drawn to win a 460 metres Grade 5 and on Thursday he finished best to score.

After lining up in box eight at $3.60, the Graham Laidlay trained galloper scored by a length over Bella Chanelle ($18.20), with She’s Atomic ($3.40 fav) two lengths back in third spot.

Challis Run, who registered the new PB of 26.39, is a son of Bombastic Shiraz and Tran-quil Goddess, owned by Pauline Laidlay.

Royal Strike posted the new PB and BOD time of 26.30 to land a 460 metres Grade 5.

Coming from box two at $8.90, the son of Hallucinate and Ima Shelby defeated Silent Pirate ($9.90) by three and three quarter lengths, with half a length to third placed Sniper’s List ($4.20).

Royal Strike, trained by Fred Vassallo for the Keysy Syndicate, has now won two of his 12 attempts.

Sergeant Darkie took time honours over the 400 metres by registering 22.84 when an all the way winner of a Grade 5.

Rated on top at $2.20 from box one, the Maureen Brown trained sprinter saluted by a neck over Rip Van Twinkle ($6.10), with Cali-fornia Love ($2.80) three and a half lengths back in third spot.

Sergeant Darkie, who’s won two of his 18 outings, is a son of Where’s Pedro and Guess Who’s Back, owned by Phillis Brown.

Miss Iron Fist had a change of luck by taking out the final race, a 400 metres Grade 5.

Sent to box two at $2.90, the daughter of Hallucinate and Red Penny scored by two and three quarter lengths over Awash ($2.20 fav), with Shufflin’ ($7.60) a length and a half back in third spot.

Miss Iron Fist, trained by Garry Allen for the Double Gee Syndicate, returned the new PB time of 22.87.

Reserve’s final Geelong October 14 FOLEY BALE only qualified as a reserve for the 520 metres Maiden Final on Friday night but after gaining a start in box two, led through-out to score.

The Steve Collins trained chaser went out at $8.30 before scoring by a length and three quarters over Lektra Strike ($3.50 fav), with Sight Unseen ($10.70) a length back in third spot.

Foley Bale, a son of Go Wild Teddy and Marzeena Bale, owned by Paul Wheeler, stopped the clock at 30.49.

Finbar McCool ran the BON time of 25.77 when an all the way winner of the Mixed 4th/5th Grade.

Rated at $9.70 out of box seven, the son of Premier Fantasy and Fang Meehan scored by two and a half lengths over Stagger ($2.70 fav), with a neck to third placed Cosmic Planet ($5.20).

A winner of 11 of his 49 attempts, Finbar McCool is trained by Cameron Bahen for Susan Merry.

Clay Pan ran 30.17 to take out the final of the 520 metres Grade 5.

Sent to box eight as favourite at $3.20, the Robert Britton trained galloper scored by two and a quarter lengths over Lektra Fly ($5.30), with Smashville ($5.10) two and three quarter lengths further afield.

Clay Pan, a son of Where’s Pedro and Miss Chilli, is owned by M C + C E Morris.

Dyna Gala took time honours over the 400 metres by running the new PB of 22.38 to take out the Mixed 4th/5th Grade.

Wearing the white vest at $5.40, the daughter of Give Me Five and Kingston Bale defeated Arvo’s Vixen ($6.10) by four and three quarter lengths, with Axels ($1.70 fav) a length and a half back in third spot.

Dyna Gala, who’s won 11 of her 28 starts, is trained by Andrea Dailly for Brendan Wheeler.

Stand At Ease posted the new PB and BON time of 30.14 to take out heat three of the 520 metres Restricted Win Stake.

Drawn in box one as favourite at $2.60, the Angela Langton trained chaser saluted by three quarters of a length over Limburg Gold ($3.50), with Riley Mak ($6.90) five and a half

lengths further astern. Stand At Ease is a son of Bombastic

Shiraz and Dash Of Burgundy, owned by the Champagne Syndicate, and at his 16th start, this was his sixth win.

Good onya a bonus Traralgon October 14 ONYA SPLASH picked up the GOBIS Bonus by taking out the Final of the 513 metres Grade 5 on Friday night.

Drawn in box eight at $6.40, the Barry Stephens trained galloper saluted by three quarters of a length over McCosker Speed ($16.00), with Roma Knows ($1.80 fav) five and a quarter lengths further astern.

Onya Splash, a son of Where’s Pedro and Hotlips McGechan, owned by the Willow Springs Syndicate, stopped the clock at 29.87.

First starter, Usah Shiraz took the time honours over the 513 metres by running 29.57 when successful in heat two of the GRV VBIS Maiden.

Sent to box one as favourite at $1.70, the son of Bombastic Shiraz and Joop Muse scored by two and a quarter lengths over his litter brother, Durch Technik ($9.40), with Chis-eled ($4.10) a length and a half back in third spot.

Usah Shiraz, owned by the Bool Syndi-cate, was the first leg of a winning double for trainer, Darren McDonald.

The Deborah Deakes owned Ascari com-pleted the double for Darren by clocking 30.03 to land heat three of the GRV VBIS Maiden over 513 metres.

Making his debut from box six as favourite at $2.90, the son of Pure Octane and Hello Sienna scored by three lengths over Giacom-etti ($7.80), with a half head to third placed Ducky Lee ($10.20).

Why Not King ran the BON time of 17.03 to take out a 298 metres Grade 5.

Rated at $4.50 out of box six, the Greg Carter trained sprinter defeated Sickness ($2.10 fav) by two and a half lengths, with Portland Rain ($11.20) the next to arrive, four lengths in arrears.

Why Not King, a son of Return The King and Best Flame, owned by Gail Carter, has won two of his seven runs to date.

Best fantasy Warrnambool October 15 DON’S FANTASY ran the new PB and BON time of 25.53 to take out a 450 metres Grade 5 on Saturday night.

Coming from box six at $8.70, the Neville Vincent trained chaser led throughout to score by two and three quarter lengths over Nino Fields ($3.20), with Siberian ($16.90) seven and a half lengths further astern.

Don’s Fantasy, who’s won five of her 13 runs, is a daughter of Premier Fantasy and Miss Bradman, owned by Kevin Ward. Kirabilli Diesel ran 25.90 after leading from pillar to post to land a 450 metres Maiden.

Sent to box five at $4.50, the son of Big Daddy Cool and Kirabilli Tiger defeated Hansli Bale ($3.80 fav) by five and a quarter lengths, with Walking Street ($25.80) a length and three quarters back in third spot.

Kirabilli Diesel, owned by Karen Lester, was the first leg of a winning double for trainer, Ray Drew. The Andrea Gurry owned Kirabilli Kruise completed the double for Ray by registering the BON time of 22.18 when an easy winner in a 390 metres Grade 5.

Wearing the pink vest as favourite at $2.80, the son of Bit Chili and Kirabilli Jessie romped in by seven and a quarter lengths over Dribbles Douglas ($3.90), with More Lightning ($3.60) the third one in, two lengths back.

Kirabilli Kruise has now started 38 times and this was his seventh win.

Reserve runner, Fay Bale was the first of three success stories for the night for Paul Wheeler and Steve Collins, clocking 22.33 when an all the way winner of the 390 metres Maiden Final.

The daughter of Go Wild Teddy and Tally Bale came from box three at $12.30 to defeat her litter and kennelmate Bling Bale ($4.200 by three and a quarter lengths, with Forrester ($34.70) three and three quarter lengths further astern.

Gula Bale, leg two for Paul and Steve, recorded 22.30 after leading all the way to land heat one of the 390 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade.

The daughter of Give Me Five and Jas-mine Bale came from box two as favourite at $1.60 to beat Sinful Soul ($9.90) by three and a quarter lengths, with Monica’s Hot ($5.70) collecting third money, two lengths back.

Alvaro Bale gave Paul and Steve their treble by clocking when an all the way winner of a 450 metres Grade 5.

A litter brother of Gula Bale, the black galloper wore the pink vest as favourite at $2.20 to a five lengths win over Puppy Express ($8.60), with three quarters of a length to third placed Cool Colorado ($11.70).

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Record goes Healesville October 16 THE 300 metre track record was lowered to 16.71 on Sunday when Sweet Impact posted that time to take out heat three of the Grade 5, thus breaking the record that was set by her litter brother earlier in the day.

Sent to box two as favourite at $1.20, the black sprinter scored by two and a quarter lengths over Nivek Lad ($10.10), with three lengths to dead heaters for third, Arcadia En-forcer ($33.80) and Go Deonnie ($22.60).

A winner of 11 of her 22 starts, Sweet Impact was the second leg of a winning litter double for owners, the On The Carpet Syndi-cate and trainer, Barry Buckingham.

Bingle Bay was the first leg of the litter double for connections and he posted the track record time of 16.79 to score in heat one of the 300 metres Grade 5.

After lining up in box six as favourite at $2.60, the son of Collision and Deception Bay defeated Side By Side ($4.30) by two lengths, with Slater’s Me Dad ($13.80) picking up third money, a length away.

Punk Rock Lass registered 19.37 when successful in a 350 metres Grade 5.

The daughter of Vapour Whirl and Punk Portrait came from box six at $8.40 to salute by three quarters of a length over Spring Acclaim ($1.90 fav), with Merindah Kahn ($38.50) a length and a half back in third spot.

Punk Rock Lass, owned by Christopher Perkins, was the first leg of a winning double for trainer, Mario Briganti.

King Ashy completed the double for Mario by taking out the 350 metres Mixed 4th/5th Grade and in doing so, collected the GOBIS Bonus.

Owned by the Ashy Racing Syndicate, the son of Kiowa Sweet Trey and Hermione Holly wore the red vest at $12.70 to post 19.60 and beat Ten Years Gone ($7.30) by a nose, with Connemara Suzy ($11.30) a length and a quarter further adrift.

The Veterans Special Event final over 300 metres carried a GOBIS Bonus and that was picked up by the winner, Zohan.

Rated at $9.60 out of box one, the Mark Filomeno trained sprinter scored by a length and three quarters over Dulcie’s Cherry ($5.90), with a head to third placed ye Assas-sin ($7.00).

Zohan, a son of Primo Uno and Unmark-able, stopped the clock at 16.86.

Classic Lad Sale October 16 MATADOR LAD took out the Puppy Classic Final over 440 metres on Sunday night.

Coming from box six at $3.70, the Stan Ralph owned and trained chaser scored by a half length over Kasundi ($2.40 fav), with Wadelock Galo ($29.90) three quarters of a length further adrift.

Matador Lad, a son of Where’s Pedro and Sonador, returned the time of 25.10.

Crowdza Clappin provided owners the Pizazz Park Syndicate with the first leg of a winning double by running 25.50 to score in a 440 metres Maiden.

Trained by Neville King, the daughter of Collision and Crowdza Cheerin wore the green vest at $7.20 to a seven and a quarter lengths win over Biggy Rat ($7.10), with a neck to third placed Maldini Secret ($2.50 fav).

The Kay King trained Sanz Surprize com-pleted the double by registering 25.39 to score in a 440 metres Grade 5.

Sent to box eight at $6.20, the daughter of Return The King and Sanzzero accounted for Buckley Rose ($6.30) and Regal Woo ($8.00), with a half length both ways being the margins.

Wicked Warlord collected the GOBIS Bonus by taking out the 650 metres Novice Grade 5.

The Ross Stephens trained stayer came from box five at $8.80 to defeat Free Roll ($1.60 fav) by eight and three quarter lengths, with Coola Ba Ba ($4.60) nine and a half lengths further astern.

Wicked Warlord, a son of Mogambo and Villainous Vixen, owned by Jane Stephens, clocked 38.04 to tick-up his first win at start number seven.

Hippy Princess took time honours over the 520 metres by registering 29.77 to score in a Grade 5.

Drawn in box four at $15.70, the daughter of Mister Twink and Andbyn’s Empress scored by three quarters of a length over Destructina-tor ($3.10 fav), with Dr. Sharon ($7.90) coming in third, five and three quarter lengths away.

A winner of seven of her 29 runs, Hippy Princess is trained by Robyn Inger for Larah Duve.

Minnie Power picked up the GOBIS Bo-nus by running the BON time of 25.06 to score in the 440 metres Free For All.

Drawn in box four at $11.40, the Ian Bind-ley trained chaser beat Battle Rose ($9.50) by a length and three quarters, with a neck to third placed Where’s Hannibal ($13.20).

Minnie Power, who’s won 12 of her 24 attempts, is a daughter of Black Enforcer and Cuz’s Joy, owned by the Wooden Dogs Syndi-cate.

Big winners share Sandown October 16 CARBON FIBRE ran the new PB and equal BOD time of 29.65 to take out a 515 metres Grade 5 on Sunday.

After lining up in box four at $4.80, the David Knocker trained chaser led throughout to bolt in by 12½ lengths over Secret icky ($50.10), with Pacquiao ($11.20) two lengths further afield.

A winner of three of his seven outings, Carbon Fibre is a son of Texas Gold and Geoff’s Mate, owned by the Binborrin Syndi-cate. Hell Rider shared the 515 metres time honours when he posted the new PB of 29.65 to land a Grade 5.

Wearing the pink vest as favourite at $2.50, the son of Where’s Pedro and Shelburn romped home a 10½ lengths winner over What An Effort ($13.60), with Jeanie’s Wish ($33.30) picking up third money, a length in arrears.

Hell Rider, owned and trained by Nicholas Barnett, has won three of his 14 starts. Bill McMahon trained two winners, with the Jeff Galea owned McCosker Speed his first leg when he ran 30.24 to land a 515 metres Grade 5.

The son of Bombastic Shiraz and Brood Saquan wore the red vest as favourite at $2.00 to a two and a quarter lengths win over Zenda ($14.40).

The Ray Borda owned Aston Susie com-pleted the double by running the new PB of 30.11 to take out a 515 metres Grade 5.

Coming from box one as favourite at $2.00, the daughter of Pure Octane and Cheeky Sprite beat Tat Express ($18.40) by a length and a quarter. Robert Britton took the training honours with four winners, and his first two winners were littermates owned by M C + C E Morris.

The first of those was Ima Rogue Trader, and on debut he ran 30.07 to land a 515 me-tres Maiden.

The son of Surf Lorian and Miss Chilli wore the red vest as favourite at $1.80 to a length and a half win over his litter and kennel-mate, Jungle Hero ($7.50).

Another first starter, Chilly Babe com-pleted the double by posting 30.02 to land a 515 metres Maiden.

The red brindle youngster came from box five at $5.90 to defeat her litter and kennel-mate, Shark Bite ($2.30 fav) by two and a quarter lengths. Sleep Walk was leg three and registered 34.78 to score in a 595 metres Grade 5.

Drawn box one as favourite at $2.30, the son of Premier Fantasy and Beekeeper beat Slipaway Willy ($19.10) by two and a quarter lengths.

The Kendell Merriman owned Indy Son was leg four and he recorded the BOD time of 34.75 to score in a 595 metres Grade 5.

Sent to box seven at $21.70, the son of Wreck and Patient Miss scored by a length and a half over Texas King ($1.60 fav).

Talking Greyhounds WAGGA ended a three-week run of race meet-ings last Sunday with a fantastic 10-event TAB card.

Victorian trainer, Barry Martell, who’s on fire at Wagga at the present, took out the fea-ture Double Up Series final with Wanalta Bay ($4.50).

Martell and the ‘Wanalta’ dogs seem to like the Wagga circuit as they’ve been cleaning up of late.

Two heats of the rich Leo Hartley Memo-rial were run, with winners being Hi Mate ($2.10) for Gumly trainer, Sue Burgess, and Osti’s Grace ($1.90) for Cootamundra’s Terry O’Keefe.

The final on October 30 will be a cracker, pitting the young gun, Hi Mate, winner of his only three starts, against Osti’s Grace, winner of 23 races from 54 starts.

This will be a fantastic showdown. Four heats of the Humdrum @ Stud were

also conducted, with heat winners Raven Gunna ($19.20) for Jindera good guy, Brian Lord, Major Quake ($2.60) for Wagga’s Matt Adams, Metro Miss ($11.40) for another Wagga trainer, Bruce Williams, while Victorian, Neville Tait aced the final heat with Red Royal ($12.70).

This final will also be run on October 30. Other winners on a night were shared

around, as Motown Muscle ($2.50) gave Wagga newcomer trainer, Scott Sutherland his first winner since obtaining a Trainers Licence.

Jindera conditioner, John McClelland got in on the act with Sunnyvale in the Best 8 at the good price of $6.30, and Wallendbeen trainer, Jason Wilson ended a frustrating run of eight placings from 12 starts to score with Lara Faye Osti, who broe her maiden status when well supported at $5.10.

Punters finished well on top last Sunday. **********

NOMINATIONS close next Wednesday, Octo-ber 26 at 9.00am with GRNSW for the Dual Harness/Greyhound day TAB race meeting at Wagga on Sunday, October 30.

- Wagga Wrangler

Outsider best Ballarat October 17 OUTSIDER Boy’s Pride ran the new PB and BOD time of 22.15 when a comfortable winner of a 390 metre Grade 5 on Monday.

Coming from box five at $25.80, the Larry Franklin owned and trained sprinter beat Snap-per’s Hero ($3.10 fav) by six lengths, with a half length to third placed Dirty Prince ($5.40).

Boy’s Pride, a son of Superman and Cacheci, has now won four of his 31 starts.

Comfrey registered the BOD time of 31.60 to score in a 550 metres Grade 5.

Sent to box one as favourite at $2.70, the son of Path To Power and Just In Style scored an all the way four and three quarter lengths win over Mr. Zed ($18.40), with Indi Octane ($2.80) two and a half lengths further afield.

A winner of four of his 22 attempts, Com-frey is trained by Paul Matthews for Robert Conway.

Take Me Home took the time honours over the 450 metres for the second week run-ning by posting the new PB of 25.69 to score in a Grade 5.

The Paul Anderton trained chaser came from box seven as favourite at $3.00 to lead throughout and score by three quarters of a length over Gibbsy On Fire ($3.70), with Lektra Gold ($5.90) the third one in, a length and three quarters away.

Take Me Home, a daughter of Where’s Pedro and Mystic Gale, owned by Pam Ander-ton, has now scored in seven of her 28 tries.

Veteran sprinter, Ally Marr led from pillar to post to take out a 390 metres Grade 5.

Rated at $4.30 out of box four, the daugh-ter of Where’s Hoover and Wind Flower sa-luted by two and a quarter lengths over Gun-nadoo Swift ($3.80), with Tim Tam Tim ($8.80) a length and three quarters back in third spot.

Ally Marr, trained by Colin Warner for the Canineving Syndicate, stopped the clock at the new PB time of 22.23.

Everywhere is best Cranbourne October 17 EVERYWHERE ran the BON time of 30.45 when an all the way winner of heat three of the 520 metres Restricted Win Stake on Monday night.

The Dominic Crisafi trained chaser came from box two at $9.10 to score by four and three quarter lengths over Talkative ($2.70), with Stewie Fields ($6.40) a length and a half back in third spot.

A winner of five of her 17 outings, Every-where is a daughter of El Galo and Hello Gal, owned by Ken Harding. El Lobo made his race debut in a 311 metres Maiden and scored in 18.51.

Coming from box four at $8.10, the son of El Galo and Tekki beat Glenferrie Lass ($19.60) by five lengths, with Grand Maestro ($6.80) three quarters of a length further adrift.

El Lobo was the first leg of a winning double for owner trainer, David Crawford. Maxziva completed the double for David by registering 17.94 when successful in the 311 metres Free For All.

Wearing the pink vest at $5.70, the son of Pure Octane and Boney Maronie greeted the Judge a head in advance of Creative Kaos ($5.20), with Invictus Phoenix ($16.50) the next to arrive, a half length in arrears.

Arnie’s Girl took time honours over the 311 metres by recording 17.81 to score in a Grade 5.

Rated on top at $2.20 from box three, the David Curtain trained sprinter saluted by four and a quarter lengths over Guppa Gee

($23.60), with Sandy Bubba ($5.80) a length and a half back in third spot.

Arnie’s Girl, a daughter of Schwartzan-ager and Why Not Gillian, owned by Gerard Masterson, has now won 15 of her 40 starts.

Reserve’s bonus Shepparton October 17 FAR HORIZON collected the GOBIS Bonus by taking out the 390 metres Maiden Final on Monday night.

After qualifying as a reserve, the Hugh Bonderenko trained youngster gained a start in box one and at $11.10, scored a half length win over Darcy Bale ($4.70), with a neck to third placed Rockstar Babe ($3.10 fav).

Far Horizon, a son of Global Warming and Jenny Gee, owned by the Hugh And Les Syn-dicate, stopped the clock at 22.48.

On Trey remained unbeaten when an easy winner of the 450 metres Maiden Final.

Drawn in box two at $8.30, the black youngster bolted in by eight lengths over Leo The Line ($7.00), with Moon Lane ($13.90) four and three quarter lengths further astern.

On Trey, a son of Kiowa Sweet Trey and Token Whiz, owned and trained by Tanya Auld, recorded the new PB time of 25.66.

Leggy Elle took time honours over the 390 metres by posting the new PB of 22.21 to score in a Grade 5.

Wearing the red vest as favourite at $3.40, the daughter of Bit Chili and Velvet Vista saluted by three quarters of a length over Golden Miracle ($6.40), with Sisco Shadow ($3.50) a neck further away.

Leggy Elle, who’s won three of her 18 attempts, is owned and trained at Girgarre by Brenda Kinder.

Hot Grille picked up the GOBIS Bonus by running the new PB and BON time of 25.26 to take out the 450 metres Grade 4.

Coming from the outside trap as favourite at $2.20, the Cameron Bahen trained chaser scored by five and a quarter lengths over Wreckage ($16.00), with Meticulous Ruby ($35.50) five and three quarter lengths further astern.

Hot Grille, a son of Big Daddy Cool and Entrenched, owned by Gwenda Bahen, has now scored in 10 of his 22 starts.

Shock withdrawal IT IS ALL CHANGE in the Pat Hennerty Sales Irish Laurels with three of the leading fancies consigned to the ranks of also-rans after Saturday’s semi-finals at Curraheen Park.

The fancied Leeview Jet was a convinc-ing all the way winner of the opening heat, but 16/1 chance, St. Louis Charlie sprung a real shocker when landing the second.

But there was a dreadful sting in the tail as trainer, Jerry Griffin revealed yesterday that St. Louis Charlie sustained an injury and won’t be able to take his place in next Satur-day’s final.

The man from Abbeyfeale said, “He split his webbing badly and I have just had him with the vet, who had to stitch it from the front and the back.”

“He has eight stitches in all, and there is no way he could run in the final. It is dreadful luck.”

“I think it happened at the pick-up where I heard him give a loud yelp.”

His unfortunate absence means that the five box will be vacant in the Curraheen show-piece.

Rockchase Bullet and Deerfield Sings both bit the dust in the first heat, where their last hopes were removed in a third-bend melee.

But victory had already been sealed at the rise of the traps as the Graham Holland trained Leeview Jet flew out of the inside and immediately moved wide.

Beaming Dilemma also came away well and moved in the other direction.

The two dogs were clear of Rival Reward and Rockchase Bullet to the bend.

Leeview led into the back but Beaming Dilemma closed the gap into the third bend.

Leeview Jet kept on strongly to win by two lengths from Beaming Dilemma in 28.32, with Varra Captain all of eight and a half lengths back in third.

Jerry Griffin’s 16/1 outsider, St. Louis Charlie is not noted for his slick starts but he was the surprise leader in the second heat, where there was an abundance of early paced performers.

But St. Louis Charlie comfortably took the bend and from thereon was never going to be beaten.

St. Louis was pursued into the back by Razldazl Rioga, with Deerfield Music moving past Happy Hermit early in the back straight. Maintaining a very strong gallop all the way, St. Louis Charlie raced home a three lengths winner in 28.44.

Deerfield Music got up on the line to pip Razldazl Rioga by a neck for second.

The favourite, Dream Walker didn’t break well and never got into contention.

The draw for Saturday’s final: 1. Deer-field Music; 2. Beaming Dilemma; 3. Leeview Jet; 4. Varra Captain; 5. St. Louis Charlie; 6. Razldazl Rioga Courageous Milldean IRELAND’S new super puppy, Milldean Pan-ther further enhanced his already massive reputation when he brought his career record to eight from eight in a €1,000 open 525 at Shelbourne.

The John O’Flynn trained son of College Causeway and Auld Nag displayed courage, determination, track sense and blistering pace as he stormed to victory in 28.38 for the 525 yards.

For just about the first time in his career he had to battle for victory.

He didn’t come away racing from the four box and could have been the meat in the sandwich, as he was in the middle of four dogs as they raced to the corner.

But Milldean forced his way into a narrow lead by the bend, where he took a bump and the very useful bitch, Priceless Spark headed him momentarily between the opening bends.

Then Milldean showed his real class, as he shrugged his rivals aside and shot to the front out of the second bend to go a few lengths clear down the back.

Priceless Spark, a 28.50 winner the previous week, is a strong stayer and tried everything in her power to get on terms, but Milldean Panther raced away to win by two and a half lengths.

It was a powerful performance from the dog that may have one more race at Shel-bourne prior to contesting the Comerford Cakes National Puppy Stake in mid-November.

Des Kiely’s Shaneboy Fantasy went close to the track record as he won the first semi-final of the Mannion Builders Supplies Open 750 at Shelbourne when leading home Welesbourne Dan narrowly in 41.40 after a

real thriller. Shaneboy broke fast from four, while

Welesbourne moved second at the third bend.

When Welesbourne closed to a length at the sixth bend it appeared as though his proven stamina would carry the day.

But Shaneboy displayed the utmost courage, as he dug deep to win by a length in 41.40, with Droopys Casanova a closest at finish eight lengths third.

The winning time is just six spots off the record set by Longtail Rebel.

In the other heat, Peter Cronin’s Peggys Style flew from boxes and led all the way to win by a wide margin from Cherrygrove Cool in 41.79.

Barefoot Machine was an absentee here. Draw for Saturday’s final: 1. Weles-

bourne Dan; 2. Shaneboy Fantasy; 3. Droopys Casanova; 4. Cherrygrove Cool (m); 5. Peggys Style (w); 6. Leap Of Faith (w)

GRAHAM HOLLAND’S Cabra Noel turned in a terrific performance to win the open 525 final in 28.61.

He was only fifth into the back with fa-vourite Royal Patrol even further behind.

But both dogs produced fantastic efforts to dominate the finish, with Cabra Noel win-ning by two and a half from Royal Patrol.

The meeting ended with the final of the €1,000 Open 575 from which Fatboyz Tyson was an absentee.

We were served up a thriller as Razldazl Barack led up but was headed on the second bend by Paul Hennessy’s Olympic Rockstar. Olympic stayed in front but was pushed to the limit to hold out the strong rally from Razldazl, scoring by a head in 31.31 Tavern a Tennents star CRAIG KELLY’S Moes Tavern laid a strong claim to the Tennents Gold Cup when the first round of the valuable competition was run at Drumbo Park on Saturday.

Moes Tavern showed his traditional early pace to lead up and he then scampered clear to win by eight and a half lengths from So Roma in a brilliant 28.27.

Ronnie McKeown had a double in the heats with Rafas Wee Pet in 28.54 in the opening heat and Glenbane Air in 28.49.

Michael McNiece also had a double with Cinealarty Mac in 28.58 and Ferryman in 28.78.

There was a 6/1 upset in the final heat as Ger Callan’s Fluff The Lines won a trouble-some race in 29.51.

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