Any sports lover would be in heaven right now with the Olympics on, the better horses making there way back on track and spring just round, but in the world of greyhound racing each state are conducting their semi finals for the Group 1 AGRA National Distance and Sprint Distance final, to be run on the 27th of August at Angle Park.
The Distance Semi is to run at Sandown tomorrow night and wowee what a race it is. Group 1 winners Lady Toy, and Ring the Bell, headline with the new kid on the block, Burn One Down, for Jason Thompson has drawn box 4 and will with an ounce of luck will be flying late.
The Sprint Semi will be held on Saturday night at The Meadows were Zambora Brockie headlines and well need i say no more…
Group 1 winners, Unlawful Entry and Dundee Osprey line up for another chance at the top level and Diego Bale Group 3 winner and Group 1 placed get his chance from box 6.
HEATS AND FINALS
Last week we had 2 heats for the Grade 6′s over the 390 mtrs and didn’t we see something special.
Heat 1 was taken out by Superstar Jatt for Brayden Klemke in 22.11. He made light work of box 3 bouncing straight to the lead recording a 8.33 first split. Corless was 6.5L away in 2nd, Anitas Girl for 3rd and Miss Grace for 4th.
Heat 2 is were the sparks flew, Aussie Infrared, absolutely shangeyed from box 6, noticeably using plenty of the track but never the less scorched early to record an 8.18 first split (the record is 8.16 to the almighty Magic Diva) then power away to run a sizzling 21.74 (record is 21.63 held by Arizona Dozer) Fiery Felix was 7L away back in second running 22.22, Dyna Xanadu in 3rd and Pay the Boo in 4th.
Summery - Aussie Infared is poorly drawn in box 3 as he uses plenty of the track, Fiery Felix just keeps getting better with racing and is well drawn and if he can get the fence he’ll be hard to hold out.
We are also conducting 7 exciting GRV Vic Bred Maiden heats and watching the trials over the last few weeks there seems to be some nice ones kicking their careers off tonight.
Heat 1 – Maestro Destini, a classic Rinaldi bred chaser that will no doubt be strong late
- Touch of Glitter’s mother was a Group 1 winner and thrown, Absolut poer and Mepunga Midget
Heat 2 – Boy George, bred in the purple and from the Langton camp
- Destini Charger, a litter mate to Maestro Destini
Heat 3 – Diamond on Fire’s Mother, Pah Leeze is Nolen’s sister.
- Dudley Field’s mother produced Xtreme Knocka
Heat 4 – Alpha Castor’s mother, Queen of cypress is a prolific producer
Heat 5 – Aston Gatum’s mother, Aston elite produced the handy Aston Gatum
- Coco Wizard is from the top producer Scrappy coco
Heat 6 – Proven Tone’s mother is the litter sister to Proven Nitro & produced the handy Magic is Might
- Destini Bluejay’s mother was thew highly talented Destini Warrior
Heat 7 – Raweenie bred to be strong
- Commander’s mother Flaming Diva was a great chaser
I cant wait to see who does what.
DID YOU SEE
Aussie Infrareds blistering 21.74 run
Usain i’m Nutty return to the winners list
Midnight Ride fly around the 450mtrs in 25.18
LOCAL RESULTS
Locals had a decent week without breaking any records, 10 winner and 18 place fillers.
We had a day out at Warrnambool , Saturday night, winning 3 of the 12 races and Team Hansen with 2 of them, who also wrapped up this weeks Trainer of the week award with 3 winners and 2 place getters. Just so consistent week in week out. There winners were:
Call me Swift at Bendigo in 24.46
Bull Battle Born at Warrnambool in 22.36
Cosmic Chapta at Warrnambool in 25.78
Other winners this week:
Aussie Infrared in the blistering 21.74 at Ballarat for Rosalyn Hume
Stellar Creek for Team Brennan at Warrnambool in 22.19
Spring Savior for Daryl Weightman at Geelong in 22.77
Advice Aplenty for Chissy Stanton at Geelong in 22.65
Unlocked for Peachy At Warrambool in 25.54
Monaleen Monty for Darren Murray at Ballarat in 26.07
Take That Banksy for David Taylor at Geelong in 25.94
Greyhound of the year
| Position | Greyhound | First | Second | Third | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DYNA EDGAR | 5 | 1 | 1 | 69 |
| 2 | FABSTAR | 4 | 3 | 0 | 66 |
| 3 | BIDE TIME | 4 | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| 4 | DYNAMIC COULDRON | 3 | 2 | 1 | 51 |
| 5 | AMERICAN WARRIOR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| 6 | ZIPPING VITO | 2 | 3 | 0 | 42 |
| 7 | SHADES OF SASSY | 1 | 4 | 2 | 42 |
| 8 | SENNI WILLIAM | 3 | 3 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | ALPHA DAVID | 3 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | MEAT TITAN | 3 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
Trainer of the year
| Trainer Name | Total Runs | First | Second | Third | %1st’s | %2nd’s | %3rd’s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREA DAILLY | 351 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 13.11% | 13.96% | 14.25% |
| JASON THOMPSON | 45 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 53.33% | 11.11% | 6.67% |
| BROOKE ENNIS | 43 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 44.19% | 23.26% | 18.6% |
| STEVEN COLLINS | 137 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 13.14% | 20.44% | 11.68% |
| JOE BORG | 60 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 30% | 20% | 13.33% |
| DARREN MURRAY | 83 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 20.48% | 9.64% | 14.46% |
| DARYL BRENNAN | 61 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 26.23% | 11.48% | 19.67% |
| JASON FORMOSA | 141 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 10.64% | 14.18% | 12.77% |
| WAYNE VASSALLO | 40 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 35% | 25% | 10% |
| PETER GRIFFEN | 64 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 21.88% | 9.38% | 9.38% |
