Gary Fahey Hoping For Hobart Breeders Classic Success
Astute Mangalore trainer Gary Fahey is yet to win a Breeders Classic Final in Hobart, but has a great chance of doing just that on Thursday night when he is represented by littermates Bruny Venture and Rip And Tear in the annual feature.
“I won the Breeders Classic Final last year at Devonport with Daniel's Bay and the Launceston Breeders Classic Final several years ago with Miki Moto Mike, but have yet to succeed in the Hobart. So here's hoping,” Fahey explained.
Fahey considers the Island Syndicate owned Bruny Venture, by Mogambo out of Dennes Point, to be the best chaser in the race, but as always he feels that luck will play a huge part in proceedings and that the blue box is not the ideal place to be.
“He leaves the boxes satisfactorily, but then gathers speed very quickly. I have no doubt that if he can take up the running he will prove to be very hard beat and it's in his favour that he has been able to overcome bad boxes at virtually every start he has had.”
Fahey nominates the Gary Johnson prepared Buckle Up Fletch (Dyna Lachlan – Everlong Bale) as the main danger on Thursday night, but also rates the Robert Gourlay prepared Izon Destruction (Lochinvar Marlow – White Ruler) and his other runner Rip And Tear, as great winning chances.
“Buckle Up Fletch is a brilliant beginner which has drawn to suit and Izon Destruction is a very promising bitch showing heaps of potential.”
Fahey and his brother Greg purchased the very well related bitch Dennes Point from prolific breeder Barry Heawood, who has been involved with Breeders Classic glory on at least ten previous occasions.
“We bred the Mogambo litter on the proviso that Barry and the Island Syndicate retain one of the pups, which has turned out to be Bruny Venture. Greg and I race the remaining four, which are also displaying plenty of talent.”
The Leith based Johnson has great respect for Bruny Venture and believes that he is the Breeders Classic testing material, a view shared by pre-post bookmakers who have installed the chaser as $2.80 favourite for the $5,000 to the winner plus breeders bonus event.
“I am very impressed with Bruny Venture and consider him a worthy favourite for the Breeders Classic, but believe that my greyhound will run a great race provided he does everything right.”
Meanwhile trainers Gaylene Townsend and Brendan Pursell took training honours at Tuesday's NWGRC meeting conducted at the Devonport Raceway when they both prepared doubles on a ten event card.
The Ranelagh based Townsend provided a major upset when the $19.50 commodity Bandit's Revenge (Surf Lorian – Mescal Siyan) took out a Grade 5 event and then was successful with the smart chaser That Was Then (Cosmic Chief – Flippin Cool), which took out the Grade 3/4.
Former harness racing trainer-driver Pursell was seen in the winners circle with hot favourite Despicable Lea (Mogambo – Dashing Puzzle) in the Juvenile and the nicely bred Alonnah (Talks Cheap – Wooreddy) in the Grade 4.