National Champion Reaches 21st Group Race Final In Lizrene Classic
Reigning National Distance Champion Jarvis Bale scored a thrilling victory in his heat of the $29,000 Group 3 Lizrene Classic at Sandown Park tonight, railing strongly to defeat Reign Over Me in the final stride.
Reign Over Me ($6.50), a recent addition to the powerful Darren McDonald kennel, began well to assume the early lead and establish a commanding break over the field.
However Jarvis Bale ($3.60) was untroubled as he picked his way through the field, setting off in pursuit of the leader coming off the back straight and finding the line a nose the better of Reign Over Me in 42.33.
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Drill ‘Em’s Galaxy Win Named AGRA Run Of The Month
AGRA’s Run of the Month for March 2010 has been awarded to exciting Victorian stayer Drill â€Em. In another outstanding performance Drill â€Em added the Group 1 Galaxy to his ever increasing trophy cabinet, however it was the way in which the David Knocker trained star went about his win that scored him AGRA Run of the Month for March.
Drill â€Em came into the final in a rich vein of form and the Galaxy win was his second Group One success after winning the Super Stayers in Melbourne. It was another front running display and in dominating fashion after fast sections of 15.44, 23.57 and 29.34 he lower the track record recording 41.33.
It had stood for only a week after Jarvis Bale set Cannington alight in the heats. But like their last encounter in the Group 1 Super Stayers at the Meadows Jarvis Bale had to once again settle for second place chasing his superior opponent all the way to be beaten by a hollow five lengths.
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Easter Chase Upset For Jarvis Bale
The ever-consistent Jarvis Bale opened his Wentworth Park account at the best possible time with victory in the Globe Memorial Easter Chase (720m) on Saturday night.
Winless in 10 attempts at Wentworth Park ahead of the $25,000-to-the-winner Group final, the Graeme Bate-trained marvel held off the country’s best stayers including Drill â€Em, Dashing Corsair and Lochinvar Vogue.
Jarvis Bale was quickly away from his unfavourable box five draw and waged a magnificent battle with Queensland’s Dashing Corsair before having to one length to spare at the post in a rain-affected 42.75s.
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Easter Chase Final Box Draw Delivers Staying Excitement
The nation’s best stayers have their sights set on the Group Two Globe Memorial Easter Chase (720m) after the heats were staged at Sydney‟s Wentworth Park tonight. The oncourse box draw has delivered an exciting final with any number of chances in the $25,000- to-the-winner event.
Queenslander Dashing Corsair, a former national sprint champion, is the fastest qualifier after winning his/her heat with a scintilating 42.10 dash tonight. R
Robert Smith‟s Newcastle based Lochinvar Vogue was the other heat winner in a slick 42.20s.
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AGRA Greyhound Of The Year Awards
At a gala AGRA Awards night held on the infield of the Cannington race Complex in West Australia the Australian Greyhound Racing Association last Friday night announced Cindeen Shelby the winner of the 2009 AGRA Australian Greyhound of the Year.
It was a night of nights on the National scene with Delegates and club members coming together from all over Australia to celebrate the AGRA Awards night with all the stars under stars.
Hosted by GreyhoundsWA the association’s team is led by CEO David Simonette and Chairman Pat Tassell. They staged a unique and glittering affair out in the open and have certainly set the bench mark for the other states to follow in the years to come.
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Staying Star Drills â€Em Again In Macro Meats Super Stayers Final
Staying star Drill â€Em showed why he is rated as one of the nation’s finest half-milers with an all the way win in the Group 1 Macro Meats Super Stayers Final at The Meadows last Saturday night.
Trained by David Knocker, the brindle chaser jumped straight to lead in the $50,000 to the winner final and never relinquished it, scoring by three and a half lengths over 2009 National Distance Champion Jarvis Bale.
Next Top Model, from box six, finished third, six and a half lengths away from the winner, who ran a fast 42.53. Favourite Satanic Cash ($2.60) ran fifth.
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South Australian Raider The One To Catch In Super Stayers
The Robert Isaacson trained Satanic Cash stamped himself as the greyhound to beat in the Group 1 Macro Meats Super Stayers final after a sensational 42.43 gallop in the first of the two heats last Saturday night.
The son of former 525-metre Meadows track record holder Big Daddy Cool and Satanic Miss turned the tables on Group 2 Macro Meats Zoom Top winner Drill â€Em, defeating the three-time Group winner by three lengths.
Satanic Cash seems to have the $50,000-to-the-winner final at his mercy if he can replicate his outstanding heat win. Next Top Model – who won the second heat last Saturday night – ran almost nine lengths slower than Satanic Cash, who has placed in both of his Group race finals to date.
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Thompson Claims Three Temlee’s In A Row With Fedex
Leading trainer Jason Thompson has achieved the incredible feat of training three Group 1 Macro Meats Temlee winners in a row after Fedex powered to victory to defeat an outstanding field of chasers in the feature race at The Meadows on Saturday night.
Fedex – who finished second in last year’s race behind champion sprinter El Galo – sat behind early leader High Earner and finished too strong, scoring in 30.06 over the 525-metre journey. Queensland chaser High Earner finished second, while Group 1 Hobart Thousand winner Prankster finished third. Fedex – who will be one of the leading contenders in next Saturday’s MTD Australian Cup semi-finals – improved his prizemoney to almost $240,000 from 57 race starts.
The Group 2 Macro Meats Zoom Top was thrown wide open after the scratching of champion stayer Mantra Lad on Saturday morning, with the classy Drill â€Em eventually proving far too strong, taking home the $30,000 first prize after a 42.76 gallop. South Australian-raider Satanic Cash and National Distance Champion Jarvis Bale filled the minor placings.
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Maidment Memorial Final Thursday 28th January 2010
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Thursday 28th January 2010
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Forty Twenty Scores Maidment Memorial Win
Forty Twenty claimed the second Group race of his career with a hard fought victory in the $36,000 Group 2 Maidment Memorial at Sandown Park tonight.
Having his second start at Sandown Park, Forty Twenty ($5.10) showed great track sense to rail strongly after a poor start and took up second position behind favourite Next Top Model ($1.60) as they entered the home straight the first time.
Forty Twenty continued to rail, taking the lead as Join The Queue ($37.70) made his run. However the Central Coast stayer never left the rail in the run to the line and defeated Next Top Model by 2.75 lengths in 42.45.
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Maidment Memorial Heats Thursday 21st Januaryv 2010
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Association Cup Final Saturday 17th January 2010
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Group 1 Riches On Offer For Association Cup Stayers
The country’s best stayers are set for a big payday when the Group One Hotham Body Repairs Association Cup (720m) takes centre stage at Wentworth Park on Saturday night.
And the event, New South Wales’ richest staying race, could take on extra significance for Graham Jose’s marvel Mantra Lad who is closing in on Rapid Journey’s all-time stakes record.
The $50,000-to-the-winner final has had trainers converging on Sydney from all over the country in search of the spoils in Australian Greyhound Racing’s first Group One event of the year.
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Saturday 9th January 2010
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Association Cup Heats Saturday 9th January 2010
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Tuesday 8th December 2009
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Drill ‘Em Ends Amity Bale’s Winning Streak
Drill â€Em put an end to Amity Bale’s phenomenal nine race winning streak when he took out the $36,000 Group 2 Bold Trease Carnival Cup at Sandown Park tonight.
Backed into $7.50, Drill â€Em pounced from box four to lead all the way and win in 42.08 seconds.
“It’s a huge win,” said owner Neil Rowe.
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Bold Trease Carnival Cup Thursday 19th November 2009
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Pages Event Hire Summer Cup Final Saturday 14th November 2009
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Pages Event Hire Summer Cup Heats Saturday 7th November 2009
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Victorian Trainers Dominate Summer Cup Final
Leading Victorian trainers Graeme Bate and Robert Britton have the top fancies for Saturday’s $25,000 to the winner final. Bate won the two heats last Saturday with Amity Bale and Whitfield Bale.
Amity Bale has earned the mantle as the nation’s top stayer and as a short priced favourite won her heat as expected in a very slick 42.12 chasing down the early leader Salvatore which stared 6-1 behind the 2/5 favourite. The others were no match for Bate’s champion stayer. “She simply breaks their hearts, “Bate said.
Bate was pleased with Whitfield Bale’s win (he started at 12/1), but said they were in a different class, “no Amity Bale in that race, she simply breaks their hearts,” were his comments.
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