2010 Australian Cup Detailed Form And Tips
Saturday nights 2010 Group 1 Australian Cup has been thrown wide open by the box draw with at least half the field all likely to be within a length of each other in the run to the first corner.
Birthday Boy’s emphatic semi final win should have held him in good stead for this week’s $150,000 to the winner final, but a box 8 draw has seen him posted only a $6 quote at Sportsbet on the fifth line of betting.
Dyna Lachlan, who has drawn the same box which he won the 2009 Group 2 Ballarat Cup from, has been posted the $3.5 favourite, just ahead of Queensland speedster High Earner who is a $4.25 quote at Sportsbet.
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Prankster Named AGRA December 2009 Greyhound Of The Month
AGRA’s Greyhound of the Month for December 2009 is West Australian owned and Victorian trained sprinter Prankster.
The brilliant Robert Britton trained black dog capped off a great finish to his year winning the Group 1 Hobart 1000 after finishing unplaced in the final of the Melbourne Cup in November.
Prankster carried that solid form into his heat of the 1000 and looked impressive with a commanding win first up on the Hobart track recording 26.34 on December 10th.
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Next Top Model Contests West End Distance Championships
At closing time Thursday morning, GRSA received 25 nominations for the 2010 West End Draught Distance Championship.
This means that there will be three heats of the Group Three event at Angle Park next Thursday 31st December 2009.
The $27,000 Final will be run the following week on Thursday 7th January, with the winner’s purse of $18,800.
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Prankster’s Hobart Thousand For Britton
Robert Britton has ended 2009 on a high after training Prankster to an all the way victory in the Group 1 Wrest Point Hobart Thousand last night. Starting a $5.20 third elect, Prankster made the most of the cherry draw and was able to run his opponents off their legs in a smart 26.05 for the 461m.
After Remo Rubik ($7.70) burst out of the traps, Prankster was able to boot up on the rails and hold the lead shortly after the start. Remo Rubik kept the pressure on heading towards the top turn, with NSW representatives Hurricane Luke ($12.30) and Disintergrate ($7.80) right there with them.
Race favourite, Silent Guardian ($3.00), was last out of the boxes, but came with a rush around the corner, and looked to be putting himself right in the race at the midway stage. But there wasn’t enough room and interference was the result, with Remo Rubik, Silent Guardian and Disintergrate all losing ground.
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$75,000 Group 1 Wrest Point Hobart Thousand Preview
It may be the hottest time on the Hobart racing calendar, but someone forgot to tell Mother Nature, as all seven heats of the Group 1 Hobart Thousand were staged on a very wet and rainy night last Thursday.
More rain is predicted for this week, but that won’t stop these eight quality greyhounds, putting on a spectacular show of racing.
The $75,000 to-the-winner final, sees some of the leading trainers from around the country all doing battle to take home the final Group 1 prize of the decade.
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2009 Melbourne Cup Market Wide Open After Box Draw
The Group 1 2009 Melbourne Cup was been thrown wide open after the box draw was conducted last night at the traditional Melbourne Cup ball.
Impressive winner, Take The Kitty has drawn the rails and has been installed equal favourite for popular New South Wales greyhound trainer Kenny Cheetham.
Fastest heat winner Mr Moorooduc, who had a very confortable draw in the heats is now drawn very awkwardly in box three with speedy Prankster boxed inside and multiple group winner Remo Rubik drawn in the four box.
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Melbourne Cup Heats All Break 30 Seconds
Mr. Moorooduc ran the second fastest Solo Melbourne Cup heat time in the race’s 54 year history in a scintillating night of racing at Sandown Park tonight.
Beginning well from box 2, Mr. Moorooduc ($3.90) was never threatened, racing away to defeat fast finishing favourite Birthday Boy ($3.70F) by five lengths in a stunning 29.57 seconds.
Joining the white and brindle speedster in the $250,000 final is dual country cup winner Remo Rubik.
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Amity Bale, Tough and Smart, Wins 2009 Pages Hire Summer Cup Final
Amity Bale had box 5 and some quality opposition but it was still surprising to see some even money bet early against her name in last Saturday’s $25,000 Group 2 Pages Hire Summer Cup final over 720 metres at Wentworth Park. Amity Bale, in the hands of leading Victorian trainer Graeme Bate for Australia’s leading owner and breeder Paul Wheeler, started officially at 8/11.
The promising young NSW stayer Forty Twenty went out second elect at 11/4 and Forty Twenty’s trainer John Heard said his greyhound deserved this quote. “I was very confident of winning if luck went his way but it didn’t and we had to settle for second,” Heard explained. “Forty Twenty is such a big strider and he needs room. He got too far back and had a checkered passage,” Heard added.
Heard said it’s important to give stayers a chance get over a run so he has not considered the 715 metres Group 2 Bold Trease Carnival Cup at Sandown on Thursday next, instead preferring to tackle an ordinary race at Richmond or Wentworth Park in the coming week in preparation for the $20,000 Group 3 Best 8 Invitation Newcastle Cup over 715 metres at The Gardens on December 2.
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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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Cindeen Shelby Wins Third Group 1 In Four Weeks
Cindeen Shelby created history as she stamped herself as Australia’s premier sprinter with a devastating win in the $72,500 Group 1 Macro Meats Crown Classic at Sandown Park tonight.
Having secured the Paws of Thunder at Wentworth Park in Sydney followed by the Sky Racing Topgun at the Meadows a week later, Cindeen Shelby clinched her third consecutive Group 1 title inside four weeks with an all-the-way in Australia’s premier race for female greyhounds.
“I still can’t believe it,” said handler Jackie Greenough.
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Reign Over Me And Tifi Ready To Repel Southern Raiders
The Victorians have the numbers in tomorrow’s $25,000 Group 2 Pages Hire Sydney Cup over the 720 metres at Wentworth Park with six of the eight finalists, but NSW trainers Michael Cope (Reign Over Me) and Chris O’Brien (Tifi) are ready to defy the odds and fly the flag high for the home State.
Leading Victorian trainers Graeme Bate and Robert Britton have six between them with Bate’s Amity Bale a clear favourite ahead of Reign Over Me a clear second favourite. Jarvis Bale (Bate) and Tifi are on the next line, then Melandri (Britton).
Reign Over Me pulled up very well after his heat win. Cope said “it was only his fourth start over the 720 and he surprised me how well he pulled up.
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Chairmans Cup Final Saturday 19th September 2009
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Paws Of Thunder Heats Saturday 19th September 2009
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Saturday 19th September 2009
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Chairmans Cup Heats Saturday 12th September 2009
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Saturday 12th September 2009
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Prankster Highlights Start Of Melbourne Cup Preludes
Robert Britton’s enigmatic sprinter Prankster led all of the way to sensationally win his Solo Melbourne Cup Prelude in 29.68 at Sandown Park tonight.
The son of triple-crown winner Bombastic Shiraz, Prankster ($3.50) began well from box seven and was never threatened, defeating a quality field by seven lengths.
The win was the tenth of his 20 start career, and improved his Sandown Park record to five wins from just eight starts at the Lightwood Road venue.
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Monday 7th September 2009
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Saturday 29th August 2009
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Monday 24th August 2009
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Bate Clean Sweeps Vic Distance Championship Heats
Mantra Lad earned the right to defend his title but it was Graeme Bate who left the biggest impression on the Victorian heats of the Group 1 Schweppes National Distance Championship at Sandown Park tonight.
Bate, who also prepares 12 runners in the Victorian heats of the National Sprint Championship, took out all three Victorian National Distance Championship heats.
A last-start winner of the Group 2 AWM Distance Championship at The Meadows, Amity Bale ($1.30F) showed characteristic early speed from the boxes to lead clearly and was never threatened, racing to an 8.5 length win the first heat in a slick 41.99.
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2009 Group 1 Laurels Final Detailed Form
The 2009 Group 1 Laurels is just a day away now, with the big final to be run and won tomorrow night. The classic final for the female youngsters race will see the winner walk away with $50,000 first prizemony, and despite some injury concerns, four time group race finalist Nova Surf is a hot favourite to win.
The Laurels was first held at Sandown Park in 1964 when Tara Princess took out the inaugural running. Prizemoney for the now Group 1 race has steadily increased from $3,000 back in 1970 to $10,000 in 1977, before dropping away for the best part of twenty years. In 1990 prizemeoney again returned to $10,000 and with the advent of the group racing calendar in Australia has taken leaps and bounds forward to its current level of $50,000 to the winner.
It is a very much sought after Group 1 event, especially by breeders as with the Laurels title comes significant value as a potential brood bitch. Many of the Laurels finalists have bred on to become house hold names after producing some of the superstars of the sport.
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Amity Bale Remains Undefeated At Staying Races
In a big night of Greyhound Racing, Amity Bale confirmed her status as the rising star of Australia’s staying ranks, winning her heat of the $36,000 Group 2 McKenna Memorial.
The scratchings of Group 1 Albion Park Gold Cup winner Queen Lauryn and 2008 Group 1 Sandown Cup winner Chinatown Lad ensured Graeme Bate’s charge started a $1.40 favourite.
Beginning only fairly from box 7, Amity Bale found the rail behind early leader Which Wabbit before weaving through the field and racing away to a comprehensive 5.25 length win.
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Nova Surf Bolts In To The Laurels Final & Favouritism
Nova Surf is set to start a long odds-on favourite in the final of next week’s $72,500 Group 1 Hawkins Media Laurels at Sandown Park after blitzing her rivals in tonight’s semi finals.
Rated the kennel’s fastest early dog by trainer Darren McDonald, Nova Surf ($1.40F) shanghaied from box 7 to cross to the rail and lead through the first turn.
From there, the former New South Wales sprinter was never challenged, racing to a 4.5 length win over the fast finishing Boozeroo ($5.20) in a slick 29.74.
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Saturday 11th April 2009
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Globe Memorial Easter Chase Saturday 11th April 2009
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Vintage Octane Gets His Box And Galaxy Favouritism
Upsets and form reversals abounded last Saturday night in the heats of Australia’s second richest staying event on the calendar, the Group 1 Sky Channel Galaxy, but a good box draw has seen Vinatge Octane a short favourite to win the final.
Won last year by super stayer and 2008 WA Greyhound Of The Year Elektra, in a fabulous last to first effort (you can re-live that sensational run here – 2008 Galaxy Final); and featuring in that final last year also is one of this year’s finalist’s Tayza.
Tayza (Stately Bird-Crazy Habit) led throughout to win the first heat of the Sky Channel Galaxy defeating Octanol by 1 ½ lengths in 41.78.
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El Galo A Short Favourite To Take The Australian Cup & The Record
Superstar sprinter El Galo is set to start one of the shortest priced favourites in Australian Cup history when he takes his place in box seven in next Saturday‟s nights $150,000 to the winner MTD Australian Cup final at the Meadows.
Fresh from two Group 1 wins in the Adelaide Cup and the Temlee at the Meadows on February 12th the star of Australian Greyhound Racing seems to have the race he was narrowly beaten in last year at his mercy. An almost clinical type performance in last week‟s heat were he returned the fastest time of the night 29.75 should see the champion start as short as $1.50 or shorter.
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Hulls Gives Victorian Greyhound Racing The Thumbs Up
The Brumby Government has congratulated the Greyhound Racing industry on an exceptional year ahead of tonight’s Greyhound of the Year award.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Racing Rob Hulls said Victoria’s Greyhound Racing industry had experienced an exceptional year, continuing to build on solid foundations laid by Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) over the past 11 years.
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Gunnadoo Magic AGRA’s January Greyhound Of The Month
Gunnadoo Magic Winning The 2009 Maidment Memorial
A model of consistency throughout 2008 she has started the year in career best form winning five races on end including two group features. She won the Group 3 West End Distance Title at Angle Park and for the second year in succession the Group 2 Maidment Memorial at Sandown Park.
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