Greyhound weekly 16 january 20

Victorian

Greyhound Weekly Volume 1

Number 16

Heats: Saturday January 21

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Friday January 20, 2017

Final: Saturday January 28 (Twilight)

Greyhound racing at Warragul tomorrow night features the running of the heats of the 2017 Group 2 Warragul Cup. The Warragul Cup is one of 11 greyhound racing country cups held throughout Victoria each year.

The race has a rich history, first won in 1956

by Rocketeer, and it is the premier event hosted by the Warragul Greyhound Racing Club.

Next week’s Greyhound Weekly will feature a preview of the final, to be run on Saturday, January 28, and the history of this time honoured event.

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From the Editor’s Desk

Greyhounds Are My Life Videos

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BARCIA BALE

FABREGAS Black dog October 2010 36.5kg Bombastic Shiraz x Wicked Witch

Black dog March 2010 35kg Go Wild Teddy x Princess Bale

Career Statistics: 14 starts - 13 wins Prizemoney $136,075

STUD FEE

Career Statistics: 13 starts - 12 wins Prizemoney: $131,055

$3,300 inc. GST FROZEN ONLY

STUD FEE

$3,300 inc. GST FROZEN ONLY

Winner 2012 Group 1 National Sprint Championship

Winner 2012 Group 1 Maturity Classic Track Records: Maitland 450m - 24.90 Bulli 400m - 22.20 (in his maiden)

He was a superstar on the track and he is now A superstar sire Leading AGRA Sire of the year for 2016

Superstar who won 13 of 14 starts

Fabregas……….. Built for speed!

FERNANDO BALE

KIOWA PRODUCER* Dark brindle dog 31.5kg April 2011 Dragon Fire x Kay V Sweet Kay

White & brindle dog 29.7kg March 2013 Kelsos Fusileer* x Chloe Allen

Career Statistics: 44 starts - 35 wins 5 placings Prizemoney $1,299,370

STUD FEE

$4,400 inc. GST FROZEN ONLY

Winner of 8 Group 1 events Including G1 Golden Easter Egg, G1 National Sprint Championship, G1 Maturity Classic, G1 Topgun, G1 Adelaide Cup, G1 Peter Mosman Classic, as well as the G2 Bendigo Cup, G2 Traralgon Cup and the G3 Bill Collins Memorial.

Track Records: Bendigo 425m 23.99 Traralgon 525m 29.80

STUD FEE

$1950 inc. GST Career Statistics: 94 starts - 50 wins, 19 placings FROZEN ONLY Member of the 2013 All-American team Winner of the 2013 Hollywood World Classic, 2013 Southland Derby and 2013 Chris Callas Memorial Stake.

Perfect outcross for Australian bitches Kiowa Producer is undoubtedly one of the best bred American imports to ever stand at stud in Australia.

What’s more, Kiowa Producer has the racetrack record to back up that claim, when you consider his overall record of 94 starts for 50 wins (Yes, 50 wins!)

15 seconds and four thirds.

Also Standing: Bekim Bale ($2750), Dyna Tron ($1650), Dyna Lachlan ($2200), Meticulous ($1500), Path To Power ($1500) and Velocette ($2200).

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Breeding and trainers of last week’s metropolitan winners.

Victoria, NSW and South Australia Angle Park - Monday January 9 1. Snakebite Bale (David Bale x Crystin Bale) B. Rawlings 2. Velocity Bird (Barcia Bale x Velocity Sofia) Kim Johnstone 3. Cairnlea Ollie (Premier Fantasy* x Cairnlea Elle) P. Jovanovic 4. Megastar Bound (Head Bound x Megastar Supreme) O. Chegia 5. Rockstar Swirl (Barcia Bale x Parisette) T. Rasmussen 6. Egyptian Diva (Knocka Norris x Little Egyptian) N. Newlyn 7. Veloshore (Velocette x On Shore) L. Rasmussen 8. Show Me Dollars (Dyna Tron x Midnight Dollars) Kathleen Johnstone 9. Run The Jewels (Barcia Bale x Glory Of Love) L. Harris 10. Purpose Driven (Bekim Bale x Alana Blues) C. Butcher 11. Lektra Dave (Bobby Boucheau x Dohtmann) E. Matcott Angle Park - Wednesday January 11 1. Seattle Suzy (Lochinvar Marlow x Amity Kinship) L. Wilson 2. Slipper's Lane (Lochinvar Marlow x Amity Kinship) B. Jones 3. Shez Rocking (Jagger Swagger x Zipping Venus) O. Chegia 4. April's Pearlah (Lochinvar Marlow x Clinga) S. Brook 5. He's Innocent (Trewly Special x Scanty Miss) D. Turner 6. Velocity Magic (Magic Sprite x Velocity Zip) Kim Johnstone 7. Bekalia's Flyer (Bekim Bale x Dyna Kalia) M. Doyle 8. Speed Axle (Barcia Bale x Bally Swift) R. Stasiak 9. Hot Stelios (Smooth Fancy x Surfing Blonde) S. Meimetis 10. Gangalla Fury (Nolen x Hilltop Snow) B. Rawlings 11. Todd Bless (Spring Gun x Dream Choice) T. Kelly 12. No Through Road (Iaks Road x Tinashe Bale) T. Hinrichsen

5. Aston Ebert (Magic Sprite x Aston Carmelita) G. Grimwood 6. Big Daddy Bee (Kinloch Brae* x Winning Charm) R. Smith 7. Srixon (Spring Gun x Navel Juice) M. Beegan 8. Silver Grace (Smooth Fancy x Melindah Curlew) F. Cini 9. Nervous Energy (Glen Gallon x Detonate) G. Typenou 10. Memory Dreams (Where's Pedro x Amnesia) K-J Coleman The Meadows (MEP) - Wednesday January 11 1. Paula Bale (Barcia Bale x Corona Bale) H. Collins 2. Destini Fortress) (Destini Fireball x Cloak Of Gold) E. Rinaldi 3. Diama Bale (David Bale x Ucme Typhoon* D. Fisher 4. Ving Bale (Kinloch Brae* x Brynne Bale).

M. Delbridge 5. Tiggerlong Nosey (Kinloch Brae* x Tiggerlong Petal) C. Grenfell 6. Isala Bale (Taylors Sky* x Adelle Bale) D. Trewin 7. Onya Teddy (Barcia Bale x Not Onya Nelly) M. Meyer 8. Ann's Moment (Don't Knocka Him x Got A Moment) R. Clark 9. Adelaide Bale (Barcia Bale x Really Gonnarock) A.Dailly 10. Allen Mike (Turanza Bale x Purcell Bale) M. Delbridge 11. Onya Grover (Barcia Bale x Not Onya Nelly) M.Meyer 12. Dewana Interest (Cosmic Rumble x Wildcard Lass) M. Dewan

Angle Park Thursday January 12 1. Wilby Dusty (Cosmic Rumble Sweet Cass) G. Pidgeon 2. Bekim Fire (Bekim Bale x Fee Bale) W. Matcott 3. Lightning Lola (Djays Octane* x Octane Surf) J. Mundy 4. Zipping Gator (Nolen x Crafty Lady) W. Sebastyan 5.Worm Burner (Oaks Road x Little Looper) C. Butcher 6. Marlow Brown (Lochinvar Marlow x Liza Brown) P. Hearnden 7. Scorching (Knocka Norris x Physical) M. Payne 8. Molly Dobbs (Magic Sprite x Annie Walker) P. Jovanovic 9. Bogie Bekim (Bekim Bale x Bogie Skye) B. Rawlings Wentworth Park - Wednesday January 11 1. Notorious One (Oaks Road x Kingston Belle) M. Gatt 10. Top Weight (Premier Fantasy* x Up And Away) L. 2. Brooklyn Bad (Fabregas x Brooklyn Drive) Rasmussen S. Sultana 11. Wayne's Error (Spring Gun x Magic Castle) D. 3. Superbly (Brett Lee x Surpassing) C. Chappelow Turner 4. Amy Parker (Heston Bale x Thermal Image) S. Hazlett -4-

Breeding and trainers of last week’s metropolitan winners.

Victoria, NSW and South Australia continued Sandown Thursday January 12 1. Effective Comet (Cosmic Rumble x Best Percentage) R. Britton 2. Classy Sparks (Walk Hard x Skeeta) N. McRae 3. Zipping Lady (Barcia Bale x Scarlett Girl) S. Ralph 4. Big Flood (Banjo Boy x Easy Baby) J. Thompson 5. Aston Bolero (Fabregas x Aston Dream) J. Thompson 6. Zipping Zeus (Magic Sprite x Scarlett Girl) C. Jones 7. Kwazii (Big Daddy Cool x Tricky Shelley) D. Trewin 8. Pippy Dippy (Barcia Bale x Wiradjuri Girl) R. Britton 9. Stocktake (Lochinvar Marlow x Inventory) G. Peach 10. Brakani (Fabregas x Monique's Doll) R. Sheills 11. Dewana Special (Cosmic Rumble x Wildcard Lass) B. Dewan 12. Harlon (Dyna Lachlan x Emmy's Belle) R. Neocleous Wentworth Park - Saturday January 14 1. Runway Bono (Cosmic Rumble x Runway Ready) D. Swain 2. It's A Fling (Collision x It's A Blur) M. Gatt 3. Lowanna's Son (Barcia Bale x Lagoon Lowanna) S. Webster 4. Shima Bar (Barcia Bale x Shimaguni) A. Dailly 5. Brad Hill Billy (Kinloch Brae* x Break Even) R. Smith 6. Magic Lace (Magic Sprite x Midnight Lace) D. Drynan 7. Blabba Mouth (Magic Sprite x Cindeen Shelby) C. Murray 8. Falcon's Fury (Fabregas x Janderra's Fury) P. Braddon 9. Clock's Ticking (Glen Gallon x Detonate) J. Magri 10. Striker Light (KC And All x Pretty Fancy) B. Bravo

The Meadows - Saturday January 14 1. Shanakee (Barcia Bale x Punk Rock Lass) D. Mowat 2. Why Not Trish (El Grand Senor x Why Not Giaan) W. Gray 3. Rock Me (Talk's Cheap x Go Go Pedro) P. Smith 4. Silky Sock (Barcia Bale x My Secret Shiraz) J. Britton 5. Rippin Hayne (Magic Sprite x Chevy Princess) R. Britton 6. Allen Lottery (Razldazl Jayfkay* x Tonneli Bale) M. Delbridge 7. Allen Marky (Razldazl Jayfkay* x Tonneli Bale) M. Delbridge 8. Kilty Express (Kilty Lad x Bogie Jewel) R. Drew 9. Don't Kid Me (Lochinvar Marlow x Clinga) S. White 10. Mepunga Fame (Premier Fantasy* x Mepunga Jayelle) J. Britton 11. Weston East (Oaks Road x Hot Spur) A. Langton 12. Leo's Gift (Spring Gun x Ruby Jet) R. Britton Sandown (SAP) Sunday January 15 1. Brazilian Brae (Kinloch Brae* x Paua To Terrify) R. Britton 2. Sheza Slingshot (Collision x Midnight News) R. Britton 3. Karise Fusileer (Kelsos Fusileer* x Karise's Voice) T. Galea 4. Rosie's Gift (Surf Lorian x Miss Abilene) E. Rinaldi 5. Dr. Walter (Enry Walt x Dr. Flojoe) W. McMahon 6. Beejay's Atom (Fabregas x Cash Box) D. Barron 7. Gothamburg (Velocette x Spiral Staircase) V. Brook 8. Fearless John (Fear Zafonic* x Golden Gwen) J. Sharp 9. Worthy Moment (Velocette x Molly Grace) R. Britton 10. Spring Bomber (Spring Gun x Octane Blaze) G. Green 11. Pure Zest (Surf Lorian x Meticulous Ruby) D. Condon Advertise your product, stud dog, pups for sale, transport services here. advertising@victoriangreyhoundweekly.com.au

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Talking Breeding with Roger Clark

VICTORIA Victorian Litter Registrations Week ending December 21 Sire/Dam Barcia Bale x Kraken Sal Big Daddy Cool x Lily Eve Fabregas x Flitter Fabregas x Houso Delight Fabregas x Maverick Maggy Kinloch Brae* x Estrel Escura Kiowa Producer x Bunga Bunga Milldean Panther* x Berta Swift Fancy x Fortuna Allen * Import or O/Seas based Totals

Dog Bitches

3 1 5 3 2 2 2 3 1

5 1 3 6 3 6 2 4 0

Breeder K. Eyles G. Kantzidis J. Cottrell L. Keane J. Marshman V. Clark J. Greenough C. Glen T. Scott

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9 Litters (Ave

THREE FABREGAS LITTERS THIS week’s review of litters from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending December 21 starts with three nice litters by 2012 National Sprint Championship winner, Fabregas (October 2010 Bombastic Shiraz x Wicked Witch).

Pearcedale breeder, Janet Cottrell, has the first of the three litters, which has five dogs and three bitches, from the well bred, unraced bitch, Flitter (September 2012 Cosmic Rumble x Indigo Gem), whose dam is by Slater x Valeri’s Purse (Most Awesome x Many Tricks).

She is from a handy litter, which included Filante, Margaret Keeping, Matty Keeping, Megan Keeping and Mo Keeping.

Their dam, Indigo Gem also has a 100% winning litter on file, whelped in December 2013, by Magic Sprite, which produced Lara Keeping, Miracle, Phillip Keeping, Rodney Keeping, Tap Out Axe, Tap Out Rooster and Tap Out Scarlet.

Flitter has two named offspring on file, Clickin Gears and Time To Launch, who are from a litter of three dogs and seven bitches, whelped in May 2015, by Barcia Bale.

Superannuation Syndicate manager, Luke Keane has the second Fabregas litter, which has three dogs and six bitches, from the well bred bitch, Houso Delight (April 2013 El Grand Senor x Tenterfield Lil), whose dam is by Gable Lafourche* x Paw Nomaw (Silver Chisel x Amaroo Tramp).

She is from a litter which included Anita May, Boambee Law, Gold Top, Halcyon Honey, Lil Black Miss and Magoo, with their dam having winners on file from each of her three other litters, by Elite State, Surf Lorian and Swift Fancy.

Houso Delight raced 37 times, for five wins and eleven placings, winning over 520 metres at Wentworth Park (30.27), 457 metres at Wauchope (25.63), 450 metres at Maitland (25.31), 520 metres at Ipswich (30.86) and 520 metres at Albion Park (30.38).

James Marshman’s Maverick Syndicate has the third Fabergas litter, which has two dogs and three bitches, from the well bred, lightly raced bitch, Maverick Maggy (April 2010 Big Daddy Cool x Shanlyn Lass), whose dam is by Token Prince x Shanlyn Maddy (Wild Season x Mad Tracey).

She is from a litter which included Hayley’s Gem, Maverick Tiger, Odie For Now, Shanlyn Flossy, Shanlyn Mini, Shanlyn Poh, Whodat Flash and Whodat Lass.

Their dam also produced some handy winners from her three other litters, by Collision, Kinloch Brae* and Surf Lorian.

On the track, Maverick Maggy only raced three times, without placing, all over 400 metres at Warragul from January to March 2012.

She has five named offspring of her own from her first litter, whelped in January 14, by Collision, who have all won races.

Well done Sal NEXT we have a litter od eight pups by outstanding Victorian Metropolitan sire, Barcia Bale (March 2010 Go Wild Teddy x Princess Bale).

Registered by Murchison breeder, Kevin Eyles, the three dogs and five bitches are from the well bred bitch, Kraken Sal (July 2012 Mogambo x Rose Patch), whose dam is by Typhoon Tide x Kalmina Rose (Cry Havoc x Billie Rose).

She is from a litter of five named, which included Kraken Concord, Kraken Mandy, Kraken Shines and Kraken Soupy, with their dam also producing winners from her two other litters, by Cosmic Rumble and Lochinvar Marlow.

Kraken Sal raced 12 times for two wins and four placings, winning twice over 500 metres at Bendigo (28.59), with placings over 450 metres at Shepparton, 460 metres at Warragul and 525 metres at The Meadows.

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TALKING BREEDING Victoria, continued Kinloch Brae* litter

her other litters, whelped in November 2012, by Bombastic Shiraz, then December 2013 by Magic Sprite, which included the smart sprinter Pechey.

Bunga Bunga raced 34 times for seven wins and eleven placings, winning twice over 515 metres at Sandown (29.74), twice over 520 metres at Cranbourne (30.20), twice over 460 metres at Warragul (25.88) and also over 525 metres at The Meadows (30.17).

She has one previous litter on file, which has three dogs and one bitch, whelped in June 2015 by Paw Licking.

Seven for Berta SEVEN pups in our next litter for review, by the successful international sire, Milldean Panther* (December 2009 College Causeway x Auld Nag), who has done well here from limited opportunities.

Registered by Tennyson breeder, Chris Glen, the three dogs and four bitches are from the beautifully bred DOCKLANDS breeder, Vaughan Clark has a nice litter bitch, Berta (March 2009 Pure Octane x Inspirationlee), of eight pups on the list this week by successful whose dam is by Brett Lee x Thai Magic (Grove international sire, Kinloch Brae* (August 2005 Craigie Whisper* x Lauren’s Desire).

Mo Town x Greys Free Style).

She is from a litter of three named, which included The two dogs and six bitches are from the Boris The Best and Gold Quagmire, with their dam also beautifully bred bitch, Estrela Escura (April 2012 producing winners from her three other litters, by Bit Bombastic Shiraz x Miss Bel Air), whose dam is by Chili, Bombastic Shiraz and Elite State.

Brett Lee x Casey’s Angel (Spiral Nikita* x Leprechuan On the track she raced 53 times for eleven wins Yap). and thirteen placings, winning six times over 515 metres She is from a handy litter, which included Bottom at Angle Park (30.03), where she also won over 388 Dollar, Bozzie’s Girl, Private Notes, Private Talk and metres (22.26), twice over 400 metres at Gosford Summer Wages.

(23.39) and also over 515 metres at The Gardens (29.92) Their dam, Miss Bel Air also has winners on file and 536 metres at Strathalbyn (31.56). from her two other litters, whelped in January 2013 by She has three named offspring on file from her World Title and June 2014 by Collision. first litter, of three dogs and four bitches, whelped in Estrela Escura raced 12 times for two wins and June 2013 by Prince Diablo. four placings, winning over 450 metres at Ballarat (25.94) and 500 metres at Bendigo (28.43) and worth noting she was placed over 525 metres at The Meadows. Two small litters She has one previous litter on file, with four dogs THE two remaining litters on this week’s list unfortunately only have three pups between them. and six bitches, whelped in October 2015, by Barcia Bundoora breeder, George Kantzidis has a litter of Bale. one dog and one bitch, by Big Daddy Cool from Lily Eve (January 2008 Molotov* x Elite Monelli) and Four for Bunga Bunga Talbot breeder, Troy Scott has a litter which has just the PEARCEDALE breeder, Jacqueline Greenough has a one bitch, by Swift Fancy from the well bred bitch, litter of four pups on the list this week by the highly Fortuna Allen (December 2011 Jarvis Bale x Greta Bale. rated imported sire, Kiowa Producer* (April 2011 Dragon Fire x Kay V Sweet Kay).

Got pups to sell The two dogs and two bitches are from the well Why not advertise here bred bitch, Bunga Bunga (September 2011 El Grand Contact Graham Lunney Senor x So Seductive), whose dam is by Go Wild Teddy 0488 669 886 x Smiles Are Free (Reggemite x Free Cape).

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four dogs and six bitches, are from the well bred bitch, Kiss Me Wench (February 2012 Lochinvar Marlow x Kiss Me Milo), whose dam is by Placard x Miolo’s Return (Saltwater Sid x Blind Wonder).

Kiss Me Wench is from a litter of five named, which included Kiss Me Hughie, Kiss Me Junior, Kiss Me Marlow and Precious Lulu.

Their dam, Kiss Me Milo, also produced winners from her three other litters, by Cyrus The Virus, Primo Uno and Velocette.

On the track she raced 65 times, for seven wins and seventeen placings, winning six times over 400 metres at The Gardens (22.98), where she also won over 515 metres (30.37).

TALKING BREEDING Continued

NSW WHELPING REPORT NSW Whelping Report Week Ending 30.9.16 Sire/Dam

Dogs Bitches Breeder

Kiowa Producer* x Flash Focus

7

1

D. Oliver

Spring Gun x Kiss Me Wench

4

6

P. Keegan

11

7

2 Litters (Ave 9.0 5.8 )

* Import or O/Seas based Totals

Kiowa Producer* Focus on this litter TWO litters on this week’s NSW Whelping Report, for the week ending September 30, with eight pups in the first litter, by highly rated imported sire Kiowa Producer (April 2011 Dragon Fire x Kay V Sweet Kay).

Registered by Fairy Meadow breeder, Danny Oliver, the seven dogs and one bitch are from the beautifully bred bitch, Flash Focus (June 2013 Collision x Redskin), whose dam is by Kiowa Sweet Trey* x She’s Hot (Bombastic Shiraz x Chili Berger).

She is from a litter which included Almost Instinct, Caught Up, Koukla, Let’s Win Cash, Napalm, Redline Overkill and Star Torana.

Their dam has winners on file from her six other named offspring, from two litters, by El Grand Senor and Where’s Pedro.

Flash Focus raced 35 times for five wins and eleven placings, winning twice over 520 metres at Dapto (30.23) and also over 365 metres at Nowra (20.57), 400 metres at Bulli (22.77) and 520 metres at Wentworth Park (30.14).

Ten for the Wench TEN pups in the other litter on the NSW list this week, by the 2011 Vic Peters Classic winner, Spring Gun (June 2009 Bombastic Shiraz x Ready For Rain), whose dam is by Big Daddy Cool x Ready To Rise (Token Prince x Ready To Rain.

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Senor 6-15, Elite State 0-1, Fabregas 2-25, Fernando Bale 0-17, Flying Stanley* 0-1, Go Wild Teddy 1-1, Hades Rocket 0-1, Hay Fergus (0-4, Head Bound 0-1, High Earner 0-1, Hostile 0-1, Innocent Til 0-1, Irinka Luca 0-2, Jagger Swagger 0-1, Jarvis Bale 0-3, Johnny Fire 0-1, Just The Best 0-1, Kayda Shae 1-2, KC And All* 0-4, Keybow 0-4, Kinloch Brae* 5-15, Kiowa Producer* 0-4, Kiowa Mon Manny* 0-4, Knocka Norris 0-1, Late Late Show* 0-1, Lochinvar Marlow 0-3, Lonesome Cry* 1-1, Magic Sprite 5-23, Milldean Panther 0-1, My Bro Fabio 0-8, Oaks Road 0-4, Outa Credit 0-1, Over Flo 0-1, Paddy’s Flame 0-1, Paradise Madison 0-2, Paw Licking 0-1, Phantom’s Icon 0-1, Premier Fantasy* 0-3, Razldazl George* 0-1, Rocky Bale 0-1, Ruff It 0-1, Shakey Jakey 0-2, SH Avatar* 1-1, Shifty Sticka 0-1, Shoulders 0-2, Smooth Fancy 0-2, Spring Gun 4-9, Stagger 0-2, Sulzanti 0-4, Superman 0-1, Surf Lorian 1-1, Swift Fancy 0-7, Taylors Sky 0-2, Tuiaki 0-1, Turanza Bale 0-1, Vee Man Vane 0-1, Velocette 0-1, Where’s Pedro 0-4, Yahoo Omar* 0-1 and Zeus 0-1.

New South Wales Stud Services September 2016 STUD service figures released by GRNSW for the month of September 2016, showed there were 43 services registered for the month, by 17 different sires.

Sires with multiple services registered in September were: 6 Barcia Bale and El Grand Senor.

5 Kinloch Brae* and Magic Sprite.

4 Dyna Double One and Spring Gun. 2 Collision and Fabregas.

Looking at the combined service figures for the nine months to the end of September 2016, the following sires have had multiple services.

33 Barcia Bale.

32 Dyna Double One. 25 Fabregas.

23 Magic Sprite.

17 Fernando Bale.

15 El Grand Senor and Kinloch Brae* 11 Don’t Knocka Him. 10 Buck Fever.

9 Spring Gun. 8 Cosmic Rumble, Dyna Villa and My Bro Fabio.

7 Collision and Swift Fancy.

5 Bekim Bale.

4 Banjo Boy, Hay Fergus, KC And All*, Keybow, Kiowa Producer*, Kiowa Mon Manny*, Oaks Road, Sulzanti, and Where’s Pedro.

3 Awesome Project, Brett Lee, Jarvis Bale, Lochinvar Marlow and Premier Fantasy*.

2 Black Magic Opal, Cape Hawke, Irinka Luca, Kayda Shae, Paradise Madison, Shakey Jakey, Shoulders, Smooth Fancy, Stagger and Taylors Sky*.

NSW Metropolitan Sires List Full Year 2016

Let us now look at the full list, of all sires with registered services in NSW during the nine months ending September 30, 2016.

In alphabetical order, the two figures for each sire represent their services in September, then in the nine months, January to September.

Able Seaman 0-1, Awesome Project 0-3, Ballymac Vic* 1-1, Banjo Boy 0-4, Barcia Bale 6-33, Bekim Bale 0-5, Belfast Johnny 0-1, Bella Infrared* 0-1, Black Magic Opal 0-2, Blitiz To Excel 0-1, Bombastic Shiraz 0-1, Brett Lee 0-3, Buck Fever 1-10, Cape Hawke 0-2, Cawbourne Frank 0-1, Collision 2-7, Cosmic Rumble 1-8, Dalalla 0-1, Disintergrate 0-1, Don’t Knocka Him 0-11, Dyna Double One 4-32, Dyna Villa 0-8, El Grand

No.

Nov

1

1

2

2

3 4

Sire

Indiv.

1sts

Dec

Magic Sprite

80

152

13

Spring Gun

38

74

7

3

Collision

38

71

6

4

Where’s Pedro

18

56

4

5

7

Fabregas

34

54

9

6

6

Barcia Bale

31

54

9

7

5

Cosmic Rumble

30

54

5

8

8

El Grand Senor

26

40

8

9

10

Kinloch Brae*

9

11

1

10

9

Brett Lee

17

35

3

11

11

Swift Fancy

20

34

5

12

12

Lochinvar Marlow

15

26

-

13

13

Glen Gallon

10

23

4

14

14

Bekim Bale

6

20

1

15

17

Oaks Road

13

18

3

16

15

Don’t Knocka Him

10

18

1

17

18

Cosmic Chief

10

16

-

18

20

Dyna Tron

10

15

-

19

19

Cape Hawke

6

13

2

20

**

Dyna Lachlan

4

12

2

433

821

85

*Import/Overseas Sire ** New in Top 20

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Falcon’s Fury Too Start Favourite in the Ladbrokes Paws of Thunder

runners, with Blabba Mouth (30.34) winning for a very excited Cheryl Murray, Lowanna’s Son (30.19), Clock’s

By Neil Brown Ticking (30.09) and Magic Lace (30.13) all winning their respective heats.

Paul Braddon’s superstar youngster Falcon’s Fury will Two heats of the Group 2 Summer Distance Plate start favourite for Saturday night’s Ladbrokes Paws of supported the Ladbrokes Paws of Thunder, with Thunder final at Wentworth Park.

Runaway Bono, taking heat one in 42.43, while It’s A Drawn perfectly in box seven the impressive youngster from Cowra made it four wins from four starts Fling for Mark Gatt won the second heat in 42.57.

Star Victorian Burn One Down finished third in at Headquarters when he recorded the second fastest heat the first heat after starting odds on but found trouble in winning time of 29.95. the run, he is still quoted a $1.80 chance to win the final Subject last week to a massive offer for the with the Tab fixed odds market posted today.

Fabregas speedster the Braddon’s decided to knock it back and are happy to see where the young dog can take himself in the future. No strangers to above average dogs What’s happening on race night? over the years, dogs that win 10 of their first 14 starts are Gates open at 5.30pm for Saturday’s meeting.

Also on the card is the Group 2 Summer Plate final over few and far between.

Time honours on the night went to seasoned Group the 720 metres. campaigner Brad Hill Billy, he handing in a tradesman’s It is the perfect reason to get trackside and witness two great feature finals. like performance to win in 29.94, his 16th win at The 2017 ‘Collerson’ conducted in recognition of Daily Wentworth Park.

Two Victoria’s made the Group 1 final youngsters Telegraph Journalist Jeff Collerson’s contribution to the Shima Bar and Striker Light, Shima Bar has a big motor Greyhound Industry is also a great race on the card this Saturday night. and put up a brilliant performance to run down the leaders with 30 metres to go, he has drawn box 1 in the Plus plenty of entertainment for the whole family. final and has claims if he stays in touch with the leading Catering & Bar division.

Wentworth Park provides diverse choices within the One of those leaders is likely to be Striker Light venue. There is the snack bar on the ground floor and she set up an unbeatable lead in the heat with lightning there are take away stalls on the concourse leading from sections of 5.45 and 13.68 before tiring to run 30.01.

Raced by Melbourne media personality George Farrugia the grandstand. There are fully licensed bars on the ground floor. The Bistro on the lower ground floor and trained by Brett Bravo she has won seven from 10 provides patrons the opportunity to order from an and can find the front from box two. extensive menu, with meals cooked to order, and The Group 1 final has also drawn a host of NSW delivered to your table, with Bar facilities in the Bistro.

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Ladbrokes Paws of Thunder - Previous Winners Listed below are the past winners of Paws Of Thunder which was formerly known as the St.Leger and was first run in 1957.

The NSW NCA restructured the prizemoney and the race name in 2001.

1957 Idle Sign 1958 Ebony Minda 1959 Super Samson 1960 Constant Raider 1961 Elsie Moss 1962 Black Top 1963 Miss Warcroft 1964 Revival King 1965 Daily Tide 1966 Sunset Fire 1967 Another Glitter 1968 Zoom Top 1969 Beau Brin 1970 Size Seven 1971 Romantic Top 1972 Likely Light 1973 Trella Light 1974 Busy's Chief 1975 Mighty Aussie 1976 Palaver 1977 Fine Arama 1978 Oberon Lily 1979 Lord Raleigh 1980 Glider's Son 1981 Promises Free 1982 Winifred Bale 1983 Winston Lass 1984 Beach Rhythm 1985 Another Flash 1986 Memories Gate 1987 See Yah 1988 Grizzly Bear 1989 Jessica Kate 1990 Dixie Lass 1991 Little Denver 1992 Iago 1993 Leon Mal 1994 Zazziam 1995 Nine Inch Nails 1996 Tamborine Dancer 1997 Elle's Commando1998 Waiwera Marika 1999 Stately Bird 2000 Some Secret 2001 Suellen Bale 2002 Modern Assassin 2003 Winsome Shot 2004 Kobble Rock 2005 Pure Octane 2006 Suave Fella 2007 Leprechaun Pace 2008 One Tree Hill 2009 Cindeen Shelby 2010 Lochinvar Marlow 2011 Fancy Will 2013 Sheikha 2014 Iona Seven 2015 Dyna Villa 2016 Asa Flying Spur.

For any further information contact NSW GBOTA Ellen Dwyer: (02) 8587 1210.

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1968 Winner the mighty Zoom Top Neil Brown AGRA Publicity Officer Tel: 03 97691234 Mob: 0423 129 950 nbrown@agra.com.au

design and chase motivation to reduce greyhound injuries and wastage. Rick will also be responsible for implementing a revised code of practice which will safeguard the welfare of a greyhound through its entire lifecycle."

Dr Symons said he was looking forward to engaging with the industry and animal welfare groups to develop an animal welfare strategic plan.

GRNSW APPOINTS NEW CHIEF “In the past there have been animal welfare issues VETERINARY OFFICER in the industry, so the focus now is to put animal welfare Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) is pleased front and centre in our approach, to meet the to announce the appointment of Dr Rick Symons as its expectations of the community and give greyhounds a new Chief Veterinary Officer. better life,” Dr Symons said.

Dr Symons completed a Bachelor of Veterinary Mr Gibbons thanked former Chief Veterinary Science from the University of Queensland in 1978 and Officer Dr Elizabeth Arnott for her contribution to received his PhD in Physiology in 1989.

GRNSW and the industry and wishes her well in her Dr Symons was the Chief Veterinary Officer for Queensland from 2011 to 2014 and has held a number of future endeavours.

Dr Symons commenced with GRNSW on 9 senior executive positions in the Queensland Department January 2017. of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Before joining government he worked in both large and small animal practices. He has had national leadership roles in animal welfare and animal biosecurity, was elected Chair of the national Animal Welfare Committee in 2009 and was Chair of Animal Health Committee in 2013.

Dr Symons is an expert in developing policy and response strategies, and leading responses to significant incidents, including the Hendra virus and avian influenza outbreaks. He has also led national teams working with industry and interest groups in the development of standards and position statements in animal biosecurity and welfare. He is a member of the Australian & New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (in Animal Welfare, Ethics & Law, and in Epidemiology).

GRNSW Administrator John Gibbons welcomed Mr Symons’ commencement after an extensive search.

“Dr Symons is an outstanding candidate for this position and will be a real asset to GRNSW," Mr Gibbons said.

"He has a great style, understands the current context and political sensitivities surrounding the industry and has good experience in these environments.

He has developed policy and has a strong science and evidence-based approach to his work.

“The Greyhound Industry Reform Panel, chaired

by Morris Iemma, is tasked with determining a new regime that will ensure greyhound racing in NSW prioritises animal welfare amongst other things. While the Panel’s work will be crucial in shaping the future of the industry, GRNSW is determined to proceed with a range of ongoing initiatives aimed at improving animal welfare and industry integrity.

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*** Note no trials at Lonmgwood Sunday January 22*** Coursing Club News

The National Coursing’s Night of Nights, to honour the outstanding performances during the 2016 Coursing season, will be held at Sandown on Wednesday January 25.

The Gala Awards Night will be held in conjunction with the special Sandown Wednesday night meeting, on Australia Day eve.

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This week we continue our look back at Victoria’s leading metropolitan sires and their best winning offspring over the past 40 years, with the 1982 Victorian Metropolitan Sires List.

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Robert Scott McKinnon The IGA and Montana’s Maddog McDermutt and Little Elsie (AKA Bob and Suzy McKinnon) have been through a lot together, over the years. We manned the IGA’s fair booth for three years with our Iowa adopted greyhound Jones. While we were in Iowa, Bev Yates pounced on the opportunity and sent us driving backroads, visiting dog farm after dog farm (no GPS then, at least for us), and we ended up with three IGA magazines: Travels with Jones,From Cairo to Iowa, on the Trail of the Racing Greyhound, and Sport of Queens.

These three magazines are now on Amazon, as individual, as a trilogy (almost).

Stories, fiction and non-fiction, most of them published in The Greyhound Review, off-the-wall satirical fiction evolving into more journalistic efforts with visits and interviews to Greyhound farms and tracks in America, Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales, Scotland, Mexico and Canada.

What remains?Ireland. We have not been to Ireland. Don’t say anything. It’ll be a surprise.

We have written and photographed tracks and farms and trainers and breeders in Australia, New Zealand, and England, Wales and Scotland, as well as Mexico and Canada, not to mention most of the tracks in this country.

Publishing in this day and age is staggering, it boggles the mind. Over a million authors or so, who knows, and over EIGHT MILLION, titles on Amazon.

Eight Million? WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ? As Meriwether Lewis was fond to say, when he became frustrated by travel in a cottonwood log, or flies as big as birds, or “shooing” herds of grunting, stinking, buffalo threatening to squish them: “I am determined in this matter.

You just thought Maddog was nuts.

I have offered the argument for years that dog racing took an unfortunate hit because in some ways the industry had its head in the sand. Not the trainers. Not the owners. Not the dogs. Not the gamblers. Not the breeders. Not the adoptions. The tracks.

This sort of came to me when I was locked out of the compounds where my car was parked. That one went on a while. I had business at the track and the blessing of the association. I wonder what some poor soul could expect, trying to find a well-hidden dog track.

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Special Feature Robert Scott McKinnon continues When the general public was dismissed as pests, and the tracks went for the high rollers and some fancy betting, that opened the door to the high roller gamblers … and the extremists.

Good writers thrive on irony.

Irony sells.

It is ironical that the adoption movement saved dog racing’s bacon, at least for a while. With the closing of tracks it is irony that the number of dogs available for adoption has shrunk. The adoption folks are greyhound racing’s future syndicates, devoted fans, experts of genetics, they know a lot of people you don’t know, and they like dogs. They like dogs? Really?

Dog racing is a gambling driven industry. The one owner X one dog makes it a sport.

Maybe it’s not too late.

One thing dog racing has never enjoyed, outside of Maddog McDermutt?

A Damon Runyon and/or a Walter Farley.

Is there anybody out there who as a kid never read the Walter Farley series? The Black Stallion? The Black Stallion Returns? Son of the Black Stallion? The Black Stallion’s Sulky Colt? Man O War? Yes, Walter Farley wrote Man O War. And The Black Stallion was a great movie.

I think I read them all, about seventh grade reading level as I recall, and more than once, and when the movie was finally made I was in the front row. I loved those stories. Go rent the movie, it’s a dandy.

As a knot-headed, out-to-lunch sophomore in an Oakland, California high school, one day I hiked up Mountain Boulevard and Skyline Boulevard to a horse ranch and bought for $150.00, money I had saved from raising parakeets which were a big deal back then, never said a word to my parents, and this horse was young, trained to lead, sort of, no riding, so I walked her the seven miles home, tied her up to the clothesline post, and went into the house to explain myself, only to see out the front window my horse going down the street with the clothesline pole and ropes bouncing along behind.

Oakland, California. Early 1950’s.

If my parents had realized what reading books might lead to, they would have hunted down Farley and Runyon and invited them to a book burning campfire.

Right after they shot me.

I adopted a greyhound once upon a time when the Great Falls track was closing, and I ended up “leasing” Montana Broadway from Don Guccione (Gary’s dad), a Montana racer who went on to have twelve pups in a neighborhood that allowed only two dogs total. The absurdities go on and on, we moved a fixerupter on two acres, we raised dogs, we shipped dogs, Yuma, Key West, Seabrook, Tijuana, Sodrac, Black Hills, Tucson,

Boston, even had a dog in the big Biscayne race who would have won the bloody thing if the airlines had not lost Ol’ Rose in Dallas, but on the other hand it inspired “Ol’ Pinkeye and the Forever Flight.” She and her sisters also inspired one of Maddog’s best stories, “Jacques Rabeet.”

Finally, Montana was so out of the way, shipping you know, and the fact a new hospital went in as our back yard neighbor, a helicopter right at our back fence … no way. The last four dogs of our “dynasty” passed away here at the age of fourteen and are buried here. They are long gone. But the stories aren’t.

Maddog is an icon that does not exist. I run into folks in the industry who remember Maddog from the old days.

They like Maddog. They know Maddog. They remember. Really? Used to run dogs with Maddog.

Maddog’s kennel was right next door. Stuff like that.

Maddog does not exist.

And Walter Farley’s BLACK STALLION, and the rest of the pedigree that followed, were Arabian.!!!! Moving right along to the American Standard Bred with the Black Stallion’s Sulky Colt didn’t seem to bother anybody. That’s kind of like the Greyhound of the Year is an Irish wolfhound.

If you’re in the seventh grade, who cares? I am almost 80 and I don’t care.

Tell me Damon Runyon and Walter Farley never had an effect on something like the Kentucky Derby.

I remember a horse by the name of Sullivan running at Golden Gate, he ran so hard his shoes came off. He retired to sire a colt named Silky Sullivan had his father’s habit of coming from behind, way behind, ran down the backstretch like he was grazing, then here he comes, and heavens and earth move as the crowd jumps up screaming, and it could be heard in Florida, the great one was making the move thousands upon thousands came to see as Silky Sullivan, and Willie Shoemaker, pass horse after horse and cross the finish line first.

Who cares?

Maybe everybody.

Damon Runyon, a New York sports writer, covered the local tracks and in particular took special notice of the local color which eventually led to the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls.

Walter Farley and Damon Runyan gave horse racing respectability. And drama.

Farley, to the horse itself.

Drama.

Runyan, more to the characters the sport attracted.

Trainers. Jockeys. Owners. Writers.

Drama.

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Robert Scott McKinnon continues All the World’s a Stage and all the people merely players.

Drama.

Today, the media interest in dog racing in this country ranks right in there with … I can’t think of anything.

When I was coaching swimming, my teams won everything in sight because I had one single philosophical attitude to the whole thing, the best swimmers on my team were not on it yet.

Is the best to come?

Who knows? Maybe.

In any case, DOG RACING is a writer’s gold mine, nuggets all over the place to be mined.

Who would even suggest such a thing? Albert Schwidlehopper, that’s who, noted scribe of the Nova Scotia By-Weekly Review.

You thought I was going to suggest Maddog McDermutt!

How about the famous racer who retires and has a roman nose and nobody wants to adopt him because he’s “ugly” so he goes back to the track and accidentally returns the next season in the dog trailer, does his time in the racing kennel, schools just for the exercise, looks pretty good, schools again, he’s entered as a five year old, HE WINS!, and then he wins and wins and wins and retires to become a leading stud dog …. You get the idea.

Then there’s the story of the track champion who is waiting to go home to be a stud dog, and he is accidentally adopted out and he gets neutered by his new family.

In case you miss where I am going here, I would say, basically, the public relations end of the industry nationally, to the general public, stinks. News today, any news, especially the kind like what’s going on with the news channels …that’s news? … No it is not news … it’s called preaching to the choir. Talking heads. Any resemblance to news is coincidental. The choir already goes to church. You are already in the dog business. You are the choir.

So here is Maddog’s enchilada. A la mode.

Is Maddog the Walter Farley or Daymon Runyon of dog racing?

I have never really taken writing seriously. This last month I have. I put some thirty titles on Amazon. I think the Vintage Maddog stories will eventually be of interest to a television series. I have a new novel with the exception of a cover ready to go. This new novel, I think, knock on wood, is going to go places.

Here’s a pre-publication review.

I really enjoyed Stubs Feral. It is a much richer, more compelling story than what you first showed me, and I had fun reading it. From the well-developed characters, especially Twigy, to the all of the

wonderful greyhound stories, to Twigy’s interaction with the school kids, to the fantastic, well-imagined life of Stubs and all of his magical powers and relationships, it is a good read.

Great job bringing in Kitty O’Really, the internal critic, who says things that the reader is thinking: “Move it on, Twigy,” “Good show,” etc. However, I’m not sure about Kitty showing himself as a man at the end. Kitty works as a foil for Twigy to highlight Twigy’s traits and provide a great deal of contrast, and some of that is lost at the end with the transformation. Maybe the idea is that Kitty represents deception/trickery/showbiz/myth, all of which provide import. (…that’d be me: Kitty is Bastet, the goddess of cats.

Cowboy Buckaroo is Anubis, the embalming god with the head of a greyhound. One old/old/old story is that they were married.)

Twigy’s story, which he keeps calling his father’s story, is about the cat, but it’s also about so much more, including: community, tradition, myth, storytelling, relationships between humans and humans and animals, family, dog racing, and the supernatural, among other things. As he tells it, I sometimes questioned whether he was a credible narrator because he questions himself, questions his age, questions reality, talks with animals, listens to Cowboy Buckaroo, and repeatedly gives away authority to his father (or passes the buck to his father). He even questions his role in chapter 29, which I suppose is something that all older folks do, but it adds to the reader’s questions about his credibility. The questions, however, all fall to the wayside as more and more kids and teachers are part of the audience, and more and more the reader is willing to suspend any disbelief while waiting to see what happens next. That is a true sign of a successful story.

Maddog is not preaching to the choir. Never did. Never will. He got fired, for pity’s sake. By the choir. That’s how the column The Far Turn came to be In Search of the Big Picture.

Satire is a form of literature that pokes fun, not at … but with. Oh what the hey, of course it is at. We are all a bunch of dummies wandering around wondering where all the crows went. All of us. You, me. It’s that guy who takes himself seriously … that guy with his nose, if it rains he’ll drown, that’s the guy who sets himself up for satire, the arrogant, the snooty, the know-it-all, the synonyms go on and on.

Antonyms? Try honesty. Sympathy. Generosity. Love.

Kindness. That list goes on and on too.

I give you the recent elections: a satirist’s dream come true. I’m only almost 80. I’ve never seen anything that comes close to it. continued page 20

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Robert Scott McKinnon continues

Olympics. It was an old, rustic, huge place, and I am here to tell you it was packed. A big track in Melbourne would come in second, they had a huge crowd in the clubhouse, and the windows were busy.

That element is missing in American dog racing. Some years ago we went to a track we almost could not find, it was out in the woods somewhere in New Hampshire, and the crowd came to six people, two of which were Little Elsie and Maddog. The purse structure was interesting, well maybe not: there was no purse structure. There was no purse. I can’t believe it, the track eventually closed.

Forget track records. Our dog Ol’ Rose (Iz a Champ x Sad Fire) held the Caliente 3-8ths record for a while. I wonder how many people know that. I still wait for the accolades and added purse money.

Most authors starting out on Amazon don’t have an audience or name recognition.

But Maddog does.

You. The readers of the Iowa Greyhound Association’s quarterly and The National Greyhound Review.

If by some quirk this does take off, I have an idea Maddog would be very generous to the adoption part of the industry. He has little sense in such matters.

Particularly when the movie comes down the pike. It will. Eventually. Bet on it.

To summarize, Maddog just went world-wide, including the three Iowa magazines, on Kindle and in paperback. I don’t know the potential audience numbers, but it is huge, and the list of devices is mindboggling.

For all the good it’ll do him.

To recognize the occasion, Maddog has composed a poem with no rhyme, no rhythm, no meter, no imagery.

No nothing. “There are strange things done (under the lights of a dog track). By eight dogs who chase a fake rabbit.”

Robert Scott McKinnon

Have you been taking notice of the recent United States media cartoons?

I rest my case.

Almost.

I am reminded of Portland, where the track maintenance person and the veterinarian noticed (in Portland of all places) that when it rained nobody got hurt. So they started pouring the water to the track and the injuries that season were just about non-existent, and so now the track proceeds to close. I don’t know what you call that. Irony comes close. But guess what?

I remember best about Portland. Sitting in the grandstands at the old downtown Multnomah stadium shared by the Portland Beavers baseball team in the Pacific Eight … the one and only, the famous greyhound Fawn Warrior, and the packed house that had come to see him, standing room only, and the roar that went off at the start and lasted all through the race as the great one brought it home once again.

Boring?

No way.

Why? Hype. Literature. Satire. Character. DRAMA. LOCAL COVERAGE. Just an opinion. Maddog never did get much right. As to dog racing’s future, slow it down. Add another 38ths. In New Zealand they said the hurdles were basically for dogs that couldn’t cut it, or put it this way, translated into good ol’ American, Grade F. A sprint shorter than 5-16ths. Involve local businesses with races named after them. And, one biggie, we noticed several tracks in more than one country … the infield of the track was a soccer or rugby field. American football anybody? What better PR than to turn the stadium and field into a school district soccer stadium?

Now we’re on to something, eh?

More than anything, go with syndicates, I mean really go for the syndicates. And then once you get them, keep them. Walthamstow in England was a hoot. We went table to table. Each table was a syndicate, when the syndicate’s dog showed up to race, the trainer sat in. Don’t tell me the steins that were floating around were not paying the stadium’s rent. The members of the syndicate seemed to all have an adopted dog at home. They talked. They bet. They laughed. Going to the races was fun. AND THEY BET. When ol” Rex came to his post position ready to give his very best, his table jumped up and you could hear them yelling in downtown London, and they were with Ol’ Rex all the way, box to wire, as to the surrounding tables, which did not have an entry in the race, they offered insults and sarcastic hoots and hollars.

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BACK ON LAVA (Black dog, February 15, Djays Octane* x Born On Lava) Trained at Dennington by Dustin Drew.

Raced only five times for three placings, and looks like his first win is not far off.

Three straight placings over 525 metres at The Meadows (MEP) before fifth there from box four on January 11, over 600 metres, beaten 7 lengths in the race won by Ving Bale (35.20).

Then got into all sorts of trouble when finished a long way from the winner in the 525 metres maiden final from box six last Saturday night. Forget that run.

BONT’S MAGIC (Black dog, April 2015 Magic Sprite x Challis Miss) Trained at Junction Village by Sharon Combridge.

Raced six times for two placings, followed Sale 440 metre placing on January 1 with fourth from box 3 on January 8.

Stepped up in class and distance on January 15 metres Sandown (SAP) from box four when fourth, beaten 3.86 lengths in the race won by Brazilian Bale (30.02) and will dervive great benefit from that run.

CASSIUS SPIRIT (Black dog, December 2014 Collision x Kokoda Spirit).

Trained at Strathfieldsaye by Mark Morrissey.

Won from box one over 450 metres at Shepparton (25.61 BON) on December 29 then fourth there off box seven, January 9 beaten 7.5 lengths by Cosmic Tilly (25.98).

Stepped up to 515 metres at Sandown (SAP January 15, from box 1 when beaten 3.24 lengths in the race won by Spring Bomber (30.18).

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