The make up of the Speed Star will be finalised on Sandown Cup night (May 27) at which time Dave Hobby will have a call to make.ĭoes Zack Monelli back up for the Lizrene (715m) or some back to 595m? He sits fourth ranked over 595m and second behind Hank The Hustler over 715m.Ī run which could not have been mixed at Sandown on Thursday was the effort of Silver Chief winner Lakeview Walter.Ĭut out soon after the start from box seven, the strikingly marked black and white dog rallied to finish second to NSW raider Fire Legend in 29.49.įinishing second fails to qualify just how close this finish was. The boxes dogs attain in the match races works this way: Odds numbers (1, 3, 5 & 7) will start from box one while the even numbers dogs (as per the formguide) will all start from box three. “The dogs on the cusp of getting into the Speed Star are Nangar Rust (29.181 over 515m), Riccarton Rick (34.001 at 595m) while Let’s See holds position eight in the Lizrene over 715m at 41.82.”įor the first time, there will be a draw where dogs ranked one through to four will compete against the four slowest ranked qualifiers.
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“All qualifiers go through the same race-day process, so interstate dogs tend to trial on Thursday’s while Victorians are restricted to Sundays.
“Trials can be booked for any dog looking to qualify for the Speed Star on any day we race,” Sandown’s Racing and Media Manager Mick Floyd said.
It’s a race for the ages, a battle worth winning and something which really highlights a resume.Īs of Friday May 14, the fastest qualifiers are Shine Shine (29.003), Zipping Rambo (33.659) and Hank The Hustler (41.380) for the respective distances but there’s time for the pecking order (top eight times) at each distance to chance. This is about speed, it’s about courage, it’s about taking your shot, it’s the best versus the best. Imagine the fawn dog’s profile, at start four, if he can match or even better the best in the land at just 22 months of age.
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Opportunity to trial (solo) in readily available and the conditions ($10,000 to the series winner over each distance and $5000 to match race winners) makes the Speed Star an appealing target for the explosive, powerful juvenile. There are many options for Zipping Kansas – the rich Flying Amy series at Albion Park comes quickly to mind – but his relative inexperience will not detract in a Speed Star. The x-factor in the 515m series may be the unbeaten Zipping Kansas. Wow, after the final race, went solo and trialled 24.54 as compared to new track record of 24.26 posted by Melcat Big Boy on April 16. On a day when wind chill had ambient air temperature at only 2 degrees, race times on the day – over 440m – were up to four tenths (or six lengths) slower than expected such was the wind’s affect. The star sprinter has not raced since finishing second to Tommy Shelby in the Golden Easter Egg at Wentworth Park on April 10 yet a blazing trial over 440m at Goulburn on Friday was ‘çhilling’. Once bedded down, punters warmed to the concept and, with this tenth series set down for June 2, excitement and expectation builds.Īnd now its clear that Paws Of Thunder and Temlee winner Wow will be heading south for the 515m series. At its inception, the Speed Star series at Sandown represented a new direction for greyhound punters – wagering on head-to-head contests – with the outcome of the ‘race’ (the fastest trial being the winner) a little confusing at inception.
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