Last Thursday turned out to be a busy day for offspring of My Girl Kizzy’s three litters – by Fernando Bale, Cosmic Rumble and Fernando Bale – who were racing on SA and Victorian tracks.
At Sandown Park was her most successful offspring in Pass Mark – from the first Fernando Bale litter – who has raced on 84 occasions for 23 wins and accumulated more than $261,000 in prize money.
By Mepunga Blazer out of Mepunga Rosie, My Girl Kizzy won 11 races and more than $70,000 in prize money for Warrnambool owners Rob and Linda Gore. The former was at Tara Raceway last Thursday with two of the third litter who were having their first starts.
Bred, owned and trained by Linda Gore, September 2024 whelpings Moonlight Nellie and Our Girl Selkie fought out the Icon Signs Maiden Stake (305 metres) with 2½ lengths separating the pair on the line in a smart maiden time of 17.61 seconds.
Rob Gore, who includes an early morning swim every second day as part of the litter sisters’ training regime, said he believed runner-up Our Girl Selkie was the pick of the pair.
Meanwhile, Heathmere owner-trainer Garry Marshman landed his second win at Tara Raceway with Trust Deed – an $800 pick-up from Victorian trainer Matt Clark after having previously won three races at Warragul and Sale.
Jumping from box one in the Federal Hotel TG1-4W Stake (400 m), the son of Allen Deed and Indy’s Happy chased Appellant for much of the journey prior to scoring a narrow win in 23.26 seconds.
For Marshman, the purchase of the performed Trust Deed is working out pretty well given he had been looking to fill in some time. This had been while waiting for his two November 2024 Quinlan Bale x Dusseldorp pups – now at the trialling stage – to commence racing.
On debut at Tara Raceway last Thursday was Held For Ransom, a winner at Geelong and Ballarat for Scott Brandon and now in Tracie Price’s Compton kennels.
And the son of Bernardo and Dyna Quota looked pretty good after quickly finding the front and then running away to an eight length win over Saint Kylie in the Sealeys Springworks TG1-4W Stake (305 m) in 17.49 seconds.
Interestingly, Dyna Quota gave Nicole Stanley of Portland her biggest win as a trainer when successful in the 2019 SA Distance Championship (731 m) at Angle Park.
Incidentally, on the 2016 Tara Raceway trainers’ list Stanley had finished second behind Tracie Price. The following year she topped the leader board with 111 winners prior to being runner-up in 2018 and 2019 to Price and David Peckham.
Back in the present and Compton Shelly’s all the way 6¾ length win in the Quickmix Concrete Group TG5+W Stake (400 m) in 22.91 seconds for Price was the first win as a handler for Compton Kennels 19-year-old casual worker Teliah Fabian of Mount Gambier.
Involved in greyhound racing for the past 12 months, she is now hoping down the track to become further involved by taking out a trainer’s licence.
“I’m really enjoying my time out at Tracie and Karen’s kennels, helping to prepare the feeds and especially walking the dogs out in the scrub.”
The win of Lap To Burn, who led all the way in the Trackside Pet Meats TG5+W Stake (305 m) when defeating Fernando Lee by 1¼ lengths in 17.73 seconds, was the first leg of a double for Hamilton trainer Lorraine Goodwin.
By Knocka Norris out of Strength To Wyn, Lap To Burn’s win preceded that of kennelmate Kia Keeping who scored a big win over Oregon Caldwell in the Ontrack Insider TG5+W Stake (512 m) in 29.42 seconds.
Later that night at Warrnambool, Goodwin and her son Kyle had Surprise Star engaged over 390 metres. And the son of Tommy Shelby and Princess Kiwi displayed plenty of early pace from box seven before running out a 1½ length winner in a tidy 22.11 seconds.
Then, back at Tara Raceway last Sunday, Surprise Star’s litter sister Major Queen led all the way from box one for the Goodwins when defeating Compton Stella by 1½ lengths in the Greg Martlew Autos Stake (400 m) in 23.20 seconds.
This February 2024 litter out of the unraced Princess Kiwi – a daughter of Barcia Bale and Pearl’s Legacy – has been more than handy and includes NSW-based Winsome Jet, a winner of 13 races and prize money of more than $178,000.