Mount Gambier Greyhound Racing Club

Tara Raceway, Lake Terrace East, Mount Gambier, SA

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13: Nominations closed. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 (Time-Graded): Nominations close at 9 a.m. (SA time) on Monday, October 14 with GRSA. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20: Nominations close at 9 a.m. (SA time) on Tuesday, October 15 with GRSA.

 

WEDNESDAY (9.30) AND SATURDAY (9.00) TRIAL MORNINGS/FOUR-DOG PUPPY TRIALS: For bookings please contact Tim Manterfield (0400 269 765) before 4 p.m. on the day prior. SATISFACTORY TRIALS: For bookings please contact Barry Shepheard. CLUB MANAGER: Mark Dwyer 0419 863 762.

CATCHERS AVAILABLE: Trainers are advised that Zari and Bayle Newman, when in attendance at race meetings, will be available for catching duties.

FAST FORWARD FINAL (400 metres), THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 (not in box order): 1st Rusty Wheels 23.47, 2nd Saint Finnie 23.59, 3rd Laura’s Scotch 23.65, 4th My Girl Kellie 23.71, 5th Starvin’ Marvin 23.94, 1st Turning Oak 23.95, 2nd Popcorn Ira 24.04, 3rd Lorelle Soldier 24.21. Reserves: 6th Redemption Rock 24.24, 4th Hotfoot Lump 24.25.

SUNDAY’S TRACKSIDE PET MEATS FREE PICK 6 JACKPOT (Races 3 to 8): $500.

SUNDAY SELECTIONS:
Race 1 – 3 Amendola, 1 Aston Hornet, 7 Sher Zany
Race 2 – 4 Sean’s Matilda, 1 Bali Unleashed, 5 My Girl Nahlah
Race 3 – 5 Winslow Wish, 8 Billy Bronco, 4 Compton Copy
Race 4 – 2 Mooball, 5 Manner Of Strife, 1 Mish Chanel
Race 5 – 3 Cadillac Ragtop, 8 Compton Lass, 2 My Boy Josh
Race 6 – 5 Wild Milly, 1 Cadillac Belle, 7 Aminah
Race 7 – 5 Minnie’s My Mum, 4 Sudoku Jaxon, 6 Mysterious Minds
Race 8 – 2 Wilder, 1 Mister Cadillac, 3 Shore’s Pick
Race 9 – 8 Loads Of Money, 7 Compton Daisy, 2 Magic Tom
Race 10 – 6 Croatian Comet, 8 Moonlight Annie, 2 Aston Botan
Race 11 – 4 Ricki’s Burner, 1 Yadillah Brave, 8 Flax Mill
Race 12 – 7 Paw Some Storm, 4 Mr. Anderson, 1 Velocity Lotus
 

A day of Drew domination

Making the trip over to Mount Gambier for last Sunday’s meeting at Tara Raceway was Dennington-based Aimee Drew – with first starter Winslow Wish and several greyhounds in brother Dustin’s name.

Initially she also had Aston Ciarra sitting up in box one in the first race, Todd’s Photographics Maiden Stake over 512 metres. On the reserve bench were Aston Botan, trained by Dustin, and Rosalyn Hume’s Super Sequin.

But after Aston Ciarra was scratched due to injury it had been a case of Aston Botan taking his place in box one. No draw required here for the coveted alley given that Super Sequin had raced the previous night at Horsham.

Aimee Drew pictured with Aston Botan after his 14 length win in the Todd’s Photographics Maiden Stake (512 m) at Tara Raceway last Sunday.

Aston Botan went into the race on the back of four race starts for one third at Warrnambool. The son of Fernando Bale and Aston Mirage also went into the race as a very short $1.33 favourite – over the odds as it turned out.

And the result was certainly never in any doubt after the brindle dog recorded a 14 length win over My Girl Nahlah in a quick maiden time of 29.98 seconds.

Winslow Wish had little luck when running fourth in the Greg Martlew Autos Maiden Stake (305 m) which was won by Jaja Ding Dong – named after the song from the 2020 Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – and trained by the in-form Lorraine Goodwin of Hamilton.

The Drew family wrapped up their day with a double after another very short favourite in Aston Hornet turned in an outstanding effort in the Winning Post Supplies Mixed Stake (600 m).

Finding the front going out of the home straight the first time, the son of Fernando Bale and Aston Crystal – a Meadows winner in July – never looked like losing when defeating Moonlight Annie by 6½ lengths in a quick 34.95 seconds.

And Goodwin was back among the winners again in race 12, the Federal Hotel Mixed Stake (512 m), when Starlight Jewel led all the way and defeated a determined Saint Raine by 1½ lengths in a personal best time of 29.79 seconds.

Meanwhile, taking in racing at Tara Raceway for the first time were Tasmanian greyhound followers Neil Brazendale of Bruny Island and Mark Cartledge of Launceston.

“We’re over here for the Adelaide Cup Carnival at Angle Park,” said Brazendale. “We’re regular visitors to the Cup and with Mount Gambier the only greyhound track we hadn’t attended in SA we decided to come and check it out.

“I have to say, this is a really nice set-up you have here and we’re certainly glad we took the time to come down and see it for ourselves.”

Classmates catch up at Tara Raceway

Among the 21 senior track maintenance staff attending last week’s first of 18 modules of a Certificate III in Racing Services course at Sandown Park in Victoria were Tim Manterfield of the Mount Gambier Greyhound Racing Club and Aaron Blake of Bendigo.

And the pair, looking resplendent in their bright red Sandown Park caps which came with the course, caught up again at last Sunday’s Tara Raceway meeting in Mount Gambier.

Certificate III in Racing Services classmates Tim Manterfield (left) and Aaron Blake of Bendigo caught up at Tara Raceway last Sunday.

Manterfield was driving the lure for the 12-race program while Blake, assistant curator for more than seven years at the Bendigo Greyhound Racing Club, also trains greyhounds and had My Girl Nahlah, Tenten, Black Jester and My Girl Kellie engaged.

The first of the modules covered the handling of greyhounds and first aid procedures. The next module will concentrate on communication. All told, four forums will be conducted in Victoria over the next 12 months.

Other topics to be covered in the modules include operation of specialised machinery and equipment, tractor operation, maintaining track surfaces for racing, relating animal welfare to track and environmental conditions, providing emergency animal assistance and workplace safety.

Manterfield said the course attendees, who are from all over Australia, also spend an hour a week online working through course booklets.

“This is the second year of the course and it’s covering all aspects of greyhound racing,” he said. “I believe this is a really good concept and by the time the course has been completed we will have a much broader knowledge of greyhound racing.”

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