Captain Abbott, who runs Cadillac Racing at Edenhope in partnership with Kerry Hawker, looks likely to take on the heats of Sunday week’s Exchange Printers Anniversary Cup (512 metres) with Top Cadillac.
This follows the run of the black son of Feral Franky and Establish in last Sunday’s Commercial Hotel Stake (600 m) which saw him rail through on Zipping Shakira down the back and defeat her by two lengths in a quick 34.88 seconds.
“Recently, he did trial very quickly here over 512 metres so I’m more inclined to lean towards the Anniversary Cup in preference to stepping him up in distance for the first time over 732 metres in the Eric Lewis Memorial,” Abbott said.
And the long-time trainer has previously tasted Anniversary Cup success with White Arrow who he has long touted as his best-ever greyhound.
By Tinas Jo out of Cape Arrow, the Abbott-bred white and fawn bitch won 25 races and close to $60,000 in prize money. She defeated Cryer’s Midget, later a prolific producer at Mount Gambier, by a length in the 2012 Anniversary Cup.
White Arrow had also been a finalist the year prior in the cup won by the Richard Clayfield trained Glenville Maggie.
Meanwhile, Redshift Uniform, sold to Tony Mallia of WA a couple of months ago after the wheels fell of distance racing in SA, is back with former trainer Jason Newman of Moorak.
“Unfortunately she wasn’t firing a shot on the WA tracks and Tony got in touch to see if I would be interested training her back in SA,” Newman said.
A pipe-opener at last week’s time-graded meeting over 512 metres in which she ran third was followed up with a run in last Sunday’s Exchange Printers Open Stake over 732 metres. Only four runners but a smart field all the same.
And Redshift Uniform obviously enjoyed being back in Mount Gambier when leading all the way to defeat Osprey Diva by a length for her 13th win from 17 starts at the track and distance in 43.70 seconds.
Never one to die wondering, Newman said the daughter of Barcia Bale and Taylor Made Star would now be set for the Eric Lewis Memorial (732 m) on Anniversary Cup final day on July 21.