As far as the locally-based Tara Tipsters “Chasing for Charity” initiative was concerned there had been a bit riding on last Friday night’s Premier’s Cup (730 m), one of the feature races on Adelaide Cup night at Angle Park.

Adelaide trainer Tim Aloisi, one of the Tara Tipsters, was the winner of the recently-completed tipping series which had supported 22-month-old Mia Powell, diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease, a rare genetic disorder that affects the nervous system and has no cure.

Aloisi had also pledged $1 for every point he scored in the series. In the end this equated to something like $450.

He also had his outstanding stayer Zipping Neutron engaged in the Premier’s Cup. And he had pledged an extra $1000 to the Mia Powell fund if his greyhound won the $10,000-to-the-winner first prize.

A winner of 14 of his past 16 starts, including a track record 42.73 seconds over 732 metres at Tara Raceway on July 23, his main danger looked to be top Victorian stayer Moraine Suzie whose stake earnings were nearing $300,000.

In the end, though, Zipping Neutron led all the way, eventually defeating Moraine Suzie, owned at Koroit by Peter Byrne, by three-quarters of a length in 42.87 seconds.

Aloisi was as good as his word. It took only 1½ hours for the $1000 to be added to the fund.

“I certainly wish the family and the little girl all the best,” he said.

Toolong owner-trainer Phil Lenehan’s Lektra Rhino won the Mia Powell Tara Tipsters Cup (512 m) which preceded a presentation to Mia’s parents, Sarah Hutchesson-Webb and Jake Powell.

And Lenehan also extended his best to the family as they continue to make little Mia’s life as comfortable as possible.