Two of greyhound racing’s all time greatest sprinters will go head to head one last time tonight.
Fernando Bale and Dyna Double – the two highest prize money earners in the history of the sport with over $2.5m between them – are finalists for the 2015/16 Victorian Sprinter of the Year as well as Victorian Greyhound of the Year.
The pair met on the track on eight occasions, with Fernando Bale winning their first seven encounters before Dyna Double One finally bested his famous kennel mate when it mattered most, the final of the 2015 TAB Melbourne Cup. The race has gone down as one of the greatest ever run.
Dyna Double One nabs Fernando Bale in one of the greatest races ever staged
The Victorian Sprinter of the Year is one of many awards that will be announced at a gala event at Sandown Park on Friday 19 August. Click here for more about the Victorian Greyhound Awards.
DYNA DOUBLE ONE
2015/16 Record: 50 starts – 27 wins, nine seconds, six thirds
Group Wins: G1 Rookie Rebel, G1 Australian Cup, G1 Brisbane Cup, G1 Melbourne Cup, G3 Perth Cup Consolation.
Group Finalist: G1 Hobart Thousand (6th), G2 Shootout (2nd), G1 Topgun (3rd), G3 South Australian Derby (4th), G3 Puppy Classic (3rd), G1 Maturity Classic (2nd), G1 Brisbane Winter Cup (2nd), G1 Peter Mosman Classic (2nd), G2 Cannington Derby (2nd), G1 Golden Easter Egg (5th), G1 Silver Chief (3rd).
FERNANDO BALE
2015/16 Record: 40 starts – 33 wins, three seconds, two thirds
Group Wins: G1 Sky Racing Topgun, G1 Adelaide Cup, G2 Traralgon Cup, G1 National Sprint Championship, G1 Hudson Pacific Maturity Classic, G2 Bendigo Cup, G1 Peter Mosman Classic, G3 Bill Collins Memorial, G1 Harrison-Dawson Final, G1 Golden Easter Egg, G1 National Derby
Group Finalist: G2 Ballarat Cup (5th) and G1 TAB Melbourne Cup (2nd)
