Greyhound guns take aim
Big four gunning for $20,000 prize
Four of Australia’s fastest greyhound gunslingers will take aim at the
$20,000 winner-takes-all Group 3 Shootout at Sandown Park this Thursday night.
Last start Group 1 Sapphire Crown winner Queen
Lauryn will lead the assault on Sandown’s riches and will be joined by fellow Queenslander Made To
Size.
Made To Size took his first Group 1 scalp in
July when he took out the Winter Carnival Cup at Albion Park. Trainer Reg Kay has kept his gun
sprinter in the holster for the past three months, but is sure to come out firing on Thursday
night.
Mantra Lad and One Tree Hill have been charged
with defending the home state from the northern raiders.
One Tree Hill is a veteran of 81 race starts
but the four year old is racing in career best form.
She used box 1 to full advantage when winning
the Group 1 Paws of Thunder, then swept from the outside box to run third in the Group 1 TAB Topgun
at The Meadows.
Mantra Lad has been a sprinting revelation
since winning the Group 1 National Distance Championship at Wentworth Park in August. He was beaten
by 1.25 lengths by One Tree Hill in the Group 1 Paws of Thunder, winning his semi final in 29.73,
and found trouble when 5
th in the Group 1 TAB Topgun.
Waiting in reserve are recent Group 2 Geelong
Cup winner Birthday Boy, and eight-time Group finalist Trew Millions.
The Group 3 Shootout will be
run at 9.35pm Thursday 13 November and will be supported by eight Schweppes Melbourne Cup Preludes.
Gates open from 6.00pm and the first race will be run at 7.09pm.
Click here
for the Shootout short form.
Click here
to see Bond break the Sandown Park track record in the 2005 Shootout.
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9.35pm $20,000 winner-takes-all G3 Shootout (515m)
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Box
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Greyhound
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Trainer
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Price
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Queen Lauryn
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Tony Brett
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$1.90
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** VACANT **
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Made To Size
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Reg Kay
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$5
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** VACANT **
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One Tree Hill
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Robert Britton
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$9
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** VACANT **
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Mantra Lad
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Graeme Jose
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$2.50
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** VACANT **
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Birthday Boy (1st Res)
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Stephen Elsum
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Trew Millions (2nd Res)
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Tina Womann
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Lenny de Lure selects: 1. Queen Lauryn, 2. Mantra Lad, 3. Made To
Size
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Last updated Monday 10 November 2008
