It’s greyhound racing’s most exciting format – Speed Star!

Congratulations to Aston Rupee, Zipping Rambo and Five Star – winners of their respective Speed Star events!

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Speed Star – a history lesson (prior to June’s edition)
-First run in September 2015, this is the 10th edition of the Speed Star and 11th overall.
-There has been a total of 240 matches run at Sandown Park
-The record for the fastest match belongs to Dyna Patty – 28.999 – set in a consolation event in series 8. In doing so, she also became the first – and to date, only – bitch to break 29 seconds at Sandown park
-A track record set in the Speed Star would become the official track record.

Of the main series run at Sandown Park…

…over 515m
– Smart Missile holds the race record – 29.006 – set in the inaugural series
– 20 out of 36 match winners (55.6%) drew the outside box
– 25 out of 36 match winners (69.4%) led at the first split
– 25 out of 36 match winners (69.4%) of the faster qualifier won their match
– Only 2 top seeds (Smart Missile and Hooked On Scotch) have won the Speed Star
– The first four series were won by the greyhound that ran the fastest time on the final qualifying day (Aston Rupee ran the fastest time on the final qualifying day this year)
– Allen Terminator holds the first split record (5.01). He finished 7th overall
– Smart Missile’s 5.04 first split is the fastest recorded by a Speed Star winner
– Just 4 of the 11 females to qualify for the Speed Star won their match. Highly Explosive is the only female in this series
– Seona Thompson has trained three Speed Star winners over 515, her husband Jason one. Jason has Equalizer and Aston Fastnet engaged tonight
– Just 4 tote favourites have won the Speed Star
– Orson Allen holds the record for the fastest time won without winning a match – 29.222

…over 595m
– Tornado Tears holds the race record (33.668). ‘Batman’ won twice over 595m and once over 715m
– Of the 20 match races over this distance, 11 (55%) winners drew outside
– Of the 20 match races over this distance, 12 (60%) winners came from behind at the first turn
– Of the 20 match races over this distance, 16 (80%) winners were the faster qualifier
– Just 2 fastest qualifiers have run the fastest overall time (Zipping Angus and Tornado Tears)

…over 715m
– Rippin’ Sam holds the race record (41.251). He won twice over 715m
– Of the 20 match races over this distance, 11 (55%) drew the outside
– Of the 20 match races over this distance, 12 (60%) came from behind at the first split
– Of the 20 match races over this distance, 13 (65%) were the faster qualifier
– All five series have been won by the fastest qualifier

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