He's all go. They all go. The greyhounds are go, go, go
Peter Fenemor • October 16th, 2024 2:50 PM
The center of attention during Thursday’s Addington meeting will be the brilliant Lisa Cole trained chaser He’s All Go.
He takes his place in The Homekill Guys Stakes (Race 10) 525m field with the winner of 27 races from 32 starts looking ideally placed to add to his imposing record from trap-eight.
He’s All Go’s passage into the first turn appears pretty clear cut, with the noted Dave and Jean Fahey prepared railer Opawa Shirley drawn on his immediate inside.
The Cole team travels south with a number of greyhounds, giving them an opportunity to experience racing at Addington prior to next month’s rich Springston Hotel New Zealand Cup meeting.
Last Friday’s 17.33 Hatrick 305m winner Big Time Lime looks nicely placed after drawing trap-two for her 295m track debut sprint (Race 8). She has to contend with the sharp sprinter Opawa Marsh (4), who has won all nine of his 295m sprints here for the Fahey's.
The electric Fahey mentored Jerry Cola shattered the Addington 295m track record when he delivered his blinding 16.54 sprint last week. He’s lining up again on Thursday (Race 11) from the four-trap.
The Moore Law Whanganui C4/5 520m (Race 8) is the main Friday race at the Hatrick Raceway. The depth of the Lisa Cole kennels is illustrated with her accepting with all bar one runner for the event, despite having a team racing at Addington on Thursday.
Big Time Bam returns to Hatrick in a race fit and match hardened condition after his recent pair of strong Manawatu 660m wins. He has previously proven effective over the 520m trip here.
Kennelmate Russian Ahead is likely to take up an early rails position from where she can make her presence felt. Adding interest to the field is the fresh-up Big Time Joker Last season’s NZ Derby finalist has had a couple of Manawatu 457m trials to get him ready for this task.
Marcie Flipp is seeking to gatecrash the Cole team and her charge Alpha Rambo is capable of securing himself a podium position.
Big Time Zola returns from her Sunday Manukau 318m third placing and receives a kind two-trap draw in the feature Jolt Coffee House C4/5 305m sprint (Race 5). She owns the field best 17.24 305m winning time.
Space Conspiracy continues to deliver competitive 305m sprints here and similar can be expected from her in this dash.
Opawa Turn led the vain chase home behind the freewheeling Johnny Football in last week’s feature Manukau 527m event and he can go one better for his trainer Glennis Farrell in this Sunday’s Mt Wellington TAB Stakes (Race 9).
Opawa Tails was a strong 30.23 527m winner two-weeks ago and he can feature again by replicating that solid effort for his trainer Corey Steele.
Turtle Watch caught the eye with his bold fresh-up second in a C4 527m event last Sunday. (Watch the replay here) Natural improvement from that outing can see him featuring for his trainers Lisa and Tracey Craik from his handy trap-one draw.
Hunter Lou scampered through his 318m dash in a tidy 18.17 two Sunday’s ago for his trainers Ross and Lynne Udy and repeating that time can see him featuring at the sharp end of the finish in the Hewlett Electrical C4/5 318m sprint (Race 7).
Where’s Neville can be forgiven for his 318m miss last Sunday, when he became tangled up in traffic. He has drawn ideally in the ace-trap for the Craik sisters. Mad Paddy is a consistent Manukau 318m sprinter and his conditioners Jared Udy and Denise Cottam will have their charge primed to produce another competitive sprint.
Ladbrokes Million Dollar Chase - Sydney
It’s a massive evening of Friday chasing action at Sydney’s Wentworth Park, which kicks off The Everest weekend, where a million dollars awaits the connections of the winner of the Ladbrokes Million Dollar Chase (MDC).
The field for the Race 8 MDC was sensationally redrawn by order of the NSW Greyhound Welfare & Integrity Commission (GWIC).
The redraw was conducted by stewards on Wednesday morning. The original draw was held following last Saturday’s eight MDC semifinals at Wentworth Park, however concerns were raised with the GWIC in the manner that the box-draw was conducted which may have led to it being inadvertently compromised.
It’s an intriguing final field who will parade to the 520m traps, therefore, who better to ask on how the rich MDC race will likely unfold than the experienced Sky Racing’s on course presenter Dave Carlson.
“To me Explicit (7) remains as the greyhound to beat. He’s the yardstick greyhound in the field following his sensational 29.19 track debut win after making a mistake at the start last week.
“Bezzecchi moves from trap-two out into trap-eight which should be okay for him as he has good wide trap form in West Australia. He flew around here in 29.12 two-weeks ago and he can get a drag into the race from Explicit.
“Inconspicuous (5) was incredible in the way he pinged away from trap-five in his semi. He can be right in this by doing the same. I would suggest 7 – 8 – 5 are the leading chances,” advised Carlson.
Pictured: The outstanding greyhound He’s All Go who races at Addington Thursday evening in Race 10. Credit: Auckland GRC
