The November Maitland Monthly Medal at Maitland Greyhounds has thrown up an interesting match-up between Chevy Bandit and Wild Walter - two sons of the champion stud dog Magic Sprite.
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The two went within a whisker of each on the clock as heat winners and progress through to the maiden final over 450 metres this Thursday.
Chevy Bandit won the first heat for Butterwick owner-trainer Jody Manuel in an impressive 25.05 seconds and there were plenty of cheers from punters who snapped up the $2 on offer.
The black dog jumped from box three and mustered good speed on the bend to power home in the straight and beat the Louise McGee-trained Mighty Ruben (25.95) by twelve and three quarter lengths.
Wild Walter was almost as impressive for Sawyers Gully trainer Terry Priest after working hard from box six in the third heat to clock 25.07s and beat the Lindsay Davis-trained Schnapskey (25.25s) by two and a half lengths.
Bula Top Shelf ran third for Jamie Saunders and also earned a spot in the final.
Shakes won the second heat for Lochinvar trainer Gary Ernst, who is probably better known as the regular lure driver at The Gardens track.
Shakes was slowly away from box one but managed to hold the rail and take the lead into the corner and hold on to beat the Christine Proctor-trained Danisie (25.54s) by three quarters of a length. The Peter Akers-trained La Montenara (25.69s) finished third to grab a spot in the final.
Good luck to all runners in this Thursday’s final, which carries an extra $1000 prizemoney thanks to the Ladbrokes jackpot for November.
Sound Advice early favourite
Sound Advice is the early favourite for the $2000-to-the-winner Maitland Supporters Club Juvenile final over 400m at Maitland on Thursday.
The Christine Proctor-trained son of El Grand Senor and Katie Oi Oi set the time standard in the second of two heats with an impressive 22.34s to beat the John Corrigan-trained Hummin Gun (22.53s) by two and a half lengths. Touche (22.57s) was third for Graeme Barnett and O’Leary (22.75s) fourth for Brian Tuft.
Cop It Sweet won the first heat in 22.68s for Jill Harper, beating the John Howson-trained Lover’s Loch (22.94s) by three and three quarter lengths. Don’t Look Now (23.00s) was third for Darren Hocroft and Code’s Here (23.61s) was fourth for Mark Davidson.
A big thank you to Maitland Supporters Club members Margaret Enright, Margaret Bright, Barbara Rees and Denise Hill for the marvellous work they do at the track each week to raise money to sponsor annual events such as this.
Afternoon tea reminder
Just a reminder that the Maitland Supporters Club, in conjunction with Maitland Greyhound Club and the NSW Greyhound Alliance, will host a thank you afternoon tea from 5pm to 6pm during the race meeting this Thursday.
It was organised to say thank you to Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison and everyone else who helped overturn the state government’s greyhound ban.
Owners, trainers, punters and supporters are invited to join in an enjoy a cuppa and something to eat.
Congratulations Jason Mackay
Congratulations to Richmond Vale trainer Jason Mackay on winning the Melbourne Cup at Sandown Park on Friday night with Ando’s Mac.
The son of El Grand Senor and Brook’s Doll picked up a cool $420,000 after leading all the way from box five and a paid a sweet $12.90 for the win.
Maitland punters got to see the champion in action back on September 1 when he beat grand campaigner La Grand Logie over 450m and since then he has clocked up nine victories to take his prizemoney to $556,386.
