Month: May 2020

Wangoom trainer Mathew Wright finished fourth with hometown hero Lightning Frank in the 2018 Group 2 Warrnambool Cup. But this year, Wright is hoping ‘lightning’ strikes twice in the same place – albeit with greater accuracy. While realising he is facing the ‘big boys’ in the heats, Wright has been to the ‘top of the tree’ in the sport courtesy of Lightning Frank. “It was a huge thrill, a privilege training him… I was just the lucky one to get him,” Wright said. “I’d love to be doing it over…

Champion trainer Anthony Azzopardi had two finalists – Whiskey Riot (5th) and Myrniong And All (7th) in last year’s Group 2 Warrnambool Cup (450m) won by Dyna Patty. But this year he’s hoping Seal The Deal (pictured) and Short Pork can ultimately go several rungs higher on the Warrnambool Cup podium. Both talented speedsters are outsiders in their respective cup heat today – primarily due to the fact that Seal The Deal is pitted against Australia’s No. 1 sprinter Tiggerlong Tonk, while Short Pork faces the might of dual G1…

Bendigo track record holder Jim Zarr Dashian will attack the Warrnambool Cup heats this afternoon and trainer Jamie Ennis has made no secret of the talent the son of Kinloch Brae and Kim Zarr Dashian. “I am sure he is capable of being amongst the top three or four greyhounds in the country, but he has to draw a little bit better than what he is drawing of late,” trainer Jamie Ennis told RSN Central’s Gareth Hall. Jim Zarr Dashian has drawn box five in race six (4.01pm) and although…

Pin-up girl Crimson Vixen is a $2.20 favourite to win the opening heat of the Warrnambool Cup on Thursday at 3.22pm. The local superstar, who ran third to Dyna Patty in last year’s Warrnambool Cup, will exit Box 8 on Thursday afternoon, a draw she has had four times for four wins. Jim Zarr Dashian, fresh from breaking the 425m track record at Bendigo, is the $2.20 favourite in the third heat ahead of Shepparton Cup winner and track record holder Hard Style Rico ($2.60). Tiggerlong Tonk, arguably the number…

The Meadows will play host to yet another cracking 600m event this evening, headlined by Australian Cup winner Fernando’s Riot. Anthony Azzopardi’s 27 kilogram pocket rocket is stepping back up to middle-distance ranks for the first time since November, and he’ll take on enigmatic Group 1 winner HERE’S TEARS and the classy LUCY’S MILO, who looks favourably drawn in Box 1. There’s also plenty of intrigue around a couple of Jason Thompson’s greyhounds tonight as they look to overcome their own respective hurdles. Here’s what we can look forward to…