Alpha Canis at the Greyhound Sweepstakes

Posted on August 23, 2015 by levi

Judge John Bryson asks Peter for a faster second run. If his knees will hold up.

ALPHA CANIS at the EKKA 2015
On Sunday the 9th August we attended the Greyhound Sweepstakes at the Brisbane EKKA with our dog Bogan Beautiful (Foxy). WOW what an eye opener. There must have been 60 – 70 greyhounds of all shapes and sizes in attendance for the competition, and I must say that everyone must be congratulated on the way in which they engaged the public, answered questions and allowed the public to pet the dogs and have photos taken with children.

The Novice handlers get a run down on do’s and don’ts for showing their hound.

The competition was friendly with most exhibitors being nervous novices like myself, but we were given pointers and several practice sessions to try to help settle those nerves. The judging was conducted in a professional manner with great commentary by John Brasch extolling the virtues of this great breed of dog and advising the public where they can attend race meetings; become involved with these wonderful dogs, either as race or pet dogs through the GAP program.

The winner of the Best Dog & Best of Breed went to exhibitor Sid Goodwin and his well bred dog Master Corsair. Master Corsair is the son of Dashing Corsair winner of the 2009 sprint championship and 2011 Distance championship and winner of a total of $455 ooo in prize money.

Congratulations to Racing Queensland and all those that assisted in the success of the event, including the GAP display; our Judge John Bryson for his professionalism and knowledge that he bought to the event, and finally to the participants and the winners. Well done.

Referred to as the tiger dog by kids a tired Foxy is ready to go home.

Finally, what a great place to socialise and expose young dogs to noise and large crowds. Hopefully we will be back next year with a bigger team. If you would like to know more about this great event you can visit the Greyhound Sweepstakes page here

All the Best,

Peter Brown

Lismore GBOTA Greyhound of the Month

Posted on August 3, 2015 by levi

July dog of the month is Mincin’ Machine for trainer Pat Lavis; Mincin’ Machine recorded 2 wins and a second from four starts to claim the title. The black dog recorded a strong win at Grafton over the 407 m in 22.84 which saw him start favourite in the Village Green Sprint over the carnival. Unfortunately interference when moving up strongly to the leaders saw him finish last. Pat then started Mincin’ Machine at Ipswich recording a good win over 431 m in the time of 25.06 leading for most of the journey. His final start for the month was at Albion Park on 30.7.15 where he was run down in the shadows of the post to finish second to Serene Star over 520 m.

It has been a great couple of months for Pat who has claimed consecutive monthly awards with the litter brothers Western Dave and Mincin’ Machine. Congratulations to Pat Lavis and his team, he picks up another bag of TRACK & TRAIN kibble for his efforts.

Grafton July Carnival Highlights

Posted on July 9, 2015 by levi

Westlawn Finance Stayers Cup 610m

Taken out by the talented young stayer Black Audit trained by local trainer Maxine Gleeson and owned by Peter Gleeson. Black Audit won by the narrow margin of a head in the time of 35.23. Kidatee Croc and Karma Connie filled the minors.

Village Green Hotel Sprint Final 407m

Charlie Sprite, the youngest greyhound in the final took home the $7,000 first prize money winning by 3.25 lengths from Sudoko Rebel with a further .25 lengths to City Breeze. This was a great achievement by owner trainer Ryan Newstead of Yorklea. Ryan is pictured with Warren Kempshall representing the Village Green Hotel and the Master of Ceremonies.

Taylor Family & Clarence Valley Sheds Maiden Final 407m

The Barcia Bale – Simply Skoda youngster, Simply Roadster proved to strong for his more fancied rivals to take home the $14,000 purse. He jumped straight to the lead and defied the opposition to run him down winning by 2.75 lengths in 22.90. Nangar Star finished second with Bralyn Bauple running third a further 2.25 lengths back. Simply Roadster is trained by Peter Rodgers from Freemans Reach for owner Patricia Breen.

Ab Casey Memorial Final 407m

Fleetwood Kid for Frank Cini of Mannering Park repeated his heat win from box 8 in 23.11. In a roughly run affair Fleetwood Kid avoided interference by being in front. Finishing second 9 lengths adrift was Ore De Khan with 2 lengths to Nangar Doll.

Lismore GBOTA Greyhound of the Month

Posted on July 6, 2015 by levi

Greyhound of the month goes to the ultra consistent Western Dave. The black March 2013 dog started each consecutive week during the month and produced two wins over each distance of 520m and 420m. He ran BON on two occasions stopping the clock at 30.26 for the 520 and 24.08 for 420 sprint. The Bralyn County – Kingsbrae Sam dog has to date recorded 12 wins and 10 placings from 34 starts for an earn of over $22,000 in prize money. Congratulations to trainer Pat Lavis on his success with Dave. Pat picks up a bag of TRACK & TRAIN for Western Dave’s efforts last month.

Capalaba Young Guns Final Winner

Posted on June 23, 2015 by levi

Congratulations to John Catton for taking out the final of the 2015 Capalaba Young Guns race series with his dog Upper Class Lad. Over the last couple of weeks John’s dog has shown great form chalking up successive wins at Albion Park and Capalaba.

Lismore/Casino GBOTA Dog of the Month

Posted on June 2, 2015 by levi

Winner of dog of the month is Ede Hancock from Springrove and her well performed bitch Lady Abigail. The white and Black daughter of Where’s Pedro and Pretty Malaika has the enviable record of 16 starts, 7 wins, 2 seconds and 5 thirds. Congratulations Ede, may there be many more wins in store. Ede wins a bag of Track & Train.

Beef Week Cup

Posted on June 2, 2015 by levi

Beef Week Cup 29/05/15

A strong front running display landed the Beef Week Cup for trainer Cary Grant at Casino yesterday. Minnie Jayda jumped quickly from the outside box managing to avoid the scrimmaging closer to the rails and led clearly around the corner. Mincin’ Machine cleared the pack and made a bold charge for the prize but Minnie Jayda held him out by 1.25 lengths in 27.77sec. Swift Phantom trained by Marilyn Swift filled the minors.

Congratulations to Cary Grant from Chinderah on his training achievement and Minnie Jayda who added $4,000.00 to the kitty. Cary also received a gold cup and a bag of Track & Train kibble for winning one of Casino Greyhound Clubs feature races.

Earlier in the program Stonebrook trained by Pat Lavis covered the 411 distance in 23.49 (BON) winning by 5.5 lengths with Celtic Coleen and White Pony filling the minor placings.

On Wednesday at Grafton the Sonia Kempshall trained Slick Jappa skipped over the 407 mt distance in 23.27 (BON). All but bad luck will prevent Sonia from being trainer of the year at Grafton and Slick Jappa taking out dog of the year.

Track & Train continues to supply winners every week.