Another treble for Hamilton team

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Another treble for Hamilton team

First it was Penny Drop, Nearly Irish and Time To Burn who strung together a treble at Tara Raceway for Hamilton trainer Kyle Goodwin back on August 11.


And then at Tara Raceway’s time-graded meeting last Thursday it was Goodwin’s mother, Lorraine, who trained three winners – Pace To Burn, JaJa Ding Dong and Blue To Burn.


Pace To Burn, a son of Fernando Bale and Sublime News, settled in third spot in the Metal Worx TG5+W Stake (400 metres) before railing through off the back to take the lead from Mocambora Mia and run out a three length winner in 23.72 seconds.


Also bred and owned by Goodwin, the white and black dog boasts a strong staying dam line and is now an eight-race winner.


JaJa Ding Dong, the quicker of the two Fast Forward 1-4 wins series (400 m) heats, is through to the Category 2 prize money final at this Thursday’s meeting.


The daughter of Beast Unleashed and Storm To Burn found herself in second spot behind Sophie’s Beast before finishing well and holding out Eskimo Ruby to win by three-quarters of a length in 23.45 seconds.


Litter sister Blue To Burn brought up the treble in the Icon Signs TG1-4W Stake (400 m) when settling in second spot before taking the lead turning for home and running out a four length winner over Handy Malone in 23.35 seconds.


Complementing the treble was son Kyle’s win with Penny Drop, the daughter of Fernando Bale and All Dolled Up winning her first race since the end of August after finding the front going out of the first turn.


From then on, the black bitch was never headed in the Klaassens Contractors TG5+W Stake (512 m), eventually having 3¼ lengths to spare over Cadillac Patch when bringing up her sixth win at the track in a handy 30.17 seconds.


Another good day for the mother and son team who collectively have now trained 64 winners this year at Tara Raceway – Lorraine 40 and Kyle 24.


And more busy times look to be ahead for the Goodwins following the recent mating of Princess Kiwi with Aussie Infrared – due to whelp next month.


Among Princess Kiwi’s earlier litter by Fernando Bale is NSW chaser Ferness who has won 10 races and more than $115,000 in prize money while the Goodwins have won 10 races with Kiwi To Burn at Tara Raceway.


They are also holding out high hopes for their February 2024 Princess Kiwi litter of 10 dogs and two bitches by Tommy Shelby.


Halliday chasing a second memorial win


It’s now two years since Portland owner-trainer Robert Halliday was successful with Compton Robbie in the Peter Whitehead Memorial Maiden (400 metres) at the Mount Gambier Greyhound Racing Club’s Christmas meeting at Tara Raceway.


As it turned out Halliday was unable to make the trip over but fellow Portland owner-trainer Brian Weis handled the job with aplomb and delivered the trophy safely back to Portland.


Halliday was back at Tara Raceway last Sunday for this year’s heats of the Whitehead Memorial – this time with a couple of well-bred first-starter brindle dogs by Flying Ricciardo out of Miami Fernando’s third litter.


Actually, categorising the pair as simply well-bred is possibly selling them short. After all, her first litter, by Zambora Brockie, produced Amron Boy, a winner of 22 races and $674,000 in prize money.


And the second, by Feral Franky, includes Boracay Storm, winner of this year’s Group 2 Bendigo Cup (425 metres).


Purchased as pups, the brindle dogs found their way to Halliday’s property where they were reared and later broken-in by the long-time trainer and educator with assistance, once again, from Weis.


Now racing as Way Cool and High Cube, the former lined up from box four in the first heat of the memorial and did not lose too many friends when working home well to be beaten by David Peckham’s Aston Jimena by two lengths in 23.11 seconds.


Always on the pace in the second heat, High Cube grabbed a rails run off the back before going on to a two length win over Hey You Guys in 23.20 seconds.


The Peter Whitehead Memorial Maiden final will be part of the Williams Crane Hire Christmas Cup meeting at Tara Raceway this Sunday. All distances will be catered for, ranging from 305 metres to 732 metres.

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