Isaac Murphy THERE could be no more appropriate winner of the Past Members Trophy than the flying Spring Cleo for Pauline Byers. Not only did the bitch extend her winning streak to seven but did so in a race that remembers late members of the club who made lasting contributions. Arguably no-one left a bigger imprint on the club than the late Col Byers who would have been smiling from above as his wife s greyhound of the year frontrunner did it again. The win was Spring Cleo s 10th of the year. With her ability to bounce between the four and five hundred metre trips in top grade, who knows what she could tally by the end of the year.
Isaac Murphy NORTHERN Rivers trainer Andrew Monaghan rugged up Red Pollard for last Saturday s Ipswich Auction Sprint Series semi-final fully expecting to run a place behind an odds-on favourite. In just 25.16 seconds later, the promising youngster bolted in by three lengths. While Monaghan is keen to claim the underdog tag again this week, the run puts him on everyone s radar ahead of Saturday s final. The son of Barcia Bale has enjoyed a brilliant start to his career. Three wins at Ipswich and two closer to home at Lismore gives him a five from seven strike rate. Monaghan is keen to see what the dog can do when he fully matures.
TRAINER Matt Heilbronn s Open My Mail is the definition of a chaser in form. The three and a half year old has been more than serviceable over his 60 plus start career. He has found a new level in the past month, winning four of his last five at varying venues. Off the back of a pair of Thursday night 500 metre wins and a short course triumph, Heilbronn brought him to a tough fourth/fifth grade 431 metre event last Saturday. The dog is not known for his box manners but has a powerful burst down the back. On the way home, he needed every bit of it as he can rattling four wide on the home turn to run over the top of them.