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IT'S not easy taking the favourite tag into a group series. However, Leanne and Graham Hall's exciting youngster Extra Malt has done so with aplomb on her way to Saturday's Group Three Ipswich Auction Final where she's poised to give the couple the biggest win of their careers to date. Graham Hall said the couple couldn't be prouder of Paw Licking/It Gets Better bitch who they bred themselves and now only has seven other chances between her and the $40,000 crown. However, there was plenty to work on after she bombed the start only to win in the last stride in her heat and semi.

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 ...