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Waikato Greyhound Racing Club

Cambridge Raceway ON THURSDAY 12 Sep 2013

Weather: Raining
Track: Dead After a fair amount of heavy rain the track stood up to the conditions very well ,Curator for the day Mr P Henley did a very good job in trying to keep the track in a good racing condition . All other equipment worked well during the meeting .
Scales: Correct at all weights
Health and Safety comment: Nil

Judicial report: SHEZA FOOLING completed a satisfactory trial ( rule 81 ) over 318 m at the Auckland GRC trials on the 11-9-2013
The meeting was run in very wet and trying conditions with all handlers and Staff doing an excellent job throughout the programme

Incident Reports

Race Number	Race Name	Incident Report
Race 1	Palamountains Nutrition Sprint - C1 - 375	LE ROUX was hampered and held up between runners as the field raced to the first turn . LE ROUX and YAMBLA FLYER were checked and fell soon after the line ,they quickly regained their footing to finish on to the lure . Both dogs were checked by the vet on returning to the kennel block with no injuries found .
Race 2	GAP Kennels @ Karapiro Sprint - C2 - 375	Nearing the home turn OPAWA JOHNNY and STUNT DOUBLE came together jostling for a couple of strides ,with STUNT DOUBLE becoming unbalanced for a couple of strides losing a few lengths , OPAWA JOHNNY recovered well to finish in to 3rd placing at the line .
Race 3	Affordable Pet Accessories Stakes - C0 - 457	Soon after the start MINNIE FOR MUM ran in to ERANA'S GIRL checking this runner , soon after ERANA'S GIRL was checked again as TENNESSE AVE raced across bumping her , ERENA'S GIRL lost ground back to the rear running on late in the home straight finishing in the bunch at the line . Racing in to the first bend WORTH A CRACK caught the heels of TENNESSE AVE with both runners losing ground .
Race 4	Sergio @ Stud Stakes - C2 - 457	A stride or so out of the boxes QUEEN COBRA , GHOST WRITER ( fav ) and ANOTHER BURST all collided this was compounded by BEAU RIVAGE cutting inwards forcing COAL SACK in to ANOTHER BURST all these runners were checked at this point . Racing on to the bend QUEEN COBRA caught the heels of KING'S LEGACY as this runner crossed down to the rail ,QUEEN COBRA stumbled slightly at this point losing ground and was a clear last in the running there after QUEEN COBRA was referred to the vet for assessment where no abnormalities were found .
Race 5	0800 4 Down Cow Stakes - C1 - 457	OTEWA BELLA was near the lead in the run to the first turn ,she was hampered as TAYLA ROSE was bumped going in on to the heels of OTEWA BELLA who was unbalanced slightly at this point Racing on to the top bend TAYLA ROSE and OUR BERNIE came together jostling for a couple of strides .
Race 6	The Clubhouse Sports Bar Sprint - C4 - 375	Racing in to the first turn MAHONIE was forced back as LOCHINVAR ONYX crossed to the rail ,MAHONIE lost ground back to the rear and was unable to improve there after . TARAPUNGA raced widest in to and around the bend in to the home straight ,covering a fair amount of extra ground with him running in to 4th placing at the line ground
Race 7	YGOT Bonus Scheme Sprint - C3 - 375	UTAH BOLT dwelt for a stride at the start ,he was quickly in to stride attempting to make ground between PENO BOY and JACK'S FIRST as the field raced on to the bend , UTAH BOLT was severely tightened between these runners and fell with PENO BOY being checked at this point losing several lengths . STAT ME UP ran widest around the bend and in to the home straight finishing close up in 2nd placing at the line . UTAH BOLT quickly recovered his footing to finish on to the lure a distance behind the rest of the field and was referred to the vet for assessment where no abnormalities were found .
Race 8	Fond Foods LTD Stakes - C3 - 457	From the jump FASTBACK KING angled outwards as LOCHINVAR BRANDO came in resulting in BIG BOLT being tightened and checked back to the rear ,FASTBACK KING almost lost his footing in behind at this point ,he recovered well to head towards the lead ,soon after racing to the first turn MONTY DOSH and NEWTON WILLOW came together jostling with MONTY DOSH being pushed out in to the hindquarters of FASTBACK KING with LOCHINVAR BRANDO catching the outside hind of FASTBACK KING as he raced past . After being checked at the start BIG BOLT made good ground along the inside to get in to a handy position with the effort telling in the latter part of the race where he weakened back out to the rear at the line FASTBACK KING became unbalanced for a couple of strides losing several lengths ,he ran on well for 3rd placing at the line .
Race 9	Sergio @ Stud Sprint - C5 - 375	From the jump STELLAR FORCE cut across the face of the field with VERSATILITY ,THIS IS SWIP and EXPLOSIVE OSTI colliding in behind her . Racing in to the first turn REAL VAIN and EXPLOSIVE OSTI came together for several strides ,further out AGENT VAN ALDEN was shunted out wide when bumped by VERSATILITY . Racing around the top bend THRILLING EDGE ran up on the back of COSMIC PEARL ,soon after THIS IS SWIP ran on to the back of VERSATILITY ,THIS IS SWIP ran out sharply to avoid the heels of EXPLOSIVE OSTI shunting THRILLING EDGE very wide as they raced to the home turn ,these runners lost a lot of ground and were unable to get back in to contention .
Race 10	Stitches Upholstery Waterloo Cup Heat - C5 - 457	This heat of the Waterloo cup was run in pouring rain with the winner PIGGY BACK clearing out from the rest of the field for a easy win Soon after the start MOULIN BLUE crossed over the face of THRILLING HAVOC catching this dogs shoulder ,racing in to the first turn SUPERIOR IZMIR came across tightening THRILLING BUTCHA over on to MOULIN BLUE and SPITFIRE OSTI all these runners lost ground and momentum . Nearing the home turn THRILLING BUTCHA was checked again as he ran on to the heels of SUPERIOR IZMIR and running wide . THRILLING HAVOC after losing ground in the early stages made good ground towards the home turn finishing in 3rd placing at the line .
Race 11	Te Awamutu Self Storage Sprint - C5 - 375	HAJIME from box 5 began very awkwardly almost knuckling over losing about 7 lengths ,he made very good ground along the inner to get in to midfield approaching the home turn ,with the effort telling later in the run home finishing in 5th placing at the line . Racing on to the bend KIWI GIRL, CAWBOURNE HENRY , LORD WILL and GRIZZ all struck trouble coming together losing momentum for a couple of strides .
Race 12	All Sew Embroidery Stakes - C4/5 - 457	Racing down to the first turn LOCHINVAR SONIC and ZAGATO jostled for a few strides ,they were soon tightened as BORNATO came across forcing OSTIS EXPERIENCE back on to them ,LOCHINVAR SONIC and ZAGATO lost ground at this point . Nearing the home turn LOCHINVAR VINCINI and BORNATO bumped a couple of times when well back .

Scratchings

Stand Downs

Swabbings

Race Number	Race Name	Swabbing
Race 1	Palamountains Nutrition Sprint - C1 - 375	Ibiza Fling Swab No: Post race
Race 5	0800 4 Down Cow Stakes - C1 - 457	Blitzing Mayhem Swab No: post race
Race 6	The Clubhouse Sports Bar Sprint - C4 - 375	Cosmic Mack Swab No: Post race
Race 9	Sergio @ Stud Sprint - C5 - 375	Stellar Force Swab No: Post race
Race 10	Stitches Upholstery Waterloo Cup Heat - C5 - 457	Piggy Back Swab No: Post race

M Austin W Robinson

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