2016 Champion Puppy Box Draw
2016 CHAMPION PUPPY – BOX DRAW
Two exciting heats were conducted last night at Angle Park where the first four from each race qualified for next week’s 2016 Champion Puppy final.
The first heat was taken out by the Tony Rasmussen trained Rockstar Swirl who had a great battle with Hairy Hairdreser before before gunning her down in the shadows of the post. Rockstar Swirl ran a handy 30.35 for the 515m journey in winning by ½ a length from Hairy Hairdreser who had led most of the way. Optic Blast rattled home into third after bombing the start and will need to improve his box manners in next weeks final.
In the second heat again Tony Rasmussen was successful with his highly promising chaser, Rockstar Lisa who was able to show brilliant early speed and lead throughout in a slick 29.88. She is now clear favourite for next weeks final after drawing box 3 in the final. She defeated both Sketchy Gun and Harbison Miss who raced handy to the lead for most of the race and battled on well.
The box draw for the 2016 Champion Puppy final was conducted on track last night:
1. Hairy Hairdreser Ken Newlyn
2. Harbison Miss Aart Verhoef
3. Rockstar Lisa Tony Rasmussen
4. Lightning Lola John Mundy
5. Sketchy Gun Tyson Bradley
6. Optic Blast Aart Verhoef
7. Bekalia’s Girl Martin Doyle
8. Rockstar Swirl Tony Rasmussen
9. Bangor Springs (res) Ray Burgess
10. Peregrine Strike (res) Martin Doyle
The $8,565 Champion Puppy final will be run Thursday night 4th August. The race is listed to jump at 9.16pm (SA time) and will be race 8 on the program with full coverage on Sky Racing 1.