2018 Kate's A Scandal Xmas Sprint - Review
The 2018 Kate’s A Scandal Xmas Sprint was run last night at Angle Park in front of a good crowd and they saw another outstanding performance by Fabwik who continued on her merry way during the festive season.
Trained by Kirin Corby she was shooting for back to back feature wins after taking out the Doug Payne SA Bred Feature two weeks and her sixth win in a row.
It was a cracking 6 dog field that greeted the starter with Larrikin Locky for Lisa Rasmussen exploding out of the boxes to lead early from box 4. Fabwik was crossed in box 2 but quickly moved up on the outside at the winning post on the first occasion. Cawbourne Swade also for Lisa Rasmussen began well from box 1 and was pushing up on the inside. Star sprinting kennel mates Nations and Honcho Monelli for Tony Rasmussen both were slow away while Cairnlea Strider for Petar Jovanovic found trouble early from his wide box.
Down the back straight and Fabwik had quickly run to the front and started to stretch away from her rivals. Larrikin Locky was battling away solidly in second while Cawbourne Swade was starting to make ground. Honcho Monelli was also starting to motor home from a long way back. Turning for home Fabwik was in no danger going on to win by almost 3 lengths in a blistering 29.66 with splits of 4.47 and 16.89. She defeated Cawbourne Swade and Honcho Monelli who flashed home late for third.
The daughter of Fabregas and Wikena now has the impressive career record of 20 wins from 35 starts and 9 placings with earnings nearing $60,000.
The race is named in honor of one of the best sprinters ever to come from South Australia. Kate’s A Scandal was owned by Gayle Brown and trained by Howard Gray and in 1981 she was considered the best sprinter in the country. She won 15 consecutive metropolitan races which at the time broke a 30 year record culminating in the 1981 National Sprint Championship held at Olympic Park in Victoria. Injury plagued throughout her career she retired in late 1981 with the impressive record of 18 wins and 6 placings from just 33 starts. Kate’s A Scandal was also named Greyhound of the Year that year.