2019 Champion Puppy Final - Review
2019 CINDERELLA’S COMMERCIAL CLEANING GROUP CHAMPION PUPPY FINAL
Last night’s Champion Puppy final at Angle Park drew together some of the best young chasers in the state all vying for the prestigious title however it was the Ben Rawlings trained Miss Breakout who claimed the $7,995 first prize.
With plenty of early speed in the race and some run on types, the positioning to the first turn was always going to be crucial. Lauren Harris had three runners in the final in a terrific training performance and her main contender Fly For Fun from box 3 was sent out the clear favourite with most expecting him to lead. As the boxes flew open the race changed complexion immediately with Fly For Fun fairly away and strong type Miss Breakout from box 6 pinging the lids and charging towards the front. McLaren Dazzler from the inside box for Don Foster pushed up hard along the rails while Missy Crane from the outside box for Lauren Harris came across strongly to challenge. As the greyhounds left the front straight Miss Breakout assumed the lead and looked very hard to beat. Missy Crane landed in second while McLaren Dazzler, Fly For Fun, Romanowski for Lauren Harris and Dashing Dixon for Gavin Harris made a line of 4 in third spot entering the back straight. Down the back straight, Miss Breakout was in full flight being chased hard by Missy Crane and they opened up a margin back to third with Dashing Dixon getting home strongly while from a mile back Sir Truculent for Wally Harkins was warming to the task after a slow beginning. Into the front straight and Miss Breakout opened up a clear margin and was in no danger going on to win by 2.50 lengths in a slick 29.96 for the 515m journey. Missy Crane held on well for second while Dashing Dixon and Sir Truculent made plenty of late ground into third and fourth respectively only half a length away.
Miss Breakout is beautifully bred by Worm Burner out of Miss Woods and is owned and bred locally by Gino Grgurovic who was on hand to accept the winning trophy. It was terrific to have Cinderella’s Commercial Cleaning on board again as sponsor for this year’s Champion Puppy series and Managing Director Mark Ferdinands spoke glowingly about his sponsorship and was congratulatory to the winning connections. Mark also proposed to his partner Tracey earlier in the night with the race name of race 6 asking that very question and topping off an already great night, she said yes. Congratulations!
Miss Breakout has now won 4 races from her 12 career starts with 4 minor placings and prizemoney of just under $17,000.