Came And Went Makes a Statement
One of South Australia’s top sprinters lined up in race six at Gawler Greyhounds on Sunday night. The Troy Murray trained Came And Went gained a start from box one in that particular race over 531 meters. He was the short priced favourite at a price of $1.07 which was based off his recent form. Heading into Sunday night’s race Came And Went was a recent winner at Angle Park over 530 meters where he ran a time of 30.05 which is the second fastest time recorded over that distance at Angle Park. A few weeks prior to that he ran 22.42 over the shorter distance of 400 meters at Gawler which is absolutely flying. He looked set to run a very quick time on Sunday from box one and he did exactly that. He would lead all of the way to run a time of 30.43. It’s very rare to see a greyhound run that quick around the Gawler track. Trainer Troy Murray and his team have done a great job to get this greyhound back to career best form.
Other impressive performances on the night included the creatively named On The Tequila’s win who is trained by Lewiston trainer Robyn Mackellar. Sunday night was On The Tequila’s Ninth start and her third career win. She ran a personal best time of 30.91 which was a massive improvement on her previous personal best of 31.65. She wasn’t the best away at the jump but she showed great strength to dominate the concluding stages of the race. She is definitely a youngster to keep an eye on.
Another highlight was Blaze Maker winning over the shorter distance of 400 meters in race seven for Riverland trainer Don Gordon. Her recent had been consistent enough to suggest she was good enough to win this race and that’s exactly what she did. She led all of the way from box six and ran a time of 22.65 which was a new personal best for her.
Popular trainer Paul Fagan had a big night out on Sunday when he scored a double. He would take out race two with his first starter Trip Hazard when she led all of the way to run a time of 23.31. He would greet the winners list again later on in the night in race eight when Pyrotechnic led all of the way from box one to run a time of 22.67.
Photo: A fixated Came and Went prior to his win
Credit: Kurt Donsberg Greyhound Photography