Salt And Pepper Continues Strong Form
Friday afternoon greyhound racing was at Gawler last week and we were treated to a strong eleven race program. Two out of the eleven races were over the longer distance of 643 meters. Wizardry Things won the first race over that distance comfortably for trainer Troy Murray. Salt And Pepper took out the second race over the longer distance for trainer John Sargent. She found the lead early from box two and was nearly run down by the race favourite Zipping Nebraska but she held on to win by a very small margin. This was Salt And Pepper’s third win from her last five starts. All three of those wins have been over 643 meters at Gawler. She has now had the 53 starts for 7 wins and she is really developing into a nice longer distance greyhound.
Photo: Rounding the bend, Salt and Pepper ferociously bounds away from the competition
Credit: Kurt Donsberg Photography
Winning trainer John Sargent stated that he “always believed this greyhound could win over any distance if she jumps well. She always finishes off her race strongly”. John mentioned that “her last couple of months have been exceptional. She turned three years old in October so she is starting to get a bit more mature which may of helped her get the hang of jumping from the boxes more consistently”. When asked about his plans going forward with Salt And Pepper John stated “that it’s all about shopping around and finding the right race for her. Now that she has won her grade 6 race it makes it a little harder. I still think she can win races over 500 if she jumps well”.
Also on Friday afternoon we saw three trainers secure doubles. The first two races on the program went to Lewiston trainer Kevin Bewley. Off Switch led all of the way in race one for Kevin running a time of 23.31 and then kennel mate Escape Inn followed it up in race two running a time of 23.30. Ben Rawlings also managed to score a double with both winners coming from the 531 meter boxes. Snakebita Diva ran 31.59 while Threaten made it two in a row running a time of 31.22. Clint Trengove was the third and final trainer to get a double on Friday when he took out race six with Gypsy Boy who ran a time of 22.98. Its Smudgy took out the final race for Clint and she ran a time of 22.71.
Sunday night greyhound racing returns to Gawler this week. Make sure to head up to the Nixon’s Function Centre at the track for a quality night of greyhound racing and dining.