Wild Soul wins 2014 Tattsbet Greyhound of the Year
2014 Tattsbet GOTY Award Winners Details
2014 Tattsbet Greyhound of the Year
WILD SOUL
2014 Starts 42 -1sts 19, 2nds 7, 3rds 8
Tr. Kim Johnstone
2014 Prizemoney $62,100
Greyhound of the Month –
- (scored votes in 6 months)
Won – Heat & Final John Gray Memorial
Heat SA St Leger (second in Semi Final & sixth in Final)
Heat Shane McQueen Memorial (third in Final)
Final National Sprint SA Series (third in State Heat, G1-seventh in National Final)
Consolation Macro Meats Adelaide Cup (G1 - third in Heat)
Second - Final SA Sprint Championship (Listed – third in Heat)
Won 5 of 9 starts with 4 placing’s at Angle Park over 600m
Best Times: 29.79 (515m Angle Park)
34.89 (600m Angle Park)
2014 SA Bred Greyhound of the Year
SIDNEY’S SHADOW
2014 Starts 33-1sts 14, 2nds 7, 3rds 5
(SA Bred) Tr. Cameron Butcher
2014 Prizemoney $42,855
Won – Final SA St Leger (second in Heat & Semi Final)
Heat West End Draught Anniversary Cup (Listed – fifth in Final)
Heat National Sprint SA Series (third in State Final)
Heat & Semi Final Gawler Produce (third in Final)
Heat & Final Gawler Breeders
Final Breeders Prelude 2014 (1) (second in Heat)
Second – Heat Macro Meats Adelaide Cup (G1 – third in Consolation)
Heat SA Sprint Championship (Listed – fifth in Final)
Best Times: 29.56 (515m Angle Park)
22.46 (388m Angle Park)
30.41 (531m Gawler)
2014 SA Distance Greyhound of the Year
LUNA JINX
2014 Starts 14 -1sts 8, 2nds 1, 3rds 1
(SA Bred) Tr. Gavin Harris
2014 Prizemoney $20,130
Won – Heat West End Draught Distance Championship (Listed – third in Final)
Heat Grade 5 Series at Sandown (fourth in Final)
Started favourite in 13 of her 14 starts for 2014
Best Times: 42.77 (731m Angle Park)
35.27 (600m Angle Park)
41.94 (715m Sandown)
2014 SA Sprinting Greyhound of the Year
WILD SOUL
2014 Starts 42 -1sts 19, 2nds 7, 3rds 8
Tr. Kim Johnstone
2014 Prizemoney $62,100
Won – Heat & Final John Gray Memorial
Heat SA St Leger (second in Semi Final & sixth in Final)
Final National Sprint SA Series (third in State Heat, G1-seventh in National Final)
Consolation Macro Meats Adelaide Cup (G1 - third in Heat)
Second - Final SA Sprint Championship (Listed – third in Heat)
Best Times: 29.79 (515m Angle Park)
2014 Tattsbet Nominations Greyhound of the Year
CAIRNLEA LAYLA
GALILEE SPIRIT
GENGHIS KAHN
SIDNEY’S SHADOW
WILD SOUL
2014 Greyhound of the Month winners
January – Ernie Bung Arrow – trainer Ken Gill
February – Sidney’s Shadow – trainer Cameron Butcher
March – Set The Scene – trainer Laurie Cahalan
April – Rulebook – trainer Troy Murray
May – Dakota Premier – trainer Colin Simes
June – Genghis Kahn – trainer Kathleen Johnstone
July – Cairnlea Layla – trainer Robyn Mackellar
August – Token McLaren – trainer Don Foster
September – Footluce Diva – Ken Trowbridge
October – Galilee Spirit – Robert Isaacson
November – Fancy Rick – trainer John Shanahan
December – Punishment – trainer Carole Scott
2014 SA Young Person’s Achievement Award
There was no person nominated that met the criteria for Young Person of the Year in 2014.
2014 SA Volunteer of the Year
Joint winners Neil Wright and Yvonne King were nominated by Tony Hinrichsen from the Southern Greyhound Raceway.
Neil has been the track curator at Strathalbyn for many years. Turning 80 last year hasn’t slowed him down with him putting in many hours at the venue. He spends up to 40 hours a week making sure the track is in good order for racing and also ensures that the venue is clean and tidy, maintenance work has been carried out and that all things are in order for racing and trialing. The increased schedule at Strathalbyn due to the redevelopment at Gawler has meant that Neil has taken on an even greater work load and has become an extremely valuable member of the Strathalbyn team.
Yvonne took over the running of the canteen two years ago adding to her commitments on the Strathalbyn committee. She travels to Adelaide every week ensuring supplies are available for patrons on race days and introduced a new menu. She also assists on trial nights with timing and assists with the preparation of the venue by way of cleaning kennels and washing greyhound rugs. She is a permanent fixture in the canteen ensuring all runs well and with a smile on her face. It is hard to believe but she still makes time to train, whelp and rear greyhounds for an industry she loves.
2014 SA Stud Dog of the Year
Emerley Carlos - 67
Owner – Peter Hurley/Stud Master - Judi Hurley
This was the third year in a row for Emerley Carlos who was a high quality chaser blessed with an abundance of early speed which is a distinct trait of his progeny. He won 30 races from 80 starts with over $60,000 in prizemoney. In 2014 greyhounds sired by Emerley Carlos won 67 races. His best performers included Avid Tyson (16 wins), Fire Tyson (9 wins), Emerley Wizard (5 wins), Spring Tyson (5 wins) and Antonio Tyson (5 wins).
2014 SA Brood Bitch of the Year
Flame McBain - 86
Owner – Raye Kelly
Flame McBain shone in 2014 due to her litters by Spring Gun and Made To Size. The result was a total of 86 winners from Flame McBain during 2014 making her the leading Brood Bitch in SA. Her success was mainly due to her outstanding litter by Spring Gun. All nine greyhounds made it to the race track resulting in a total of 77 winners for the season from that one litter. Best performers were Gun McBain (18 wins), Taser McBain (13 wins) and Gunsmoke McBain (10 wins).
2014 SA Breeder of the Year
Karen Bearpark – 152 points
This was the fifth time this award has been presented and is to recognize the outstanding Breeder in the State for 2014. This award is decided on a point’s basis for SA Bred greyhounds that have won races at Sky Racing meetings during 2014 in SA.
Karen wins this award for a third time with 152 points just one point ahead of Judi Hurley. Karen had an excellent year with her greyhounds winning many races for herself and other trainers. Her main litters for 2014 were Bartim Bale x Coulta Gold (Set The Scene 13 wins, Suntory Gold 8 wins), Kiowa Sweet Trey x Jungle Flyer (Delinquency 7 wins, Cowboy Jury 5 wins) and Token Prince x Boganesque (Here Comes Henry 3 wins, New Age Bogan 2 wins).
2014 SA Country Trainer of the Year
Don Turner - 24
This award was presented to the leading trainer at Country meetings during 2014. Don Turner won this award for the fourth year in a row taking out the title with 24 country winners in 2014. Port Augusta remains the only Country venue in the State where Don has been a great supporter over many years. He had good success with his greyhounds Stew’s Mistake, Poetic Mover, Panic King and Dan Holder at the venue.
2014 SA Owner/Trainer of the Year
Cameron Butcher - 82
Cameron Butcher is the leading Owner/Trainer of the Year with a total of 82 TAB winners in 2014. Cameron breeds, owns and races his own greyhounds with great success and has terrific support from his wife Yvonne and his family. His winners included Sidney’s Shadow, Regal Looper, Dodger I Am and Spicy Peppa.
2014 SA TAB Leading Trainer of the Year
Wendy Matcott - 187
Wendy Matcott is the leading Trainer of the Year, with a total of 187 winners at TAB meetings in SA during 2014. Wendy receives terrific support from her family and many other helpers making it a real team effort. She continues the successful relationship with the Wheeler kennel producing many winners.
2014 SA Syndicate of the Year
“Next Racing” Syndicate
Manager – Ryan Tugwell
This was the eighth time that this Award has been presented to acknowledge an important part of our industry in Syndication. “Next Racing” Syndicate includes Ryan Tugwell and Lauren Harris and wins the award for the first time. The Syndicate raced Charter (3 wins), Gee Norman (2 wins), Nebula (5 wins) and Valladares (7 wins) in 2014 totaling 17 races between them up until the end of the year. No doubt the syndicates highlight was qualifying Valladares for the Group 1 Macro Meats Adelaide Cup in October.
2014 SA City Strike Rate
Ray Murray – 39.40%
This award is based on performances for Angle Park metropolitan grade meetings. The trainer also must have a minimum of 20 starters for the year. Ray qualified through the performances of Aston Kane, Dashing Canute, My Party and Proven Juddy. During 2014 Ray trained 13 winners from 33 starters at city meetings (City A/City B), giving him a 39.40% strike rate.
2014 Gawler Trackstar Award
Avid Tyson – 31 starts (13/5/4)
Trainer – Tony Lagana
This is the second year in a row that Avid Tyson has won this award. Avid Tyson was a winner of 13 races with 9 placing’s from 31 starts at Gawler in 2014. He raced over 400m on 30 occasions, winning 13 of those with his best being a track record performance in April where he ran 22.27. He raced over 531m on 1 occasion with 1 placing.
2014 Run Of The Year – Rulebook (April)
Run of the Year was Rulebook for trainer Troy Murray for his track record performance on 10th April at Angle Park. He received 21% of the public vote.
In a heat of the mixed 4/5 event Rulebook toyed with his rivals, leading throughout from box 1 and winning by more than 13 lengths but it was the time that everyone wanted to see. He ran a sizzling 34.35 for the 600m bettering the previous track record of 34.44 set by Explosive Flash in March of 2005. His splits were 8.81, 21.38, 34.35 compared with Explosive Flash’s 8.94, 21.52, 34.44.