Storm Ready To Hit Healesville

He's the greyhound with his own Twitter account and this Sunday afternoon Zambora Storm will line up in the Two final.

The son of and Secret Powers ( – Witch Magic) has been a model of consistency in his 46 start career that has yielded 17 wins and 19 placings to date, four of which have been at .

He has drawn box five for the $45,000 to-the-winner event and is sure to be doing his best work at the business end of proceedings.

Part owner Matt Lanigan gave ARG a few insights into his chaser as he prepares for the biggest race of his career.

“Dad and I purchased Zambora Storm from Charlie and Scott Edwards after Storm's 11th career start,” Lanigan said.

At that stage, Zambora was an up-and-comer who had won five races, but there was already a very good reason for the interest in the breed due to previous success that the Lanigan's had from the progeny of Secret Powers.

“We had a very strong interest in the litter as it was the next litter down from our star chaser Zambora Blueboy.”

Zambora Blueboy (by ) was a winner of 16 races who also had a penchant for straight tracking. He was a star of the scene as well, winning the in 2012 and 2013.

“Storm is trained by our long time family friend Graham Whitford at Yarram. Graham also trained Zambora Blueboy.”

Lanigan says that his 33kg black dog was forced to have some time off earlier in the year but is now starting to reproduce some of his better form and that he is cherry-ripe for Sunday's final.

“He sustained a toe injury at back in April and has taken some time to get back to full health.”

Lanigan says that his kennel star faces an arduous task on the weekend but is hoping that a combination of a little bit of luck at box-rise and his local knowledge could put him in the finish.

“He has drawn box five for the Final on Sunday in a very hot field. Size Does Matter in box six crashed hard to the rail in his quickest heat win last week so that is a worry for us. If we can jump well enough and avoid trouble he will be right in it at the finish, he loves the Healesville track.”

A win would see Zambora Storm more than double his career prizmoney earnings which currently stand at $32,411.

The Healesville Cup final is Race Eight on the card and is scheduled to jump at 3:09pm.

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Sportspunter
Sportspunter
9 years ago

Go the STORM!

MJLanigan23
MJLanigan23
9 years ago

robshots Zambora_Storm1 thanks for the great write up on our champion! He didn’t get any luck or room to get going! Very proud to run 4th!

robshots
robshots
9 years ago

MJLanigan23 Zambora_Storm1 It was a good effort mate,unfortunately it panned out as you predicted! He’ll b back in the winners circle soon

MJLanigan23
MJLanigan23
9 years ago

robshots Zambora_Storm1 yeah unfortunately mate, we needed some luck but just didn’t get any! He did us very proud though!

Matt Lanigan
Matt Lanigan
9 years ago

Thanks for a great write up guys! Unfortunately he didn’t get any luck during the run but we super proud of him to run 4th!

Sportspunter
Sportspunter
9 years ago

Go the STORM!

MJLanigan23
MJLanigan23
9 years ago

robshots Zambora_Storm1 thanks for the great write up on our champion! He didn’t get any luck or room to get going! Very proud to run 4th!

robshots
robshots
9 years ago

MJLanigan23 Zambora_Storm1 It was a good effort mate,unfortunately it panned out as you predicted! He’ll b back in the winners circle soon

MJLanigan23
MJLanigan23
9 years ago

robshots Zambora_Storm1 yeah unfortunately mate, we needed some luck but just didn’t get any! He did us very proud though!

Matt Lanigan
Matt Lanigan
9 years ago

Thanks for a great write up guys! Unfortunately he didn’t get any luck during the run but we super proud of him to run 4th!