Borat Briliant At Canberra

It was no surprise to Sydney trainer John Carruthers when his greyhound Borat won his heat of the Capital Distance Championship (600m) at last night.

The Group1-winning dog, a $1.90 favourite, was coming off consecutive wins and gave supporters little reason for concern.

Despite jumping only moderately Borat, who started from box eight, cruised to the lead passing the finishing line the first time and was never headed. He held on to win running 34.69 by 2.25 lengths from , while Princess Bale was another 1.5 lengths away in third place.

Borat will return to Canberra next week to contest the final.

”They were all pretty strong heats tonight so to win the way he did was fairly impressive,” Carruthers said.

”I expected him to run well, assuming he wasn't hassled in the run which he wasn't.

”He got out wide and didn't cop a bump at all and generally when he has an incident-free run like that he hits the line really strongly.”

Last night's win was Borat's 17th from 34 starts. His biggest victory was three months ago in the Group1 National Derby at .

Borat will jump from box three in Sunday night's National Capital Distance Championship final, which will earn the winning trainer $6000 plus a Toledo Trailer valued at $5500.

Other heat winners were Sweet Fancy in 34.90, who overcame a troubled run to win in 34.80 and in 34.84.

The final is made up from the top two runners from last night's four heats. The next two fastest place-getters are the two emergencies.

Toledo Trailers National Capital Distance Championship Final
Canberra, ACT.

Race No. TBAToledo Trailers National Capital Distance Championship Final Final
Special event over 600 metres at Canberra
1st $6,000 plus rug and Toledo Trailer

No.NameGradeFormBestLastTrainer

1Bo Frazier1 34.8034.80

2Dana Gretel2 34.8434.84Wes McDonald

3Borat1 34.6934.69John Carruthers

4Sweet Fancy1 34.9034.90Ann Barnes

52 Doreen Drynan

6Proven Wiz4 John McClelland

75 Chryl Divirgilio

83 Leslie Mtichell

9Princess Bale3 Christopher Nutt

10Talk's Cheap2 John Carruthers

Courtesy : Peter Fitzgerald, The Canberra Times

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