Jet Keen and Julia Bush win Gunnedah Million Dollar Chase heats
Jet Keen returned to the winner's circle for the first time in four months after taking out one of two heats of the Million Dollar Chase (MDC) regional series at Gunnedah on Thursday.
The Allan Syphers-trained chaser lined up as a +1200 prospect in the 527m heat, against a hot favourite in last year's Group One Peter Mosman Opal winner Embrace paying just -181.82 with greyhound betting sites.
Jumping from box three, he got out to sit second behind bolter Moon Shine (+7000) before moving to the lead turning the first bend.
Kicking away, Jet Keen turned the final corner, with Embrace carving across to the rail, throwing down the challenge to the leader but finishing second.
Jet Keen beat home Embrace and Froch by 1.75 lengths in a time of 30.28.
Gunnedah MDC Regional Heat 2 – Jet Keen (30.28) T: Allan Syphers
The Glen Muller-trained Bali Lava finished fourth to also qualify for the Gunnedah final to be run on September 21.
The winner, Jet Keen, has three wins from four attempts at the track and trip, including a 7.5 length victory on May 18.
Last start, on August 31, Jet Keen finished third, close to 22 lengths off the winner, Franky Bear, racing over the shorter 431m at Gunnedah.
The Aussie Infrared x Lizzy Keen dog has nine wins and three placings from 21 career starts and has banked $18,830 in prizemoney.
Julia Bush stepped out to the 527m distance to take out the other heat of the MDC regional series at Gunnedah.
Trained by Jamie Bush, she lined up as a +400 chance with online greyhound bookmakers and led all the way with a great performance.
At box rise, he jumped out to the lead, with Loma (+600) in second and +115 race favourite Loose Zeus in third place.
On the final bend, Loma carved his path onto the rail to put in a challenge as Julia Bush kicked to win.
She beat Loma and Loose Zeus by 1.5 lengths in a time of 30.25.
Gunnedah MDC Regional Heat 1 – Julia Bush (30.25) T: Jamie Bush
The Jessica Windiate-trained Steel Lady finished fourth in the heat to qualify for the final next week.
Julia Bush, a daughter of Worm Burner and Suzi Cargo, has 17 wins and 14 placings from 35 career starts, earning $33,830 in prizemoney.
The MDC race series now moves on with regional finals at Temora on September 18 and Richmond on September 20.
Million Dollar Chase regional heats series continues this week with the Group 2 Black Top heats at The Gardens on Friday, Wagga regional heats also on Friday, Grafton heats on Sunday, Nowra heats on Monday, and Gosford heats on Tuesday.
You can read the full Million Dollar Chase series schedule here: 2023 Million Dollar Chase Schedule
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