Tasmanian Bell Haven Stars In Summer Plate
Dual Group 3 Wentworth Park winner, Bell Haven, again wowed her followers recording a near track record heat win the AAA Radiator Specialists Summer Plate (720m) at Wentworth Park Saturday night.
Bell Haven was not challenged in the first qualifier by fellow heat runners, posting the 41.88 win, just seven hundredths outside Miata’s track record.
The eight length victory will see the Ted Medhurst trained greyhound line up in her third straight Group Race Final at the Glebe Circuit.
Bell Haven beat home other final qualifiers Back Page Lead, Erica Allen and Langi Bale, while He Knows Uno finished in fifth position.
The second qualifier saw a dominant all the way performance by Irma Bale. Having previously set the early tempo in a number of staying events at Wentworth Park, the Graeme Bate prepared runner was this week able to score victory in 42.16.
The first four from each heat will line up in next Saturday’s (January 19) $40,000 to the winner final.
The box draw for the 2013 AAA Radiator Specialists Summer Plate (Group 2) is:
2013 AAA Radiator Specialists Summer Plate (Group 2)
Race 6 – AAA Radiator Specialists Summer Plate
NG 720 Metres $40,000 – $10,000 – $5,000
Box 1 – BELL HAVEN Edward Medhurt
Box 2 – LANGI BALE Graeme Bate
Box 3 – ERICA ALLEN Andrea Dailly
Box 4 – HOTWIRE Graeme Barnett
Box 5 – IRMA BALE Graeme Bate
Box 6 – BACK PAGE LEAD Steven White
Box 7 – EBBY MISS Michael Eberand
Box 8 – LEKTRA RADIANT Andrea Dailly
1st Res – HE KNOWS UNO Michael Patterson
2nd Res – ZSA ZSA Dawn Garrett