Trebles & Doubles At Melton Coursing
With the weather forecast looking good we arrived at Melton ready for another great days coursing and that was exactly what we got. Ok so things were a bit chilly first up, 4 degrees when I hoped out of the car, but once we all got moving the clothing layers started coming off. It was great to see so many new faces to our sport and everyone catching up at the first meeting for the Melton Coursing Club for the 2012 season. Also having 10 events to look forward to with NO scratchings, we were not going to be disappointed.
First up was the Western Saws Cup, this field was pretty hot with last year’s NCAV Derby winner and the 2011 Werribee Cup winner set to take to the grass, some close coursing was the result. Russ and Jackie McRae were again going home victors when Manx Missile went on his fantastic form to go on to take the major prize, from Steve Burke‘s Roland’s Hope.
Next up was the All Aged Stake which saw the first of our doubles victories for the day when Stuart Mills’ Only Bluffing went on to keep Victoria proud with his final victory over Kato trained by Ron Parry from Bridgewater, South Australia. Sorry boys but really hope to see you back later in the season. Stuart was also successful with Scavenger Hunt going on to win the mixed puppy event a little later in the program.
Melton Coursing Results
EVENT 1. WESTERN SAWS CUP.
Winner: Manx Missile (Where’s Pedro X Special Sign) Runner Up: Roland’s Hope (Pure Octane X Proven Babe).
EVENT 2. MELTON PRODUCE ALL AGED STAKE.
Winner: Only Bluffing (Bombastic Shiraz X I’m All In) Runner Up: (Black Enforcer X Chatanika).
EVENT 3. DAWN JAMES MEMORIAL BITCH MAIDEN.
Winner: Zimmer (Surg Lorian X Senza Nome) Runner Up: Inventory (November Fury X Bombastic Peach).
EVENT 4. QLS OILS MAIDEN BITCH STAKE NO 2.
Winner: Ruby’s Cube (Shanlyn Prince X No End) Runner Up: Mis Domino (Solve The Puzzle X Mirvle Maid).
EVENT 5. DAWN JAMES MEMORIAL MAIDEN DOG STAKE.
Winner: Federation (Texas Gold X Mum’s Legacy) Runner Up: Crafty Shiraz (Bombastic Shiraz X Crafty Witch).
EVENT 6. MASTER CUT BUTCHERS MAIDEN DOG STAKE NO 2,
Winner: Newman’s County (Slater X Roses for Nicki) Runner Up: Hard Sell (Mandagery Man X Flowing Reaction).
EVENT 7. MELTON GREYHOUND CLUB DERBY TRIAL 1.
Winner: Quincy (Cosmic Rumble X Cyclone Babe) Runner Up: Why Not Albert (Shanlyn Prince X Why Not Molly).
EVENT 8. GARRY THOMAS DERBY TRIAL 2.
Winner: Be Good Billy (Knocka Norris X Billie Gene) Runner Up: Al Moran (Brett Lee X Special Sign).
EVENT 9. WHIPPET ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA OAKS TRIAL 1.
Winner: Kiarni Miss (Big Daddy Cool X Sekula Star) Runner Up: Ready To Shine (Bombastic Shiraz X Ready To Star).
EVENT 10. TGS MIXED PUPPY STAKE.
Winner: Scavenger Hunt (Where’s Pedro X Miss Match) Runner Up: Full Of Bubbles (Velocette X Elite Love).