Valpolicella makes it two from two at Albion Park 710m
Valpolicella has relished the step up in distance, bagging a second-straight win at the Albion Park 710m on Monday night.
The Tony Zammit-trained chaser lined up in the fifth-grade contest as a near-unbackable favourite, paying $1.07 with greyhound betting sites.
Jumping from the pink box, she shot through to sit third behind Master Grunt ($101) and leader Springtime Gold ($8.50) on the first corner.
Heading into the final turn, Valpolicella passed the leading pair as she turned for home into the straight.
She won by 11 lengths, beating home Springtime Gold and Spot On Harper ($8) in a time of 41.79.
Valpolicella – Albion Park, August 21
The winning time was just 0.01 of a second slower than her effort on August 14 in her first look at the trip.
She has now notched up four straight victories and has only gone unplaced twice in her 21 career starts.
Trainer Zammit said he was impressed with the run and the future opportunities for Valpolicella.
“Her run home was better than last week,” he said.
“It was great to see that she could come from behind the way she did and win so well.
“I will be keeping her at 710m because I think that suits her best and is the natural progression for her.”
The Shima Shine x Saldana bitch has 11 wins and eight placings from 21 starts and has banked $68,005 in prize money.
“I think we might even take her to Wenty and see if she can get a trial in the Sydney Cup later in the year,” Zammit said.
“Her owner Sandro (Bechini) lives down there, so it is more than likely that's where we will end up.
“If the heats for the National Distance Series were two weeks later than they were, we would have given them a go.
“But she was fifth grade when I nominated her, so we missed out.
“She is still only a younger dog, so we always have next year.”