GREYHOUNDS
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Surreal.
There was only one way Jason Lyne could describe Bourbski Fever’s cracking win in the $100,000-to-the-winner Bold Trease Final at Sandown Park on Friday night, with the Andrea Dailly trained bitch scorching home to claim the Bathurst Greyhound Racing Club manager his first Group 1 victory as an owner.
Bourbski Fever shot out of box three reasonably well, but trailed for the majority of the race as Lithgow Panther in the red bib and Thomas O’Donovan’s Ryno’s Raider forged ahead to set the pace.
Along with Joe Borg’s Come On Fantasy, an early trifecta loomed as a lock.
That was until the final turn of the 715 metre race, when Lyne’s two-year-old dog made her run.
And what a run it was.
From three wide, Bourbski Fever wound up and reeled in both Lithgow Panther and Ryno’s Raider with consummate ease to claim victory in the rich stayer’s race with a time of 41.918 seconds, with O’Donovan’s Shot finishing second in 41.991 seconds and Luna Jinx, trained by Gavin Harris, rounding out the places with a strong finish in a time of 42.086 seconds.
But, post race, it was all about Bourbski Fever.
“Once she hit the lead, the roar from the crowd ... I don’t think I’ll ever forget it,” Lyne, a co-owner of the champions stayer, said.
“It’s one of those moments in life I never thought would happen. I didn’t think I’d ever have a dog good enough to run in a Group 1, let alone win one. It’s just been amazing.
“It’s something that I won’t forget.”
Lyne flew to Melbourne for the race, and arrived 15 minutes before the rich final after helping co-ordinate the Eight Day Games in Orange during the week.
“We’ve had a lot of support, before and after the win,” he added.
“The phone calls, text messages I’ve received have been great. I still can’t believe it.”
The win in the $145,000 race started a strong meeting for trainer Dailly, who also clinched victory in the Melbourne Cup Final. Dailly had champion Fernando Bale and Dyna Double One in the $600,000, 515m TAB Melbourne Cup Final, and it was the latter who stunned to claim victory.
Fernando Bale is widely regarded as the world’s best dog, having won in excess of a million dollars in prize money from 33 wins in 41 starts.
But it was Dyna Double One who pounced on victory, posting a time of 29.169 to claim victory ahead of Fernando Bale (29.198) and Angela Langston’s Black Illusion.
Clergate owner Cameron Hallinan’s Zipping Meg ended the race in fifth, in a time of 29.889.