“Aston Bollinger rails to victory for Kody Charles”
Versatile greyhound Aston Bollinger overcame box seven to find the rail and win tonight’s first heat of the Express Stake Series. The Kody Charles trained and Ray Borda owned chaser had a tilt at the Darwin Cup (537m) in July and since returning to WA had been unplaced twice. Tonight she began fairly but critically found the fence at the first turn and when pacemaker Aussie Gem wandered up the track she drove through to the lead. Aston Bollinger then went on to win by three quarters of a length over Aussie Gem and Stu McFly was third. Her time of 22.45 was excellent and she has now won 14 of her 58 career starts. Heat Two was taken out by favourite Next Thing Uno who also won from box seven in a slightly quicker time of 22.40. The box draw for next Friday’s Express Stake Final :
- FEARLESS PARKER
- SUNSET MIRAGE
- STU MCFLY
- AUSSIE GEM
- DON’T TELL ARLO
- NEXT THING UNO
- ASTON BOLLINGER
- ARTISAN ARTIST
- MICHIGAN
- BULA
HOUNDS TO FOLLOW :
Race 3 Number 1 ZATARA’S IMAGE : Won again in 22.77 after clocking a sizzling first sectional of 6.26.
Race 6 Number 4 ELITE GENERAL : Mustered like the wind before being squeezed out at the first turn.
Ryan Levitzke (commentator)