“Just A Foreman motors into Puppy Classic Final”
The Chris Halse trained Just A Foreman overcame box eight to win tonight’s first heat of the Puppy Classic. The series has always been run at Cannington and was first staged on the old track back in 1996. Notable winners over the years are Billy’s Echo (1997), Lord Monelli (2005), Back Tonight (2007), Benno (2009), West On Augie (2018) and Crumble Monelli (2023). Four heats were contested this evening with the Quinella from each progressing to next week’s final. In Heat One the Justin Warwick owned Just A Foreman began cleanly and was third in the middle stages before surging to the front over the concluding stages. The win took his record to 6 victories from 16 starts and his time of 27.65 was rock solid. The other heat winners were Just A Piastri (27.62), Sunset Clarice (27.50) and Hurry Up Eric (27.42). The box draw for next week’s Puppy Classic Final :
- INTIMIDATION
- JUST A FOREMAN
- HURRY UP ERIC
- SUNSET CLARICE
- YUNDERUP POCKETS
- JUST A PIASTRI
- TWIN FIN
- APPLE A DAY
- SHEERAN MELODY
- SUNSET CALIGULA
HOUNDS TO FOLLOW :
Race 3 Number 8 INTIMIDATION : Stuck on well behind Just A Piastri and looks promising.
Race 6 Number 6 MAYDAY MAYDAY : Caught the eye with a lot of mid-race speed.
Ryan Levitzke (commentator)