By Bruce Teague
WHAT an extraordinary night’s racing at Sandown on Thursday! Has there ever been seven heats for a group 1 distance race before? Anywhere? I can’t recall one. The next question is whether there are even seven dogs capable of running out such a trip in reasonable time? That’s doubtful, too.
In total, 55 dogs competed across the heats. Of those, almost exactly half had no distance qualifications at all. Presumably they were lured by the attractive prize money for the heats – $8,000, $2,500, $1,250 – or much better than standard provincial money. However, one of those – Zipping Kane Read full article
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