Patty Surges Atop Of Speed Star Rankings
COLLINDA Patty has surged to the top of rankings for Wednesday’s 600 metre Speed Star with a sizzling 34.12 trial at The Meadows on Saturday.
COLLINDA Patty has surged to the top of rankings for Wednesday's 600 metre Speed Star series with a sizzling 34.12 solo-trial at The Meadows on Saturday.
The daughter of Zambora Brockie went into the hit-out fresh off her track record breaking Sandown Park win six days earlier when covering the 595 metre journey in a remarkable 33.56.
Saturday night's meeting was the last chance for greyhounds to work their way into the top eight standings and contest Wednesday's Group 3 Speed Star events over each of the three distances.
? #SpeedStar Exhibition Trial
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? COLLINDA PATTY
? Jason ThompsonSplits: 8.92, 21.67
Overall: 34.117BANG! The @sandowndogs track record holder goes straight to the top of the leaderboard! ? pic.twitter.com/QMOFAXoqVd
— Melbourne Greyhounds – The Meadows (@MelbourneGreys) August 21, 2021
And with the Jason Thompson-trained Collinda Patty now the event top seed, the scene is set for a potential match race with boom pup Zac's Entity which qualified with a flying 34.18 trial during the week.
Trained by Kel Greenough, Zac's Entity monstered a Sandown Park maiden field in 29.25 recently with his booming run home time indicating that his time in sprint events would be short-lived.
Wednesday's three Speed Star events will see seeds 1-4 and 5-8 randomly drawn to face off against each other which means the door is ajar for Collinda Patty and Zac's Entity to meet in what would be a hotly contested clash.
Saturday's card also saw the Paul Abela-trained Five Star go through his paces over the 725 metres in a bid to book a spot in Wednesday's event.
Winner of June's 715 metre Group 3 Speed Star series at Sandown, Five Star clocked 42.83 in his trial on Saturday which saw him move into seventh and keep connections dream alive for back-to-back wins in the race.
? #SpeedStar Exhibition Trial
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? FIVE STAR
? Paul AbelaSplits: 5.00, 16.13, 29.81
Overall: 42.829The reigning G3 #SpeedStar champion from earlier in the year flies up the rankings, into the field and into 7th place! pic.twitter.com/wJjQf0sb4f
— Melbourne Greyhounds – The Meadows (@MelbourneGreys) August 21, 2021