Volume Up Roars To Breeders Classic Success

VOLUME Up landed a decent windfall for his breeder-owner Cameron Betts with victory in the $17,920 Gary Sutton Tasmanian Breeders Classic Final (515m) in Launceston on Monday night.

Trained at Mangalore by Ted Medhurst for Betts, the son of Fernando Bale and Grease Explosion made it a clean sweep of the rich Tasbred series, taking out both the semi-final and final over the 515-metre journey.

Having produced an impressive front-running exhibition in the semis, Volume Up repeated the dose for connections in the decider, leading-all-the-way from box five to score by almost eight lengths in 29.62s.

Remaining undefeated, the blue chaser has racked up five victories in as many starts, beating Evie Eloise and Alinta Prayer in the $9,860-the-winner event, his third victory in a row at Launceston.

Ted Medhurst was in full praise of the promising youngster after remarkably landing his 27th Breeders Classic success.

“He is definitely a surprise packet; the dog is doing everything right at the moment,” Medhurst stated.

“Very limited exposure to Launceston, but I couldn't be more impressed to see how he has handled the track at this stage of his early preparation. He has good box speed and has drawn the middle but it was no harm.”

Victory from Volume Up in the Launceston Breeders Classic series was Ted's 9th win and Cameron's first.

“It's a great thrill to win any feature especially named after Gary Sutton who was a top bloke and great caller, I had many conversations with Gary over the years; both he and Shane Yates were our best callers,” Medhurst added.

“I'm very pleased with the result especially for Cameron, he is doing a tremendous job with all his pups, has invested quite a lot in buying quality broodbitches; these races are vital to helping support those breeders.

“Cameron is very keen and has established himself well; this win will help invest in his operations.”

Volume Up returns to Hobart on Thursday night in the Crown Lager – Australia's Finest, a 5th Grade over 461m with the plan of heading towards heats of the Tasmanian St. Leger to be held the following week.