When a playful greyhound pup began showing superstar potential several months before he was even ready to race, his owner Terri Morris thought long and hard about choosing an appropriate name.
She settled on Jesaulenko, in honour of legendary Carlton footballer Alex ‘Jezza’ Jesaulenko, and on Friday night the brilliant greyhound will line up in the $600,000 TAB Melbourne Cup (515m) at Sandown Park.
Jesaulenko the greyhound has now raced 50 times for 25 wins, the latter being the number his footballing namesake wore on his back throughout 256 games in the Navy Blue before a brief 23-game stint with St. Kilda.
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Source:: http://www.grv.org.au/news/2016/11/16/tab-melbourne-cup-liftout-jesaulenko-beauty/
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