‘Locals’ dominate Geelong Gold Cup heats

April 16, 2021 Comments Off
‘Locals’ dominate Geelong Gold Cup heats

By Peter Quilty

HEAT 1: WEBLEC ACE (4) played the role of stalker to perfection, reeling in the lamplighter AUSSIE SECRET (6), while SWEET AS EMM (1) stormed into second place.

You can’t beat local knowledge… And that aphorism rang true at ‘Beckley Park’ tonight.

The G2 Geelong Cup heats (520m) produced a night of upsets, but country cups champ Yozo Bale led a bonanza for locally trained greyhounds.

In fact, all eight finalists in next Friday’s $50,000 to-the-winner Cup final are from the Geelong region, as are the two reserves.

Trained at Anakie by young prodigy Correy Grenfell, 27, Yozo Bale – winner of last year’s G2 Bendigo Cup and G2 Ballarat Cup – is now chasing his third country cup victory.

Contesting Heat 4, Yozo Bale ($2.70F) led from go to whoa for Read full article

Source:: https://www.grv.org.au/news/2021/04/16/locals-dominate-geelong-gold-cup-heats/

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