May'09 - Greyhounds Queensland

Reg is Australia's top trainerQUEENSLAND’S Reg Kay has beennamed 2008 Australian trainer of the year.Reg had a wonderful year with only fourdogs in his kennel.All four, Made To Size, Size Can matter,Knocka Norris and Elite Oriental all wonGroup 1 races. Size Can matter was also named2008 Queensland greyhound of the year.Reg was honoured during the AGRAawards night.His success came with Knocka Norris(Group 1 National Sprint), Made to Size (Group1 Winter Cup), Size Can Matter (Group 1 PerthCup and Group 2 Qld Derby) and Elite Oriental(Group 1 National Futurity).Jason Thompson’s El Galo was named the2008 Australian Greyhound Of The Year.AGRA President Bill Mangafas with ElGalo’s owner Seona Hood and herdaughter Holly accepting the 2008Greyhound Of The Year Award from SkyChannel’s Graham McNeice.El Galo started 34 times during 2008 for 23wins, six seconds and two thirds. He won theGroup 1 Brisbane Cup, Group 2 Bendigo Cup,Warrnambool Cup, Gold Coast Cup and BulliGold Cup and was placed in the AustralianCup, Paws of Thunder and Wangaratta Cup.Owner Seona Hood, enthralled the largecrowd with a heart felt acceptance speech.The long retired by still highly influentialToken Prince and the emerging superstarBombastic Shiraz tied as the leadingAustralian Stud Dogs for 2008. ChinatownBabe, the dam of Chinatown Lad and FallenZorro was named as the nation’s leadingbrood bitch.The AGRA Run of the Year also went toChinatown Lad in recognition of his trackrecord run over 720m at Wentworth Park onAugust 30, 2008. He led throughout andposted a sensational 41.93, becoming the firstgreyhound in history to break 42 seconds atthe Glebe circuit.The AGRA Hall of Fame inductions werealso made during the function.For the first time the awards werepresented in expanded form with a number ofnew categories.Hall of Fame Inductees:Male Greyhound Based on BreedingPerformance: TemleeFemale Greyhound Based on BreedingPerformance: Osti TooTrainers: Ray Herbert and Jim ColemanBreeders: Rod Deakin and Allen WheelerAdministrators: Arthur Morgan, RoyMaidment and Howard AshtonAssociates: Bill Pearson and PaulAmbrosoliJulieEdmondsonwith Made ToSize theAlbion Parktrack recordholder.Yesteryear's ChampsEJ’S DOUGLASOwned and raised by Elwyn E. Jackson, EJ’s Douglas was a brindled son of Hey Vernand Abigail Girl, whelped in December of 1990.In 1992, EJ’s Douglas went non-stop from Maiden to Grade A, winning eight races ina row. He was second in the Florida verses the World Stake (Biscayne) in his 17th lifetimestart.The next year, he won the NGA’s Rural Rube Award and was named to the All-AmericaTeam and the All-World Team after winning 66 of 80 starts that included 18 in a row. Heset an Arkansas course record at Southland, won the Southland Inaugural and the Irish-American Classic at Biscayne, and placed third at The Woodlands Winter Sprint.In 1994, he joined Hall of Famer JW Rocket One as the only two-time winners of theNGA’s Rural Rube Award. Douglas also was named to the All-America Team and the All-World Team for a second time. He won the Southland Inaugural for the second time, theWoodlands Winter Sprint and the Grady Memorial at Wonderland. He set an Arkansascourse record and won 26 of 27 starts between Southland and Wonderland.EJ’s Douglas retired to stud at Strickland Sires and became a huge success speciallysiring some smart gallopers in Australia.WhelpingsSire Dam Whelp Dog Bitch Breeder ServeBlack Enforcer Jack’s Angel 23-3-09 4 1 FelgateBlack Enforcer Regal Summer 8-4-09 2 1 Pay FBombastic Shiraz Mini Cyclone 3-4-09 5 2 Hazelgrove Synd FBombastic Shiraz New Coin 3-3-09 4 5 Temnick Synd FBombastic Shiraz Toe Line 7-2-09 1 Anzac Two Synd FBuckingham Chuck Alota Pace 14-3-09 4 3 BloomfieldCruise Creek Koh Chang 7-4-09 4 1 Milne FFlying Stanley Follow On 26-3-09 6 2 Felgate FGive Me Five Bang Goes Bertha 17-1-09 3 2 Zappala YGive Me Five Go Puppa Go 4-4-09 4 5 Bailey YGive Me Five Gozo Fiesta 25-3-09 5 5 Boon YGive Me Five Mrs. Tipsy 21-1-09 3 2 Hines YGive Me Five Speed Bump 29-3-09 2 4 Hines YGive Me Five Ultra Swift 1-4-09 4 2 Hines YGozo Farmer Star Dancer 17-3-09 5 5 HickmottHe Said So Magic Best 31-3-09 1 Felgate FJust The Best Miss Brook 4-4-09 3 1 Felgate FJust The Best Same Result 24-3-09 2 4 Felgate FKnocka Norris Natural Talent 19-3-09 2 2 Osborn FMade To Size Black Eye Dooley 1-3-09 1 3 Dull YMade To Size Crazy Marlin 21-3-09 5 4 Price FMade To Size Miss Candy Cane 26-3-09 1 2 Arthur FMade To Size Misty Bear 1-3-09 1 3 Dull YMade To Size Nikita Siyan 3-4-09 3 4 Edmondson FMade To Size Solid Skye 29-3-09 2 5 Hunt YMade To Size Star Lady 8-4-09 5 4 Noon FMandagery Man Home Design 7-3-09 5 1 Druery FPure Octane Bonfire 22-3-09 2 Manly Bowlers Synd FPure Octane Four Way Fire 30-1-09 6 Driver FScottish Express Expedition 9-3-09 3 5 James FShiokaze Viscosity 29-3-09 3 4 Lennon YSolve The Puzzle Just The Spark 7-3-09 4 5 TraversSurf Lorian Julie’s Size 30-3-09 3 6 AdamsSurf Lorian Louise Marie 3-4-09 3 5 Suttle YTrewly Special Lady Lion 6-4-09 4 4 Apap FWhere’s Pedro Iza Tora 1-4-09 4 Balligari Synd FWhere’s Pedro Vintage Gypsy 25-3-09 2 2 Cumming FWhisky Assassin Paw Play 8-4-09 4 3 Kennedy YWild Voodoo Jump And Run 10-3-09 3 3 BakerThe (May, 2009) Journal Page 38