October'07 - Greyhounds Queensland

WHEN Paul Felgate sits down inhowever long it will take and looks back overhis achievements in greyhound racing, JustThe Best and Miss Brook will obviously holdpride of place.But Felgate achievements are much morethan that.Why, just the day after he won the IpswichDerby with home-bred Cutting Remark (JustThe Best-Bentley One Dot) he wascontemplating a stud dog to stand atBrandonworld.Just The Best was a commercial successand rightfully stood at a commercial stud, withThe A Team at Gatton where he provedIpswich Derby (520m)1 CUTTING REMARK $54(Just The Best-Bentley One Dot)Owner-trainer: Paul Felgate2 RED DESTINY $22(Jimmy Neutron-Mac’s Me Girl)3 GEMTASTIC $29(Just The Best-Brittney Bale)Others: 4 Four Way Classic $8, 5 Tejay’sAssassin $8.80, 6 Iron Steed $1.70, 7Who’s Ya Bearing $7.10, 8 Jack The Pole$8.10. Time: 31.09.Cutting Remark leads throughoutto win the Ipswich Derby.himself one of the great sires of his dayBut Paul likes to have a sire of his ownaround his kennels. Jackson Brandon andBallistic Jet were in that mould and they gotplenty of work with Felgate bitches.Miss Brook was the result of one of Paul’sexperiments when he put Brandon Sky toBallistic Jet and came up with a champion.“There are a few dogs around the placethat I’d like to get, not the superstars, but thehigh quality dogs I can cross my bitches to,the bitches that deserve a chance,” he toldThe Journal.“I’d really like a dog like SteveKavanagh’s Hot To Rumble,” said Paul. “He’sgot everything.”Cutting Remark is the result of a bitch PaulWorth DoingCredibilityNo LiabilityJust The BestAmerigo ManFlying AmyTenthill FlyerCUTTING REMARKGingerBlack ShirazDark HorizonBentley One DotHead HonchoMalagro SalWee SalCuttingRemarktakesIpswichDerbygot from Townsville dog man Phil Rudall.“She’d won a mid-week 600m race at TheMeadows and then raced in Townsville butshe could never get long enough races,” saidPaul.“Phil sent her to John and Glenda Dart torace over 600m at Albion Park but shedropped a back muscle.”Felgate did a pup deal for the rights tobreed with the bitch whose second dam is theimmortal Wee Sal.“I put her to Just The Best and got MagicBest who was a 35.30 winner over 600m atAlbion Park,” said Paul. “There was a dog inthe litter that was going to be a top dog but hehurt himself and didn’t race.”She then went to Jackson Brandon andproduced Secret Code who recently equalledthe sprint distance record at Bundaberg, whileMurray’s Mimi was a city winner.Cutting Remark is from the repeat matingto Just The Best.“He’s a good dog who broke 20 secondsat Capalaba at his second race start and hasrun 23.60 around Tweed,” said Paul. “TheDerby heat and final were only his first tworuns over 520m and his first look at the track.“If he steps up he could be quite a goodcity performer.“He’s eligible for next year’s Auctionseries so that will be his target.”Unfortunately Bentley One Dot had to beput down after she contracted cancer.“I’m going to breed Magic Best and Ithink she will make a broodbitch,” saidFelgate.YOU’D think Charmaine Samuelsonwould have had her fill of greyhound racingby now.Charmaine, 32, is the daughter of Peterand Laureene Renner, Laureene one of thebest and most astute greyhound breeders inthis state.But Charmaine is a relative newcomer intothe sport. Her mum gave her a bitch pup toget her interested a couple of years ago.And when that bitch, Xanadu’s Image(Bombastic Shiraz-Berella Xanadu) blitzedher extra smart rivals in the Ipswich Futurity,Charmaine and her daughter, avid greyhoundfan Kirsty, led the cheering.But it didn’t always look that promising.In fact without the patience of firstly NigelIpswich Futurity (520m)1 XANADU’S IMAGE $5.90(Bombastic Shiraz-Berella Xanadu)Owner: Charmaine SamuelsonTrainer: Leith McHugh2 FIREWORKS $16.80(Bright Ebony-Jeanie’s Queen)3 FOUR WAY FLASH $2.70(Go Wild Teddy-Four Way Sky)Others: 4 Citi Heritage $5.40, 5 JustCountry $29, 6 Berella Diva $11, 7 Ned’sDiamond $4.80, 8 Me Dad’s Trendy $14.Time: 30.56.Xanadu's Image streets her rivalsto win the Ipswich Futurity.Rugg at breaking in and then trainer LeithMcHugh, Xanadu’s Image might never haveeven made it to the racetrack.“She was not easy to break in,” saidLaureene. “In fact, Nigel went out of his wayto educate her for us even by bringing her toIpswich as a pup for trials.”When Laureene was splitting the litteramong trainers, she and Charmaine had acouple left to place. One was Xanadu’s Image.She had broken in 15 lengths slower thather littermate Berella Diva.Ron Ball, who snapped up Berella Divafor his kennel, recommended Leith McHughas a trainer for Xanadu’s Image.Leith might be only a youngster in theindustry, but he has quickly learned patience.He spent five months waiting for Xanadu’sImage to be ready to start.He knew she could run and the 30.56 sheran to win the Futurity vindicated his faith inGingerBlack ShirazDark HorizonBombastic ShirazMalawi’s PrinceBombastic BlondeBlonde BombshellXANADU’S IMAGEWorth DoingCredibilityNo LiabilityBerella XanaduBogenfelFinal FollyFearless FollyXanaduwin wasjust likeher mumthe bitch.Xanadu’s Image is just that, the spittingimage of her famous mum Berella Xanaduthe former Dapto Maiden Classic winner whogave the Renners their first taste of big timeracing.Leith now has three in work for Charmaineand her mum.ShiokazeBlue Fawn, Sept '03, 33.1kgs(Yo Yo's Boy-Alanna Princess)28 starts, 18 wins, 3 2nds, 2 3rds.Track RecordsGold Coast 401m 22.64 (ht)Albion Park 395m 22.55Gold Coast 457m 25.58Laureene has been perpetuating herdamline, got from Final Folly in 1990, withgreat care.“I’ve now got five broodbitches at homeand more to come once their careers arefinished on the track,” she said.One of those will certainly be Xanadu’sImage.Won Awesome FouresomeCapalaba (19.67)Albion Park 30.14Trainer Ron Ball declared him asfast as any dog he has trained.Fee: $300. Frozen semen available. Natural Serviceavailable to proven broodbitches & city performed bitches.Ph Wayne Musgrave 0421 994492The (October, 2007) Journal Page 7