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Arsonist ablaze

Thursday 18 February, 2010
Heather Collins’ exciting speedster Arsonist will start a warm favourite for next week’s $36,000 Group 2 DDC Launching Pad after a scorching 29.76 heat win at Sandown Park tonight.

Having just her third start following two comprehensive wins at Warrnambool, Arsonist ($2.50F) was flawless from box one, leading all the way to win by a staggering 16 lengths in the fastest time of the night.

The rising star’s chances of Group race glory improved sharply after drawing box 1 for the final.

Recent Group 1 Silver Chief winner Enry Walt ($1.70F) overcame a moderate start to win his heat in 29.91. Enry Walt found early trouble jumping from box 1 in last week’s Group 1 Temlee invitational race at The Meadows, and made a similar start from the same box tonight. However he proved too classy for his inexperienced rivals, powering to the line 3.25 lengths clear of early leader Ercole Bale ($17.10).

Other heat winners included Scarlett Girl (30.25), Iceman Raikkonen (30.17), Wild Haley (30.23), Stepping Stone (30.11), Messi (30.04) and Arvo’s Cougar (30.01).

The $25,000 to-the-winner final will be run at Sandown Park on Thursday 25 February.

$36,000 Group 2 DDC Launching Pad (515m)
Box Greyhound Trainer Price
1 Arsonist Heather Collins $2.25
2 Enry Walt Gary Ennis $3.25
3 Iceman Raikkonen Jeff Britton $21
4 Scarlett Girl Graeme Jose $26
5 Messi Peter Craig $7
6 Arvo's Cougar Tina Womann $14
7 Stepping Stone Maureen Stephens $14
8 Wild Haley Scott Holmes $8
9 Ercole Bale Graeme Bate
10 Napoleon Tiger Tanya Auld