The Dogs - Cindeen Holds The Aces In Bracelet Decider

Cindeen Holds The Aces In Bracelet Decider
Written by: Peter Davis 01/05/10
Girl power cane to the fore at Wentworth Park tonight with four heats of the Group Two Evans & Son Ladies Bracelet highlighting the program.
Reigning Australian Greyhound of the Year Cindeen Shelby arrived with a spring in her step and did not disappoint.
Box one was a massive plus for the tough-as-teak red fawn speed machine but she will had a job to do and was untroubled to lead from box-rise and secure the closing semi final in a slick 29.92. She certainly made her mark.
Cindeen Shelby’s winning margin an ever widening 15 3/4 lengths but there were extenuating circumstances.
With the winning post within sight, National Penny badly marred Miss Peru and the chasing division arrived much like the Wacky Races fun bunch – the Anthill Mob – left right and centre!
Navada Sunrise got through to finish second, outside Maybe Jacee snared third ahead of Lukekely Magic and Certain Magic. Thereafter it was carnage.
Spanky collided with National Penny right on the line and both dogs fell. Spanky, sadly, was badly injured. It was a sad end to the contest.
Earlier, National Futurity winner Daydream returned from a break to snare the opening heat in personal best time - a smart 30.04 seconds.
A slick getaway from box eight allowed the Maitland-based speedster establish a two lengths break at the post the first time and, thereafter, the contest was one-sided.
2009 Golden Easter Egg heroine Dana Beatrice rallied along the inside in the latter stages to cut veteran Nimbastic out of second place and a position in next week’s $25,000 to the winner final.
Race favourite Little Sparkle – a crushing 29.94 winner at the track on April 26 when making her local debut – was outpaced early and only fifth mid-race. She battled to finish third but was just over seven lengths from Daydream when it mattered most.
Heat two boasted Fancy Mandy as an odds on elect but she was slow to begin from box three and never raised her backer’s hopes.
Fancy Mandy’s slow start gave in-form sprinter Ashby Devil room to move from box 4 and she made the most of her slice of luck to score by 1 1/4 lengths in 30.32.
The win was her 12th from just 24 starts.
Jacklin Brown made ground late to finish second ahead of Paua To Erupt while Fancy Mandy was only sixth.
Classy Victorian made light of a ‘steady’ offering in the Anniversary Cup at Angle Park on April 22 to post a career best time at Wentworth Park and take heat three by a comfortable 9 1/2 lengths over outsider La Voca.
The daughter of Premier Fantasy shanghaied from box four and posted slick sections (5.41, 13.91) to the back straight. She did not relent and stopped the clock at an imposing 29.90 – ultimately the best of the night.
Then came the Cindeen Shelby road show … and it’s only seven days to a likely repeat offering.
The box draw for the Final is: 1 Cindeen Shelby, 2 Ashby Devil, 3 Flash Of Light, 4 Jacklin Brown, 5 La Voca, 6 Navada Sunrise, 7 Dana Beatrice, 8 Daydream. Paua To Erupt and Nimbastic are the reserves.