Bulli Monday 10 January 2011

Race 8 :: CYRIL ROWE GOLD PLATE FINAL

Grade: NG 472 metres
Prize Money: $36100 $25000 - $6000 - $3100

Race Time: 26.15
Sectional Time: 9.89 19.34 6.81
PLACING NUMBER GREYHOUND WEIGHT 1ST SEC TIME FIN. TIME MARGINS SP
1 GRETA BALE 27.7 26.15 $2.30
2 STANFORD BALE 35.5 26.49 6 1/4 $4.60
3 RIDDLE BALE 33.5 26.52 1/2 $10.50
4 RADLEY BALE 30.4 26.62 2 $9.80
5 SHADOW KING 34.0 26.63 head $30.40
6 WINDSOR BALE 34.5 26.65 head $18.10
7 CASINO FUN 35.3 26.67 1/2 $12.50
8 GRIPEN BALE 38.6 26.70 1/2 $6.30
SCR PULP
SCR NOVEMBER TRIBUTE


Courtesy of thedogs.com.au

Bales Simply Brilliant At Bulli

12/01/11

The Bales, Paul Wheeler, Graeme Bate and Where’s Pedro completely dominated Monday night’s Group Two Cyril Rowe Gold Plate at Bulli.

Six of eight were owned by Wheeler, four trained by Bate and champion stud dog Where’s Pedro sired five finalists from five different matings.

Not surprisingly the first four across the line carried the Bale moniker and the wining trifecta were by Where’s Pedro, with Greta Bale, trained by Bate, producing yet another brilliant front-running display to give nothing else a chance.

The daughter of Where’s Pedro and Gold Rush Bale and clocked a fast 26.16s on a rain-affected track, while her kennelmate, the promising Stanford Bale claimed second a half a length ahead of the Shaun Evans-trained Riddle Bale.

Radley Bale, after a chequered run, battled on well to round out the first four for the Bale runners and give Bate three out of the first four.

“I’m really happy with the way they all went,” said the winning trainer.

“First and second and $31,000 in prizemoney is pretty good work, actually I was a bit dirty because Stanford came out and got Radley otherwise I might have got the trifecta.”

“But they were all terrific runs.”

Greta Bale and her three kennelmate finalists were back at Bate’s Lara property near Geelong on Tuesday afternoon and will now be aiming for more Group glory in their home state.

“I’ve just rang up to book trials for all four of them at Warragul on Friday and they’ll all head towards the Warragul Cup next week.”

It will be a brave punter to bet against Greta Bale continuing her rich vein of form with her winning 10 of her past 11 starts, which also included the Group Two Ballarat Cup.

She has now banked a tick under $90,000 in stakes from her 22 wins and 11 placings in her 44 start career and the Group Two Warragul Cup, on January 21 and 25, is worth $28,000 to the winner.

“Greta Bale just has that electric box speed and is doing everything right at the moment,” said her Hall Of Fame trainer