Greyhound Racing
18 June, 2024
Double for Hammerstein's
Local trainers turned in a more subdued week of results, with the only winner at Horsham coming from the Hartigan kennel with Talkin Bluey. Ararat training team Doug and Paul Hammerstein struck at Ballarat on Sunday with a winning double when Solid Ground and Rev Querida both greeted the judge first.
Horsham Tuesday, and Talking Bluey for the Hartigan team (Horsham) put on a powerful
front running display at no stage letting his rivals into the race and simply powering away in
the home straight to win by five lengths in the excellent time on a slow track of 23:60sec.
Andrea Gurry (Nhill) and Garry George (Beulah) both had runners in the Final of the Mixed
Grade Six and Seven events, while neither was able to win, they were both able to fill the
minor placings Circle The Space running second for Gurry and Moonlight Grand for George
running third.
It was Sunday at Ballarat when lightning struck twice for the Hammerstein team (Ararat), with
two comfortable victories. Solid Ground was too good for his rivals, romping in by eight
lengths and a brilliant all-the-way victory running 22:46sec over the 390m trip, Rev Querida
led early on but was challenged and turning for home was under serious pressure but was
able to find again late and run away with a one and half-length victory in the good time of
25:66sec.
SUBMITTED BY PETER CARTER