Sport
7 March, 2022
Typhoon Sammy hits Horsham
Greyhound Typhoon Sammy claimed Friday night’s $70,335 Group 2 Taylor’s Palace Hotel Horsham Cup.
Submitted by Peter Quilty
SUPERSTAR greyhound Typhoon Sammy claimed Friday night’s $70,335 Group 2 Taylor’s Palace Hotel Horsham Cup (485m) in whirlwind fashion.
Typhoon Sammy, trained at Pearcedale by Jason Thompson, continued his “tsunami” of wins, landing his second provincial cup. He won the G2 Traralgon Cup on January 26.
Owned by Samuel Dart in Dulguigan, NSW, Typhoon Sammy provided a timely boost for his owners, the Dart family.
John and Glenda Dart, from the Northern Rivers, have once again borne the brunt of the devastating floods currently afflicting the region.
“What they had to deal with last week is really unfortunate… He’s a great man Johnny,” said Jason Thompson’s son Luke Thompson, who handled Typhoon Sammy in the cup.
“He got the job done. He had a trouble-free run from the outside, jumped well and was just too quick for them on the night.
“It’s a long drive up, it’s a four and a half-hour trip with a couple of stops but it’s a track I’m happy to travel to.”
In a "hurricane" start from box eight, Typhoon Sammy ($2.30F) blew his rivals away with a 3.1-length win over Americano Miss ($12.10), with reserve runner Lots Of Chatter ($7.90) a further 1.1 lengths away third in 27.21 seconds.
Crackerjack Keg, trained by Patricia Smith at Wonwondah, who was aiming to be the first locally trained winner of the Horsham Cup, finished sixth.
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Typhoon Sammy notched his 26th win from 39 starts, including six of his past eight, and the $47,000 first prize catapulted his stakes to $178,055.
Thompson collected his fourth piece of Horsham Cup silverware, having previously won the event with Monsters Inc (2003), Marungi Blaze (2006) and Winsome History (2007).
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Other feature race winners on Horsham Cup night:
$14,960 Taylor’s Palace Hotel Horsham Cup Consolation (485m)
Won by: Gypsy Yankee (Andrea Dailly, Anakie).
$11,500 Jan Wilson Memorial (485m)
Won by: Dream Wizard (Melanie Lithgow, Devon Meadows)
$6250 Wimmera Cup (410m)
Won by: Kraken Skye (Brendon Jones, Pyalong)