Queen Dusty landed a Category One Final at her fourth attempt by taking the bet365 Puppy Oaks at Towcester though it didn’t go quite as smoothly as connections were hoping.
bet365 Puppy Oaks Final run up: winner and sole seed Queen Dusty predictably has the outside to herself as La Gitana (t5 4.09 sectional) comes across to take a narrow lead over kennelmate Deelish Nora (t4 4.12). Also pictured: Doohoma Roxie (t3) Crafty Pardiso (t1) and partly hidden Fabulous Terra (t2). Photo: © Steve Nash
QUEEN DUSTY with Liz Mazey – who walked the Puppy Oaks winner at the request of Rab McNair having done the same when the McNairs had four in the Puppy Derby Final. Photo: © Steve Nash
Rab McNair with Pat Cooney of sponsors bet365 after Queen Dusty’s Puppy Oaks win. Photo: © Steve Nash
Slippy Maggie was a sensational bitch for Hazel Kemp winning the Kent St.Leger and Henlow Gold Cup, as well as finishing runner-up in the English and Doncaster St.Leger Finals and reaching half a dozen other major finals.
On Sunday, Hazel’s daughter Michelle Brown and Maggie’s daughter Antons Maggie won the bet365 Winter Marathon. The fawn, who made her debut in A7 at Suffolk Downs, clocked the fastest time of the competition in the final.
ANTONS MAGGIE (t2) wins the £3000 bet365 Winter Marathon Final from A Mystical Love (t6) with long time leader Farneys Cooper (t3) fading into third. Photo: © Steve Nash
Kia and Callum Garwood receive the Winter Marathon trophy for ANTONS MAGGIE from Pat Cooney. Michelle Brown is joined by a representative of the next generation of greyhound trainers, Macey Brown. Photo: © Steve Nash
Tonight’s National Sprint semis
