Carl Perry landed a ‘Geelo’ 1-2 in the £500 final of a dual distance bitches stake at SHEFFIELD on Tuesday night.
The favourite was Geelo Brenny (T4 6-4f) who produced a career best performance in the 480m heats. But in the 500m decider, she was left to chase home 5-1 shot Geelo Zip (Ballymac Eske-Emers Ivy, Aug 15) who led all the way to cross the line in 28.99 (+10), winning distance three quarters of a length
The outstanding four bend performance of the night came from Jaxx Teller (Tullymurry Act-Best Special, Nov 14) in a supporting 500m open. The Norman Melbourne trained 5-2 chance led at the first and clocked 28.59, just three quarters of a length off the fastest time of the year.
Over six bend, the quickest of the three heats of a maiden stayers event was Russ Warren’s Swift Marvelette (Vans Escalade-Swift Louis, Apr 15) with a 38.87 victory (FOY 38.73).
Rappers Station is the most prolific open race winner at Sheffield this year with five victories over the 280m course
| Rappers Station | £1,340 | 280 | 5 |
| Droopys Cymbals | £840 | 500 | 4 |
| Dropzone | £1,420 | 500 | 4 |
| Geelo Monty | £4,760 | 500 | 4 |
| Roxholme Hat | £840 | 444 | 4 |
Elaine Parker heads the open race table with 19 different runners contributing to the total of 34 wins over an average distance of 515m.
| Parker | 19 | £9,000 | 34 |
| Draper | 8 | £3,700 | 14 |
| Perry | 6 | £16,230 | 12 |
| Warren | 7 | £2,390 | 11 |
| Melbourne | 7 | £2,470 | 10 |
| Tuffin | 5 | £5,340 | 10 |
| Lister | 6 | £2,260 | 8 |
| Keightley | 2 | £1,140 | 5 |
| Sharp | 4 | £1,050 | 5 |
| Wallis | 4 | £1,010 | 4 |
