Bob May
LEWISTON trainer Kevin Bewley had himself a great week at the Gawler greyhound track, leading in six winners in total.
At the Wednesday meeting, he was able to land five winners, and followed that up on Sunday night with another terrific result.
Sunday’s win came in race four, which was contested over 400m for grade six greyhounds, with Elsie’s Choice from box one taking the early lead after jumping well.
Grit Blaster (box four) moved up on the outside of Elsie’s Choice, and after a short tussle, got the upper hand and kept the pace on to draw away and win comfortably by nearly six lengths.
Lenko Lass (box two) ran on well for second spot for Lewiston’s Bec McAuley-Fry and Elsie’s Choice was third for Bewley, giving him first and third.
Grit Blaster is raced by the ‘Get To The Chomper’ syndicate, managed by Rob Brown, and is named as a play on words from an Arnie Schwarzenegger film quote.
This is the second syndicate which Brown has formed, with some of the first group also jumping on as members of this edition.
Formed mainly from friends in an indoor cricket team, Brown had previously run a syndicate with a harness horse, but it had not been successful.
One of Brown’s criteria for the syndicate was that the greyhounds receive quality care, a condition that he was confident he would find within greyhound racing because of the procedures already in place.
Looking for a trainer, it was suggested to Brown that Bewley might be a good fit for the syndicate, which has turned out to be the case.
Their first runner was Night Glow, and buoyed by a bit of success there, the syndicate added Grit Blaster to the ranks.
Grit Blaster was sourced by Bewley after having had a few starts in SA for its previous owner, and has now won four races with 15 placings from 43 starts, giving the syndicate plenty of interest.
Brown commented that Grit Blaster is an excellent introduction to greyhound racing for the group, and has given them the confidence to buy a young dog as well.
Racing is at Gawler every Wednesday afternoon and Sunday night, with the public welcome back on track.
