BOB MAY
SUNDAY night at Gawler greyhounds
brought out a good crowd again to watch
great racing, headlined by the Future
Stars race, which was taken out by Des
Hockley’s Crazy Diva.
The Future Stars is one of many races
available for younger greyhounds, with the
qualification on this occasion being for SA
bred greyhounds, which were whelped in
2019.
Run over the 531m journey, a full field of
eight runners was engaged.
Crazy Diva jumped away the best from
box one to take an early lead from Missing
Grace (box two), and Way Too Much (box
three) trying to push through.
Around the first turn, Crazy Diva was
able to kick away from the others, opening
up a handy three-length break down the
back straight.
Frodo Baggins (box six) started to run
on from midfield and looked some chance
to challenge the leader, but was not able to
narrow the margin, leaving Crazy Diva with
a comfortable win by nearly four lengths.
Gemtree Maximus (box eight) made up
some ground after running into trouble on
a couple of occasions to finish second for
Murray Bridge’s Paul Rehmann, with Concede
(box seven) racing into third spot for
Lewiston’s Clint Trengrove.
Crazy Diva is trained by Lewiston-based
Des Hockley, and is raced by the Bazinga
Syndicate, managed by his partner Renata
Maruszczyk.
Hockley has had plenty of success with
Crazy Diva, which has now notched up 12
wins and five placings from just 22 starts.
Crazy Diva had run second to her littermate
Far More Crazy at the recent Gawler
Breeder’s Classic, but this time she took out
a feature in her own right.
The litter overall has been very successful,
with eight of the nine-pup litter having
won at least a race.
The next feature event for young greyhounds
is the Produce Series, to be run at
Gawler in July. Hockley hopes that three
from this litter – Crazy Diva, Far More Crazy
and Sometime Crazy – will be at their
best to contest the series.
Looking to the future, Hockley also has a
seven-month-old litter from top stud dog Fernando
Bale from Qormie Bale to follow on.
With the closure of Angle Park track
for four months due to a major upgrade,
there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy
greyhound racing at Gawler in the coming
months.
In this period, there is racing on Tuesday
and Friday afternoons, as well as the popular
Sunday nights – and for something different,
racing on alternate Saturday mornings.
To book, call 8522 2935.