MEDIA RELEASE
Friday
22nd
September,
2006
WEDNESDAY
MORNING
DERBY
HEATS
The
2006
Coca
Cola
Derby
kicks
off
next
Wednesday
morning
(27th
September)
with
the
heats
of
the
Group
Two
event.
This
is
the
second
year
that
the
Wednesday
morning
heats
have
been
run
and
if
the
Oaks
heats
last
week
are
anything
to
go
by
it
should
be
a
great
morning
of
racing.
In
total
there
were
46
nominations,
which
compares
to
44
last
year,
resulting
in
6
heats
being
run
on
Wednesday.
As
with
the
Oaks,
there
is
a
strong
interstate
contingent,
with
22
coming
to
race
for
the
trophy.
Andrea
Dailly
is
bringing
a
big
team
of
10
across
to
lead
the
charge,
while
Petar
Jovanovic
has
5
runners
and
Steve
Collins
4
to
head
the
locals.
There
will
be
3
semi-finals
run
on
Thursday
night
5th
October,
so
the
first
4
greyhounds
from
each
heat
will
advance
and
the
fifth
placegetters
declared
as
reserves.
The
Group
2
Coca
Cola
Derby
Final
carries
prize
money
of
$30,000
and
the
winner
receives
$20,000
The
Final
is
on
Thursday
12th
October.
COFFEX
COFFEE
OAKS
BOX
DRAW
Following
last
night’s
3
semi-finals
of
the
Coffex
Coffee
Oaks,
the
box
draw
for
the
$30,000
Final
was
conducted
on
course.
The
Final
Field
is
as
follows:
1.
Top
Entity
(Vic)
Robert
Britton
2.
Sundae
Sipper
(Vic)
Robert
Britton
3.
Serene
Bale
(Vic)
Andrea
Dailly
4.
Miss
Mini
Mouse
(Vic)
5.
Pure
Burst
(Vic)
Wayne
Vassallo
6.
Zali
Bale
(Vic)
Peter
Hunt
7.
Abbadale
Affair
(WA)
Daniel
Biddle
8.
Betty’s
Angel
(Vic)
9.
Springvale
Snow
(SA)
Gavin
Harris
(Reserve)
10.Bar
Crusher
(Vic)
Graeme
Bate
(Reserve)
Despite
a
wide
draw,
Betty’s
Angel
is
likely
to
start
favourite
after
her
brilliant
29.17
win
last
night.
Her
time
was
a
full
half
second
quicker
than
Serene
Bale’s
29.67,
while
the
other
semi
winner
was
Serene
Bale
in
29.88.
Further
Information:
Operations
Manager
Greyhound
Racing
SA
