On Saturday, August 15th Monashee Dancer again challenged for the title of the most exciting emerging Sprinter in Queensland.
Scintilating around the track in a class record time of 57.92 the grey flash smashed his second class record at Doomben in 3 weeks. It was also his 3rd win from his previous 4 starts and his second in 3 weeks over 1010m. The only recent blemish, a half head second, coming on the questionable inside running at Eagle Farm the week previously.
In his second serious campaign Monashee Dancer has quickly established himself as the fastest beginner of recent times. His ability to lead from barrier 11 against established sprinters carrying top weight was truly outstanding. In 13 of 14 previous starts he has led the field, and on 6 occassions proving impossible to run down. Rated in front by Tony Patillo, Monashee Dancer kicked 3 lengths clear at the home turn and was courageously pursued by Kelly, who filled the minor placings for the third consecutive start. It was a remarkable training performance by Darren Bell, who has established himself as one of the most talented sprinter trainers in Brisbane.
The Dancer is a full brother to Magic Millions sprint winner Sir Monashee, and will be spelled now to target this race in the new year. If he shows the same improvement then as he has in this campaign then the Lightning down the Fleminton straight in Melbourne is definitely not out of the equation. Exciting times for Darren and his loyal owners, Stephen Edwards, the Garbutt twins and Pete Wildermuth. Hopefully print journalists will acknowledge his brilliance soon, but with the bookies following this lead, we wont mind if they don’t!
The Grey Flash
On Saturday, August 15th Monashee Dancer again challenged for the title of the most exciting emerging Sprinter in Queensland.
Scintilating around the track in a class record time of 57.92 the grey flash smashed his second class record at Doomben in 3 weeks. It was also his 3rd win from his previous 4 starts and his second in 3 weeks over 1010m. The only recent blemish, a half head second, coming on the questionable inside running at Eagle Farm the week previously.
In his second serious campaign Monashee Dancer has quickly established himself as the fastest beginner of recent times. His ability to lead from barrier 11 against established sprinters carrying top weight was truly outstanding. In 13 of 14 previous starts he has led the field, and on 6 occassions proving impossible to run down. Rated in front by Tony Patillo, Monashee Dancer kicked 3 lengths clear at the home turn and was courageously pursued by Kelly, who filled the minor placings for the third consecutive start. It was a remarkable training performance by Darren Bell, who has established himself as one of the most talented sprinter trainers in Brisbane.
The Dancer is a full brother to Magic Millions sprint winner Sir Monashee, and will be spelled now to target this race in the new year. If he shows the same improvement then as he has in this campaign then the Lightning down the Fleminton straight in Melbourne is definitely not out of the equation. Exciting times for Darren and his loyal owners, Stephen Edwards, the Garbutt twins and Pete Wildermuth. Hopefully print journalists will acknowledge his brilliance soon, but with the bookies following this lead, we wont mind if they don’t!