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  • Thursday, 10 Nov, 2022,
  • by Peter Quilty

‘Fastest to the draw’

Howdy partners… Who’s going down to ‘wet their whistle’ at the Sandown Park ‘saloon’ on Saturday night?

Yeehaw, this year’s $72,500 Group 3 Shootout (515m) – a four-dog match-race – is one for the ages.

Three million-dollar earners (She’s A Pearl, Wow She’s Fast and McInerney) and a G1 Topgun hero (Photo Man) in a ‘fastest to the draw’ contest for $50,000!

Who will “do what has to be done”?

Eli Wallach said in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: “When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.”

Metaphorically, it’s been that way since 1998 when the inaugural Shootout was won by ‘wonder of the west’, Reggemite.

The biggest face-off in the sport resembles a passing parade of ‘gunslingers’. It’s a high-calibre list of sprinting ‘sharpshooters!

So, here’s a look at the Shootout’s ‘pistol-smoking’ history…

1998 – (WA) REGGEMITE; Golden Butter; Time Framer. Margins: 3.25L x 1.75L. Time: 29.74sec. Trainer: Allan Britton
1999 – (VIC) GREAT WISH; Poetic Reward; Faithful Hawk; Legs Ahoy. Margins: 1L x 0.1L. Time: 29.83sec. Trainer: George Kantzidis
2000 – (NSW) GO WILD TEDDY ($3.30); Placard ($2.70); Trousers ($8.00); Kantarn Bale ($2.60F). Margins: 3.75L x 2L. Time: 29.71sec. Trainer: Mark Bell
2001 – (VIC) JUNIOR WHISKY ($4.20); Jeanie’s Queen ($6.80); No Intent ($3.70); Modern Assassin ($1.90F). Margins: 1.75L x 1L. Time: 30.00sec. Trainer: Judy Hayley
2002 – (SA) SILVER SAUL ($6.40); Thunder Creek ($5.10); Modern Assassin ($1.70F); Star Beyond Time ($4.00). Margins: 0.25L x 2.75L. Time: 29.90sec. Trainer: Angela Modra
2003 – (VIC) BOMBASTIC SHIRAZ ($1.70F); Flying Scott ($5.00); Nautical Bill ($6.10); Dancing Habit ($4.30). Margins: 0.1L x 1L. Time: 30.17sec. Trainer: Darren Cairns
2004 – (VIC) WHISKY ASSASSIN ($1.80F); Paua To Burn ($4.80); Panicked ($5.60); Hallucinate ($4.30). Margins: 6.25L x 0.05L. Time: 29.69sec. Trainer: Jason Thompson
2005 – (NSW) BOND ($2.90); Trewly Special ($7.80); Lord Monelli ($5.80); Pure Octane ($1.80F). Margins: 7L x 0.5L. Time: 29.38sec. Trainer: Darren McDonald
2006 – (VIC) JAIMANDY COOPS ($1.50F); Andy Palmer ($2.80); Old Blue ($5.30). Margins: 1.75L x 8.25L. Time: 29.63sec. Trainer: Paul Donohue
2007 – (VIC) COOL EFFORT ($1.80F); Shanlyn Prince ($4.30); Betty’s Angel ($4.10); Miss Hot Gossip ($6.60). Margins: 5L x 4.25. Time: 29.71sec. Trainer: Darren McDonald
2008 – (VIC) MANTRA LAD ($2.80); Queen Lauryn ($1.80F); Made To Size ($6.70); One Tree Hill ($8.40). Margins: 0.05L x 2.2L. Time: 29.86sec. Trainer: Graeme Jose
2009 – (VIC) VELOCETTE ($2.30F); Turanza Bale ($3.30); Mantra Lad ($5.60); Cosmic Rumble ($3.80). Margins: 2L x 1.75L. Time: 29.65sec. Trainer: Graeme Bate
2010 – (VIC) COSMIC CHIEF ($2.90); Push The Paint ($3.50); Enry Walt ($2.50F); So Seductive ($6.20). Margins: 3.5L x 1.25L. Time: 29.33sec. Trainer: Darren Brown
2011 – (VIC) BEKIM BALE ($1.80F), Radley Bale ($3.50); Cape Hawke ($7.50); Allen Harper ($4.70). Margins: 5.75L x 0.5L. Time: 29.13sec. Trainer: Andrea Dailly
2012 – (VIC) PROVEN NITRO ($3.40); Don’t Knocka Him ($2.20F); Odie For Now ($5.20); Heston Bale ($4.00). Margins: 0.8L x 2.2L. Time: 29.14sec. Trainer: Jason Thompson
2013 – (VIC) XYLIA ALLEN ($2.50F); Dyna Nalin ($7.10); Banjo Boy ($2.80); Punch One Out ($3.40). Margins: 2.1L x 5L. Time: 29.07sec. Trainer: Jenny Hunt
2014 – (QLD) IVA VISION; Oakvale Destiny; Awesome Project; Allen Deed. Margins: 1.2L x 4L. Time: 29.27sec. Trainer: Peter Young
2015 – (VIC) KAYDA SHAE ($1.80F); Dyna Double One ($4.10); Brad Hill Billy ($7.00); Sulzanti ($3.80). Margins: 0.6L x 4.7L. Time: 29.33sec. Trainer: Kelly Bravo
2016 – (VIC) ZAMBORA BROCKIE ($2.50F); Outside Pass ($4.10); Dundee Osprey ($2.80); Worm Burner ($5.50). Margins: 2.8L x 1.9L. Time: 29.17sec. Trainer: Anthony Azzopardi
2018 (JAN) – (VIC) ASTON DEE BEE ($1.40F); Quick Jagger ($3.70); Shadale ($8.80); Black Mumbo ($11.20). Margins: 0.05L x 3L. Time: 29.18sec. Trainer: Seona Thompson
2018 (NOV) – (VIC) ORSON ALLEN ($2.50F); Maurice Minor ($3.70); She’s Gifted ($6.10); Aston Kimetto ($2.80). Margins: 0.6L x 2.2L. Time: 29.19sec. Trainer: Correy Grenfell
2019 – (VIC) HOOKED ON SCOTCH ($1.30F); Whiskey Riot ($5.30); Good Odds Harada ($5.80); Mepunga Maggie ($14.90). Margins: 0.8L x 3.3L. Time: 29.16sec. Trainer: Jason Thompson
2020 – (VIC) TIGGERLONG TONK ($6.50); Shima Shine ($2.40F); Christo Bale ($4.60); Hard Style Rico ($2.50). Margins: 1.5L x 1L. Time: 29.03sec. Trainer: Correy Grenfell
2021 – (VIC) ASTON RUPEE ($1.40F); Tiggerlong Tonk ($2.90); McCooly’s Lad ($19.40); Lakeview Walter ($10.40). Margins: 5.7L x 2.5L. Time: 29.10sec. Trainer: Glenn Rounds

NB. Records of 1998, 1999 and 2014 starting prices are not chronicled.

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Peter Quilty

Peter Quilty has more than three decades of experience as assistant editor of Victorian Greyhound Weekly. He was editor of GRV monthly magazine The Adviser (2001-09) and owner/publisher of Australian Greyhound Monthly. He also served on the selection panel for the inaugural GRV ‘Hall of Fame’ inductees and for several years was an adjudicator on the Victorian GOTY. He’s also published greyhound racing yearbooks and wrote the ‘Bold Trease’ video script.

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