GOTY hope: Irma Bale pictured with handler Joe Briffa and trainer Graeme Bate.
 
 
VERSATILE STAYER EYES TOP AWARD

Irma Bale could become the seventh stayer in the past 25 years to win the coveted Victorian Greyhound of the Year award this Friday night at Crown Palladium.

The consistent stayer was bred by Paul Wheeler and is trained by Graeme Bate, with that pair also having David Bale among the three finalists in the running to be named Victoria