The Group 1 RSN Sandown Cup (715m) will be run on Thursday night at Sandown Park. Here’s a few things you might not know about this wonderful race.
- Six of the eight 2020 Sandown Cup finalists are trained in the Geelong region.
- Quickest heat winner Rockstar Beav is aiming to become the first greyhound to win the Sandown Cup from Box 1 since Osti’s Joker in 2000.
- Five of the past seven Sandown Cups have been won by female greyhounds. There are three females in this year’s final – Blazing Cartier, Ella Enchanted and Just Terms.
- If successful in Thursday night’s final, Bronski Beat will become the first Tasmanian-bred greyhound to win the Sandown Cup since Chinatown Lad in 2008.
- And for the history buffs…
- Western Australian champion Miata was the $2.70 favourite in 2013 Sandown Cup, with a huge crowd turning out to witness what was always going to be her final race. After an uncharacteristically slow start she flashed home for third in a thrilling finish to Irma Bale, beaten .33 lengths.
- In 2007 the Sandown Cup was controversially declared a ‘No Race’ by stewards after Don Hazzard, the trainer of Sky Hazzard, accidentally released the manual start lever.
- There have been five multiple Sandown Cup winners – Paul’s Thunder (1970-71), Lizrene (1972-73), Bold Trease (1986-89), Irma Bale (2012-13) & Sweet It Is (2014-2015).
