Dailly’s training double

Sunday, 30 Aug, 2020,
by Peter Quilty

Dailly’s training double

Andrea Dailly was awarded the 2019-20 Victorian Metropolitan and Provincial Trainer Premierships at the Victorian Greyhound Awards.

It’s the third successive year she’s claimed both prestigious awards.

Based at Anakie, Dailly scooped the pool with yet another racing season of sheer excellence.

Dailly won the ‘city’ award with 135 wins. She also notched 121 seconds and 114 thirds at Sandown Park and The Meadows.

Another Anakie trainer, Jeff Britton, was runner-up (80 wins) and Pearcedale’s Jason Thompson third (62 wins).

Dailly also secured the ‘country’ gong with 214 wins, ahead of Balliang’s Mark Delbridge (205) and Jeff Britton (140).

Her ‘shining season’ was highlighted by the racetrack deeds of kennel star Shima Shine (Nov ’17 Barcia Bale x Shima Song).

Shima Shine won three metropolitan races and 10 provincial events during the 2019-20 racing year (July 1 – June 30) and contested four Victorian group race finals, including the Group 1 Topgun (525m) and Group 1 Silver Chief – both at The Meadows.

He also established track records at Ballarat 450m (24.75sec) – August 28, 2019 and Bendigo 425m (23.35sec) – June 28, 2020.

However, Shima Shine certainly wasn’t ‘Robinson Crusoe’ in the Dailly camp. She had a host of stars contributing to her stellar racing year – including:

Jaro Bale – (8 metro wins); Finalist: G1 Melbourne Cup and G1 Temlee

Rockstar Beav – (10 metro / 2 provincial); Finalist: G1 Fanta Bale Super Stayers; G1 Sandown Cup; G1 Sale Cup

Aston Cade – (6 metro / 4 provincial); Finalist: G1 Australian Cup; G2 Warrnambool Cup

Jax Bale – (4 metro / 2 provincial); Runner-up: G1 Harrison-Dawson

Leon Bale – (7 metro / 1 provincial); Finalist: G1 Harrison-Dawson; G2 Warrnambool Cup (3^rd)

Kessler Bale – (4 metro); Won: G3 Sir John Dillon Memorial; Finalist: G1 Hume Cup

Rockstar Prince – (4 metro / 1 provincial); Finalist: G1 Maturity Classic

Lektra Spring – (2 metro); Finalist: G1 Hume Cup (3^rd); G3 Sir John Dillon Memorial

Faithy Bale – (7 metro / 5 provincial); Finalist: G2 Warrnambool Cup

Halberd Bale – (10 metro / 1 provincial)

Speed Star – (17 provincial); Finalist: G2 Warragul Cup

Meanwhile, Boom Down was a four-time G1 finalist, including the Bold Trease (2^nd) and G1 Topgun Stayers (3^rd), while Shima Mist established a track record at Ballarat 660m (37.48sec) – February 12, 2020.

Metro Leaderboard

Ranks	Trainer	1sts	2nds	3rds	Points
1	ANDREA DAILLY	135	121	114	135
2	JEFFREY BRITTON	80	52	49	80
3	JASON THOMPSON	62	37	30	62
4	ANGELA LANGTON	47	39	33	47
5	ROBERT BRITTON	37	34	25	37
6	MARK DELBRIDGE	36	28	43	36
7	ANTHONY AZZOPARDI	33	23	19	33
8	DAVID BURNETT	28	19	21	28
9	CORREY GRENFELL	26	24	25	26
10	MATTHEW LANIGAN	24	24	38	24
10	BRENDAN PURSELL	24	29	28	24
11	JASON SHARP	23	36	27	23
12	JESSICA SHARP	18	22	21	18
13	ROBERT CAMILLERI	16	16	8	16
14	PAUL ABELA	15	5	10	15
15	RODNEY CLARK	14	10	11	14
15	GLENN ROUNDS	14	6	9	14
15	KELVYN GREENOUGH	14	8	7	14
16	STEVEN BRUCE WHITE	13	15	5	13
17	JAMES ENNIS	12	12	9	12
17	DEBORAH COLEMAN	12	15	12	12
18	TERRENCE REID	11	9	18	11
19	JACQUELINE GREENOUGH	10	6	4	10
19	PETER PRESUTTO	10	3	8	10
19	JEFF GALEA	10	8	5	10
20	BROOKE ENNIS	9	8	6	9
20	CHRIS JOHANNSEN	9	2	4	9

CRITERIA GUIDELINES

The Victorian Metropolitan Trainer’s Premiership will be awarded to the Victorian registered trainer who trained the highest number of winners of full metropolitan stake money races, conducted at Victorian metropolitan tracks, during the racing year (1 July to 30 June).

The Victorian Provincial Trainer’s Premiership will be awarded to the Victorian registered trainer who trained the highest number of winners of full provincial stake money races, conducted at Victorian country tracks, during the racing year (1 July to 30 June).

Provincial Full stake money races do not include Tier 3, non-penalty, reduced stake money races, or any other similarly conducted events on country tracks or any metropolitan full stake events conducted at Victorian metropolitan tracks.

Provincial Leaderboard

Ranks	Trainer	1sts	2nds	3rds	Points
1	ANDREA DAILLY	214	185	171	214
2	MARK DELBRIDGE	205	202	195	205
3	JEFFREY BRITTON	140	92	83	140
4	JASON THOMPSON	126	48	34	126
5	RODNEY CLARK	103	82	68	103
6	DEBORAH COLEMAN	101	46	37	101
7	MATTHEW LANIGAN	93	98	93	93
8	WILLIAM MCMAHON	91	97	74	91
9	ROBERT CAMILLERI	87	64	28	87
10	ANTHONY AZZOPARDI	81	52	29	81
11	JASON SHARP	80	71	67	80
12	CHRIS JOHANNSEN	78	69	79	78
13	AARON DEBATTISTA	74	62	48	74
14	PAUL ABELA	65	44	35	65
14	LISA DELBRIDGE	65	56	56	65
14	JESSICA SHARP	65	80	80	65
15	CORREY GRENFELL	60	60	66	60
16	ANGELA LANGTON	53	40	22	53
17	ROBERT BRITTON	52	47	27	52
18	GARRY SELKRIG	47	25	24	47
19	MATTHEW CLARK	44	31	22	44
19	LYN SMITH	44	33	32	44
19	GLENN ROUNDS	44	18	15	44
19	BRENDAN PURSELL	44	38	39	44
19	NATHAN ROONEY	44	25	15	44
20	STEVEN COLLINS	43	45	39	43

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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.