‘Flame’ fires with new Shepparton 385m TR

Tuesday, 23 Nov, 2021,
by Peter Quilty

‘Flame’ fires with new Shepparton 385m TR

Superstar Aston Rupee has been taking the greyhound world by storm. He recently won the G1 Topgun and followed up with the G3 Shootout. He’s also favourite for the G1 TAB Melbourne Cup on Friday night.

But little sister Aston Flame is having her own ‘moment in the sun’.

Trained at Longlea by Ian Garland, Aston Flame ($1.30F) had her own ‘21.30 seconds of fame’, establishing a new Shepparton 385m track record with a scorching 8.6L win. She eclipsed the previous mark of 21.31sec, set by Ferdinand Boy on July 5.

Aston Flame (Apr ’19 KC And All x Aston Miley) notched her fifth successive win – including the $25,000 to-the-winner G3 Northern Districts Cup – and has now won 12 races from 21 starts.

She was also a Bendigo Roses finalist in July.

WATCH: Aston Flame (8) sets the track alight, semaphoring a new Shepparton 385m TR (21.30sec) last night.

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.