Can ‘ageless warrior’ Jarick Bale (Box 5) pull off an unprecedented $160,500 Group 1 TRFM Sale Cup (640m) three-peat on Boxing Day?

Well, that’s a $100,000 question. But Jarick Bale, which turns a spritely five years old in March next year, still has a mind that makes appointments his legs can keep!

Further, he’ll be out to create Victorian greyhound racing history as the first greyhound to win the same country cup three times.

It would be a crowning glory to a career of brilliance and longevity as the Sale Cup – the only G1 country cup on the Victorian greyhound racing calendar – will be Jarick Bale’s swansong.

Prepared by “Team Delbridge” (Mark and Lisa), Jarick Bale has ‘gone to the boxes’ on 115 occasions for 38 wins, 23 seconds and 14 thirds with $618,338 in prizemoney.

He was the slowest of five heat winners last Sunday, clocking 37.12sec, but ran into more trouble than the early explorers.

However, it still comes as a surprise that he’s the rank outsider of the field at $23 on Sportsbet.

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It would be a feather in his cap to snare a Sale Cup ‘triple crown’ at his last hurrah, according to Lisa.

“Well, no one has ever done it before. It would be preserved for posterity.

“Just for the dog himself, considering his age, it would be great.

“He would always be remembered. No one can take it away from you.

“He loves Sale anyway. He just knows how to get the job done.

“He should never have won from where he was in his heat. He’s near the end of his career but still has that ability at Group 1 level.”

“He would always be remembered. No one can take it away from you.”

Lisa explained what prompted the decision for a comeback with Jarick Bale.

“It was just to see whether he could win three Sale Cups in a row. You can’t die wondering.

“He never trials any good, but he put a couple of good ones in. We wouldn’t have put him in the series if we didn’t think he still had it in him.”

Lisa also indicated that Jarick Bale wasn’t far off the mark from his 2021 and 2022 Sale Cup victories.

“He may have lost a little bit of speed early, but the Sale track is a little different now to the past two years. I’d say he’s only a couple of lengths off his best.”

And Lisa ‘shared the secrets’ to his racetrack longevity and resilience.

“He’s a real chaser, and he’s not an over-the-top dog. He’s very relaxed at home. I think it’s just a case he loves racing – and winning!”

WATCH: “Jarick Bale flies too and has won.” JARICK BALE (B8) stages a herculean performance to take out a Sale Cup heat last Sunday.

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So, can Jarick Bale improve on his heat win?

“Yeah, of course he will,” Lisa exclaimed. “He hadn’t had a run over the ‘600’ for nearly five weeks and had absolutely no luck in his heat and still got up.

“I think the final is very open due to the box draw. But for him, box five is box five and if he’s slow out, he’ll go to the ‘fence’ anyway and make his own race.

“At the end of the day if he doesn’t win it’s no big deal. It’s just a thrill for him to have made the final again.”

It will be the ‘life of Riley’ for Jarick Bale after the Sale Cup.

“He’ll be a pet here and will also undertake some stud duties,” Lisa informed. “We’ve had his DNA done and we just need to register him as a sire.”

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