Friday night’s $112,335 Group 2 Sportsbet Geelong Gold Cup Final (520m) will have a strong local flavour with seven of the eight finalists trained in the Geelong region.

In fact, all seven of last Friday night’s heat winners were locals, with the other finalist being the fastest runner-up, the electrifying Flying Zulu.

Tom Dailly (Anakie) dominated proceedings with four heat winners, including the three fastest qualifiers – Oregon Durant, Shima Shadow and Ethanol Extra.

A wonderful atmosphere awaits on Friday night with eight local sporting groups competing in the Community Cup Challenge.

The groups have been assigned a greyhound in the Geelong Gold Cup Final for a chance to share in $8,500 cash.

2024 SPORTSBET GEELONG CUP FINAL (520M)

$75,000 (1st); $21,335 (2nd); $10,665 (3rd); $5,335 (4th)

1. Ethanol Volume (Tom Dailly, Anakie) $5.50
2. Ethanol Extra (Tom Dailly, Anakie) $9.50
3. Oregon Durant (Tom Dailly, Anakie) $5.50
4. Storm Stroller (Paul Bartolo, Little River) $31
5. Flying Zulu (Jason Thompson, Pearcedale) $3.30
6. Tommy Tequila (Daniel Gibbons, Avalon) $18
7. Zipping Gryllis (Brooke Ennis, Lara) $9
8. Shima Shadow (Tom Dailly, Anakie) $3

Reserves

9. Orli Bale (Correy Grenfell, Anakie) $10
10. Ethanol Water (Tom Dailly, Anakie) $7.50

Recent winners:

• 2023 Kelsey Bale
  (Daniel Gibbons)
• 2022 Yozo Bale
  (Correy Grenfell)
• 2021 Weblec Jet
  (Jeff Britton)
• 2020 Simon Told Helen
  (David Burnett)
• 2019 Hooked On Scotch
  (Jason Thompson)

• 2018 Aston Kimetto
  (Jason Thompson)
• 2017 Thirty Talks
  (Tony Brett)
• 2016 Shima Song
  (Andrea Dailly)
• 2015 Dalgetty
  (Jason Thompson)
• 2014 Luca Neveelk
  (Gerald Kleeven)
• 2013 Black Magic Opal
  (Jason Thompson)