The curiously named Can Of will trial at Wentworth Park Tuesday night in preparation for his metropolitan race debut on Friday May 9 or Saturday May 10.
Can Of’s trial will take place exactly a week after the Beau Hedley-trained speedster went within 0.05 seconds of Lochinvar Curl’s long-standing 29.30 Gosford 515m record, on a night where Darren Sultana’s excitement machine Silent Effective took 29.53 to win over the same course.
"The plan is to trial Can Of at Wenty, then enter him for a race there next week and hopefully have him in the heats of the Peter Mosman Classic at Wentworth Park on June 7," Beau said.
"Can Of has obviously a lot of talent but he likes to get to the fence.
"My worry is that the boxes at Wentworth Park are closer to the rails than they are at Gosford so I don’t know whether the dog will adapt to them.
"If he does I think he is going to give his owners plenty to cheer about."
Beau explained that the dog was given his quirky name by one of his young owners.
"The boys who own him take turns in naming their dogs and Can Of came about because he is by Magic Sprite, as in, a can of Sprite lemonade," Beau said.
Beau is not only an outstanding young trainer but also keeps fit with amateur boxing.
He won his first bout for trainer Artie Armstrong, another greyhound trainer who dabbles in the fight game, and makes his next appearance in the ring late next month.
"I’m fighting at Wests Leagues Club, Newcastle, on May 24 or 25 on the under-card to the first Australian heavyweight title fight to be held in Newcastle," Beau said.
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When Leroy’s Mystery scorched around the Bulli 472m course on Wednesday night in 26.29, he equalled the best time recorded at the south coast raceway posted by the great True Kihael, the best greyhound previously raced by his trainer Kim Hyde.
Leroy’s Mystery has now had five starts for two wins and three placings and it was a monumental effort to match True Kihael’s figures as that greyhound went on to compile a remarkable record of 25 wins from 41 starts during 2008 and 2009.
"Leroy’s Mystery has been injury prone which is why he is 25 months old and has done so little racing," Kim said.
"They haven’t been serious problems, just annoying niggling injuries, but he seems to be over them now.
"I’m hoping to bring him to Wentworth Park eventually but I’m going to take my time with him as he is the best greyhound among the five dogs I am currently training."
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Amanda Stollery, daughter of Wentworth Park bookie Mark Stollery, has no regrets after refusing an offer of $100,000 for her 21 month old bitch Frattini before the greyhound’s debut win at Bulli on Wednesday.
Amanda, no doubt with plenty of advice from dad, knocked back the massive bid after Frattini, named after one of the Stollery clan’s favourite Sydney restaurants, had clocked near record times in performance trials at Goulburn and Maitland.
Frattini posted 25.50 for the 457m Goulburn trip before clocking 24.97 over the Maitland 450m journey.
She then overcame a Collision at box rise to storm home along the rails, from third on the home bend, to win over 457m at Bulli in 26.46, a slick run for a maiden puppy.
Amanda bred Frattini by mating her Pringle-bred bitch Dusty Retreat with Collision.
The grand-daughter of legendary bookmaker, the late John Stollery, Amanda obviously has a highly valuable brood bitch in Dusty Retreat as Frattini is no "fluke" result of her mating with Collision.
Frattini’s litter mates also include Bacash, who has had three starts for two wins, Angsara, who won a heat of the recent Bendigo Gold Rush Maiden, and other hot prospects, as yet unraced, who are in the kennels of Frattini’s trainer Christine Oldfield.
