Boom greyhound Hay Fergus will be looking to make it three wins from three starts when he returns to Bulli this evening in a heat of the Ladbrokes Bulli to Wenty series (472m).
Hay Fergus will jump from box two in what is looking like the toughest test of his brief career.
The son of legendary Brett Lee and Group 1 winner Daydream had earlier caught the eye with a lightning performance trial run in which he broke the Bulli 400m track record with a time of 22.14.
He backed that up with an impressive 22.22 debut win before stepping up to the 472m a fortnight ago and registering a four-and-a-quarter length win in 26.21.
“We’ve had some minor issues with ligaments in his hock but he is 100 per cent now,” trainer Brett May (pictured with Hay Fergus and wife Deb) said.
“If he misses the kick here it won’t be good but he should have enough pace at the first turn to get clear of these.
“It’s a decent race but I’m expecting a good run from him here.”
In other races at Bulli tonight, the Stephen Lambley-trained pair Dun Ya Dash (box three) and Kazmic’s Spirit in box seven go head-to-head in what looks a super race five (472m).
Ironically, Kazmic’s Spirit is the greyhound which finished second in Hay Fergus’ track record performance trial, but has improved with every race he has had, winning two of his first three starts.
Dun Ya Dash has also won two of his last three starts at Goulburn, but Lambley is leaning to his other greyhound.
“I slipped them at Appin earlier this week and Kazmic’s Spirit went better,” Lambley said. “It was only by a length on the line but he was slightly quicker.
“I think Kazmic’s Spirit has the better box here as well. Neither of them are wide runners particularly but they like to be drawn out wider.
“Dun Ya Dash is a big, gangly greyhound, while Kazmic Spirit is just a little more nimble and is slightly quicker at the moment.
“They are both raring to go and looking absolutely cracking, but I’m leaning towards Kazmic’s Spirit.”
Kennelmate Kazmic’s Revenge (box one) is going for the hat-trick and looks drawn to take out race six.
Espanyol collected his third win in seven starts here last week over the 400m and looks the pick in a terrific race seven.
There is plenty of quality here but Judith Fisher’s greyhound can take advantage of the lack of pace outside him to burn home.
The Craig Chappelow-trained Expressive (box seven) finished fourth last week after starting slowly but can make amends in race 10 this week.
A son of Brett Lee and Surpassing, Expressive has won at Bulli before in 22.61 and looks the best here.
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