Feral Franky will definitely be the headline act on the track at the opening night of the TAB Million Dollar Chase at Gunnedah next Saturday, after shattering the track record in a trial on Saturday morning.
Trainer Jack Smith had indicated he may target Gunnedah for the greyhound known as The Feral, but he wanted to trial his kennel star before confirming whether that would be Feral Franky’s path in the rich series.
“Oh yeah he’ll definitely be going to Gunnedah for the heats,” Smith said as he was driving back to FORBES after a hit and run mission to Gunnedah on Saturday morning.
“So you’ve heard already? Yeah, he went pretty well. He gets around most tracks, we just needed a look and we’ve had that now.”
Feral Franky had no problems at all on the Gunnedah track and was reportedly “a cigarette paper off the rail,” as he carved out 29.82s.
To put the time into context the track record at Gunnedah was set by Myrniong Master in May this year at 30.19s. The 0.37s Feral Franky has slashed off that time equates to more than five lengths.
Smith also took Little Digger to Gunnedah to trial and he ran 30.20s, but Smith confirmed that his veteran will be aimed at the $100,000 to the winner Master Meteor, an event for older greyhound held during the TAB Million Dollar Chase carnival at Wentworth Park.
Also trialling in fast time were Peter Carr’s pair, Jimmy Casey and Charlie Casey.
Jimmy Casey equaled Myrniong Master’s time of 30.19s, while Charlie Casey went under the 30s mark clocking 29.99s.
Fields for the Gunnedah heats will be drawn on Wednesday morning.
