Dubbo takes centre stage this Saturday night for the heats of the $50,000-to-the-winner Group 3 The Brother Fox series.
The group 3 series, formerly known as the Dubbo Cup, honours the town’s greatest export in Hall of Famer Brother Fox which broke a world record at Harold Park and won a swag of big races before becoming one of the greatest stud dogs of all time in the mid 1980s.
And while there are just three heats slated for the rich central west feature, they lack nothing in quality, spearheaded by million-dollar pin-up girl She’s A Pearl.
Trained by Andy Lord, She’s A Pearl is one of three greyhounds the premiership winning conditioner has set for the lucrative series along with Doonan and the Mark Duclos-owned We Don’t Share.
Duclos, the face of GRNSW‘s greyhound coverage, will be tuned in to watch the classy We Don’t Share continue his comeback to racing.
The son of MDC champ Good Odds Harada has raced just twice since last July after suffering a toe injury when winning at Wentworth Park in slick time.
The great Brother Fox which Saturday’s series is named in honour
“He hurt a toe capsule in that run and was off for months,” Duclos said.
“Andy and his family got him back to the track last November and he won again at Wenty in 29.90.
“But, he pulled up sore in the toe again.”
Back to the drawing board for the Lord kennel and We Don‘t Share, the winner of six of his 14 starts and already a Group 1 Vic Peters finalist, returned to the track on May 5 with a great second to Group 1 winner Embrace.
“I was so happy to see him back,” said Duclos.
“A tribute to the patience and skill of Andy, his family, and kennel staff to have him back on the track.”
We Don‘t Share comes up against two-time MDC consolation winner Zipping Maserati and Million Dollar Chase finalist Agland Luai in a quality heat.
But Duclos is anticipating a forward performance.
“He is such a great chaser,” said Duclos.
“Andy believes he can make a very good stayer in the future.”
Saturday night’s Dubbo card also sees heats of the Peg & Bill Miller Memorial set down for decision.
A number of star youngsters are drawn to contest the heats of the $20,000-to-the-winner series.