Siren May Yet Defy History

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GREYHOUNDS in the three-leg series with a both to the inside and outside career-best effort of 22.15 of her past six starts, but is Phillips has four chances By GREGOR MACTAGGART strong 537m win last Friday of him. Malay Game, who has seconds and, with luck from drawn ideally in box one, in both the Water Dynamics night and will secure a $1000 raced below his best so far box eight, can figure. while biggest rival Jen’s Stake (537m) and the Winnel- AZURA Spirit only needs a bonus if he finishes no worse this series, is one greyhound Darwin greyhound queen Love flies from the seven lie Hotel Stake (383m), so he top-three finish to secure the than third at 383m this even- capable of improving, partic- Sugar Mouth looks poised to draw. would have to be unlucky not title of Darwin’s premier ing’s race. ularly at 383m, a journey he make amends for last week Ron Phillips is banking on to go home with at least one greyhound allrounder at But it is no doddle for has won five races over. in the Dinky Di Web Design strength in numbers to carry success. Winnellie Park tonight. Azura Spirit against a capac- Zippen Princess is drawn Open Stake (312m). his hopes of success tonight, Racing is from 7.39pm, The Brian Smith-trained ity field from box six and beautifully in box one, while Sugar Mouth’s recent form with 11 contenders across the with coverage through Radio chaser built a decisive lead some speedy types drawn When Quoted boasts a has been mixed, winning two six-race card. TAB 1242am. Siren may yet defy history

HORSE RACING come to winning the race foundation in how we place Streama in the Surround Sta- By RAY THOMAS was O’Shea’s former champ- our horses — so it is fair to kes (1400m) two months ago. ion, Private Steer, who ran say it will be a monumental ‘‘Obviously, I was a bit con- TRAINER John O’Shea has a second to Bel Esprit in 2003. task for Sea Siren to win.’’ cerned she had had a hard very real appreciation of the ‘‘I always reflect on train- Despite this damning stat- run but she seems to have difficult task confronting his ers taking fillies to this race istic, Sea Siren is the $4 bounced back from it really filly Sea Siren in the Group 1 thinking they can win it — favourite with TAB Sports- well,’’ O’Shea said. $650,000 Doomben 10,000 but I’m thinking to myself bet fixed odds to create her ‘‘She produced such an out- (1350m) tomorrow. ‘no, you can’t’,’’ O’Shea said. own piece of racing history standing performance first- O’Shea, a student of racing ‘‘If Private Steer couldn’t tomorrow. up but I noticed Jimmy (Cas- history, doesn’t need remind- (do it), I guarantee you’re not Sea Siren earned her place sidy) was very kind to her for ing that no three-year-old going to win. at the top of 10,000 betting af- a long time in the run.’’ filly has won the feature ‘‘Private Steer only needed ter her brilliant first-up win Sea Siren has won four sprint since it was first run to have an ounce of luck in in the Group 1 BTC Cup races (two placings) from six as a handicap in 1933. running and she would have (1200m) two weeks ago. starts, earning nearly The Doomben 10,000 was won it but the point is three- O’Shea said he had taken $450,000 prizemoney, and the changed to a weight-for-age year-old fillies have never heart from the improvement daughter of super sire Fast- race in 1997 but still the hoo- won this race. his filly has taken from her net Rock is already one of the Jim Cassidy aboard Sea Siren wins the BTC Cup at Doomben doo continues. ‘‘I’m a great believer in rac- BTC Cup win, her first start most valuable potential earlier this month The closest any filly has ing history — it forms a since her second to top filly broodmares in training.

$12,054.20. FIRST 4: (10 3 9 14): $1,521.40. Extra Double: 12 Lady Corleone 3 $33.40. E: $89.40. T: $323.30. A2: 11-13 Baseball Tennis Scr: 1L,2,4,11,12,15. Baculos $27.50. Double: 2 Emeritus 12 $11.90, 1-11 $10.30, 1-13 $5.10. Scr: 9,10. MLB Nice Open Extra Double: 4 Darlimurla Star 7 Re- Norma Betty’s Boy $43.90. Treble: 10 Race 2: 9 Silver Sass $3.70 $1.70 1 Flying setalenko $6.30. Double: 9 On The Cards Thebigiam 2 Emeritus 12 Norma Betty’s Rd 2, Men (prefix denotes seeding): Lord $1.80 8 Not So Sweet $3.80. Q: $8.00. American League (home team in CAPS): 10 Hadron $96.70. Treble: 1 Princess To- Boy $173.70. Brian Baker (USA) d 4-Gael Monfils E: $15.00. T: $142.10. A2: 1-9 $5.60, 8-9 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 Minnesota shi 9 On The Cards 10 Hadron $901.00. (FRA) 6-3 7-6(9); Mikhail Kukushkin ROCKHAMPTON (QR) $8.10, 1-8 $11.10. All Started. Twins 0; NEW YORK YANKEES 8 Kansas GOSFORD (NR) (KAZ) d 5-Bernard Tomic (AUS) 3-6 6-2 Race 1: 2 Rishona $2.80 $1.60 1 Zerocity Race 3: 2 Times Are Changing $8.30 City Royals 3; CLEVELAND INDIANS 4 De- Race 1: 4 Ward $4.50 $1.40 6 Flyfillyfly 7-5; 3-Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d Edouard $1.40 3 Vain Dazzler NTD. Q: $2.90. E: $3.00 10 Queen Of Quilts $2.50 3 Great troit Tigers 2; TAMPA BAY RAYS 5 $3.10 5 Caesar’s Princess NTD. Q: $13.10. Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 7-6(5) 6-4; 2-Gilles $5.30. T: $9.30. FIRST 4: (2 1 3 5): $20.80. Success $1.40. Q: $30.50. E: $72.90. T: Toronto Blue Jays 4 F11; SEATTLE MARI- Simon (FRA) d Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 6-3 $12.00. E: $24.70. T: $79.10. A2: 3-5 $3.80, E: $20.30. T: $45.80. Scr: 3. All Started. 5-11 $3.70, 3-11 $2.00. Scr: 1,2,4,7,12,14. $244.20. A2: 2-10 $9.90, 2-3 $4.60, 3-10 NERS 5 Texas Rangers 3; Boston Red 6-3; Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) d Juan Car- Race 2: 7 Plugger $7.90 $2.10 12 Two Blue Race 2: 1 Writer $2.40 $1.50 5 Craiglea $5.40. Scr: 15,16,17,18. Sox 6 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 5; Los An- los Ferrero (ESP) 6-4 6-3; 1-John Isner Race 3: 11 Perfectly Stunning $23.20 $5.70 8 Maisie Lou $1.10. Q: $88.80. E: Tina $3.80 3 Intertheblack NTD. Q: $8.60. geles Angels 3 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 1 (USA) d Xavier Malisse (BEL) 7-6(3) $4.30 8 Saint Pulse $1.30 5 Lord Bromp- $201.10. T: $556.70. A2: 7-12 $24.60, 7-8 E: $15.20. T: $49.70. FIRST 4: (1 5 3 2): Race 4: 1 Bentonian $17.70 $3.80 7 Swing F11. 7-6(5); Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d ton $2.20. Q: $24.20. E: $81.20. T: $398.90. $5.20, 8-12 $7.30. Scr: 4L,5,14,17,18. $112.60. Scr: 6. $1.10 3 The Developer $5.50. Q: $14.60. E: A2: 8-11 $10.50, 5-11 $24.70, 5-8 $4.20. Scr: Race 3: 12 Lady Corleone $5.40 $1.80 2 $49.40. T: $697.60. A2: 1-7 $5.50, 1-3 National League (home team in CAPS): 7-Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-4 1-6 6-3; Steve Race 3: 1 Pegunny Spur $1.50 $1.10 5 4,12,15,17. Fortunate Four $2.80 1 Dragons Forever $26.20, 3-7 $8.40. All Started. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6 San Diego Pad- Darcis (BEL) d Filippo Volandri (ITA) 3-6 Eyes Magic $2.00 3 A Little Bit Sassy 6-2 6-4. Race 4: 4 Darlimurla Star $1.80 $1.00 10 $2.70. Q: $40.60. E: $48.10. T: $355.60. A2: res 3; Colorado Rockies 8 MIAMI MAR- $1.90. Q: $6.40. E: $12.50. T: $33.10. A2: 1-5 Race 5: 12 Light Blitz $60.00 $9.90 4 Bar Amo La Nonna $1.40 2 Carronade $1.90. 2-12 $8.30, 1-12 $6.10, 1-2 $11.30. Scr: 3,5. LINS 4; CINCINNATI REDS 2 Atlanta Strasbourg International $2.20, 1-3 $2.40, 3-5 $7.10. FIRST 4: (1 5 3 Lover $5.80 1 Princely Sage $1.10. Q: Q: $3.50. E: $6.80. T: $15.20. A2: 4-10 $2.40, Race 4: 3 Baculos $4.70 $2.10 4 Beaufort Rd 2, Women (prefix denotes seeding): 8): $84.20. Scr: 2. $585.70. E: $1640.30. T: $3,248.50. A2: 4-12 Braves 1; PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 4 2-4 $3.80, 2-10 $3.20. Scr: 13,15. Gyre $2.60 7 Bolero Dancer $1.50. Q: 2-Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d Mirjana Race 4: 3 Duffy $4.20 $1.50 5 Maria Rosa $212.10, 1-12 $23.90, 1-4 $9.10. All Start- Washington Nationals 1; HOUSTON AS- Race 5: 7 Resetalenko $2.10 $1.30 1 Dals- $28.00. E: $43.90. T: $138.60. A2: 3-4 $8.10, Lucic (CRO) 6-1 6-2; Alize Cornet (FRA) d $3.50 1 Ballroom Dance $1.30. Q: $27.50. ed. TROS 5 Chicago Cubs 1; ARIZONA DIA- winton Road $1.90 4 Khatam $6.50. Q: 3-7 $2.60, 4-7 $5.60. Scr: 2. Shahar Peer (ISR) 4-6 6-4 6-0; Ayumi E: $49.10. T: $118.00. A2: 3-5 $7.90, 1-3 MONDBACKS 11 Los Angeles Dodgers 4; $4.20. E: $8.30. T: $70.80. A2: 1-7 $2.30, 4-7 Race 5: 7 Gasquet $4.10 $1.60 1 Dialto- Race 6: 5 Friarday $2.20 $1.10 2 Mardella Morita (JPN) d Virginie Razzano (FRA) $2.30, 1-5 $4.20. FIRST 4: (3 5 1 6): $569.00. New York Mets 3 PITTSBURGH PIRATES $11.20, 1-4 $22.90. Scr: 8,11,12. mood $3.50 3 Negombo $2.30. Q: $25.60. Flyer $5.10 3 Amberstroem $1.60. Q: 6-1 6-3; Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d Ste- All Started. 1; MILWAUKEE BREWERS 8 San Fran- Race 6: 5 Waterford Hill $8.00 $2.70 10 E: $30.70. T: $290.20. A2: 1-7 $9.90, 3-7 $37.30. E: $61.50. T: $177.00. A2: 2-5 phanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) 3-6 6-2 6-3; Race 5: 5 Boardwalk Dancer $12.30 $2.70 cisco Giants 5. Arboreta $1.90 3 African Heat $3.10. Q: $7.70, 1-3 $14.10. FIRST 4: (7 1 3 4): $18.70, 3-5 $1.40, 2-3 $13.60. All Started. Johanna Larsson (SWE) d 8-Tamira 6 Tropic Gem $4.40 3 Bonny The Viper $29.40. E: $58.10. T: $807.20. A2: 5-10 $909.00. All Started. Paszek (AUT) 6-2 6-0; 4-Anabel Medina $1.80. Q: $57.70. E: $346.50. T: $1,155.70. Race 7: 2 Verdello Blue $3.50 $1.50 7 Daly $13.30, 3-5 $17.30, 3-10 $16.60. FIRST 4: (5 Race 6: 10 Thebigiam $3.80 $1.60 1 Vader Basketball (ESP) d Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 7-6(9) 7-6(2); A2: 5-6 $36.30, 3-5 $11.20, 3-6 $17.60. Hennessy $1.80 3 Rock Bar $2.10. Q: 10 3 6): $2,548.80. Scr: 7,11,12L,13,15. $1.90 13 Oceanic $3.20. Q: $12.60. E: Sloane Stephens (USA) d Timea Babos FIRST 4: (5 6 3 4): $3,882.00. All Started. $6.60. E: $13.90. T: $76.80. A2: 2-7 $2.60, NBA Playoffs Race 7: 1 Princess Toshi $8.60 $2.80 8 $23.70. T: $144.90. A2: 1-10 $6.40, 10-13 (HUN) 6-2 3-6 6-3; Alexandra Panova Race 6: 5 Dack’s Faz $54.20 $8.30 2 So 2-3 $5.40, 3-7 $6.40. All Started. Auriegirl $2.40 6 Oriental Ruby $2.80. Q: $8.20, 1-13 $13.20. FIRST 4: (10 1 13 5): Rd 2 (all series best-of-seven) — East- (RUS) d Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 6-3 4-6 Pretentious $1.30 6 Cowboy Town $3.20. $31.90. E: $53.60. T: $705.90. A2: 1-8 $1,038.20. Scr: 2,11L. Race 8: 3 Pegatrick $5.50 $1.90 4 Silbar ern Conference at Philadelphia: 6-3. Q: $64.30. E: $261.60. T: $1,186.00. A2: 2-5 $10.10, 1-6 $13.30, 6-8 $9.20. FIRST 4: (1 8 6 Race 7: 2 Emeritus $2.80 $1.40 8 Now I $1.40 6 Tiger Down Under $5.80. Q: $7.30. Philadelphia 76ers 82 Boston Celtics 75 $23.80, 5-6 $67.10, 2-6 $6.40. Qd: (1 3 5 5): 4): $4,251.20. Scr: 5,10,11,13,14. See $1.90 1 Voltabolta $2.40. Q: $6.40. E: E: $14.80. T: $323.50. A2: 3-4 $2.00, 3-6 (Philadelphia 76ers 3 Boston Celtics 3). Horse Racing $2,107.90. FIRST 4: (5 2 6 11): Not won Race 8: 9 On The Cards $15.00 $4.00 7 Hill $21.70. T: $66.00. A2: 2-8 $3.10, 1-2 $7.30, $17.30, 4-6 $21.20. Qd: (12 5 2 3): pool jackpots. Scr: 1,7. WERRIBEE (VR) Of Faith $3.60 10 Tango Express $5.10. Q: 1-8 $8.80. FIRST 4: (2 8 1 13): $490.80. Scr: $4,717.70. Scr: 1. Extra Double: 2 Rishona 1 Writer $7.60. Hockey Race 1: 1 All About The Coin $2.70 $1.20 $66.50. E: $131.50. T: $2,590.70. A2: 7-9 5,6L,9L. Double: 5 Boardwalk Dancer 5 Dack’s Extra double: 2 Times Are Changing 1 12 Talk Of Angels $2.10 3 Good And Hot $22.30, 9-10 $25.60, 7-10 $12.00. FIRST 4: Race 8: 12 Norma Betty’s Boy $8.00 $2.50 NHL Playoffs Faz $289.40. Treble: 3 Duffy 5 Boardwalk Bentonian $258.60. $1.80. Q: $11.50. E: $21.80. T: $85.60. A2: (9 7 10 5): $6,033.40. Scr: 6,12,15. 5 Arawak $1.60 3 Just Like Zac $2.10. Q: Dancer 5 Dack’s Faz $1599.20. Double: 2 Verdello Blue 3 Pegatrick Final (all series best-of-seven) — East- 1-12 $6.00, 1-3 $4.20, 3-12 $4.40. Scr: Race 9: 10 Hadron $5.30 $2.10 3 Quatra $17.00. E: $40.70. T: $200.20. A2: 5-12 ern Conference at New York: New Jer- 4,8,9,10,16. Valve $1.10 9 Friday Hussy $2.90. Q: $7.20, 3-12 $8.80, 3-5 $5.30. Qd: (7 10 2 12): NORTHAM (PR) $23.30. sey Devils 5 New York Rangers 3 (New Race 2: 5 Eureka Pulse $5.90 $1.80 3 $6.10. E: $19.80. T: $122.80. A2: 3-10 $3.40, $1,742.00. FIRST 4: (12 5 3 2): $3,264.80. Race 1: 11 She Bares All $15.70 $2.30 13 Treble: 5 Friarday 2 Verdello Blue 3 Jersey Devils leads series 3-2). Blaze It Up $1.20 11 Noondie $1.40. Q: 9-10 $11.00, 3-9 $7.80. Qd: (5 1 9 10): Scr: 7L,8,10,14L. Chanteria $1.40 1 Jetcetera $2.00. Q: Pegatrick $64.20.

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