Bullet made her step up to four bends on 15/03 over 525 in Lifford and it was a case of mixed fortunes. Drawn nicely in trap 3 she opened odds on but good money came for trap 2 and at the bell our girl had eased to 4/1 with the jolly going off at 6/5.
At trap rise my hopes raised as she came out in front level with the nicely bred Minnies Svetlana with the favourite getting a nice tow in behind the Bullet. A nice turn of early pace saw our girl a length or so clear going into the first bend. At this point it all started to go wrong!
Either the trap 5 clipped her heels or she slipped but Bullet lost her action and at one stage I thought she wasn't going to get round the second bend. This cost her the race as the eventualy winner trap 2 bolted up the inside to take charge going into the back straight with trap 5 second and Bullet third about 4 lengths adrift. We made good progress down the back side but the same problems occurred at the third and fourth bend and more ground was lost.
However, the Bullet is made of very stern stuff and she put her head down in the home straight to catch Minnies Svetlana in the shadow of the post to steal second finishing 4 3/4 lengths behind the winner Stratus Faction in a time of 29.44, which leaves us with an estimated time of 29.77.
On returning to the paddock it was evident all wasn't well as she was trailing her right back leg although she wasn't visibly lame. The next morning told the tale as she was very sore on both her right shoulder and right hip. A trip to Declan McCambridge confirmed my thoughts and she has been on the easy list since. Two weeks on the lead coupled with daily massage appears to have done the trick as I gave her a couple of gallops and a handslip since and she is sound as a pound. I will give her a spin over 4 bends before re-entering her. Hopefully a nice sweepstake will turn up for her in the mean time.
Below is the link to the race courtesy of greyhound-data.
http://www.greyhound-data.com/play.htm?video=/video/IE/LFD/2008/LFD-2008-03-15-HT06.flv&name=THE LIFFORD A5 525
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