Brisbane Cup Review

Glen Gallon (Flying Stanley-Incoherent) scored by a length and three-quarters over early leader Dyna Tron ($3.00) with a half head to Radley Bale ($9.40) in third.

“We had an offer of $55,000 for him from Victoria and then another offer from China,” said Steve. “Tony and I discussed it. He admitted he didn’t want to lose the dog and asked if he could run him through the Brisbane Cup.”

Glen Gallon landed his 10th victory in 20 starts and he has also run six placings. It is the first Group 1 for the Velocity Lodge partners, Steve Williams and Lionel White.

Brett admitted at the after-race presentation he believed Iso Octane was his best chance of winning the Cup before the series started. Iso Octane had won the Group 1 Winter Cup early in the year for Brett and his Sydney connections.

“It doesn’t get any better than this,” said Steve Williams. “Well, it doesn’t for me. I went weak at the knees when he won.”

Steve and Lionel both were decked out in their white suits for the night. The Velocity Lodge boys have made a habit of dressing in suits the colour of the Group finalists’ box draw.

“It’s a tradition we started when Super Size ran in the Ipswich Gold Cup final years ago,” said Steve. “She had the six and we were decked out in green suits that night.”

Glen Gallon is the first Group 1 winner for Velocity Lodge. They had already been represented by Ruff It in a Golden Easter Egg and Glen Gallon in the National Sprint.

Melbourne Cup winner Dyna Tron began brilliantly and led through a first section of 5.69 but Glen Gallon was well away and settled close to him in the back straight.

Brett thought his chances were lost when Glen Gallon and Spring Gun checked each other at the 600m boxes. “I thought he was gone, but he’s a great chaser and a great dog and he kept coming,” said Tony.

That he did and he railed through to grab the lead in the straight.

After the placed runners the field finished in the following order 4th He Knows Uno ($7.90), 5th Bekim Bale ($4.10), 6th Spring Gun ($4.80), 7th Mercy Rule ($58.20) and Radical Dos ($36.10).

Glen Gallon is a Red Brindle dog whelped August 2009 by Flying Stanley from Incoherent (Bombastic Shiraz x Queen Of Tigers) he is raced by the Velocity Lodge Partners and trained by Tony Brett at Grandchester in Queensland. He has raced 20 times for ten wins and six placings, adding the Brisbane Cup’s first prize of $75,000 to his overall stake earnings they went to $113,171.

Tony Brett and Steve Williams with Glen Gallon post Brisbane Cup

The Brisbane Cup has had a few name changes when it was first run in 1972 and won by Victorian Garron Court the race was known as the Gabba Sprint Championship. It remain that name until 1976. It was then called the Brisbane Cup from 1977 until 1981 changed in1982 to be known as the Coca-Cola Cup until 1999 when it changed back to the Brisbane Cup. The race was conducted at the Gabba until the track closed in 1992 and since has been staged at Albion Park. Listed below is the Honour Roll containing some of the champion greyhounds among the past winners.

1972 Garron Court, 1973
Top Simbi, 1974
Mister Oollee, 1975
Alpha Brava, 1976
Clover Duke, 1977
Rebel Attack, 1978
Young Breeze, 197
9 Acclaim Star, 1980
General Jeff, 1981

Picture This, 1982

Peter Glider, 1983
Acacia Park, 1984
National Lass, 1985 Super Max, 1986 Pretty Fearless, 1987 Whip Tip, 1988 Dancing Gamble, 1989 Golden Fox, 1990 Whisky Bale, 1991 No It’s Not, 1992 White Coonowrin, 1993 Star Title, 1994 Toss The Teddy, 1995 Flying Amy, 1996 Silver Pageant, 1997 Barrio Babe, 1998 Questions, 1999 Bob’s One, 2000 Kantarn Bale, 2001 Tricky Creek, 2002 Tricky Creek, 2003 Bogie Leigh, 2004 Malfoy, 2005 Pororoca, 2006 Pure Burst, 2007 Uno Joel, 2008 El Galo, 2009 Mr Metz and 2010 He Knows Uno.