Melbourne Cup & Bold Trease Review

In front of one of the largest crowds seen in recent years, Dyna Tron ($4.20) jumped brilliantly to lead Shereen Bale ($3.50) through the first turn and soon established a four length margin entering the back straight. Shereen Bale chased valiantly to trim the final margin to 2¾ lengths, but could do no more as Dyna Tron etched his name into greyhound racing history.

Favourite Bekim Bale ($3) found early trouble before recovery brilliantly to finish a close up fourth behind Allen Elroy ($13.60).

“In the last three or four weeks he’s just been jumping out of his skin,” said kennel representative George Dailly.

“He’s been racing in tremendous form of late and looked well boxed out in box 7.”

Indeed, coming into the Melbourne Cup, Dyna Tron had had six career starts from box 7, winning three and being placed in three others. His most recent start from the box saw him land the Group 2 Geelong Cup in early November.

The win capped a remarkable night for leviathan New South Wales breeder Paul Wheeler. Having bred the first seven past the post in the Solo Melbourne Cup, Dyna Tron’s victory was one of four winners for the family on the night – three of which were trained by Andrea Dailly.

“It’s been a real family effort,” said Dyna Tron’s owner Brendan Wheeler.

“This win didn’t happen overnight, it’s taken years and years and we can’t thank our trainers enough. They all work very, very hard for this to happen.”

The win was the Wheeler family’s second Solo Melbourne Cup success, having previously won the Cup in 1999 with Greyhound Racing Victoria Hall OF Fame member Kantarn Bale.

A member of the brilliant Collision-Gold Rush Bale litter, the win improved Dyna Tron’s record to 21 wins from 42 starts, and the $200,000 winner’s cheque too his career prizemoney to $317,580.

After the placings the field finished in the following order 4th Bekim Bale ($3.00), 5th Numero Uno Bale ($10.30), 6th Bala Bale ($16.50) 7th Dyna Morris ($32.30) and Enry Walt ($16.80).

Dyna Tron is a Red Brindle dog whelped February 2009 by Collision from Gold Rush  Bale (Lansley Bale x Jindara Bale). He is raced by Brendan Wheeler and trained by Andrea Dailly from Anakie in Victoria. Dyna Tron has raced 42 times for 21 wins and nine placings with his win in the Melbourne Cup the $200,000 first prize took his current stake earnings to $317,580.

 Listed below is the honour roll of winners of the Melbourne Cup and the Bold Trease Carnival Cup.

1956 Rocketeer,
1957 Rookie Rebel,
1958 Marine Jet,
1959 Capital King,
1960 Chief Ranee,
1961 Bybrae,
1962 Saskagay,
1963 Saskaview,
1964 Rocket Streak,
1965 Kinta’s Son,
1966 Cheltenham Lass,
1967 Swan Opal,
1968 Mr Spot,
1969 Milimsimbi,
1970 Chris’ Dandy,
1971 Gerard The Gent,
1972 Gold Grotto,
1973 New Mariner,
1974 Kwik Metal,
1975 Dynamic Dean,
1976 Carrington Jade,
1977 Milepost,
1978 Tangaloa,
1979 Acclaim Star,
1980 Black Aztec,
1981 Satan’s Shroud,
1982 Kid Scandal,
1983 Lady Lilly,
1984 Rustic Venture,
1985 Sydney Dingaan,
1986 Legendary Kid,
1987 Speedy Mick,
1988 Hua,
1989 Fair Sentence,
1990 Highly Blessed,
1991 Fox Hunt,
1992 Master Giant,
1993 Silver Chisel,
1994 Light Of Fire,
1995 City Blitz,
1996 Henry Hand,
1997 Roanokee,
1998 Rapid Journey,
1999 Kantarn Bale
2000 Go Wild Teddy,
2001 Classic Capri,
2002 Excite Ability,
2003 Bombastic Shiraz,
2004 Hallucinate,
2005 Closing Argument,
2006 Betty’s Angel,
2007 Shanlyn Prince,
2008 Surgeon,
2009 Lord Ducal,
2010 El Grand Senor and
2011 Dyna Tron.

Earlier in the night, Zipping Malfoy caused the upset of the night to win the Group 1 Bold Trease Carnival Cup.

A son of Malfoy, a Bold Trease Carnival Cup finalist in 2004, Zipping Malfoy ($34.90) jumped straight to the front and was never headed, he raced through the sections in 6.09, 15.63, and 30.28 stopping the clock in a slick 41.79 seconds.

Second favourite Echelon ($3.50) flashed home for the runners up position with the ever consistent Slick Lee ($22.20) third in his 20th Group final and his 100th start. He finished third in last years final behind So Seductive.

The win was by far the biggest of Zipping Malfoy’s career, and he shapes as a very likely stayer with more Group wins in sight judging by his performance of sustained front running on display in the Bold Trease.

After the placings the field finished in the following order 4th Ebby Miss ($40.60), 5th Granduer ($3.40), 6th Bling It On ($3.50) 7th Zipping Lad ($5.10) and Robert Andrew ($42.20).

Zipping Malfoy is raced by Terry Kingcott and trained by Anthony Azzopardi of Londonderry in New South Wales. He is a Fawn dog whelped August 2009 by Malfoy from Or Catra (Brett Lee x Gold Serenade) Zipping Malfoy has raced 25 times for six wins and nine placings and with the $75,000 first prize for the Bold Trease Carnival Cup his overall stake earnings went to $90,850.

The night was a tremendous success for the Sandown Greyhound Racing Club and was a fitting finale for its Sky Channel Superdogs Series.

The largest crowd seen on course for over a decade was a fitting reward for the hard working administration, catering and track staff at Sandown. The team led by CEO Greg Miller introduced a number of changes to how Cup night was run and promoted this year and the results were evident for all to see. The big crowd enjoyed a wonderful night of excitement and atmosphere plus a host of entertainment and action. They all helped the Club top $1 million in TAB turnover on a meeting for  the fifth time in as many years. The overall figures were an industry record.

Bold Trease Carnival Cup Honour Roll.

1999 Chain Of Lagoons,
2000 Mr Boswell,
2001 Sara Magee,
2002 Naughty Nita,
2003 Proven Adonis,
2004 Arvo’s Athena,
2005 Texas Gold,
2006 Sargent Major and
2007 Cash Express,
2008 Fallen Zorro,
2009 Drill’ Em,
2010 So Seductive and
2011 Zipping Malfoy.