THE world’s first millionaire greyhound will set Ballarat’s Morshead Park circuit alight on Wednesday night.
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Fernando Bale has drawn the third Ballarat Cup heat and will be chasing his 34th0 career win in the 450m event as he looks to add to his record-breaking earnings of $1.6m
He will be coming off a shock loss to kennelmate Dyna Double One in the Melbourne Cup final on Friday night.
From the Anakie kennel of Andrea Dailly, Fernando Bale has taken Australian greyhound racing by storm within a year in an historic career. He only began racing in December last year and broke the million dollar barrier in taking out the Adelaide Cup in October.
Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club will have eight $7000 heats, with the winner of each qualifying for the group 2 final on Friday, December 4 – a switch from the tradition Wednesday night timeslot.
Fernando Bale is one of three engaged in heats which contested the Melbourne Cup final, joining Zipping Meg (heat five) and Black Illusion (heat seven), which finished third.
Alf King from Sulky, Rohan Gladman, of Scarsdale, and Lal Lal's Neil Vincent will carry the hometown hopes in the series.
King has Mahogany Saphire in the fourth heat, Vincent sends around Six Green Thumbs in the seventh, and Gladman has Rosie Rocks in heat eight.
HEAT 1: ZOLTINA'S LEGACY A Chapple (Exford), 2 BENZO BALE A Dailly (Anakie), 3 MEPUNGA ARMAGH J Britton (Anakie), 4 RIVERGUM DRIVE K Greenough (Pearceda), 5 KENJU BALE A Dailly (Anakie), 6 AGENT JACK J Borg (Maryborough), 7 TOMMY BRISLANE S White (Nowra Hill), 8 BLUE REVOLVER W Vassallo (Devon Meadows); RESERVES, 9 SMILEY SAM G Hansen (Daisy Hill), 10 SCENIC SHOT J Magri (Avalon)
HEAT 2: MAGIC IS MIGHT P Presutto (Devon Meadows), 2 ALPHA ZEUS J Britton (Anakie), 3 ELFEN BALE A Dailly (Anakie), 4 CRACKERJACK MAX A Dailly (Anakie), 5 ASTON BOLERO J Thompson (Pearcedal), 6 MEPUNGA RANGER S Elsum (Camperdown), 7 TYWIN BALE S Collins (Lara), 8 STOMPIN' J Borg (Maryborough); RESERVES, 9 KING SIZE SHAMBI G Hansen (Daisy Hill), 10 SCENIC SHOT J Magri (Avalon)
HEAT 3: LUNAR ECLIPSE C Bahen (Yuroke), 2 LEKTRA OUTLAW A Dailly (Anakie), 3 FERNANDO BALE A Dailly (Anakie), 4 QUARREL BALE S Collins (Lara), 5 BREATHING FIRE K Greenough (Pearcedale), 6 DR. DES J Mcmahon (Darriman), 7 FABSTAR S Liuzzi (Lara), 8 OVER LIMIT G Rounds (Devon Meadows); RESERVES, 9 GULLY RAIDER G Jose (Catani), 10 PRANCING MAGIC A Xerri (Caroline Springs)
HEAT 4: QUINT BALE S Collins (Lara), 2 ZIPPING CHUBBZ B Ennis (Lara), 3 IVY BALE A Dailly (Anakie), 4 LEE BRILLIANCE J Borg (Maryborough), 5 MAHOGANY SAPHIRE A King (Sulky), 6 DR. DON W Mcmahon (Darriman), 7 SHARED EQUITY A Langton (Anakie), 8 SHARED BONUS J Britton (Anakie); RESERVES, 9 MAGIC SPRING K Greenough (Pearceda), 10 GULLY RAIDER G Jose (Catani)
HEAT 5: PAUA TO ROAR S White (Nowra Hill), 2 BILLO'S PICK K Greenough (Pearceda), 3 BENTA BALE A Dailly (Anakie), 4 A GRAND LOGIE J Eaton (Jilliby), 5 ZIPPING MEG B Ennis (Lara), 6 DIEGO BALE A Dailly (Anakie), 7 CALL ME HANK G Hansen (Daisy Hill), 8 SILVERTOP J Magri (Avalon); RESERVES, 9 PRANCING MAGIC A Xerri (Caroline Springs), 10 QUEEN AUDREY C Eaton (Jilliby)
HEAT 6: LEKTRA UTOPIA A Dailly (Anakie), 2 BALLERINO J Borg (Maryborough), 3 ATHOS R Gray (Pyalong), 4 HARLEM SHAKE J Fowler (Curlewis), 5 BILLS BACK C Smith (Wonwondah), 6 CUT LOOSE MAX G Howell (Pearcedale), 7 ERNEST BALE S Collins (Lara), 8 BLACK ILLUSION A Langton (Anakie); RESERVES, 9 MAGIC SPRING K Greenough (Pearceda), 10 SMILEY SAM G Hansen (Daisy Hill)
HEAT 7: UNLAWFUL ENTRY B Bravo (Lovely Banks), 2 SIX GREEN THUMBS N Vincent (Lal Lal), 3 DYNA TIBER A Dailly (Anakie), 4 IMA MISHA DOLL H Collins (Lara), 5 BERZERK J Thompson (Pearcedal), 6 IMMORTAL BEAR A Chapple (Exford), 7 PHASER BALE S Collins (Lara), 8 JAZZY LOU G Jose (Catani); RESERVES, 9 MAGNIFICO K Greenough (Pearceda)
HEAT 8: AMARO BALE A Dailly (Anakie), 2 CAUSTIC BALE S Collins (Lara), 3 MOREIRA J Thompson (Pearcedal), 4 ROSIE ROCKS R Gladman (Scarsdale), 5 KIHAEL KALUNA M Gatt (Thirlmere), 6 MY GIRL CHLOE B Bravo (Lovely Banks), 7 NO DIGGITY G Jose (Catani), 8 DYNAMO'S GIFT R Darby (Drysdale); RESERVES, 9 KING SIZE SHAMBI G Hansen (Daisy Hill), 10 MAGNIFICO K Greenough (Pearceda)