GREYHOUND RACING Success for Miss Valley Inn

Press, 10 April 1978, Page 18

GREYHOUND RACING Success for Miss Valley Inn

By 808 SCHUMACHER |1 Brother Bee and Call Me Hobbs i I were two New Zealand grey- j ! hounds which measured up to j i the top company in Australia. and the potential of New Zea- i land longtails to hold their ownp I against their Tasman counter- i parts was taken a step further ’ this week when Miss Valley Inn , decisively beat a top Sydney dog, : Tearaway Owl. Miss Valley Inn (Arctic Light— h Perfect Diroi, while Australian bred, was reared and did her ’ early racing in New Zealand and . proved a good money earner in this country for her Christchurch owner, Maurice Bailey. 1 Her ability and times on x ari- ! ous New Zealand track? ; > prompted Mr Bailey to try his [ luck with the bitch in Australia and Miss Valley Inn has ' lived up to his faith. 1 Resuming after a short, spell I

Ito recover from an injured wrist joint. Miss Valley Inn was matched against Tearaway Owl in a main event over 468 m at ; Gosford. A week earlier. Tearaway Owl had won the Futurity Stakes (with a $5OOO stake at the Sydney i metropolitan track. Wentworth Park. His time was only margin ally outside the track record. The same dog is a favourite for the $lO,OOO Willow Classic on that track next week. But Tearaway Owl had to take a back seat to Miss Valiev Inn jat Gosford. The brindle bitch jumped clear of the field from the start and was three lengths clear of Tearaway Owl along the back straight. The gap closed slightly in the home straight, but Miss Valley Inn still had a j convincing lead at the finish from the hot favourite. It was her best win in a distinguished! (racing career in both countries.!