I plunged my dog from 15/1 into 7/4

100% super fitness pulled off this great plunge. 1975

I had a handy greyhound that won his juvenile and grade 5 race, but was drawing bad boxes and getting into trouble the next 15 starts.

I took him to Sandown on Tuesday trial night over more distance, he won in 44.36 which at the time was about 6 lengths off

City invitation standard and good enough to win a grade 5 in the city but I down-graded for a bush plunge.

The dog had developed a liking for an outside draw and how could I get that wide box and have a good go at him?


I checked the racing calendar and a 640 handicap race at Wangaratta was coming up with the local champ off 1 metre, Box 1 and 6-7-8 boxes off ten metres.

Could the local champ give my dog 9 metres start and win, impossible plus I had my outside draw.


I then dropped his trials back to 6 x 300 metres to get more early speed in him, pumped up his blood count and had him 100% super fit.

My plunge was 4 weeks’ away and he was ready to win!

He drew draw box 7, great news.

With  15 bookies on course, 5 other mates went to the track and money in their pocket.

We did not talk to each other for the first 5 races nor did we form any sort of a group.

Pop wiped his forehead in the centre of the ring and that was the signal for each punter to keep hitting 3 bookies each,

plus the time was set to hit Olympic Park bookies at the exact second as much as we could at top odds.
We opened at 15/1 and finished at 7/4, with the average price was 8/1.

His second call to Olympic Park from Wangaratta was 15/1 into 7/4.


He jumps a length in front,  3 lengths in front around the first corner, 5 lengths in front up the back, 7 lengths in front turning for home and wins by 9-1/2 lengths.

The bookies had to borrow off the tote to pay me.

My reputation was getting shot to pieces. Hahahahaha

James