Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has announced the fields for the Group 1 Macro Meats Temlee, Rookie Rebel and Zoom Top The Meadows on February 15.
A panel – made up of representatives from The Meadows and the GRV grading department – had the task of shifting through the 61 original invites to decide the make-up of the three feature races.
The meeting at The Meadows on Saturday night, February 15, is the start of the three-week Australian Cup Carnival, where over $1 million in prizemoney will be on offer, leading into the Group 1 Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Australian Cup (535m) on March 1, where the winner will pocket a cool $250,000.
Western Australian chaser Dyna Nalin (pictured with trainer Paul Stuart) will be attempting to become the first greyhound to win both Group 1 sprint invitationals at The Meadows when he lines up in the Temlee after taking out the Topgun in October last year.
Earlier today, Cakes And Pies was scratched from the Rookie Rebel after suffering an injury in last night's Group 3 Big Dog Cup at Albion Park. First reserve Lektra Grey will now earn a start.
The fields for the Temlee, Rookie Rebel and Zoom Top (not in box order) are:
Group 1 Temlee (525m)
Banjo Boy, Dyna Nalin, Innocent Til, Kiss Me Ketut, Paw Licking, Peter Rocket, Tomac Bale, Zelemar Fever, Punch One Out (1st reserve), Marcus Joe (2nd reserve)
Group 1 Rookie Rebel (600m)
Alpe D'Huez, Bookkeeper, Cakes And Pies (scratched), Daintree Emperor, General Destini, Hawk Alone, Spirited Flame, Xylia Allen, Lektra Grey (1st reserve), Shadow Lane (2nd reserve)
Group 1 Zoom Top (725m)
Benarkin, Born Ali, Cheetah Zorro, Destini Fireball, Dyna Willow, Lucy Wires, Maddison Dee, Dyna Kayla, Sweet it Is (1st reserve), Gold Affair Too (2nd reserve)
The box draw for the three races will take place on track at The Meadows on Saturday night.
