Ladbrokes Million Dollar Chase

Who Can Be Dubbo's Next Starlet?

By Michael Cowley
In the inaugural Million Dollar Chase back in 2018, the Dubbo series produced a winner which would then win a semi-final at Wentworth Park and reach the series’ Grand Final and have a shot at the $1 million first prize. 

That greyhound was Midnight Starlet trained by David Pringle, and heading into Friday’s regional heats of the event at the Dubbo track, some believed that Pringle had another dog capable of doing it again.

But the unpredictability of greyhound racing was seen when Along The Line was galloped on heading into the first turn and his Dubbo MDC campaign was over before it really began.

The previously unbeaten dog would eventually finish last of the six runners and miss a place in next week’s Regional Final, and Pringle will now need to the Chase the series elsewhere if he chooses to persist.

But while Along The Line was finding trouble Mow Keeping, a member of the kennels of leading local trainer Charmaine Roberts, was off and gone and just kept going.

Mow Keeping - who has now won five of his eight outings - led all the way to score in 29.91s from the Peter Carr-trained Charlie Casey, with Tradie’s Mate third, and He’s So Hectic in fourth and securing a finals’ berth.


The Dennis Barnes-trained Nangar Silk had no luck when she was a favourite in the TAB Million Dollar Chase heat at Bathurst two weeks ago, getting badly checked on the first turn and losing her chances right there.

But on Friday night at Dubbo there were no such concerns for connections as she charged out of the boxes and led easily around the first turn, and from there she never looked like being threatened.

On the line she had stopped the clock at an impressive 29.67s, and 3 3/4 lengths to spare over Brea Casey – giving Carr two finalists - with Irinka Tessa running home for a close-up third, and Sceptre not far away in fourth, also qualifying for next week’s Regional Final.


The box draw for the September 26 Regional Final is: 1 Sceptre 2 Charlie Casey 3 He’s So Hectic 4 Mow Keeping 5 Irinka Tessa 6 Nagar Silk 7 Brea Casey 8 Tradie’s Mate 9 Double Active 10 Barry Bolt.