MELBOURNE Cup winner Dyna Tron powered his way into the Group 1 Aceland Stud Hobart Thousand final with a brilliant heat win at his first look at the Tattersall’s Park track last night.
The Andrea Dailly-trained dog produced great splits of 5.07s and 10.97 before storming up the home straight to clock a slick 25.78s to be the equal fastest of the eight heat winners.
Given the dog had not trialled on the circuit and only arrived in the state the day of the race it was a sensational effort and he would only have to mirror that effort to take out his second Group 1 final in the space of a month.
Dyna Tron won the Melbourne Cup at Sandown on November 17 and at his next assignment he travelled to Queensland where he won a heat of the Brisbane Gold Cup only to be run down by Glen Gallon in the final.
The dog’s trainer was not trackside but her husband Tom Dailly, who is looking after the dog for his Tasmanian assignment, said the dog can improve some on his first look at the U-bend track.
“This dog has hit a purple patch in the last six weeks and he’s absolutely flying,” Dailly said.
The Dailly kennel will also be represented in the Thousand final by Dyna Tron’s litter brother Dyna Bert (Collision-Gold Rush Bale) that scored a four-length win over Portrait Ignites in the last of the eight heats.
Dyna Bert led all the way in a time of 25.85s to suggest he also rates a top winning chance in the final that offers a purse of $75,000 to the winner.
“Dyna Bert has been very consistent and his heat win was terrific so it’s nice to be going into a Group 1 final with two live chances,” he said.
The only other interstate dog to make it through to the final was the Graeme bate-trained David Bale that fell in to win his heat by a head over the Mick Stringer-trained Wandy Neg that was very unlucky not to give Stringer two finalists.
David Bale made the most of the inside box to share the lead with Miss Roman Nose to well into the straight and he then had to stave off a late charge from Wandy Neg that had to ease off heels in the home straight to make his run.
David Bale ran the 461-metre trip in 26.23s which was pedestrian compared to the times recorded by both of Dailly’s finalists.
Listen to what Tom Dailly had to say about Dyna Tron’s impressive Hobart Thousand heat win – click here