Sargie and Lily both prove too good for final favourite rivals
BALLYMAC SARGIE and Hillside Lily, both second favourites, turned over their market rivals to land Star Pelaw's two feature events on Saturday.
The Tom Heilbron-trained Ballymac Sargie, beaten at odds of 1/7 in the first round, confirmed semi-final supremacy over local star Emilys Superstar to land the £3,000 Untold Racing Stewards Cup final over 590m, with Hillside Lily, the only greyhound Martin Stout has in training, just getting the better of a thrilling ding-dong tussle with Dreamin Porcha in the £3,000 SR Transport Rose Bowl final over 435m.
Heilbron had earlier initiated a double thanks to Unanimous Leon (25.33sec) in the Rose Bowl consolation, with Dean Blackbird's Killieford Goram (35.87sec) taking the Stewards Cup equivalent.
Untold Racing Stewards Cup final - 1st Ballymac Sargie (Tom Heilbron)
Winning Stewards Cup trainer Tom Heilbron spoke with RM Dave Gray afterwards
SR Transport Rose Bowl final - 1st Hillside Lily (Martin Stout)
Rose Bowl winning trainer Martin Stout had a cheeky kiss for Dave Gray
Local trainer Glenn Foot had to settle for second place finishes in the two feature events but fared far better on the supporting card landing the 435m bitch final with Ballinabola Eve (25.67sec) plus one-offs over the trip courtesy of Marleypark Ken (25.89sec) and Burrow Bell (25.82sec).
Chloe Hardy's Bramble Nickeen (14.50sec) comfortably landed the odds in a 245m sprint final, while Diane Henry's Savana Regimental (48.87sec) stormed to victory in the 780m marathon.
