Cawbourne back at Hatrick

Cawbourne Brick makes his return to Hatrick this evening for his 520m open-class assignment, after enduring a traffic impeded outing in last Sunday's Group 1 $30,000 Waterloo Cup final at the Manukau Stadium.

The Matt Roberts-trained greyhound was jostled during the early rush for positions and he was denied a clear racing passage going into the first turn in a 527m race, which was completed in an extremely swift 29.97s.

Cawbourne Brick has compiled a respectable race record over the Hatrick 520m trip and he can further enhance his record in this evening's event (Race 10).

Roberts has four other contenders contesting this race with Cawbourne Cooks appealing as the best of them.

His last start assignment was in a Manukau hosted Waterloo Cup 527m heat, where he finished third behind the eventual smart Group 1 winner Thrilling Boris.

Lisa Ahern provides the other three drawn runners with the nicely drawn Timma Turtle looming as her best prospect.

Drawing the ace-trap here says that he can strongly make his presence felt by pushing up along the rail when racing into the first turn.

Kennelmate Absinthe Minded won a lower grade 520m event last Friday when he delivered the meet-best 30.31s time.

A minor stake looks best for him here, while Sheer Miss must step away smartly from trap-eight when the lids lift.

The slippery Ahern-trained Subic Bay bounced back into winning form over his preferred 305m sprint dash last Friday.

He appeals as the late Quaddie anchor after having been allocated the one-trap to leap from in the Race 11, 305m sprint tonight.

While speaking about in-form short course 305m sprinters, take a very close look at the Freddy Kite locally-prepared Sedgebrook Babe in the last race sprint.

She has stylishly won her last two 305m sprints here and is poised to make it a hat-trick of Hatrick 305m wins tonight.