Charlie Lister: “settled in well”
PICTURE: Steve Nash
JEAN JEANNIE, the top Australian bitch now with Charlie Lister, is unlikely to make her British debut at Tuesday’s Betfair Trainers’ Championship meeting at Doncaster despite going well in qualifying trials at the south Yorkshire track.
The October 2007 bitch improved from an initial 30.37sec effort over the 483m course to an even 30.00sec last weekend, but the fact that latest trial was a solo rather than an intended three-runner affair has led to a rethink on Lister’s behalf.
“She still needs two three-runner trials to qualify so it looks as if the Trainers’ Championship is out,” admitted the handler. “It might be no bad thing because there’s no point in rushing her just for the sake of it. She’s been off for a few months after picking up a slight injury in her last race in Australia.
“I’ve had her a few weeks, but she only had three hand gallops before her first trial so won’t be near being fully fit yet.
“She’s settled in really well, seems a nice bitch with good pace, and I’ve been pleased with the way she’s handled everything, especially the outside hare.
“Sometimes when a greyhound has been used to chasing an inside hare they can course it a bit and run wide, but she’s been railing.”
Jean Jeannie won two Group Aged Classics in her homeland – over 515m at Angle Park in South Australia and over 570m at Horsham in Victoria.
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