IT has been a busy week for our Race A Chaser family, with Megan Keeping back to her brilliant best and two of our youngsters Noakis Girl and Jaguara stepping out for the first time. 



Group 1 winning trainer Kelly Bravo, who puts the polish on all three greyhounds, was elated when Megan Keeping returned to the winners list on Monday, recording a slick 22.15 at Shepparton over 390 metres. 

It was Megan’s first win for Bravo and the 14th overall throughout her career.

“She really seemed to enjoy the outside box,” Bravo said.

“When she got here we weren’t 100% sure on where she was at and we basically had to start over from scratch. It has taken her a while to find her best, but it was an encouraging run the other night.”

Megan Keeping will head back to the track this Friday, contesting race eight at Bendigo over 425 metres.

“She has box two on Friday night but there doesn’t seem to be an abundance of early pace in the race so I think she should have the speed to overcome the draw.”

“She has plenty of ability and last week’s run was the best we have seen of her, now we are just hoping that she can start to do that a little bit more consistently.”

Bravo was also happy with Noakis Girl which followed up her third on debut last Friday with an impressive victory at Ballarat on Wednesday night. Starting from box three, the daughter of Big Daddy Cool and Noaki Pace clocked a handy 22.29 over the 390 metre trip.

“In her trials she hadn’t shown much strength and it was starting to look like 400 metres might be her limit, but her run home on Wednesday indicated that she might get a little bit further.”

Bravo now intends to take Noakis Girl to Bendigo for a crack over 425 metres.



Also heading to the races this Friday will be Jaguara, a son of Mildean Panther and Flamingo Sands, which ran third on debut for Race A Chaser syndications last week.

He has drawn box three against a tough field for this week’s final, but Bravo believes he has plenty of improvement on his first up run.



“His trials have been solid but he came across a hot dog in his heat last week,” Bravo said.

“He didn’t quite live up to his trials like I thought he would, but it was only his first start and he still has plenty to learn about how to race against other dogs.”

Bravo believes that Jaguara will be suited to tracks such as Sandown in the not too distant future.

“He is certainly promising and he is at the age where he is ready to go on with. We will probably give him a look at Sandown soon and see how he handles it – I think he should race well there.”