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Is it worth taking into consideration the profile of previous winner’s of The Phoenix when trying to find the winner of this year’s event?

Generally when a form analyst is picking apart a greyhound race they look at times, traits and the numbers behind each particular greyhound in comparison to others but does the profile of previous winner’s matter?

Some of it may be irrelevant, some of it may be interesting, some may even alter your opinion, but we will take any excuse to take a trip down memory lane and have a look at The Phoenix winners of yesteryear.

Here is a unique look at the profiles of previous Phoenix winners.

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Winning Times
Track record is 29.376 held by Allen Deed
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – 29.655
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – 29.843
2023 – Schillaci – 29.874
2024 – Explicit – 29.721

First Split Leader and finishing result
First Split is from the 525m boxes to the post the first time, the split record is 4.89 held by Fernando Bale
2021 – Spotted Elk – 5.03, 3rd
2022 – She’s A Pearl – 5.07, 3rd
2023 – Schillaci – 5.07, 1st
2024 – Daysea’s Rory – 5.02, 3rd (Explicit also went 5.02 early – 1st)

Who fits this profile: Slick Splits (5.04), Deadly Avenger (5.05), Mallee Beauty (5.05) and Canya Mayhem (5.07) have all shown traditional ‘Phoenix leading pace’ here under race conditions.

The Winning Boxes
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – 4
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – 6
2023 – Schillaci – 5
2024 – Explicit – 8

Who fits this profile: Distinction, Eriza Sparkles, Deadly Avenger, Accredited

The Winning Weights
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – 31.5kg
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – 32.8kg
2023 – Schillaci – 33.2kg
2024 – Explicit – 33.4kg

Who fits this profile (31.5-33.4kgs, at last start): None

Career Record at time of victory
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – 7 starts: 5-0-0
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – 26 starts: 18-1-0
2023 – Schillaci – 19 starts: 11-2-1
2024 – Explicit – 34 starts: 26-4-1

Who fits this profile (7-34 starts): Eriza Sparkles, Canya Mayhem, Slick Splits, Cumbria Jack & Accredited
Who fits this profile (5-26 wins): Slick Splits, Cumbria Jack, Canya Mayhem, Eriza Sparkles, Deadly Avenger, Accredited

G1 wins (at time of victory)
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – 0
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – 3 (The Phoenix, Sapphire Crown, Maturity)
2023 – Schillaci – 0
2024 – Explicit – 2 (Temlee, Melbourne Cup)

Who fits this profile (0-3 G1’s): The entire field

Age at time of victory
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – 22 months
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – 34 months
2023 – Schillaci – 30 months
2024 – Explicit – 35 months

Who fits this profile (22-35 months): Slick Splits (27), Cumbria Jack (29), Canya Mayhem (28), Eriza Sparkles (25), Accredited (29)

Trainers
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – Jacqueline Greenough
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – Jacqueline Greenough
2023 – Schillaci – Jihad Talgi
2024 – Explicit – Jason Thompson

Who fits this profile: Distinction, Deadly Avenger (Jason Thompson)
Who fits this profile (Trainer’s name starts with J): Distinction, Deadly Avenger & Canya Mayhem

Days between previous start and The Phoenix win
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – 29 days
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – 21 days
2023 – Schillaci – 21 days
2024 – Explicit – 21 days

Who fits this profile (21-29 days): Slick Splits (29 days prior)

Sired by
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – My Bro Fabio
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – My Bro Fabio
2023 – Schillaci – Hard Style Rico
2024 – Explicit – Bernardo

Who fits this profile: Distinction & Canya Mayhem (Bernardo)

Starting Price
2021 – Wow She’s Fast – $11.00
2022 – Wow She’s Fast – $6.60
2023 – Schillaci – $20.60
2024 – Explicit – $4.00F

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Slick Splits (Topgun), Cumbria Jack (Nationals), Canya Mayhem (Melbourne Cup) & Accredited (Hume Cup) have won Group 1 races in their last 5 starts, while Mallee Beauty (Topgun) and Eriza Sparkles (Topgun) have also ran G1 placings.

Slick Splits’ personal best first split – 5.04 – is the fastest first sectional set under race conditions by any of this year’s Phoenix field.

History tells us that the winner is?

CANYA MAYHEM: Who fits the profile for early speed, starts, wins, age, G1 wins, trainer’s name and sire.

Closely followed by

SLICK SPLITS: Who fits the profile for early speed, starts, wins, age, G1 wins and time in between runs.

 

Eriza Sparkles, Deadly Avenger & Accredited each tick five categories while interestingly, pre-post favourite Cumbria Jack ties Mallee Beauty for least boxes ticked with two.

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