Curnow’s Blues farewells blues
Curnow’s Blues for Nhill greyhound trainer Andrea Gurry has had a form turnaround that Michael Voss in his new head-coaching role with Carlton Football Club could only dream about.
Curnow’s Blues, named after the two Curnow brothers playing for Carlton, has turned in three of the best runs in Horsham this year.
Curnow’s Blues has simply broken his competitors’ hearts with blinding early speed during the past three weeks, setting up unassailable leads in the first 200 metres of his races.
He has broken the magical 23-second time barrier, running 22.95, and went so close to breaking the magical 10-second first split of 10.0, which in the five years since the Horsham track has been re-built has been broken only once.
The remarkable part of all this is Curnow’s Blues won his first race start at Sale way back in September 2020. He started a further 13 times without winning before the first of three serious injuries struck.
Curnow’s Blues dropped two back muscles and did not race again for close to six months. He had one start back and dislocated a toe and missed another three months. On completion of his second rehab program Andrea Gurry decided to start the dog back at Warrnambool. This time it had a serious fall but escaped without any serious injuries.
Andrea was wondering whether the dog was ever going to have any luck.
His race record had gone from one start for one win to 15 starts for one win.
Three weeks and three wins later the record now looks very healthy, with the dog now having four wins from 19 starts.
It is a credit to both Curnow’s Blues and Andrea for putting in nine months of intensive rehabilitation to bring the dog back better than ever with a bright future.
Horsham Greyhound Club is embarking on its most exciting time of the year with heats of the Group Two Horsham Cup on February 25 and the final on Friday, March 4.