Champion Sprinter Now Confirmed Will Be Retiring to Stud

Posted by Greyhound Betting in Greyhound Betting News on 12 3rd, 2009 | no responses

It is now confirmed, a champion sprinter will be retiring to stud. Velocette, the greyhound named after a remarkable English motorcycle marque, was already pulled in for a racing pit stop permanently.

Velocette actually suffered from a dropped back muscle in a Group 1 Melbourne Cup heat just last November 12 and then after was decided to be retired to stud.

For the record, the champion sprinter is a winner of five Group races which include the Group 1 Australian Cup. Ron McCullagh, his breeder, definitely went through the rides of his life.

McCullagh is a great breeder considering he really prepared Velocette for his first eight starts before moving him to be with close mate, Graeme Bate. “I remember him as a 17-month-old pup clocking sub-30 seconds at Sandown in a trial”, and that “things got busy at work, and there were some good races coming up… I didn’t have time to cart him around”, he said.

Velocette changed the life of McCullagh and also of his wife Judith by being at full throttle conquering 26 races from 65 starts and cumulating $379,650 – ninth on the all-time stakes list. He has actually achieved a lot.

But of course, there will always a downside. “We’ve had bad luck with some good ones, but we’ve hung in there,” McCullagh admitted.

Velocette is well known as the son of the Bombastic Shiraz, a champion sire that bagged home the 2003 Australian as well as Victorian Greyhound of the Year awards.

At this point, it is not yet clear where the champion sprinter will stand at stud or even at what price most likely. The only thing that’s clear is, he will still be very famous. And of course, he will continue to be the sprinter that everyone loves and admires.

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