Langton ‘fab four’ in Mount Gambier Cup

By Peter Quilty

Anakie-based Angela Langton will supply half the field in the Group 3 Carlin & Gazzard MG Mount Gambier Cup (512m) this Sunday.

Langton produced two heat winners – Keep It Blue (29.52sec – Best) and Blazing Times (29.83) – and two second placegetters – Keep It Black and Weblec Ranger, which posted overall times of 29.61sec and 29.67sec respectively, from last weekend’s six heats at Tara Raceway.

It was a remarkable training performance and Langton will collect more than just a $26,000 first prize if Weblec Ranger snares the event.

A $10,000 bonus applies to any greyhound winning the G3 Murray Bridge Cup-Mount Gambier Cup double and a $5000 bonus is allocated to any trainer winning both races.

Weblec Ranger landed the ‘first leg’ – and a $26,000 winner’s cheque – on March 20. He was also a finalist in last year’s G3 Great Chase at The Meadows.

Keep It Blue was a finalist last year in the G3 Warragul St Leger, Geelong Derby and Warrnambool Derby, while litter brother Keep It Black also contested the Warragul St Leger and was a finalist in the G3 Cranbourne Classic.

And Blazing Times is a six-time winner on Victoria’s metropolitan tracks.

In assessing her chances, Langton said: “On ability, my preference is Keep It Black.

“But the worry is Blazing Times (Box 1) wants to get off the track. I’m hoping he doesn’t cause interference to the ‘two’ (Keep It Blue) and ‘three’ (Keep It Black).”

Langton added she expected her quartet to improve from the experience on the track, highlighting Blazing Times “lost a lot of ground tracking wide”.

And she says Weblec Ranger will be suited in box eight. “I think he likes it out there; he won the Murray Bridge Cup from the ‘pink’.

“It’ll give him a chance to muster early and help him get across.”

Langton’s ‘fab four’ will be joined by Victorian counterpart Quinlan Bale (three wins from only five starts) – prepared at Avalon by former pro wrestler Daniel Gibbons – which won his heat in a slick 29.60sec.

And another Avalon speedster, 2021 G1 Golden Easter Egg finalist Devel Sixteen – trained by Jessica Sharp – is the second reserve.

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