IN-FORM Jeff Britton-trained greyhound Weblec Jet will head to the group one Harrison-Dawson heats with a confident win in the Stan Lake Memorial in his preparation.
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The two-year-old Geelong Cup champion stormed to his third victory in four starts in the race for $5,250 over 450 metres on Wednesday night.
He edged out David Geall's Fernando Mick and the south-west-trained Lektra Yoyo (Dustin Drew) to win the feature named after Warrnambool Greyhound Club's former president and long-time administrator, the late Stan Lake.
Revered trainer Britton said the heats of the Harrison-Dawson, which is named in honour of former Sandown GRC Chairmen in the late Henry Harrison and Geoff Dawson, was next up.
"The Harrison-Dawson is next week at Sandown as long as he has pulled up well and he will probably go better even at Sandown as he is a very strong dog as well," he said.
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The heats of the Sandown Cup and Sapphire Crown, both group ones, are also on next weekend.
Britton said he was pleased with the run of Weblec Jet, who is owned by the Weber Loechel syndicate.
"I'm glad he got out well. With box five there was a big chance of him being in trouble but he got out, got in front and had a clear run so it was really good," he said.
"He likes the middle of the track a bit but it was a really good field and you can't make a mistake. He jumped well and had a really good race.
"He is a really good dog and I'm just happy to win the Stan Lake race. I was walking out there and I was thinking there is only a couple of us who remember Stan and what a great man he was for the club."
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