By Jordan Gerrans
Promising youngster Another Chance is yet to be beaten in his four career efforts for the strong Zammit kennel.
All four have come down the grass straight at Capalaba.
The latest of the four victories – which came on Sunday afternoon – had extra significance over the first three for the Zammit’s.
Sunday’s event was annual Michael Miller Memorial, which remembers a greyhound enthusiast who tragically lost his life in a car accident back in 1998.
The Miller family have been in dogs for generations – as have the Zammit’s – and sadly, Michael died driving home from a greyhound meeting at Toowoomba.
Kennel representative Michael Zammit recalled his association with the Miller family a few days after claiming the race named in his honour.
The Zammit kennel ran one-two in the 366 metre Final, with kennel mate Velocity Kyra running into second, as Another Chance hit the winning post in 19.70 seconds.
“I knew his parents quite well, I knew his sister,” Michael said after winning the time-honoured event.
“His father Merv had dogs before he passed away himself.
“I knew Merv since I was a kid – and I knew his father as well – and I was around Michael growing up.”
Just 18 years of age, Miller was a greyhound industry lover before his death.
He was the starter of races at the Toowoomba greyhounds before the track closed over two decades ago.
The memorial race was first run at the Darling Downs-based club in in 1999 and has been run at Capalaba in every year since 2002.
