Glanmire Phanter – Performance Review - 2012
Glanmire Phanter is not a very consistent runner, but he has got a solid chance of making his team proud in the future, as he has got the tools to deliver positive results at the highest level against the best in the business.
Although, the young greyhound does not have a lot of experience, yet his performances in 2012 have clearly shown that he can take on anyone in the sport. He is learning the art of pressurising his opponents and will get better with the passage of time.
Speed is his strength, thus he likes running in shorter distance events. He has never been tested in a lengthy race, so there is a question mark over his stamina. At the moment, he is working really fine in his favourite format and will probably think of
something else in the future.
The C. Lister’s trainee made his first appearance in March this year with a T3 event. The distance to cover for him back then was 435 metres and he did not really enjoy the conditions that time around.
Afterwards, he appeared in three back-to-back solo events over 245 metres and his team was confident that he had the speed to match his rivals in OR contests. However, his first outing in this class did not prove to be a very good one, as he suffered a humiliating
defeat in it.
He was priced 6 to 1 back then and was up against some very good runners. He entered the event from trap number three, which meant that he had to deal with some crowd at the start. This was exactly what happened and he was put under immense pressure by his
opponents.
The black dog was unable to trouble anyone and had to settle for fifth place in the end. It was probably too early to test him in this class, but he did not panic under pressure and gave some solid performances afterwards.
Killahan Phanter’s son kept on training hard in order to improve his performances and the results were positive for him. He has got a few OR victories now and seems to be confident enough to represent his team in some major events.
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