At only his second start for Hall and trainer Rohan Hadley, Im Barney Rubble won the $10,000 Doug Martin Danbury Park Cup at Mowbray on Sunday night.

He flashed home to score by a nose from Black Centurian, who had looked the winner when he hit the front in the home straight, with Dapper Dana only a head away third.

Hall set his sights on buying Im Barney Rubble some time ago after watching him race well in claiming events.

“I was going to buy him one night when the asking price was only $6500 but I didn’t know how to go about it,” the owner said.

“His price later went up to $10,000 but I still thought he was worth buying.”

Hall has nine greyhounds in training and hopes his luck continues when he fronts up again at Mowbray on Monday night.

Hadley said that he wasn’t sure if Im Barney Rubble had got up in a deceptive finish.

“I couldn’t tell – I knew I’d gone close but I also thought I’d gone close in the previous race (when second on Phirey Philtra),” Hadley said.

BEN YOLE trained the quinella in the night’s other feature race, the $10,000 Shirley Martin Mother Of Pearl.

Rocknrollhighlight, having her first start for the stable, led most of the way for driver Mark Yole but was run down in the straight by the fast-finishing Hollys Miss Molly driven by Robert Walters.

Hollys Miss Molly had run some good races in strong company since coming from Victoria last month but hadn’t won in eight starts.

The eight-year-old mare is a veteran of 243 career starts and has now won 31 races in Tasmania, Victoria, NSW and South Australia.

TRAINER Craig Hayes will bide his time before deciding on this season’s targets for unbeaten three-year-old Semowillrev.

The gelding made it four wins from four starts with a dominant 10.7m victory, rating 1:57, in the Going South Stakes.

“I’ll give him another run then he’ll have a little let-up,” Hayes said.

“He can have two or three weeks off to freshen up and I’ll see what level he’s at.”

Hayes said that Semowillrev had “shown enough” to suggest he was up to tackling the good three-year-old races.

DRIVER Gareth Rattray was impressed with Ready To Fire’s win in the Glasgow Boy Pace after missing the start.

“She’s got a habit of jacking up a bit at the start and she missed it by about 10m,” Rattray said after Ready To Fire rounded up a capacity field to score by 5m in a 2:00.8 mile rate.

“She’s pretty highly strung but she’s got ability,” the driver said.