Another of Victorian greyhound racing’s most prolific performers from the mid-2010s was My Bro Fabio. He was inducted into the sport’s Hall of Fame at Thursday night’s 2024 Victorian Greyhound Awards. My Bro Fabio, winner of $478,585 and sire of champion Wow She’s Fast, joined an illustrious list of Hall of Famers on Thursday.
Brooke and Jamie Ennis were thrilled to accept My Bro Fabio’s induction.
Jamie Ennis said “ He’s the best dog Brooke and I have had.” “But, he was more than a race dog to us. He was everything.”
By Turanza Bale from Flamenco he raced 52 times for a 26-10-4 record, claiming three group 1s during 2014 and 2015 including the 2014 Hume Cup by 14-and-a-half lengths, the 2015 Perth Cup and a week later the 2015 Temlee. He also ran an ACT track record while winning the Canberra Cup.
But his biggest legacy may be that of his star offspring Wow She’s Fast, the record prizemoney winner in Victorian greyhound racing history.
At stud, he has been the sire of winners of $20 million with $13 million of that coming from his offspring to win at 500m and beyond.
From his first runner, the winner Paradiso Lass (2nd G1 Maturity and G3 SA Oaks), he has become a stud dog to provide strength to his progeny.
His very best including the multiple Group winners, placegetters or finalists Wow She’s Fast, Blazing Cartier, Grace Ali, Sweet As Em, Rasheda, My Mate Fox, Tritt Tritt, Juniper Pearl, Zipping Cosmo, Rockstar Stratus, Sheez My Chicki, Benkennie Chic, and the Tassie record breakers Raging Ralston and Stanley Gordon etc.
Already his daughters are proving high class with Sheez My Chicki the dam of Group finalists Ice Cream Story, Teddy The Bear, One Dimension and Lock Master.
Ennis said My Bro Fabio was one of those rare dogs who could be relied upon to be sensational every time he raced.
“You took him to the track every time knowing there would never be a concern about his chase or will to win,” he said.
“He could come from last to win a Group race and he made really good dogs look average.
“The only problem we had was other dogs getting in his way.”
Ennis said the dog suffered early in his stud career.
“He had a delay of six months when he retired because of a cancerous testicle that needed to be removed,” he said.
“But, by the time he was right to start his stud career, along came Fernando Bale and Dyna Double One and they swamped the breeding scene.
“It was pretty hard to compete against Fernando Bale.
My Bro Fabio passed in May 2010 from cancer at aged 10.
As Ennis said … My Bro Fabio “made really good dogs look average”.
