IT S not easy taking the favourite tag into a group series. However, Leanne and Graham Hall s exciting youngster Extra Malt has done so with aplomb on her way to Saturday s Group Three Ipswich Auction Final where she s poised to give the couple the biggest win of their careers to date. Graham Hall said the couple couldn t be prouder of Paw Licking/It Gets Better bitch who they bred themselves and now only has seven other chances between her and the $40,000 crown. However, there was plenty to work on after she bombed the start only to win in the last stride in her heat and semi.