Fernando Bale's race record smashing win in Saturday night's final of the Group 1 Rapidvite Peter Mosman Classic was his finest performance and had even trainer Andrea Dailly's peers in awe.
Fernando Bale (pictured) stopped the clock at an awesome 29.27, an incredible 0.20 faster than the race record set by Xylia Allen in 2013.
That is the equivalent of three lengths quicker than the time recorded by Australia's record stakes earner and was 0.07 inside Fernando Bale's previous best Wentworth Park figures.
The Classic was another triumph for trainer Dailly, who trained another group race trifecta when Dyna Double One chased Fernando Bale home and the champion's litter sister Elfen Bale finished third after jumping in front.
Fernando Bale headed off Elfen Bale at the first turn where Dyna Double One, after making his best start to a race, sat in a close third position.
Dyna Double quickly swept past Elfen Bale but could make no impression on Fernando Bale, who carved out splits of 13.51 and 17.58.
As much as $1.50 was bet about Fernando Bale after big money came from Dyna Double One, who firmed from $7 to $5.50 and for No Donuts ($8 to $6.50).
NSW owner-trainer Brad Canty plunged $15,000 on No Donuts but after a moderate getaway from box one the top local hope was never in the hunt and finished fifth.
Fernando Bale is now likely to tackle Sunday's heats of the Group 2 Bendigo Cup in preference to Thursday's Group 1 Garrards Winter Cup heats at Brisbane's Albion Park.
After the Bendigo Cup series, Dailly will aim Fernando Bale for the Group 1 Hudson Pacific Maturity Classic series at The Meadows, which begins with heats on July 11.
"Although the Brisbane race is worth more than the Bendigo Cup Fernando Bale has never been in a plane before," Andrea Dailly's husband Tom said on Saturday night.
"We know he is going to have to be flown eventually but at this stage Bendigo and The Meadows are the preferred options."
In other results on a great night of racing at Wentworth Park, a Syndicate made up of 20 fans of the Parramatta Eels were cheering long and loud when their dog Cumberland Black was a surprise winner of Saturday night's GBOTA Challenge Sprint Final.
Despite having been beaten in 24 previous Wentworth Park races, the rising five-year-old, far and away the veteran of the field, headed Shilling Flex on the back straight to for an impressive win.
Cumberland Black, a new addition to the Goulburn kennels of Wayne White and his son Jake, was top pointscorer in the Challenge series and is racing in career best form.
"Cumberland Black won his first five races for Victorian trainer Paul Anderton, then won five when I trained him," [art-owner Chris Van Vegchel said after the race.
"After I had a health issue we handed the dog over to Lisa McFarlane and he won a few for her with the Whites taking over when Lisa retired from the sport."
Nangar Flash, a younger brother to former star sprinter and now successful stud dog Swift Fancy, stamped himself as a future group greyhound with an all-the-way win in Saturday night's Ladbrokes Maiden Final.
The Dennis Barnes-trained dog led throughout to win his heat last Monday night in 29.91 and put in a repeat performance to clock a blistering 29.65 on Saturday night's faster surface.
"My wife Ann and I have given our dogs the Fancy prefix or suffix for many years but decided to have a break from that and have registered the Nangar name," Barnes said on Saturday.
"Nangar is the mountain range behind our property at Cudal. I had been concerned about Nangar Flash after Monday night's heat on the sloppy track because he did not pull up too well.
"He was drinking a fair amount of water and was very 'flat' for two days after Monday's race but came good later in the week and was his old self tonight."
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