Bekin Street, winner of the NSW Sprint Championship at Wentworth Park in August, has come through his comeback trial with flying colours.
The Christine Proctor-trained greyhound, who has won 12 of his 24 races, has been sidelined for 14 weeks after tearing the tendons in a wrist.
"We trialled him over 400m at Bulli last week and he clocked 23.03, which was the fastest of the trials that night,'' Proctor's husband Alan said.
"That time is not brilliant but a 400m sprint at Bulli does not really suit Bekin Street.
"The important thing was that he finished his comeback run showing no signs of soreness so now it is all systems go.''
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Offspring of champion females seldom live up to their dams' racetrack deeds but Fiery Crash's third win in four starts last Monday at Nowra is a reminder that Double Twist is the exception to the rule.
Double Twist won 26 of 46 starts and was joint 2013 NSW Greyhound of the Year, sharing the award with Jagger Swagger.
While Fiery Crash has a long way to go to live up to his mother's record, another of Double Twist's progeny, Mister Twister, certainly did, and he has just been retired to stud.
Mister Twister broke down in a trial on November 24 after earning over $321,000 in stakes with his wins including the Group 1 Peter Mosman Classic at Wentworth Park, Group 2 Black Top at LADBROKES GARDENS, and the $100,000 Richmond Riches.
He was runner-up in the Group 1 Vic Peters Classic, in the NSW Sprint Championship and the Group 3 Christmas Gift, all at Wentworth Park.
Bought at auction at 10 months of age for $21,000, Mister Twister won his first six races in succession and, considering he was under three years old when he ran his final race, Mister Twister had plenty of big race wins in store.
Double Twist's other progeny include Twisted Love, who has won eight of 16 races, Spy Secrets (five of 18), Panel Beater (11 from 42) and Big Bender, winner of five of just 13 appearances.
My tip is that Fiery Crash will prove to be Double Twist's best since Mister Twister, while Twisted Love and Spy Secrets are racing Monday at Nowra, in races five and eight respectively.
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Also off to the breeding barn is Only Want Mum, who has had to be retired after scoring four wins and four placings from just 13 outings.
Daniel Flanagan, who trained her for fast wins at Maitland, Gosford and Richmond, said: "She always raced like a future top stayer but unfortunately we did not get to try her over long distances.
"Trainer Jason Mackay, who is my mentor when it comes to greyhounds, advised me to breed from Only Want Mum, reckoning her pedigree, temperament and ability warranted her becoming a mother.
"Only Want Mum is to be mated with Barcia Bale.''
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The Ladbrokes Gold Cup heats highlight Monday's Bathurst card but attractive sidelights are heats of the Bill Kennerson Memorial, after whom Bathurst's Kennerson Park track is named.
The Bill Kennerson is a 307m sprint with heat one especially strong, featuring several greyhounds with impeccable records over the Bathurst short course.
For No One (box one) is unbeaten in two Bathurst 307m outings while Sharp Man (box two) has won three from four appearances, Sir Duggie (box three) has scored in six of his nine outings, and the Daniel Foley-trained duo Queen Taro (box six) and Tony Taro (eight) have, between them, been successful in 14 of their 30 starts.
Myrniong Rocket's five wins and three placings from nine starts makes him look hard to beat from box one in heat two, which also includes Falcon's Fury's kennelmate Zeb's Magic (box seven) and Tzar Norma, trained in Victoria by John McCallum.
Veteran Tzar Norma, who turned five last month, is a winner of 24 races from 119 starts at Victoria's The Meadows, Shepparton, Healesville, Bendigo and Geelong, and at Temora, NSW.
