John Finn was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack but that did not stop the master trainer from landing a winning treble - and snaring a quinella - at Wentworth Park on Saturday night.
Finn, who will undergo triple by-pass surgery on Monday, watched the action from his bed in Nepean Hospital as Khatanga Port, Blue Summer Sky and Really Unreal soared to victory at Wentworth Park.
His wife Minnie said at Wentworth Park: "I was under immense pressure tonight because John is such a perfectionist.
"He takes forever just to mix and weigh up the feed for every dog, he is so meticulous you would not believe.
"If anything had gone wrong tonight he would have taken me to task so I'm relieved everything went so well.''
Khatanga Port, who had been placed in six of eight previous Wentworth Park starts, broke through in a 520m fifth grade, coming from fourth on the back straight and third on the home bend to win in 30.22.
Blue Summer Sky was also midfield at the half-way mark and after moving into second position on the home turn he came away to win a 520m fifth grade in 30.37.
Really Unreal (pictured) notched her seventh Wentworth Park win when she toppled her kennelmate and older half brother Blue Moon Rising in Saturday's top grade 520m event, stopping the clock at 30.25.
After the race part-owner Denis Donoghue said: "We expect big things from Really Unreal when she is tried as a stayer, we think she could be a top notch long distance bitch.''
China O'Brien, who took 16 weeks to be educated, opened her Wentworth Park account with a tenacious performance to run down noted strong finisher Ibrox Sandman in 30.18 in the opening 520m fifth grade.
China O'Brien had clocked 29.65 in finishing second at Wentworth Park on August 8 and after Saturday night's win, owner-trainer Glen McKinley said: "It normally takes four weeks for a greyhound to be broken in but China O'Brien just wasn't interested in becoming a race dog.
"Even after she was finally educated successfully, nobody wanted to train her, so because we owned her, my partner Caroline Hughes and I decided we would do the job ourselves.
"China O'Brien has always been very fast when she puts her mind to it, and tonight's win indicates that the penny has finally dropped.
"Even though she won over 520m tonight, we believe she could become a top class stayer.''
Poacher, the youngest greyhound in Saturday night's 520m fourth grade, notched his fourth win in five recent Wentworth Park outings when he led throughout for trainer Owen Langley.
Poacher, who turns two next month, gamely held off a strong challenge from hot favourite Double Up Dee to win by nearly a length in 30.07.
"I started racing this dog very young and he has only fully matured and come good recently,'' Langley said.
"Also I found Poacher had a thyroid problem a couple of months back and since that was rectified he has become a much better greyhound.''
Only dog to break the 30sec barrier for the 520m trip on Saturday was the JODIE Lord-trained Athletic Lee, who led throughout to win the Ladbrokes Multimaker final in 29.96.
Lord completed an unusual double by taking out the 720m equivalent Ladbrokes Multimaker final with Just Terms, who has now won each of four long-distance assignments - over 729m at Dapto and three over Saturday's Wenty long distance trip.
