Kennelmates Pandemonium and Fire On Ice are off to Brisbane for the Group 2 Queensland Derby and Queensland Futurity following their impressive wins at Wentworth Park on Saturday night.
Pandemonium began only fairly from box one but mustered pace along the rails to lead at the first turn, winning his 520m fifth grade by five lengths in 29.82s, fastest time of the meeting.
His younger half-sister Fire On Ice, also trained by their breeder Mark Moroney, began brilliantly and was never in danger of defeat, winning her 520m fifth grade by two lengths in 30.13s.
"The Derby and Futurity heats are on at Albion Park on December 5 but because Pandemonium is in a 388m final at Gosford on Tuesday night I won't have time to take them to Brisbane for a trial on the track,'' Mark Moroney said on Saturday.
"But successful trainers who have raced at Albion Park have told me it is not always necessary for dogs to see the track before they race there.''
China O'Brien took a frustrating 16 weeks to break in but trainer Glen McKinley and his partner Caroline Hughes have been rewarded for their patience and hard work with their greyhound winning over 720m on Saturday night in a fast 42.12s.
China O'Brien set a scorching pace when a tiring second to Dublin Lad over 720m at WP on November 13 but on Saturday trailed the pacemaker Dreamin' Is Free to the back straight before drawing away to score by seven lengths.
"Our bitch ran herself into the ground last week and can only get better as a stayer,'' Caroline Hughes said.
"She will learn to pace herself and I think she will eventually break the 42 seconds barrier here at Wenty.
"China O'Brien pulled up better tonight than she did last week but Glen and I have done a lot of hard work to get her to this stage of her career.
"Several people tried unsuccessfully at educating her and then she had a couple of trainers eary in her career before Glen and I decided to train her ourselves.''
Ritza Coen, who had fallen in two recent Richmond races, showed he had taken no harm from those tumbles with an emphastic win in Saturday's opening 520m event, clocking 30.11s.
Ritza Coen missed the jump but railed superbly at the first turn when pacemaker Full Powered got wide, hitting the front going through the catching pen.
"He used his head tonight,'' Ritza Coen's trainer Mark Gatt said.
"Approaching the first turn I was worried he was going to try and go around the leader Full Powered, but at the last minute he seemed to change his mind and dart onto the rails.
"He made the right move there because next minute he was in front and on the fence.''
Eye Rock had been unplaced in three successive races before winning Saturday night's 520m fourth and fifth grade but Glen Slade, whose father Warren trains the dog, was not surprised at the win.
"Eye Rock has been getting bumped around from bad boxes and he dropped in class from Free-For-All to fourth and fifth grade tonight,'' Glen Slade said.
"And last Tuesday at LADBROKES GARDENS, Eye Rock trialled over 400m in 22.60, the fastest he has ever gone there.
"Before his previous Wentworth Park wins he has only trialled 22.90 at The Gardens, so we knew he was ready to run a big race tonight, so long as he nailed the start.''
