A son of trainer Peter Tobin's initial top grade Wentworth Park winner Hurricane Beccy, Hudson Bolt led throughout from box eight and toppled several big names to win in 22.62 for the 400m.
"When I first raced him at Richmond I expected Hudson Bolt to run 22.50 or 22.60 because the times he had recorded at The Gardens were equivalent to those figures,'' Tobin said.
"His first win at Richmond was in 22.91 and in his Cannonball heat he clocked 22.81.
"There was probably an excuse for the relatively slow time in that first win because due to the new straight track being constructed, it is quite a long walk to the 400m boxes.
"Hudson Bolt pulls very hard on the way to the boxes, he is so keen to get going, and as it was quite hot for that first race I think he virtually ran his race before he reached the starting point.
"I thought box eight would suit him in last Friday's final and that's how it worked out.
"Now I will nominate Hudson Bolt for a 450m race at Maitland because he can get that distance although it is about as far as he likes to go.
"I'm hopeful his litter brother Star Hotel can return to the track because he has always been a bit quicker than Hudson Bolt.
"Star Hotel, who has won nine of 22 races, has not started since fracturing a hock in October.
"It was expected to heal fairly quickly but when I galloped him again he pulled up lame.
"An X-ray showed there were fragments of bone floating around above the fracture so an operation was needed to remove those.''
Tobin and a workmate, Steve Donoghue, bought Hurricane Beccy, the dam of Star Hotel and Hudson Bolt, at 12 months old for just $2000.
Hurricane Beccy won four races at Wentworth Park and gave Tobin his biggest thrill when she won a Wenty top grade 520m race from Mark Gatt's fine sprinter Ritza Ryder.
Tobin, whose first city winner was Seth, at Wentworth Park in July, 2005, took up greyhound training after retiring from rugby union, where he played half-back and five-eighth for first and second division Newcastle clubs.
"I became a greyhound trainer to try and stay reasonably fit after I gave football away, but the irony was that a legacy of my rugby days were a couple of 'bung' knees, which make exercising greyhounds quite difficult,'' Tobin said.
JODIE and Andy Lord trained six of the 12 winners at Goulburn on Friday, a remarkable feat but one that the Gunning-based trainers have achieved on several previous occasions.
"Picture Frame was having her first race after a short break so will need to be build back up in fitness before returning to Wentworth Park so will probably head back to Goulburn for her next race,'' trainer JODIE Lord said.
