Sydney's leading trainer Jodie Lord won four of the 10 races at Wentworth Park last Saturday night and 24 hours later Peter Sims, her former kennel foreman, landed a quartet of winners at Nowra.
Sims won 365m races with She's Salacious and Prince Of Lygon in scorching times of 20.45 and 20.48 respectively, and took out 520m events with Impress Us in 29.82 and Clandestine in 29.86.
But Sims' red letter night at Nowra was no big deal for the Wagga-based trainer, who quit working at the Jodie Lord kennels to return to his father Ray's property to assist his dad with his own training and breaking-in establishment.
"I have won six races at Temora on two occasions so while it was a great night winning four at Nowra was nothing special,'' Peter Sims said.
"She's Salacious is a litter sister to She's A Pearl, who broke the Wagga 320m record at her first start on May 9, and while she is not as quick, I think she has a better chance of being able to run 520m.
"She's A Pearl is definitely a short course bitch but She's Salacious ran home in 11.95 at Nowra and the locals reckon if they break 12sec running home there is hope for them getting further.
"Prince Of Lygon ran home in 11.85 so I'm hoping he will also become a 520m dog.
"Impress Us is a nice dog but he is a bit soft although his good time at Nowra didn't surprise me.
"Whenever I trial him at Temora he breaks the 26sec barrier, usually clocking around 25.80.
"Clandestine will make up into a nice youngster because he is still very green.
"Until his Nowra win he had tended to be something of a trial track star, he could run quick times in trials but did not always reproduce that form in his races.''
When Crazy Old Goat was recovering from leg surgery in January, trainer Andrew Weise was told it was essential the dog was restrained as much as possible and remained calm.
So Weise transferred Crazy Old Goat, who gave him his first Wentworth Park winner last July, from his kennel to his loungeroom.
"He stayed inside my house for a month because otherwise he would have been jumping around with my other dogs and the injury would have taken longer to heal,'' Weise explained.
Being "house-bound'' paid off for Crazy Old Goat when he led throughout to win over 400m at Bulli on Tuesday in a slick 22.52, far and away the dog's best sprinting performance.
"He surprised me the way he flew out of the boxes because Crazy Old Goat is not usually an early speed dog, he is really more of a 520m greyhound,'' Weise said.
"Previously his best times in 400m trials have been around 22.80 so for him to clock 22.52 was a big thrill.''
