Mary Spiteri believes her double at Dapto on Thursday night, when she took 297m sprints with maiden performer Little Sally and that greyhound's litter sister Mary's Reward, was her second dual success in her training career spanning five decades.
But Mary, 74, deflected praise when pointing out: "The dogs have always been in my name but my husband Vince does most of the work.
"We bred our Dapto winners from our bitch Bella Can Do, who had 91 starts for 14 wins and 45 placings.''
Bella Can Do, who reached top grade at Wentworth Park, won at headquarters in 2016, 2017 and in 2018.
Mary added: "Our Dapto winners are from Bella Can Do's first litter and another of her progeny, Sally Can Do, has ability but has not raced since breaking a hock at her only start in November.
"Bella Can Do is due to come in season in January or February and when she does we will mate her with Flying Ricciardo.''
Mary, 74, and Vince, 76, have been training a small team at Appin since the early 1970s and have no intention of slowing down.
"The greyhounds keep us going, they keep us young,'' she said.
When Hardaway Ranger won over 400m at Bulli last Tuesday in a sizzling 22.15, he continued trainer Ron Marsden's incredible sequence of winning strike rates with his small team.
Tuesday's win took Hardaway Ranger's tally to 12 wins and six placings from 23 starts for the January, 2019 son of Fernando Bale and the phenomenal producer My Lady Day.
Hardaway Titan, who has not raced since May, has had 51 races for 31 wins, 10 seconds and a third, while his brother Hardaway Harada, off the scene since Christmas Eve 2020, has recorded 34 wins and 19 placings from 67 appearances.
Sweet City Woman, a litter sister to that pair, won 11 of 21 starts for Marsden's friend Ray Holt, and since being retired has become a mother, producing a litter to boom American stud dog Superior Panama.
Marsden deflected praise for his training over the remarkable strike rates of his dogs, saying: "It is just a matter of taking my dogs to tracks where they can win.
"A previous dog I raced, Hardaway Highway, was no relation to Ranger, Titan and Harada, but he had 66 starts for 24 wins and 26 placings.
"I don't believe in chasing big prizemoney in races which are at tracks which don't suit my greyhounds.
"The key to maintaining good stike rates is not only in having the right dogs, but also in placing them correctly.
"Hardaway Titan has been sidelined with injury but I am hoping to bring him back.
"Because he turned four in January it is going to be difficult, because as they get older it is tougher to get them back to the races.
"And unless Hardaway Titan can start clocking times close to his best when he is ready to be trialled, he will be retired.
"The same goes for his litter brother Hardaway Harada, who has torn his back leg muscle three times.
"He is running around okay again but unless I can get him going well he won't be returning.
"Hardaway Ranger, who won at Bulli on Tuesday, keeps improving, he has got better as he goes along.''
Marsden looks to have a bright future as over the next couple of years he will race progeny of My Lady Day's fourth and fifth and final litters.
"Her fourth litter, now 15 months old, are about to be educated, and they are a repeat mating to Barcia Bale, the sire of Titan and Harada,'' Marsden said.
"My Lady Day's last litter, sired by Hooked On Scotch, are just seven months of age.''
