Peter Massa landed his first winning double in 30 years training when Zambora Tan and Call Me Senorita were successful at Nowra on Monday.
Zambora Tan, a litter brother to Massa's bonny bitch Candy Carrera, registered his 14th win at start number 98 when he won over 520m in a nippy 29.81, taking his earnings to $44,000.
Call Me Senorita, a new addition to the Massa kennels, scored her first win in four appearances for her new trainer as a $51 outsider.
Long-priced winners are nothing new to Massa, as Candy Carrera won as a $41 chance at Bulli, at $18 at Wentworth Park and $10 at Dapto during her stint with Massa.
She won 13 races, filled 20 placings and earned $53,000 before being sent to Victoria.
"Candy Carrera's owner decided there were more opportunities for her way of racing down south,'' Massa said.
"I purchased Call Me Senorita recently from another trainer Ricky Brewer, who pointed out she had been probably on the fat side.
"When I watched videos of her races before I bought her, I felt she had potential because she seemed very keen.
"I've taken about a kilogram off her and since doing that Call Me Senorita seems to be jumping better.''
When Sweet Lolly won at Wentworth Park in August, 2014, she gave the Penrose (Southern Highlands) trainer his first city success in 22 years, and his first following the track's conversion from grass to sand.
Call Me Senorita and Zambora Tan go around again at Dapto tonight with the latter closing in on his 100th race.
Massa's greyhounds are noted for their durability with Sweet Lolly, dam of Candy Carrera and Zambora Tan, facing the starter on 144 occasions.
Powder Finger, who took his record to four wins and an unlucky third from six starts with his outstanding win in Monday's Ladbrokes Grade 5 Final at Nowra, was originally being set for a $5000 Wentworth Park Maiden until Covid caused city racing to be paused.
Instead of beginning racing at Wentworth Park, the JODIE Lord-trained Powder Finger had to kick-start his career at Nowra a month ago and has since been a revelation.
He is owned by former Sydney bookmaker and greyhound trainer Ray Robey and ex-New Zealander Dean Molander, whose wife NICOLE was an outstanding reinsman before moving to Australia.
"I worked for the top NZ trainer Mark Purdon and drove Secret Potion to a pair of Group 1 wins and also won a couple of Group 1s behind Gotta Go Cullen,'' NICOLE said.
"We are now living in Queensland and while I am considering taking out a thoroughbred training licence, we are having so much fun with Powder Finger, our first greyhound.''
Ray Robey had plenty of success as a greyhound trainer with his mentor being the late, great Victorian conditioner Alec Reid.
"Alec trained champions like On The Payroll and BUKA SUNSET but what made me particularly proud was when he appointed me as caretaker trainer for his dog Sir Camelot for six weeks prior to the Dapto $100,000 Classic in the late 1980s,'' Robey said.
"Sir Camelot won the final, then the richest race in Australia, and one reason I probably recall it so vividly is because I placed a wager of $10,000 to $400 in early betting on the final and as I wasn't travelling so well at the time his win gave me a tremendous kick along.''
