ZIPPING Neutron had been unplaced in four previous Wentworth Park 520m appearances before his impressive seven lengths win over that course on Wednesday night and the dog is already being touted as a future stayer.
After Wednesday's maiden event, which saw ZIPPING Neutron take the lead at the half-way mark before careering away in a slick 30.07, trainer Michael Hardman said: "He will be going over 622m at Richmond on Sunday.
"And then I'll be preparing him for a 720m race at Wenty because I think ZIPPING Neutron will stay all day.
"Before he even raced I trialled him over 520m at Wentworth Park and he clocked 30.02 and ran home in a sensational 11.51 but his lack of early pace cost him any chance he had in his first four Wenty races.
"I am training several members of ZIPPING Neutron's litter and his sister ZIPPING Senorita is likely to be a stayer while ZIPPING Patch, his brother, came from last and finished third at Wentworth Park over 520m on Wednesday night.''
Scramjet gave Ron Asquith, who turns 86 later this month, an early birthday present when she led throughout to win in her personal best time of 29.80 over 520m at Wentworth Park on Wednesday night.
"I came out of retirement to train Scramjet for my friend Grahame Smith and he had not had a city winner until she won at Wenty on May 11,'' Asquith said.
"Now she has won five in town.''
Smith said: "I raced greyhounds as a young bloke and then dabbled in thoroughbred ownership before getting back into the dogs with Ronnie.
"Scramjet has been wonderfully consistent, and has now had 36 starts for 12 wins, 11 seconds and four thirds.''
Red Reactor might only have taken out the Broken Hill Million Dollar Chase regional final last Sunday but he is certain to be a worthy contender for the world's richest race when he contests the semi-finals at Wentworth Park on September 16.
Red Reactor had box five when beaten just under a length into third place behind the John Finn-trained Gatlin in the group 1 Vic Peters Classic final at Wentworth Park on July 9 and trainer Daniel Pell said the dog is going just as well now.
"He pulled up super after his win at Broken Hill and I won't race him again before the Million Dollar Chase semis,'' Pell said.
"The beaut part is that Red Reactor doesn't need another run at Wenty before then because he has had a couple of looks at the track and handles it nicely.
"It took me eight hours each way from my kennels at Toolleen, near Bendigo, to Broken Hill, but I figured it would be worth it to give Red Reactor a passage through to the Wenty semis.''
Red Reactor boasts the impressive record of 10 wins and six placings from just 27 starts.
Fan cult favourite Crazy Old Goat won't be attempting a second crack at this month's Masters Meteor series and has run his last race.
Trainer Andrew Weise has decided to take a break from the sport and at the same time call a halt to Crazy Old Goat's career after 100 starts, which have yielded 14 wins and 31 placings for over $85,000 in stakes.
Crazy Old Goat was purChased for a modest $3000 in May, 2020, after the dog had won three small races from 18 appearances on Victorian tracks.
David Burnett, who prepared former champion Simon Told Helen, was Crazy Old Goat's Victorian trainer and assisted the dog's new conditioner, Andrew Weise, a rookie in the sport, with endless advice.
Crazy Old Goat's last win was for CESSNOCK trainer Blake Moroney at Wentworth Park on July 9, but the dog reached the pinnacle of his career while in Weise's care when second, beaten a half head, by Angry Blizzard in the $100,000 for first Masters Meteor final at Wentworth Park on May 7.
"My partner Ceara and I went overseas last month and left Crazy Old Goat with Blake Moroney, and while he did a fantastic job with the dog, we think the time is right for our boy to retire,'' Weise said.
Crazy Old Goat will now spend his days sharing a lounge with his best mate, a cavoodle, in the Rouse Hill home of Andrew and Ceara, just as he did for most of his racing career.
