Street Of Dreams has earned a crack at next month's Country Classic after recording a personal best 29.69 and running home in an outstanding 11.58 in winning over 520m at Wentworth Park on Saturday night.
After the race, Street Of Dreams' 19-year-old trainer Jay Opetaia said: "I will take him to Dubbo for the 605m Country Classic after a fast win and a quick run home like that.''
A Country Classic Dubbo heat will be held on March 4 with semi-finals there a week later and the $125,000 to the winner final at Dubbo on March 18.
Opetaia, who landed first Wentworth Park double with Street Of Dreams and Agland Luai on Saturday, February 11, won again with the same greyhounds - the only members of his kennel - on Saturday night.
Agland Luai, who ran down Wyndra All Class to win in 29.63 last week at Wentworth Park, took the lead on the back straight to win Saturday night's Free-For-All in identical time.
Agland Luai's figures were the quickest of the night, with Double Baroque producing a personal best 29.68 to notch his eighth Wentworth Park win in the 520m Ladbrokes Road To The Egg final.
After the race trainer Daniel Gatt said: "He keeps surprising me, he just keeps improving.
"Double Baroque has always been able to run but has sometimes been a bit of a boofhead in his races but he got away well tonight and swept around the leaders to hit the front on the back straight.''
Owners don't come much more enthusiastic and dedicated than Double Baroque's owner-breeder Sue Tindall, a retired high school mathematics teacher.
"Whenever Double Baroque is racing at Wenty on a Saturday night I catch a train from my home at WYONG to bring my six-year-old grand-daughter Bianca to watch him in action,'' Tindall said.
"Because Bianca has school I can't bring her on Wednesday nights but we don't miss many Saturday meetings, we love watching Double Baroque in action.
"The way he takes off on the back straight is so exciting.''
Tindall, who races Double Baroque with son John and daughter Lee, said: "Double Baroque is from our bitch Stayers Inn's third litter.
"She was a terrific race bitch who at one stage won nine races in succession when trained in Tasmania by Pat Ryan and her offspring have been good in every litter she has had.''
Andrew Rowe shared training honours on Saturday night with Jay Opetaia, winning with Summer Key in a slick 29.82 and with that dog's younger half sister Metal Torc in 30.40.
Trainer Vince Spiteri was concerned when he took Sally's Reward to the boxes for her fourth grade race on Saturday night as there was a loud thunder-clap as they paraded from the kennels.
"Sally's Reward is terrified of storms, when we get a storm at home she hides in her kennel, she won't even come out for her dinner,'' Spiteri said.
But Sally's Reward jumped in front and posted a nippy first split of 5.48 before winning easily in 29.89, just .03sec outside her personal best Wenty figures.
After the race Spiteri quipped: "Maybe when she heard that bang of thunder on the way to the boxes she decided she had better get back home as quick as possible.''
