"I wish I could get him to jump like that all the time" quipped trainer Justin King after Copious nailed the start and came from second early to win over 520m at Wentworth Park on Saturday in a best of the night 29.71.
Usually a slow beginner, Copious jumped smartly from box one and trailed pacemaker Elle Yeah from the first bend until half-way down the straight before getting up to win by a half-length.
Copious took his Wentworth Park tally to six wins, six seconds and a third from 20 starts with Saturday's win, so no wonder Justin King said: "He loves this track.
"His only win away from Wenty was over a middle distance at Richmond but although he finishes strongly at the end of 520m I don't think he is a true 600 metre dog.
"I will now start Copious in Wednesday night's 520m Richmond heats of the Million Dollar Chase.
"Before tonight his best Wentworth Park time was 29.87 so he went really well to go so much faster because the track surface was very soft.
"Copious produced a run home of 11.81 which was good considering the state of the track.''
Only other greyhounds to break 30sec on Saturday night were Wenty newcomer Ezra Man, who led from the first turn to take out a 520m fifth grade in 29.90, and Goulburn Zoom Top Classic winner Zipping Caleb, who railed to the lead going through the pen to win a similar event in 29.93.
Ezra Man's win took his record to six wins from seven starts for trainer Brett May, while another dog to enhance his already impressive strike rate was the Jason Magri-trained Zipping Smudge.
Magri's dog was slowly away from box eight but handled the draw perfectly and swept around the field to be third on the back straight before storming home out wide to win by a head in 30.21.
That win took Zipping Smudge's record to seven wins from eight starts.
Country trainer Neil Staines continued a long and successful association with two owners when he won with Luna Country in 30.23 and Bogan Valley in 30.31 on Saturday night.
Luna Country posted a nippy first split of 5.47 to notch her third Wentworth Park win in five appearances while Bogan Valley, a Wenty newcomer, posted an identical first split in her all the way win.
Staines trains Bogan Valley for Graham Dixon and prepares Luna Country for breeder Jimmy Johnson.
After Luna Country's win Staines said: "I've been training dogs for Jimmy for 20 years and we've had a fair bit of success, including with a good dog called Country Rebel.
"Luna Country got tired in the straight tonight but that was to be expected because that was her first 520m hit-out since June.
"But I expected her to go well because she has been trialling smartly over 440m at Goulburn and is partial to Wentworth Park.''
Another greyhound with a liking for Wentworth Park is Farmor Order, who scored his third win at the track when he charged home from fifth on the home turn to win a 520m fifth grade by a head in 30.30.
After the race trainer Patricia Chaker said: "This dog loves Wenty Park.
"He did no good when I took him to The Gardens and before tonight's race he had been unplaced at Richmond and Gosford.
"Farmor Order's time tonight was not fast but he had box three and is a far better dog from a wide draw.
"I needed him to win tonight because I have just obtained a brood bitch and want to buy a straw from Fernando Bale, and that is going to cost me over $10,000.''
