Flat Chat Frank has always lived in the shadow of his group race litter brother Nangar Rocket but it was his turn to shine at Wentworth Park on Friday night.
After being unplaced in three previous Wentworth Park starts, Flat Chat Frank, raced by a syndicate from MUDGEE and trained at Lidsdale by John Chapman, came from third at the first turn to win a 520m fifth grade by two lengths in a nippy 30.02.
"The syndicate bought Flat Chat Frank from ORANGE breeder Dennis Barnes and he won a maiden at Temora with the dog last December,'' John Chapman said.
"Then Dennis recommended they give him to me to train and although he has now won seven from 28 races Flat Chat Frank sometimes tries to go for the rails and finds himself in trouble.
"He has always had ability but early in his career his testicles were up in his groin and since they have been removed he is going better.
"Full credit though to Dennis Barnes, his dogs are always 100 per cent when you get them.''
Former classy stayer Let's See is off to a flying start as a mother with Must See and I'll See, from her first litter by Fernando Bale, registering a win and a third at their first Wentworth Park appearances on Friday night.
Let's See scored 11 wins and 13 placings from just 40 races and posted a very smart 41.98 over 720m at Wentworth Park for Mark Davidson, who is also training Must See and I'll See.
On Friday night Must See jumped smartly and after trailing pacemaker Chief Cartier to the home turn, finished best along the rails to win by a neck in 30.16.
In the following race his litter brother I'll See began well but showed no early pace and after being fifth in the middle stages, made up ground to finish third, seven lengths from the winner Binalong Time, who clocked 29.94.
"I don't think I'll See will be contesting 520m races for too long because he just has no early speed,'' Mark Davidson said later.
"If I trial them together, Must See always leads but I'll See usually runs him down so I think his future is as a stayer.''
The smart time of 29.88 would be good enough to win most 520m fifth grades at Wentworth Park so spare a thought for rookie trainer Keith Gulliver.
The former thoroughbred trainer who switched to greyhounds only eight months ago, prepares Big Cool Nevada, who came from fifth early to finish second, as a $21 outsider, behind the front-running Tootsie Tears at Wentworth Park on Friday night.
Tootsie Tears led throughout in 29.78 but Big Cool Nevada took plenty of ground off her over the final 200m and was beaten one-and-a-half lengths.
That gave Big Cool Nevada figures of 29.88, remarkable for a greyhound which had been unplaced in two previous Wentworth Park starts and had won only six of 34 races on provincial tracks.
Keith Gulliver said: "I have owned and bred greyhounds for many years but only began training them eight months ago.
"I bred Navada Sunrise, who won 22 races and $85,000 for Gary Oldfield along with Black Nevada, who won 13 races and broke 30sec at Wentworth Park and who is the dam of Big Cool Nevada.
"Until early this year I was training racehorses with breeding and owning a few greyhounds just a hobby.
"Big Cool Nevada's good run tonight didn't surprise me because he recently trialled 29.39 over 515m at The Gardens, and that is a hot run.''
