Depeche, French for "hurry up", certainly lived up to her name at Wentworth Park on Friday night with one of the most impressive debuts in years.
Trained by Peter Lagogiane for breeding guru David Brasch and his friend Randall Corless, Depeche bustled out of box four and by the first turn had put the result of heat two of the Maiden Stakes beyond doubt.
She continued to roar away, winning by over 14 lengths in 29.85, after the highly regarded COURTNEY Barnes-trained debutant Zipping Diuvall had taken 30.29 to win heat one.
"Depeche is a litter sister to Hoshino, who was desperately unlucky when fifth in the Flying Amy Classic final at Albion Park on Thursday night,'' David Brasch said.
"Hoshino has already won four races but Depeche had a couple of setbacks, she needed a tonsillectomy and then came in season so she got started a bit late.
"But where Hoshino has no early pace, Depeche can go fast early.
"Peter Lagogiane had intended trialing Depeche over 520m at Wentworth Park on June 1 but when that meeting was washed out she was forced to have her initial 520m hit-out at Richmond 48 hours later and she went well.''
Depeche's litter sister and kennelmate Make Them Cry, who won in 29.88 at Wentworth Park on May 31, is also booked in for a tonsillectomy after finishing fourth at Wentworth Park on Friday night.
"When she led to the back straight but missed a place she stopped too quickly, I knew something was amiss,'' Peter Lagogiane said.
"On Saturday morning her tonsils were inflamed and obviously worrying her so Make Them Cry will be joining her sister in having her tonsils taken out.''
And while she was unplaced at her Wentworth Park debut on Friday, the cleverly named Amanda Holyfield, who had clocked a flying 29.47 winning at Dubbo on May 25, is worth following.
Owner Clay Mawson explained: "When Amanda Holyfield was a puppy she was very inquisitive and poked her head through a fence into an adjoining yard.
"An older pup took exception to her intrusion and bit a chunk out of her ear, just like Mike Tyson did to Evander Holyfield in their June 1997 world title fight.
"Because she was a bitch I couldn't call her Evander Holyfield so I came up with the next best, Amanda Holyfield.''
Foreign Capital, who took his Wentworth Park record to three wins and two seconds from five starts on Friday night, is eligible for the age-restricted heats of the Group 1 Vic Peters Classic at headquarters on June 29.
But owner Gordon Sciberras said: "He and his litter brother Night Agent will possibly tackle that series but the decision will be up to their trainer Vic Sultana.
"Vic and his son Darren have been training my greyhounds for 30 years and we have never had a disagreement, they decide on the racing campaigns, I never interfere.
"I bought Foreign Capital and Night Agent when they were nine months old after their owner Paul Steedman passed away.
"They were magnificent specimens, even at that age they looked like big race dogs that were already in training.
"Darren Sultana trained their dam Flying Ella, who won 19 races for her owner Ian Rose, and she now has another litter on the ground by Bernardo.''
Scberras, whose father Joe was a top trainer in the 1960s with dogs like Midnight Enemy and My Enemy, races his greyhounds in partnership with his long-time pal Jimmy Podmore.
"Jimmy is at Bungendore and when we buy pups he rears them, then, when they are ready, he sends them up to me and I organise for Darren Sultana to educate them.''
Sciberras has raced a succession of handy greyhounds over the past three decades, notably Sucker Punch and Better Call Sloy, who between them won 34 races, and of course, in partnership with Barbara Spackman, the former New Zealand-trained champion Little Mother.
She won 85 of 133 races, was a triple track record holder, won six major finals and was the NZ Greyhound of the Year in 2010 and 2012.
