Two decades ago Paua To Burn was the undisputed queen of greyhound racing and now her great grand-daughter Paua Of Cinda has launched her Wentworth Park career with a fast 29.65 win.
Trained by JODIE Lord for Wagga breeder David Jones, Paua Of Cinda led throughout from box three to win over 520m last Friday night by nine lengths, taking her record to two wins from five starts.
Owner David Jones said: "Paua Of Cinda is only 22 months old and is still learning.
"After she finished down the course from box seven at her first Wentworth Park race I told JODIE and Andy Lord I wanted to see her drawn inside because she crashes to the fence.
"Paua Of Cinda is going to be a valuable broodie because she is a beautiful big bitch, nearly 32kg, and is a half-sister to Paua Of BUDDY, who is now at stud in Victoria.
"Paua Of BUDDY won the Bendigo Cup and broke the Wagga and Warragul records as well as being runner-up in the group one Hobart Thousand.
"Paua To Admit, the dam of Paua Of Cinda and Paua Of BUDDY, was a daughter of Paua To Terrify, whose mother was the great Paua To Burn.''
Paua To Burn, a Greyhound Hall of Fame inductee, earned nearly $435,000 after winning the 2005 Golden Easter Egg, The Temlee and Sapphire Crown, after taking out the Crown and Laurels finals in 2004 and then stepping up in distance to win the 2006 Rookie Rebel.
"Steve White, who raced and trained Paua To Burn, has been one of my best mates for over 25 years,'' David Jones said.
"Many years ago he gave me a couple of pups and that's how I obtained greyhounds from this fantastic breed.
"In fact, Steve would probably have been training Paua Of Cinda had he not been going on holiday to Canada with me when she was due to start racing.''
Jones grew up around greyhounds as his father Johnny was a bookmaker for 35 years at Riverina tracks like Cootamundra, Wagga and Temora.
Amazingly David Jones, who is employed as manager of a tool company, still finds time to pre-train, educate, and break-in a seemingly endless stream of puppies.
"It's 5am to 7pm seven days a week but I love it,'' he said.
"I do all the hard work getting young dogs ready for the track and then hand them over to trainers for them to get all the glory.''
Agent Chevrolet, bought as a performed greyhound by Wagga's Jess Fothergill for only $1000, notched his 20th win in 32 starts for his new owner-trainer when he ran a best of the day 19.67 winning over 350m at Goulburn on Friday.
The win - Agent Chevrolet's fourth in succession - has convinced Fothergill to give the dog a shot at the $75,000 to the winner 350m Ladbrokes Thunderbolt at Grafton on June 22.
"When I bought Agent Chevrolet he wasn't putting it all together, he would trial good one day and not go properly the next,'' Fothergill said.
"I'm not sure what has turned him around but he is a happy dog, he loves playing with my two-year-old son Ben and my Jack Russell terrier, so maybe that has helped.
"Last Friday's field at Goulburn was the toughest Agent Chevrolet had faced and he came through with another win so the Thunderbolt is now his goal.''
