Few trainers can claim to have won a treble on a TAB track but Christine and Alan Proctor not only notched four winners at Richmond on Wednesday, but achieved their quartet of victories for the third time.
The Proctors, who have been training for 53 years, won 401m races with Fast Lane Fever, Carved In Stone and Unique Streak and a 320m event with Front Row.
"We had previously won four on the same card at Bulli and Goulburn,'' Alan Proctor said.
"The four dogs we won with at Richmond are not world beaters but it just shows how you can win races and pick up decent prizemoney these days if you work hard.
"We have a dog called Four Five who has won only 10 races but he has earned over $104,000 with eight wins and 44 placings from 83 starts at Wentworth Park.''
Greyhound racing's quinella specialist King Kinloch has done it again!
On Tuesday night at Gosford he recorded his 70th second placing, adding to his tally of 219 starts for eight wins and 43 third placings for $60,000.
King Kinloch turned five in March yet continues to be a wonderful money-spinner for owner-trainer Noelene Holloway.
Holloway's Fascinate Trump scored his fourth win in eight races at Gosford on Tuesday, with his jovial owner-trainer especially excited as the dog's success coincided with the birthday of her "hero" the former US President Donald Trump.
Miss Ezmae, who won last Saturday night's $500,000 to the winner The 715, has been retired and will be mated with Collision when she comes in season.
Lindsay Niccol, whose daughter Lyndall McIntyre owns Miss Ezmae, said: "Jack Smith, Miss Ezmae's trainer, didn't tell me about the drama his wife Maree had transporting our bitch to The Gardens, because he knew I would stress too much.
"I couldn't go to The Gardens due to a dose of the flu, but it may have been an omen when Maree and Miss Ezmae broke down and had to hitch a ride to the track.
"Many years ago I was training a dog called Houston Rocket and on the way to the Gosford Goldmine final I broke down and we got a lift with a truck driver.
"He didn't have a cigarette out of his mouth all the way there and the cabin was filled with smoke, but I wasn't in a position to ask him to stop for the dog's sake.
"Naturally I gave Houston Rocket no chance of winning after such a nightmare trip but he bolted in!''
Wentworth Park's June 25 Maiden Final promises to be a thriller after Wednesday night's two heat winners posted the fastest times on the card.
The Michelle Sultana-trained It's Got Legs led all the way to win his heat by five lengths in 29.92 while Where's Bonbon, trained by Peter Stanford, wasn't headed at any stage in her two lengths win in 29.94.
Both greyhounds were making their race debuts, with Where's Bonbon having trialled 29.80 at WP and It's Got Legs improving on his 30.10 trial on the track.
Where's Bonbon's win enhanced the record of his sire, former fan favourite and "cult" greyhound Feral Franky, who, at last count, had thrown 26 per cent winners from his 675 starters this year.
Adding spice to Saturday week's Maiden Final is the presence of Showman Jack, another youngster who has trialled fast at Wentworth Park and who took a lot of ground off Where's Bonbon to finish second after being a distant fourth on the back straight.
Showman Jack is by Fernando Bale from trainer John Smart's former good stayer Lovelace, while Where's Bonbon is a half sister to Barry Gibbons' top class sprinter Chrissie Banner, who has won 25 races and earned $107,000.
Wallerawang-based trainer Peter Stanford owns Where's Bonbon, while It's Got Legs is raced by David Taggart, a former stipendiary steward who also owns Victorian sprinter People Get Ready.
Trained by Ned McDonald, People Get Ready has earned $50,000 from 13 wins.
