Just four nights after Mackenna clocked the second fastest 520m time in Wentworth Park history with a 29.20 romp in a heat of the Ladbrokes Golden Easter Egg, lightly raced youngster Power And Glory set the track alight on Wednesday with a dazzling 29.29 performance in a heat of the Group 3 Simply Limelight New Sensation.
Trained by Ken Burnett, Power And Glory led all the way in 29.29, .05sec faster than the figures posted by pre-post final favourite Good Odds Cobber.
Power And Glory's win, although the dog had not raced at Wentworth Park, came as no surprise as trainer Ken Burnett had earlier revealed on The Dogs website that his greyhound had recently trialled a brilliant 29.40 at the track.
Frank Hurst's Good Odds Cobber wasn't headed in 29.34, with the other heats being taken out by the Joe McFadyen-trained Barefoot Dave in 29.62 and Victoria's Aunt Virginia in 29.81.
Although her time was the slowest of the four heats, Aunt Virginia's win was as impressive as any of the other qualifying performances as she was slowly away and was a distinct last at the first turn.
After being a distant fourth on the back straight, Aunt Virginia railed into second spot on the home bend and stormed home to win by just under a length from tearaway pacemaker Overflow Jill.
On Wednesday Glen Emery visited Wentworth Park for the first time since 1966 but went home a part-owner of the fastest qualifier for the Ladbrokes Magic Maiden, the Pat Parrelli-trained Princess Killara.
Princess Killara's other part-owner is Brian Jaggers, who also shared ownership of former champion Jungle Deuce, the sire of last night's winner.
After the race, Glen Emery said: "When I was 16 I used to walk dogs for the late Bob McNair, who trained the top-class stayer Special Pick along with smart sprinters like Dollar Judy.
"I had been away from the sport for nearly six decades until I paid $4000 for a pup bred by Tracey Barnes, the daughter of famous trainer Dennis Barnes.
"That pup is the greyhound which raced tonight as Princess Killara.''
Equally as impressive as Princess Killara was the win by Golden Phase, trained by Troy Halligan in the Hunter Valley.
Golden Phase, just a baby at 19 months of age, led all the way in 29.82.
Halligan said later: "From her first trial I knew this bitch was special.
"If an unraced pup clocks around 30sec for the 515m trip at The Gardens you are happy, but Golden Phase clocked 29.50 at her first look.''
Marty Hallinan, NSW's most successful owner and breeder, has three finalists in the October 13 Magic Maiden final but was especially taken with the win of Zipping Bonucci, who overcame a bad start to win his heat by nearly four lengths.
Trained by Minnie Finn, Zipping Bonucci was fourth at the catching pen but after being a distant second at the halfway mark, railed to a narrow lead at the top of the straight and drew away.
"I really liked the way that pup went, I think he is going to be pretty good,'' Hallinan said.
