What Can Do, bought as a puppy for a mere $1200, took her prizemoney to more than $44,000 and earned a crack at Thursday night's NSW National Distance Championship with an easy win in a 720m fourth and fifth grade on Saturday night.
Owned and trained by Craig Benjamin, a forklift driver who trains just one greyhound as a hobby, What Can Do came from fourth on the back straight to win by over two lengths from early leader Glaski Poke.
After the race, a jubilant Benjamin said: "I've been training a greyhound or two for 10 years and when What Can Do won her first race at Wentworth Park in March she gave me my first city winner.
"What Can Do took 43.10 to win tonight but the track must have been very slow because she has previously clocked 42.04 at Wentworth Park.
"And normally after a race, she isn't puffing at all but tonight she was really blowing at the end, so the track had to be heavy.
"She has been wonderful to me because her prizemoney supplements my wages, she prevents me having to work over-time, and because I own her outright I don't have to share the winnings.
"I intend to nominate her for the NSW National Distance Championship at Wentworth Park on Thursday because Palawa King isn't going to be in it.
"What a dog he is, What Can Do was seven lengths in front of him in a race when they met and he shot past her and won by six lengths!''
The late John Finn trained the 1991 National Sprint Championship winner Jessica Casey and his widow Minnie Finn will have four finalists in Thursday night's NSW National Sprint at Wentworth Park.
Finn's Might Have Been beat his kennelmate Great Flash by a nose in 30.00 in Saturday night's second NSW Championship heat while she also prepared Poco Rico and Both Bowers Ace, who finished third and fourth in heat one on Saturday.
The opening heat was taken out by Omega Travis, who ran down pacemaker You Never Lose to win by a half length in 30.08.
Jodie and Andy Lord, who train Omega Travis, are no strangers to success in the National Sprint Championship, having won the 2004 final with In For Life, who represented NSW at Cannington, WA.
The Lord kennel got punters off to a good start on Saturday night when their well-supported favourite Paua Of Cinda scored an easy fifth grade win in 30.11.
Paua Of Cinda is owned by her breeder, Wagga-based David Jones, who combined with the Lords to take out Friday's Zoom Top Maiden Classic final at Goulburn with the exciting prospect Joey The Jet.
Watchmaker has not drawn box one in 25 starts but trainer Neil Staines believes the rails draw could suit him after his dog's second Wentworth Park win in a week in last night's 520m fifth grade.
"He led all the way from box eight when he won at Wentworth Park last Saturday and ran straight to the first turn, but tonight, from box seven, Watchmaker wanted to come across to the rails.
"Fortunately Watchmaker goes better at Wentworth Park than anywhere else.
"That's great because that's where the money is and in five races here Watchmaker has now had two wins and three thirds.
"He clocked 30.08 on a slow track tonight and he showed his fondness for Wentworth Park when he ran exactly that time at his first appearance there.''
The only greyhound to break 30sec on Saturday night's heavy track at Wentworth Park was the Jason Magri-trained Stop It, who overcame a slow start to win a 520m fifth grade in 29.94.
