Enzo Herrera notched his sixth successive win and took his recent tally to nine wins from 11 starts on Monday at Nowra but trainer Garry Edwards won't be tempted to tackle the $25,000 to the winner Goulburn Workers Club Fireball on November 1 with his veteran sprinter.
Enzo Herrera will be five years old in February and now boasts the marvellous record of 34 wins and 24 placings from 71 races.
"He has been a wonderful dog because he has had a few issues, including a dislocated hip,'' Edwards said.
"While Enzo Herrera is going great I don't want to tax him too much at this late stage of his career by putting him up against some of the fastest young sprinters from NSW and Victoria in the Goulburn series.
"Apart from Enzo Herrera, the only greyhounds I have in work are a pair of unraced dog and bitch puppies by Fernando Bale from Where's Ella, who won a dozen races for me.
"They are not going to be world-beaters but at this stage, I think they are going to be above average.''
Enzo Herrera
Edwards, who has been training since 1980, hit the heights with his magnificent bitch Double Twist, who shared the 2013 NSW Greyhound of the Year award with Jagger Swagger and retired just over a decade ago with 26 wins from 46 starts.
The Where's Ella youngsters Edwards is currently preparing for their initial racetrack appearances are closely related to Double Twist, as their dam is a grand-daughter of Tifi, Double Twist's mother.
Double Twist's star-studded career began with a win in the 2013 Nowra Puppy Classic, but Edwards had enjoyed Wentworth Park success previously with More Space, who won 10 races at headquarters, and with Miss Pinup, a seven-time Wentworth Park winner and runner-up in the NSW final of the National Distance Championship.
While Edwards' training career began in 1980, his earlier, first venture into greyhound racing as an owner, was an immediate success.
"In 1974 I bought a bitch called Patricia Lisa after I saw her win at maiden qualifying heat at Wollongong in 29.20, a fast time for a young greyhound at that track,'' Edwards recalled.
"Because she was only 17 months old I thought she had enormous potential and bought her for $2,000.
"That does not seem much money now but back then I was an apprentice fitter and turner earning just $52 a fortnight.
"So to buy her I had to form a syndicate with two mates putting in $1,500 while I borrowed $500 from my mother Alice for my contribution.
"We gave Patricia Lisa to Charlie and Lauris Kentwell, the daughter of famous trainer Neville Ballinger, to train.
"Patricia Lisa made several big race finals, broke two track records, and finished third in a Young Star Classic at Wentworth Park.''
Until Double Twist came along, Garry Edwards' biggest win prizemoney-wise as a trainer was with Miss Megastar, who collected $40,000, massive money in those days, when she won the Dapto Puppy Auction Classic over two decades ago.
