"That was like a winning a group race final" exclaimed trainer Joe McFadyen after his dog Ali Tango had led all the way to win Saturday night's top grade Mark Hughes Foundation Stakes at Wentworth Park.
McFadyen was referring to the high quality of the lineup and after Ali Tango drew box one he wasn't headed, winning by five lengths from Taormina and My Monroe in a slick 29.69.
Ladbrokes Golden Easter Egg winner Power And Glory bungled the start from box three and was well back throughout, winding up fifth, nine lengths behind Ali Tango.
"He had a bit of luck as the box draw gods smiled upon him but once he led Ied I wasn't surprised Ali Tango came away to win comfortably,'' McFadyen said.
"I have not been able to get top grade 515m races for him at The Gardens so he was under-done when he ran fifth here on May 3, then was a bit fitter when he won in 29.77 here last week.
"But he had even more race fitness tonight and his time showed that.''
Maggie's Ethics broke through for her first Wentworth Park win after eight placings in 13 attempts on Saturday night, but it was in a race she was not supposed to contest.
She jumped from box seven and after being third early, joined pacemaker Tomorrow Wendy on the home bend before careering away to score by more than three lengths in a personal best 30.02.
After the race trainer Rod Morley explained: "Because she had been getting bumped around on the first turn in recent starts at Wenty I thought she was getting a bit frightened at the corner and decided to put her over 600m at Dapto to restore her confidence.
"I nominated her for Dapto last Thursday but when she did not get a draw I was forced to put her back in at Wenty tonight.
"Drawing wide was a bonus for Maggie's Ethics because it allowed her to stay out of trouble on the first turn and she showed what she can do and how strong she is.''
Harmony Fire's blistering early splits of 5.32, 13.72 and 17.84 on the way to her all the way win at WP on Saturday night did not surprise trainer Neil Staines.
"In the group one Dapto Megastar series last year, Harmony Fire led greyhounds like Power And Glory and Good Odds Cobber, so her early speed has never been in doubt,'' Staines said later.
"She has won in 29.77 over 520m at Dapto and has clocked 29.60 there so seeing her produce her best Wentworth Park time of 29.83 didn't surprise me.''
Trainer Peter Rodgers had been disappointed to see his bitch Bonus Ethics, a winner of four races, opposed to greyhounds who had won 15, 16, 19 and 21 races, in Saturday's fourth and fifth grade 520m event.
But nobody told Bonus Ethics because she jumped in front from box one and led throughout to win by three lengths in 29.89, breaking 30sec at Wentworth Park for the first time.
History's Coming, last year's National Derby winner in 29.54, repeated that time at Wentworth Park last week and put in a similar performance to lead all the way on Saturday in 29.63, the fastest figures of the night.
Training honours on Saturday were with Ike McCorkindale, a hobby trainer from the NSW Riverina region, who won with former Victorian bitches Leoni Bale in 29.97 and Zadie Bale in 29.89.
Saturday's 720m event was taken out by rookie stayer Pink Panama, who came away to win by nearly two lengths in a fair 42.54.
Pink Panama, trained by John Callaughan, put up a good performance to win as she was last to leave the starting boxes and was still back in fourth spot on the back straight.
