Vodka And Ice has won at five of his past six Wentworth Park 720m appearances and it seems only bad luck can prevent him enhancing that tally on Saturday night.
Vodka And Ice has box eight in race five, a non-graded long distance event, and while he would be ideally positioned on the rails, he can handle and outside draw and should get a clear run to the first turn.
Zipping Mooney, who has box seven, usually begins fast and crosses to the rails so should give Vodka And Ice a good trail to the first corner.
Trainer Caroline Hughes said: "I'm hoping that's what happens.
"Vodka And Ice has been unplaced in big races at his past three starts in Brisbane and Melbourne but apart from the drop in grade, it will be nice to get him back to Wenty Park.
"He is not a great traveller and those 11 hour drives to interstate races didn't suit him.
"Vodka And Ice drew six, seven and eight in Brisbane and Melbourne and when he is up against top drawer company he needs to be boxed near the fence.''
Peter Spiteri knew he had bred and owned a special greyhound when Tennessee Kade won on debut over 450m at Ballarat on October 30.
"She won by five lengths and clocked 25.07, fast time for a maiden, and the following morning I was offered $100,000 for her,'' Spiteri recalled.
"I knocked that back but a day or so later go another offer, this time for $150,000, and I thought to myself, wow, what have I got here?''
Now trained in Sydney by Jason Magri, Tennessee Kade will be chasing a WP hat-trick in Saturday's Peter Gleeson Stakes, a 520m fifth grade.
She has won her past two WP 520m races in 29.68 and a sensational 29.31 and Spiteri is already comparing her to his former stars Let It Develop and Jack Kade.
Let It Develop, a group one winner, earned $206,000 from 31 wins while Jack Kade's 27 wins amassed $96,000.
"It's early days yet but Tennessee Kade certainly has the potential to match them,'' Spiteri said.
"While she is not a wide runner Tennessee Kade does move slightly to the right in the early stages.''
Prince Tommy has been displaying improved box manners and trainer Ron Evans believes that gives his dog a great chance of breaking through for his first WP win on Saturday night.
Prince Tommy has box two in race two, a 520m fifth grade, and meets similar opposition to when he finished second, beaten a nose, by Modest Man at WP last Saturday.
Modest Man led throughout and just lasted to edge out Prince Tommy, who chased the winner for most of the race.
Prince Tommy's trainer Ron Evans said: "Before that race I discovered my dog had an issue with his back and since that has been rectified he is going better and jumping faster from the boxes.''
With wide runners Zulu Sharp and Elle's Moon in boxes three and four on Saturday, Prince Tommy should get the run of the race.
Highlight of Saturday's card is the reappearance at WP of excitement machine Jungle Johnny, who broke his own 520m record at the track on July 18.
Jungle Johnny has box eight in the top grade 520m Daniel Weizman Appreciation Stakes, and with five railers drawn inside him he should only need to begin cleanly to win again.
Hardest to beat could be the Jason Magri-trained Dennis Keeping, whose past three successive WP wins include a 29.39 performance, still well wide of Jungle Johnny's fastest times of 29sec and 28.86.
Dennis Keeping has had box six in each of his three recent wins but has box one on Saturday, a draw he has always relished.
Dennis Keeping has won two of his three appearances wearing the red rug.
