According to Camperdown trainer Peter Inguanti, his success in last Sunday’s Mount Gambier Trackside Pet Meats Spring Classic final (512 metres) with Full Bore Donny had been his best ever win.

An age-restricted series for greyhounds whelped on or after July 1, 2024, the Spring Classic – first run as the Winter Classic at Tara Raceway back in 2014 – this year carried prize money of $10,000.

Having his first look at Tara Raceway in the first of two heats the previous week, Full Bore Donny qualified for the final after running a 1¼ length second to Blizzard Byrne in 29.51 seconds.

Inguanti had been more than happy with the black dog’s first up effort at the track and returned last week confident there would be further improvement shown by the September 2024 whelping.

Actually, he was very well suited age-wise and with 27 race starts went into the final from box two as the most experienced runner.

But it was Willalooka Fury, the faster of the two heat winners and having only her sixth start, who found the front early in the final for Langhorne Creek owner-trainer Tony Hinrichsen.

Off the back, though, Full Bore Donny took up the running. Then they settled down to fight out the finish – three-quarters of a length separating the pair on the line in 29.74 seconds.

Finishing a further 1½ lengths back in third spot was the Tim Keogh owned and Jon Malone trained Blizzard Byrne who defeated littermate and kennelmate Will Jenkins by the barest of margins.

Full Bore Donny is owned by Kelvin Iles who also bred the son of Aston Fastnet and Surprising, a winner of 10 races and $48,000 in prize money.

Inguanti has been licensed for the past eight years and a full-time trainer for the past 2½ years. And in that time he probably would not have had too many better days than that at Tara Raceway last Sunday.

His day kicked off in the Cadillac Racing Open Stake (305 m) with Something Good leading all the way from box two for a 1¾ length win over Huntsman in 17.59 seconds.

Owned by Rod Staggard, the daughter of Bewildering and Invictus Coco has now raced on 86 occasions for 19 wins – all with Inguanti.

Later in the day Inguanti led in a training treble after Miss Undeniable, owned at Koroit by Danielle Keane, quickly found the front from box two in the Collins Court Butcher Stake (305 m).

Purchased as a pup by Keane, Miss Undeniable doesn’t lack much when it comes to breeding. By Bernardo, she’s out of Untapped, a winner of 20 races and more than $420,000 in prize money.

The race didn’t turn out too badly either for Keane with the runner-up trained by her for Inguanti’s father, Vito. And In third placing was the Keane owned and trained Miss Outback – a winner at Mount Gambier last month.

Meanwhile, Mepunga Infrared was back among the winners for Portland-based owner-trainer Nicole Stanley in the Produce Store Stake (512 m).

Chasing his first win since July when successful over 600 metres at Tara Raceway, Mepunga Infrared led all the way from box 4 for a four length win over Miss Chapo in a quick 29.47 seconds.

By Bella Infrared out of Mepunga Molly, Mepunga Infrared has now won five races over 512 metres and 600 metres at Tara Raceway since joining the Stanley kennels in July last year.

Terang training team, Mark and Cath Roberts landed a double at last Sunday’s meeting with Rev Ken in the Commercial Hotel Stake (305 m) while Mick Swagger impressed in the Gordon Refrigeration Stake (305 m).

The imported Rev Ken, a son of Good News out of JD Revelation, landed his first win since July after railing through on Dorset turning for home and running out a 1¾ length winner in 17.54 seconds.

And Mick Swagger quickly found the front from box three and opened his winning account at the local track with a convincing 3¾ length win over Saint Bree in 17.55 seconds.

Disappointment of the day was the scratching of Lil Rex from the Greyhoundtips.com.au Mixed Stake (600 m). His clash with Kia Keeping and Shade Of Pale had promised to be a beauty.

However, the middle-distance race still turned out to be full of interest with the Kyle Goodwin trained Kia Keeping opening up a handy lead mid-race before defeating Shade Of Pale by 1½ lengths in a smart time of 34.71 seconds.

The win resulted in the Kyle Goodwin trained Kia Keeping increasing her lead in the Mount Gambier Greyhound of the Year award by 11 points over Peter Crawley’s Gus Limes.