Kiah Hurley of Lewiston has been training greyhounds for 10 years but yesterday was the first time she had found her way down to Tara Raceway.
A second placing with Iron Eyes Punk behind the tearaway Rock It Barcia in the Klaassens Contractors Stake (512 m) had her in the money mid-meeting but her main chance always looked to be Sarcasmic in the last race.
Raced by Victorian owner Jeff Galea of Brookfield, Sarcasmic went into the Gordon Refrigeration Mixed Stake (400 m) from box one having won his past three starts at Gawler over 400 metres.
And the black dog never looked in any danger of defeat, leading all the way to defeat Rough In Vegas by 4¾ lengths in a quick 22.84 seconds for Hurley, a great-niece of long-time greyhound industry stalwart Judi Hurley.
The win was the 14th overall for Sarcasmic, who was also bred by his owner. It also continued the good run for Hurley who has now won five races since March with the son of Fernando Bale and Little Pookie, who raced on 170 occasions for 16 wins and 50 minor placings.
The litter also includes the Galea owned and trained Scatterbox, a winner of 12 races and $71,000 in stakemoney, and his kennelmate Run Baba Run (22, $120,000).
Scatterbox was a 2020 Group 1 Australian Cup finalist and a finalist in the Group 2 Cranbourne Cup while Run Baba Run reached the final of the 2020 Group 1 National Futurity at Wentworth Park. He was also runner-up in the 2021 Group Listed Murray Bridge Cup.