It’s now more than four years ago since long-time greyhound man Captain Abbott of Cadillac Racing at Edenhope purchased three NSW-bred 12-month-old litter sisters by Fernando Bale out of Miss Ibrox.

One of the purchases was never named while another of the trio was retired early in her career due to injury. But the third one – white and fawn and named Cadillac Girl – continues to race to this day.

“And to be honest, I probably had a few doubts about her when she first arrived given that at her first race start she weighed in at 21.4 kilograms,” Abbott said.

“She actually won at her fourth start at Tara Raceway in 18.07 seconds over 305 metres in May 2022. All up she has now raced on 161 occasions – four of her starts being at Angle Park and Horsham and the other 157 at the Mount Gambier track.”

Weighing in at 24.1 kilograms and chasing her 20th win, Cadillac Girl led all the way from box seven in last Thursday’s Greg Martlew Autos TG5+W Stake (305 m). On the line she had 1¼ lengths to spare over Aston Azul in 17.85 seconds.

Earlier in the day, the Abbott-bred Cadillac Ragtop, a daughter of Premier Fantasy and Pamela Rocks, led all the way when defeating Saint Bree by 2¼ lengths over 305 metres in 17.79 seconds for Cadillac Racing partner Kerry Hawker.

Cadillac Ragtop has now raced on 114 occasions, 110 starts being at Tara Raceway for 32 wins. All told she has now won more than $40,000 in prize money.

And Puddin’ Cake, trained at Painswick in Victoria by Rick Boehm, brought up her second win when virtually leading all the way in the Cadillac Racing TG1-4W Stake (305 m) and hanging on to score by a neck over Saint Ella in 18.18 seconds.

The June 2022 daughter of Aston Dee Bee and Avatar Minty has raced on only 18 occasions, all at Mount Gambier, after first overcoming a lengthy leg injury and then another extended period due to seasonal issues.