Last week’s two-track success for the Hamilton-based mother and son training team of Lorraine and Kyle Goodwin kicked off at Warrnambool on the Thursday night with Surprise Star over the 450 metre journey.

Owned by Russell Wiseman and trained by Lorraine Goodwin, the blue son of Tommy Shelby and Princess Kiwi led all the way from box one over 450 metres and brought up his sixth win from 22 starts in a time of 25.50 seconds.

Then, at the Mount Gambier Greyhound Racing Club’s Tara Raceway meeting on Sunday afternoon, litter sister Major Queen – also owned by Wiseman and trained by Goodwin – was successful in the Greyhoundtips.com.au Mixed Stake (400 m).

Leading all the way from box six, the blue bitch registered her ninth win from 35 starts when defeating My Mate Robbie by 1¼ lengths in 23.08 seconds.

Bred by the Hard Wyn Syndicate, which is managed by Lorraine Goodwin, Surprise Star and Major Queen are members of a 100 per cent winning litter that also includes Winsome Jet (16 wins, $411,000 prize money), See This (16, $107,000) and Winsome Rambo (16, $83,000).

Back at Tara Raceway last Sunday, and the Kyle Goodwin trained Kia Keeping registered her first 600 metre win at the local track when leading all the way from box one in the Cadillac Racing Mixed Stake.

By Fernando Bale out of Ruby Keeping, the black bitch ran out a 2½ length winner over Big Boy Jett in 35.08 seconds. She will now contest a grade five event over 595 metres from box six at Sandown Park on Thursday night.

Joining her is Surprise Star who will jump from box eight in race 12 over 515 metres.

While on the subject of Princess Kiwi, her previous litter, by Fernando Bale, included Ferness, winner of the 2025 Group 2 Richmond Derby and more than $177,000 in prize money.

On Sunday, August 16, heats of the Ferness @ Stud Grades 5/6 (512 m) will be run at Tara Raceway with the final a week later and also carrying a service to Ferness.

Bringing up the Goodwin team’s third winner of the day was Costly Habits who settled on the pace before finishing strongly in the run home and defeating Larni Lou by three-quarters of a length in the Federal Hotel Stake (400 m) in 23.16 seconds.

It took the 37 kilogram black dog 22 starts to open his winning account. However, in the six starts that have since followed he has won a further two races at Tara Raceway.

By Hooked On Scotch, Costly Habits is out of Emerald Hill who raced on only seven occasions for three wins – two at The Meadows over 600 metres and the other win over 650 metres at Shepparton.

And there’s certainly not too much wrong with the line, Emerald Hill a daughter of Superior Panama and champion stayer Sweet It Is who won 23 races and close to a million dollars in prize money.

With plenty of 305 metre races being run at Tara Raceway, Wind Whiskers’ track record of 17.20 seconds – standing since January 4 this year – lately has continually been under fire.

Back in May, the Tracie Price trained Flying Hugo ran 17.21 seconds while the following month Gary Lane’s One More Button recorded 17.22 seconds.

Then, last Sunday Stuart Sharam’s Head For Home, who actually has a trial day time of 17.15 seconds to his credit, carved out 17.22 seconds when defeating Saint Bree by 9½ lengths in the Collins Court Butcher Mixed Stake.

Meanwhile, at last week’s time-graded meeting Mashed Potato kicked off the 12-race card with a win at his fourth race start for Painswick trainer Rick Boehm in the Commercial Hotel Maiden Stake (305 m).

Away well from box five, Mashed Potato led all the way for a three length win over Mocambora Mitch and Slovakia in 17.92 seconds.

A give away greyhound, there’s certainly not too much wrong with Mashed Potato’s pedigree. By Bernardo, he’s out of Chic, a daughter of My Redeemer and Hightan, who won 12 races and close to $110,000 in prize money.

As far as the winner’s name is concerned, Boehm said he had been in his car with his grandchildren when he received a call from GRV informing him his naming selections for the dog were unavailable and he would have to come up with further selections.

“On hearing this on speaker phone one of the grandkids shouted out ‘Mashed Potato’. I don’t really know where that name was plucked from but the person on the other end of the line at GRV quickly responded that ‘Mashed Potato’ was actually available,” Boehm said.