Jimmy De Panda became one of the few horses to win two maidens when he stormed home to take out the opening event on the combined harness/greyhound program at Mowbray on Friday night.
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The eight-year-old "won" his first race at his 47th start in December 2018 but later lost it after returning a positive swab to cobalt.
Carrick trainer Michael Dornauf served a six month suspension - reduced from a nine-month disqualification on appeal - before bringing Jimmy De Panda back to the races earlier this month.
The gelding resumed with a fast-finishing second to Ark Fury last week and went one better this week, again finishing quickly to beat Illawong Achillies by 3m with Telmax Nikita 4m away third.
Jimmy De Panda was driven by the trainer's older brother Peter.
Although it has no doubt happened at some time in the past, it's believed to be many years since a horse won a second maiden after losing the first due to a positive swab.
Frostyflyer made it back-to-back wins for Mark Yole with another impressive performance in the Rating 66-75 and a revitalised Paint The Wind scored his second successive win for Conor Crook in the Rating 51-55.
CHANGE OF LUCK GIVES POLLY No. 7
Blackwood Polly made amends for a luckless run four days earlier to win the only 515m Grade 4 race on the greyhound program at double-figure odds.
Trained at Ulverstone by Brian Crawford, Blackwood Polly was an easy winner on the track three starts ago then began slowly and copped a bad check when sixth to Leprechaun Dance on Monday night.
She was last out of the boxes again this time but got a clear run through to third in the back straight before accelerating quickly and railing inside the leaders on the home turn.
She has now won three races on the track and seven overall.
Anthony Bullock took training honours at the meeting with a double.
He scored with $8 chance Ryan Keeping in a rough-house Grade 4 over 278m and odds-on favourite Tah Matt who led throughout to blitz his rivals by five lengths in the Grade 5 also over the short trip.
GREYHOUNDS LOSE TRUE STALWART
Greyhound racing has lost one of its most respected figures and hardest workers with the death of Pam Cassidy after a lengthy illness.
Mrs Cassidy, of Newnham, was a life-member of the LGRC where she served as chairman and vice-chairman and spent many years on the committee.
She was also a former chairman of the Launceston Greyhound Owners, Trainers and Breeders Association.
In 2006, when Launceston hosted the nationals, she was chairman of the Australian Greyhound Racing Association.
Mrs Cassidy's husband of 54 years, Doug, is a successful trainer whose best dog Riddler Jake won 30 races and was Tasmanian greyhound of the year in 2006-07.