Four trainers will battle it out for the $1010 Dubbo RSL Club Best 8 Stakes (400 metres) at Dawson Park on Thursday with Cowra trainers Paul and Pamela Braddon predicted to be the frontrunners.
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The Braddons have decorated pair Hurricane Rino and Crash Connor's starting in the race from boxes two and four respectively.
Wellington trainer Ronald Steel has Susannah Cargo (box one) and Betsie Cargo (seven) and Isabel Enlim (three) and Kayla's Tiger (eight) are entered for Cooks Gap trainer Len Haaring.
The final trainer is Robert Ingram, who has Blazing Marlowe from box six. However Dubbo Greyhound Racing Club president Shayne Stiff is expecting the winner to be one of the trainers with two chances.
"I can't see Rob Ingram's dog getting the win from six. I think it's going to be one of the others," Stiff said.
"Susannah Cargo has an advantage from box one but the pair from the Braddons are very experienced. Hurricane Rino has won 21 of 71 and Crash Connor's has 29 wins from 66 starts.
"Throw Len's dogs into the mix and it promises to be a very interesting race."
The other race where Stiff is expecting to see plenty of action is the $1010 Coolabah Goat Company Stakes (318m) but he is expecting this one to be a shoot out between two dogs.
Braddon's Bow Dandie and Haaring's Lenny Enlim are the favourites, despite drawing boxes five and seven respectively, the president said.
"That will probably be a two dog race, those two are just too good and I would be very surprised if one of them didn't come away with the win," Stiff said.
The meeting is the first following the successful Anzac Carnival, which offered more than $40,000 in prize money and attracted trainers from all over the state.
The $25,000 Cosmic Rumble Gold Cup was taken out by Sydney trainer Anthony Azzopardi during Sunday's very successful finals night.
Shayne Stiff said it was a big success.
"We were delighted with how it ran. Everybody we spoke to was delighted with it, Anthony Azzopardi rang yesterday to thank the club and the committee. It couldn't have gone better," he said.
Thursday's meeting gets underway at 12.24pm.