Journey Beyond continues winning ways for Cottrell at Sandown
Journey Beyond made it nine wins from 10 starts when he took out a Grade 5 final at Sandown on Thursday.
Top greyhound betting sites had the Kayla Cottrell-trained chaser pegged as a $2.60 favourite for the 515m contest.
Out of box four, he used his great finish and turn of foot to beat home Akina Jack ($4.60) and Scorching Boy ($15.60) by a length, posting a time of 29.69.
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Last Sunday he returned for the heats after a month-long break from the track, with online bookmakers having him as short as $1.10 for the win.
He won that heat in a time of 29.48, beating home Winston Town ($9.20) and Emerley Zoe ($13.20) by three and a half lengths.
The Keybow x Bogie Princess dog has run over a variety of distances, having started his career at the Warrnambool 400m.
He won on debut in a maiden heat before taking the final in even faster time, 22.42 cut down from 22.72.
He has true star potential with four of his nine wins coming in best-of-night times, while he has also made three finals.
Journey Beyond has banked $20,470 for connections after taking the $7,300 prize on Thursday while also hitting a 90% strike rate in both wins and places.