Prolific winner Packham Silk dominates Goulburn Fireball heats
Packham Silk saluted in her heat of the Fireball at Goulburn on Friday with the fastest time from the six qualifiers.
Despite being trained in Victoria, Packham Silk has now had four of her 15 starts at Goulburn, for three wins and a second.
The Anthony Azzopardi-trained greyhound started 350m heat as the heavily supported race favourite, paying -250 with online bookmakers.
Jumping from box four, she exploded to the lead soon after the box-rise and dictated terms at the front for the entire trip.
She beat Porch Pirate by 6.75 lengths in the blistering time of 19.58, with Sassy Ms. Minx crossing in third.
2023 Goulburn Fireball Heat 1 – Packham Silk (19.58) T: Anthony Azzopardi
The winning time improved on her previous best of 19.65, recorded on September 22 in a fifth-grade contest, with the bitch winning by 4.75 on that occasion.
The 350m track record at Goulburn is 19.33.
Packham Silk's first run at the 350m trip at Goulburn on September 5 resulted in a runner-up finish, 4.75 lengths behind Renegade Cochise.
She has since gone on to show her love of the track and trip, with three wins and one placing from four starts at the journey and will now head into next week's $25,000-to-the-winner final as the well-earned race favourite.
The daughter of Aston Dee Bee and Nangar Silk has ten wins and four placings from 15 career starts, having broken her maiden in her debut on May 24, and has banked $12,840 in prize money for connections
She will be joined by the other five heat winners in Darius Express (19.67), Clare A Chance (19.71), Damage (20.01), Next Of Kin (19.97), Armatree Cash (19.94), along with the two fastest runner-up podium finishers in Renegade Cochise (19.67), and Best Ever (19.74).
2023 Goulburn Fireball Heat 2 – Darius Express (19.67) T: Paul Braddon
2023 Goulburn Fireball Heat 3 – Clare A Chance (19.71) T: Pamela Braddon
2023 Goulburn Fireball Heat 4 – Damage (20.01) T: Mark Forner
2023 Goulburn Fireball Heat 5 – Next Of Kin (19.97) T: Penny Hutchinson
2023 Goulburn Fireball Heat 6 – Armatree Cash (19.94) T: Peter Lagogiane
Last year's edition of the Goulburn Fireball was won by race favourite Apollo Speed, who saluted after storming underneath leader Slingshot Rusty in the shadows of the post, capping off a huge year for Goulburn Trainers of the Year Lisa and Dave Worthy.