Canowindra greyhound Junior Tiger has qualified second fastest for next Monday's John McDonald Memorial Final (453m) after blitzing his heat at Cowra's Sid Kallas Oval on Saturday.
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The David Grant trained dog displayed quick speed around a boggy track stopping the clock at 26.35s while finishing one-and-three-quarter-lengths ahead of Barbie's Chance in second.
The result was his third victory from nine starts and his first win since April 25 at Bathurst.
Peter Standford's trained Pearl's Legacy set the best time with a hugely impressive 26.09s in heat three of seven.
Based at Wallerawang, the two-year-old bitch boasts a consistent record in 22 starts' experience including four victories along with a further nine minor placings.
Kingsvale trainer Jeffrey Stedman will be quietly confident having negotiated the heats with kennel-mates Blazing Drum and Will He Hum both qualifying having topped heats five and eight respectively.
Making up the rest of the field is Robert Harrison's Gunnadoo Silk, the Gregory Board trained Spring Bloom, Beverly Dale for Grenfell-based handler John Scott and the fastest runner-up Barbie's Chance trained by Lorraine Roy.
The $4000-to-the-winner John McDonald series is open to greyhounds with 1-4 wins.
The final is the feature race on Monday, June 13 along with the Kevin Codner Memorial (327m) and Jack Hines Memorial (625m).