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The old adage rang true for Allansford trainer Kurt Howard on Tuesday when the joy of his first winner doubled with the arrival of his second under an hour later.
Lil Miss Shooter opened her account in race one, saluting by half-a-length, while Big Buck backed it up in the third of the day.
"It was really exciting, just so much fun," he told the Greyhound Racing Victoria website.
They wanted them trained a bit closer to home and sent me a message to see if I would take them on.
- Kurt Howard
With both dogs owned by Mepunga-based Chris Haberfield, greyhound life is looking good for the 25-year-old trainer.
Howard got his trainer's licence in December after the sudden death of his grandfather Gerry Taylor. He had been helping train Taylor's dogs and when he obtained the licence, he took over Gerry's eight dogs.
He currently has four of them in work but got an unexpected call from Haberfield, an old school mate, to see if he would take on Lil Miss Shooter and Big Buck.
"I've known Chris since primary school and he and a mate, who I had played football with, had both dogs being trained in Geelong," Kurt said.
"They wanted them trained a bit closer to home and sent me a message to see if I would take them on.
"So far it's working well, and they are over the moon."
Howard said Lil Miss Shooter was looking the better performer of the two, but over the past month Big Buck had improved "a heap".
Howard said he had two pups yet to hit the track who were performing well.
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