In a rare occurrence for New Zealand greyhound racing four littermates were successful at the Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington yesterday.
Know Spunk, Fireman's Salute, Know Excitement and Know Joy won their respective races.
The February 2009 littermates are trained by Garry Cleeve at Rangiora.
The are by Scotexcited from Love Of History.
The greyhounds were bred by Cleeve and his partner, Gaylene Turnwald. They race Know Spunk, Know Excitement and Know Joy. Fireman's Salute is raced by a syndicate.
The dogs are from the second litter of Love Of History, who won the Dam of the Year title two seasons ago with her first litter.
Cleeve trained and stands their sire, Scotexcited, who won a New Zealand Derby and was the second fastest dog around Addington over distance (520m).
Love Of History has a third litter by Johnny Midnight, who is the fastest distance dog around the Addington track.
• Ray Adcock, the 75-year-old Dunsandel greyhound trainer, is the first inductee into the Greyhound Hall Of Fame in Auckland.
Adcock was the first New Zealand trainer to prepare 100 winners in a season.
Little Mother, who won 14 races in a row and has won 40 of her 63 starts for stakes of $159,000 has been named New Zealand Greyhound Of The Year.
The bitch is trained by Lisa Ahern at Palmerston North.
