Greyhounds

1. Mister Toewyte (1970s)

Western Australia’s champion greyhound of the late 1970’s, ‘Toey’ captured the imagination of local chasing fans after becoming this State’s first ever National Sprint Champion in 1978. Prior to that achievement, ‘Toey’ had twice cheated death after being severely savaged by a domestic dog in a park. He ventured interstate successfully on three occasions at a time when interstate travel with greyhounds was not the norm. He set race records in winning the 1977 WA Derby (now Group 2) and 1977 Young Star Classic at Wentworth Park, NSW (also now Group 2) to earn himself the 1977 WA Greyhound of the Year Title.

2. Afro Freeway (1980s)

A brilliant front-running stayer of the early 1980’s, nicknamed ‘The Invincible’ because he was only unplaced twice in an amazing 39-start career which saw him recognised as one of the icons of the greyhound code in Western Australia. To this day he still holds the State record for the most consecutive wins at 14. He set no less than four track records at Cannington and Mandurah over 638m, two at Cannington and one at Mandurah over 740m and was awarded the 1983 WA Greyhound of the Year Title. A greyhound whose career was seriously curtailed by ill-timed injuries and the effects of being attacked by two domestic dogs on a Fremantle beach, he was the winner of the 1982 Galaxy (now Group 1) and the Distance Gift (equivalent event now Group 3).

Trainers

1. Grant Langston (1980s/1990s)

Grant Langston totally dominated greyhound racing in Western Australia during its second decade from the mid-80’s to the mid-90’s. He won the trainer’s premiership at both Cannington and Mandurah for the ten consecutive years between 1985 and 1994 after winning two at Mandurah prior to that in 1982 and 1983.
Langston trained an Australian record 187 winners in 1988 which saw him nominated for the West Australian Caltex Sports Star of the Year Award in 1988-89. To this day he still shares the record of training six winners on a card at a Cannington meeting, which he did on at least two occasions.
Throughout his career, he trained the winners of 15 feature events which would have Group Race status in this modern era, including the Perth Cup once, the Galaxy twice the All Stars Sprint on five occasions. He trained no less than 39 winners of other documented feature events during his much-celebrated training career.