Londonderry trainer Frank Hurst qualified two dogs into the Maitland Future Stars Maiden Final (400 metres) when he returned to the scene of his 2018 triumph with eventual Million Dollar Chase champion Good Odds Harada on Monday night.
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Hurst-trained Good Odds Tyson and Sound Of Silence won their heats to book places in next Monday night's decider.
Sound Of Silence claimed the last of six heats, overcoming pressure on either side before kicking clear in the straight to win by 2.25 lengths in 22.58 seconds.
Good Odds Tyson flew the lids from box three in heat two to open up an early lead and record a 3.5-length win in 22.39.
It was the equal best time in the heats alongside Charmaine Field-trained Cherokee Outlaw, which blitzed his rivals in heat three despite missing the start from box five.
He railed quickly inside the front-runners and powered away to a 4.75-length win.
Field, who is based at East Gresford, also qualified a second finalist.
Bradman Best was also slow away but he railed well before building a lead and hanging on by 0.75 of a length to take heat four in a time of 22.46.
Other heat winners were the John Finn-trained Zipping Kyrgios (22.49) and Christine Proctor's Teddy The Bear (22.63).
The two fastest runners-up into the final were Psycho Sonic, for trainer Raelee Shearer, and Power Boom, for Sawyers Gully trainer Darryl Thomas.
The Thomas-trained Xerri was runner-up in the Million Dollar Chase on Friday night.
Craig Kerry
Craig Kerry is a sports reporter for the Newcastle Herald.
Craig Kerry is a sports reporter for the Newcastle Herald.
