Emma Stewart and Chris Alford launched into rare trots air with a stunning domination of tonight's Empire Stallions Vicbred Super Series three-year-old heats.
No Australian driver has bettered Alford's six winning drives at an Australian meet and Stewart's seven training wins see her join a shortlist that includes only Lance Justice (Globe Derby, 1989), John McCarthy (Albion Park, 2010) and Steve Turnbull (Parkes, 2014).
Making the Stewart stable's feat all the more notable is that the dominance came just one night after she triumphed in five of the Vicbred Super Series' two-year-old heats.
"It sort of speaks for itself, doesn't it," Alford told Trots Vision after Speak No Evil capped their magical night at Kilmore. "Probably four of those (12 wins) they had quinellas as well."
It's the first time Alford has achieved six wins according to Harness Racing Australia records, making him the 20th driver to do so on Australian soil. Of those 20, none have matched Alford's six wins, two seconds and one third.
But the first Southern Hemisphere reinsman to 6000 wins gave much credit to Stewart, her partner Clayton Tonkin and their tireless Ballarat team.
"It just goes to show the work ethic and the way they present their horses," Alford said. "They have them right for these big series.
"The owners pay a lot of money for these horses and want results. This is the time of year they have to be racing and they work really hard to get them right on these nights and the results are showing from last night and tonight."
Stewart won four of the five colts and geldings' heats through Major Times, Liftntorque, Konan and Ride High, who produced a stunning 25.7-second final quarter to pip stablemate Poster Boy.
It was Kasbah Kid who prevented the clean sweep of the boys' heats for Geoff Webster and Greg Sugars.
"I nearly feel bad for upsetting the Stewart-Alford combination," Sugars joked to Trots Vision post-race.
Nostra Beach, Nostra Villa and Speak No Evil won three of the four fillies' finals, with Ghadastar the exception, winning the first fillies' heat for Ahmed Taiba and Damien Wilson.