He also won a race with Bruno, owned in partnership with his son, Peter, of Dunedin.
Nina's Girl outfinished kennelmate Speed Ticket in the 770m Distance Final. Nina's Girl is named for his granddaughter, Nina (10), who was on hand for the win.
Nina's Girl and Speed Ticket are trained at Balcairn by Dave and Jean Fahey, who won the $11,000 Middle Distance Final yesterday with Winsome Opawa.
Amer bred Nina's Girl, Speed Ticket and Bruno from Funny Girl, who won 15 races and about $50,000.
Amer races Nina's Girl with Paul Bridgford, of Rangiora.
Nina's Girl has won eight races and $13,000 in stakes; Speed Ticket (13) and Bruno (10).
Bruno and Speed Ticket are brothers, both being by Bombastic.
Amer has switched his attention from standardbreds to greyhounds.
"The greyhounds are underrated," he said.
He bred the well-performed pacers Black Armbro and Lord Louie.
Black Armbro was sold overseas in 1982 after winning three races from the stable of Ken Odgers.
Lord Louie won the New Brighton Cup in 1985 and 1986 when trained by Frank Murfitt. Black Armbro (by Armbro Hurricane) and Lord Louie (by Lordship) were out of Flying Annette.
It was the fourth win on end for Winsome Opawa, who will now head to Wanganui for the heats of a series for New Zealand-bred dogs on Friday.
Winsome Opawa is raced by Opawa Racing Ltd, operated by Robin Wales, of Christchurch.
Opawa Racing Ltd had a maiden win yesterday with Tui Hotlips, trained by Jason Dunn at Sefton.
Awesome Bender was scratched from race 9 yesterday due to a bout of diarrhoea at the Christchurch meeting last Thursday.
