The hits keep coming in Pfieffer's Odyssey 

It took Odysseus ten years to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan war in Homer's great poem. 

It only took trainer David Pfieffer two hours to notch a thrilling double at Kembla Grange on Wednesday with Dixie Chick and Roman Odyssey. 

The Warwick Farm horseman's journey to the Illawarra was his first trip back to the races after a small operation forced him off his feet over racing's weekend of golden riches at Rosehill. The stable saddled talented 3yo Denmagic and 7yo model of consistency Cradle Me to a third and fourth respectively in competitive stakes races on Slipper Day. Pfieffer had to watch from the couch. 

Just like her master, the 3yo filly Dixie Chick thoroughly appreciated the wide open spaces of Kembla Grange when winning her second race from just three starts on Wednesday under a masterful Tommy Berry ride.

The daughter of Widden Stud's Star Witness jumped fairly and was left to settle at the rear of the field, a good ten lengths from frontrunners Hellhole and Viaductress.

Berry stalked the leading bunch to the turn before bringing Dixie Chick widest on straightening as the field panned well off the inside rail. 

In a visually stunning performance reminiscent of her first start victory at Beaumont Newcastle, Dixie Chick responded with gusto to unleash her trademark burst of speed, cruising past Sanaya and Themis with the winning momentum to score by half a length. 

Pfieffer couldn't hide his excitement after the race bearing an ear to ear grin and was quick to offer plenty of generous superlatives for his newest stable star. 

"That was fantastic. We were happy with her coming in to the race and knew she would be competitive today," beamed the young trainer. 

"I probably didn't expect her to be that far back...but that's what she can do if you let her go through her gears, she can be really dazzling late in the race."

Pfieffer was undeterred when the athletic bay ran fourth at her most recent start over 1200m at Warwick Farm on February 18.

"She was beaten for speed a bit (at Warwick Farm) but we knew she had plenty of ability so we were confident leading into today.

"Her work has been excellent and I knew she could bounce back" he said.

Jockey Tommy Berry, who partnered Dixie Chick in her previous starts, joined Pfieffer in praising her talents describing her victory as a “strong win with plenty of upside to come”.

Dixie Chick opened at $4.20 on the TAB but punters were quick to react and by start time she was the $3.50 favourite and TAB "market mover". 

It appears nobody told Pfieffer's second runner, Roman Odyssey, what price he started at when darting up the inside rail to take the final race on the card at the juicy odds of $14. 

The win provided a small consolation for the gelding's infamous jockey Glyn Schofield, who was recently find $50,000 by Racing NSW for his role in the sale of racehorse Little Caesar to Hong Kong Interests. Schofield appears to have had better luck conquering the Roman than duelling with the Caesar. 

As with all racing battles Pfieffer must look to the next day of racing and takes Tale Of Dreams to Gosford on guineas day this Thursday. After victory at Kembla the trainer will be hoping for more hits with his Dixie and more journeys with his Odyssey. After all, Rome wasn't built in a day. 

-- Click here to see replays of Wednesday's meeting