Greyhound Racing History

THE measure of a champion is its ability to overcome adversity in the run and to also be able to win from even the worst...

WITHOUT doubt the most impressive son of the imported sire Farloe Melody was the brilliant sprinter Bobniak (x Paris Match). Whelped in September 1995, Bobniak...

ON December 2 at Sandown Park a greyhound named Elle Gazelle finished well beaten in a heat of the Laurels, but her name brought back...

ON September 18, 1997 the New South Wales stayer Red Mystique (Warren's Flyer x Mystery Pearl Dec '94) collected $16,000 as she cruised to a...

FOR many years, the Vic Peters Memorial Classic was the premier race in New South Wales for young sprinters with winners often being considered as...

HE would be the veteran of 107 starts at a time when it was unusual for top-flight greyhounds to compete so often, but Fair Sentence...

WHEN greyhound racing in the harbour city was conducted on two tracks, Harold Park and Wentworth Park, the Sydney Cup, inaugurated in 1963, was the...

THE Adelaide Cup has been one of Australia's most prestigious events since Angle Park commenced racing but it is a Queensland sprinter who arguably almost...

Coulta Bandit remains the only dog to have won the ACT feature event on two separate occasions.

The National Distance Championship is meant to pit the very best ‘half-milers' of each state against each other in a true test of racing skill...

WHEN looking through the honour roll of the winners of the Maturity Classic it is perhaps no surprise that future top line sprinters are heavily...

HE had already established himself as one of the best sprinters in the country when, on December 14, 1987, Buka Sunset contested his last race,...

It's noteworthy that since the turn of the century the Queensland all-distance champion Cyndie's Magic is the only greyhound which has managed to make the...

IT was the peak achievement of his short but spectacular career. When the undefeated NSW sprinter Token Prince (Malawi's Prince x True Temptation) scored a...

NOW known as the Peter Mosman Classic, in honour of the former highly-respected GBOTA Chairman who sadly passed away in 1987, this great race for...

JUST as many racehorses appear to run better at some tracks than others, so it is with many greyhounds. When night racing was conducted at...

GREYHOUND racing behind a mechanical lure took place for the first time on Australian soil on a cold Saturday night May 28, 1927. Yet that...

THE Sandown Cup has always been one of the great distance events on the Australian calendar, but before the Group racing era commenced the race...

DAWN Mini's victory in the Ladies Bracelet final at Wentworth Park at what was her 114th start has placed her in sixth position on what...

TOP class sprinter Zambora Brockie recently failed as the punter's elect in the Melbourne Cup (515m), and became the 21st successive greyhound to be defeated...

THE modern-day Melbourne Cup kicked off in 1956 and since then has arguably become the most sought-after race to win on the greyhound racing calendar,...

AFTER Healesville, the premier straight track in the country, conducted its showcase Cup day on Sunday September 11, it's worth remembering that in past decades...

LAST Tuesday marked the 58 year anniversary of one of the most eagerly awaited contests in the history of greyhound racing – a match race...

WHEN the Robert Smith-trained brindle dog Lochinvar Brogue finally broke through for his maiden victory at his eighth race attempt, at Gosford on May 10,...

ANYBODY looking through the form for the Sandown meeting on Thursday night (April 14) might have noticed two greyhounds drawn to compete who, between them,...