Bold Trease

Background to the Sydney Cup

The Sydney Cup was the first of what became the ‘big four’ distance events on the Sydney city racing calendar. Starting in 1963, it was...

Sandown Park Greyhounds Tips & Betting Preview October 9th 2014

Best Bet: Centrebet is offering ARG readers with a $200 free bet. Launch on Flying Twist. Race 4: Flying Twist Best Roughie: Race 10: Sonic...

Sunday, 12 October 2014

Greyhound Box Draw For Sandown (SAP) – Sunday, 12 October 2014 Race No. 1Bring Your Club To Sandown2:06 PM (VIC time) Maiden event over 515...

Thursday, 9 October 2014

Greyhound Box Draw For Sandown Park – Thursday, 9 October 2014 Race No. 1The “superdogs” Are Coming!7:09 PM (VIC time) Grade 5 event over 515...

Greyhound Tips & Betting Preview October 5th 2014

Sportingbet is offering an exclusive bonus of up to $700 for ARG readers. Open an account via ARG today and take advantage of various free...

Sunday, 5 October 2014

Greyhound Box Draw For Sandown (SAP) – Sunday, 5 October 2014 Race No. 1Bring Your Club To Sandown2:05 PM (VIC time) Maiden event over 515...

This Week In Racing History

SEPTEMBER 3 Interest Only annexed the 1990 Lord Mayor’s Trophy (732 metres, Olympic Park), defeating Jezepop by almost three lengths. Paradise Street kept its undefeated...

Xylia Allen Joins Zoom Top In Historic Performance

Xylia Allen may have failed to win the National Distance Championship final at Cannington, but by running second she did succeed in becoming Australia’s highest...

Background To The National Distance Championship

This year’s National Distance Championship final, of course, holds especial interest in seeing whether champion all-distance bitch Xylia Allen can break Miata’s prize money winning...

This Week In Racing History

AUGUST 6 The first greyhound hurdle using a jumping mechanical lure ever to be tried in Australia took place at Wentworth Park in 1954. The...

Background To The AWM Distance Title

In some ways the AWM Distance Title is one of the ‘unsung’ long-standing major distance races on the Australian calendar. Of course, if Xylia Allen...

Background To The McKenna Memorial

Anyone wondering why Victoria has always produced some of the best ‘half-milers’ in the country only needs to look at the plethora of major distance...

This Week in Racing History

JULY 9 All Home became the first greyhound to win four races behind the mechanical lure in Australia when the brindle and white dog scored...

Plenty Of Margin To Wow The Fans

On 9 June in a lowly maiden event run over 520 metres at Sale, a black speedster having only his second start in a race...

This Week In Racing History

JUNE 18th High Earner annexed the 2009 Queensland Derby (520 metres, Albion Park), defeating Fedex by three-quarters of a length with Dashing Corsair just a...

This Week In Racing History

JUNE 4th The second mechanical lure race meeting ever held in Australia was run at Epping (Harold Park), in 1927. Races were conducted over 480...

This Week In Racing History

MAY 28 Greyhound racing behind the mechanical lure began at the Epping (Harold Park) track in 1927. A crowd of 3,000 people turned out on...

Sweet It Is Supreme In 2014 Sandown Cup

Sweet It Is produced a mind-blowing finishing effort to take out the $175,000 Group One Sandown Cup on Thursday night for Devon Meadows trainer Darren...

Question Time Podcast With Norm McCullagh – Ask Your Questions

We have managed to secure some time with Norm McCullagh at the Sandown Cup tonight. Norm was the man who trained Bold Trease to a...

Listed Cup Night Stayers Preview

You could almost mistake the listed Cup Night Stayers race at Sandown Park on Thursday night as the field for the Group One Sandown Cup...

Background To The Sandown Cup

With upset results the order of the day in the heats, this year’s Sandown Cup final has been robbed of a lot of interest. There’s...

2014 Group One Sandown Cup Heats Preview

It’s a race that demands quality, the world’s richest staying race, The Group One Sandown Cup. Four heats of the time honoured event are set...

This Week in Racing History

MAY 7th In the closest finish of any Ladies Bracelet final, Nimity Streak won the 1977 running at Harold Park by half a head from...

This Week in Racing History

APRIL 30th NSW stayer Red Mystique scored a narrow but impressive victory in the 1998 Sandown Cup, defeating Totally Ablaze by half a length with...

Association Cup: 50 Years Of Grand History

This week’s final of the Association Cup will mark the 50th running of the Association Cup, the second-oldest of the four major Sydney distance cups....