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Today’s greyhound racing in time

We take a look back through the archives of Australia’s oldest and largest greyhound racing news website to cast an eye over this day in...
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Talking breeding: Egg winner’s litter has Graham smiling

THIS week’s review of litters from the NSW Whelping Report for the week ending January 31, starts with a nice litter of nine pups by...

Background To The National Sprint Championship

Cannington plays host to National Sprint Championship final in 2014 for only the fifth time in the history of the event. It first staged the...

Anthony Bullock Not Conceding Defeat To Buckle Up Wes

Champion chaser Buckle Up Wes (Collision – Everlong Bale) will be at prohibitive odds about winning Division One of the J G Nelson Cup (515...

Track Records Don’t Go Often In Big Race Finals

The Horsham and Temora Cup finals, run over the last weekend, produced two fairly rare occurrences: a track record in the former (Crump), and an...

Momentum Continues For Ernie Bung Arrow

It just keeps getting bigger and bigger. The Ernie Bung Arrow bandwagon is expanding by the day as this cult hero continues to build one...

Twelve Things You Don’t Know About The Hobart Thousand

2013 will see the 77th running of the Hobart Thousand, arguably Australia’s longest-running feature event. I say ‘arguably’ because while the Hobart Thousand, which started...

Maine’s Christmas Comes Early

Burnie trainer Wayne Maine enjoyed a great start to the festive season by winning races at both the LGRC meeting at the Tote Racing Centre...

This Week In Greyhound Racing History: 19th November – 25th November

19th November Brother Bee (The Fort x Shantung) had his first start in Australia in 1974 after winning the New Zealand St Leger and being...

Rewind’s Curtain Call Brings Reflection on Tassie’s Golden Era

Most people by now would be aware that Maurie Strickland’s wonderful chaser, Rewind, has run his last race. Bringing to a close a career that...

Betfair Tasmanian Country Oaks Winner For Victoria

Following her outstanding victory in Tuesday’s Betfair Tasmanian Country Oaks (452 metres), smart bitch Fulande (Surf Lorian – Portent) will be transferred to Victoria. The...

Bate’s Launceston Cup Bonanza

Champion trainer Graeme Bate has qualified five of his kennel for the $57,000 A Total Car Rentals Launceston Cup (515 metres) to be conducted at...

What ever happened to…….?

It’s funny how people put so much energy into looking at a feature race before it happens and very little time following the same dogs...

The Definitive Preview – 2012 National Sprint Championship Grand Final

WHERE/WHEN: Hobart GRC (Elwick Racecourse) 461m, August 25, Race 8 at 7.25pm AEST. $111,500 prize pool ($75,000 to the winner). THE STORY SO FAR: It...

Battle Royal At Devonport Greyhounds

Smart chasers Decembrist (Big Daddy Cool – World’s Finest) and Sour Pop (Where’s Pedro – Sum Chance) staged a battle royal over the concluding stages...

More Than Flash

Everybody in greyhounds knows it – breeders, trainers, genuine punters, even stewards. Hard chasing has to be the top of the list of critical characteristics...

The Two “R’s” Steal The Tote Racing Centre Show

The two “R’s”, Radley Bale and Rewind, dominated proceedings at the Tote Racing Centre on Monday night and are now being set for bigger and...

Rewind Named Tasmanian Greyhound Of The Year

The Launceston Greyhound Racing Club in conjunction with Tasracing hosted the Launceston Cup and Greyhound Awards Presentation Dinner at The TOTE Racing Centre on Saturday...

Devonport Cup Attracts A Super Field

A star-studded field of chasers will contest next Tuesday’s rich Devonport Cup ( 452 metres) to be conducted at the Devonport Raceway, the race to...

All Systems Go At The Devonport Raceway – Thanks To The Volunteers

Thanks to an intrepid band of volunteers, the failed conductor rail at the Devonport Raceway has been repaired and heats of the Devonport Cup scheduled...

2012 Greyhounds Of The Year In Review – Queensland, SA, WA, & Tasmania

We’ve seen what Victoria and New South Wales have produced in the past twelve months, but there’s been plenty of talent displayed elsewhere too. Here’s...

Victorians Get The Devonport Spoils

Victorian chaser Compacto (Regal Brett – My Pearly Shells) ended the winning streak of the classy Damek (Big Daddy Cool – World’s Finest) at the...

Littermates To Dominate Rich Breeders Classic Final

Trainers Butch Deverell and Allison Walker have both qualified litter mates for the rich Betfair Breeders Classic Final (452 metres) to be conducted at the...

Third Minister’s Gift For Deverell At Devonport Greyhounds

Penguin trainer Butch Deverell prepared his third Minister’s Gift Final (452 metres) winner at the Devonport Raceway on Tuesday afternoon when Awesome Naz (Collision –...

Allison And Allison Big Winners At Devonport

Bagdad trainer Allison Walker took five pups from the one litter to the NWGRC’s Devonport Raceway meeting on Tuesday afternoon and returned home very satisfied...