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What you may have missed: National Championships taking shape

THE Nationals puzzle is almost complete, with the representatives from Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania all locked into place after various qualifiers...

Chief Havoc: considered by some as the greatest ever

WHEN the Australian Greyhound Racing Association (AGRA) introduced honorary membership to the Group Racing Hall of Fame, the first three greyhounds inducted as honorary members...

Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Greyhound Box Draw For Wentworth Park – Wednesday, 29 July 2015 Race No. 1Wentworthpark.com.au Stakes7:10 PM 5 event over 520 metres at Wentworth park Of...

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Greyhound Box Draw For Wentworth Park – Wednesday, 8 July 2015 Race No. 1Wp Racing Wed & Sat From July St…6:11 PM 5 event over...

Australian Greyhound Racing Society to give the industry a voice

AUSTRALIAN Racing Greyhound is proud to exclusively announce the formation of the Australian Greyhound Racing Society, a new national body which aims to provide a...

AGRA releases it’s 2015/16 Group racing calendar

THE Australian Greyhound Racing Association (AGRA) has released it’s 2015/16 group race calendar, with Queensland and Victoria the big winners. Queensland will see eight of...

2015 Group 3 Howard Ashton heats – free tips and betting preview

NAMED after an industry legend and AGRA Hall of Fame inductee, the Group 3 Howard Ashton is one of the most prestigious events on the...

Live-baiting scandal: The darkest week in an industry’s history

JUST a week has elapsed since the nation was shocked by revelations of live baiting in the greyhound industry broadcast on the ABC’s investigative program...

AGRA Rankings Fail To Inform

Are the AGRA national ratings useful, or even true reflections of ability? Figures to the end of November are just out and that order will...

Up And Down, Mostly Down

The time when favourites won most of the distance races now seems ancient history. To see why the current pattern is different it is necessary...

Are Horses, Dogs And Humans Different?

Following our recent mentions of the risks involved in stayers backing up within seven days it was interesting to note some comments by Phil Purser,...

Thursday, 21 August 2014

Greyhound Box Draw For Mandurah – Thursday, 21 August 2014 Race No. 1Welcome To Our Agra Visitors8:34 PM 5Y event over 302 metres at Mandurah...

Painted Dotty Prevails In 2014 Tasmanian National Distance Final

Odds on favourite Painted Dotty (8) prevailed in a thrilling finish to win the AGRA Tasmanian National Distance Championship Final at Launceston on Monday night....

Tasmanian National Distance Finalists Look To Make History

The National spotlight will be firmly affixed on Tasmania this Monday night as Launceston hosts their state finals of both the 2014 AGRA National Sprint...

Wag Tail Flies Home To Claim 2014 Queensland National Distance Final

Wag Tail (5) will represent Queensland in the 2014 AGRA National Distance Final after she took out the Queensland final at Albion Park on Thursday...

2014 Victorian National Distance Final Is An Absolute Cracker

It is being billed as a clash between two of Australia’s most exciting stayers, but in reality it is much more than that. This Thursday...

Queensland Sprinters Vie For 2014 National Sprint Championships

Queensland’s best sprinters will press their claims for a shot at Australia-wide glory when they line up for three heats of the AGRA National Sprint...

2014 Queensland National Distance Heats Kick Off On Thursday

Queensland greyhound racing will take the first step in deciding who will represent their state at the national sprint and distance titles in August when...

Elite Fields To Contest Victorian National Distance Championship Heats

This Thursday evening sees the beginning of a frenzy of qualifying races Australia-wide for the National Distance and Sprint titles in each state. Greyhounds will...

Victoria Leads The Way – AGRA Group Racing Calendar For 2014/2015 Released

The Group racing calendar for 2014/2015 has been released and as usual, Victoria leads the way for initiative and prizemoney increases. Two feature events in...

The Two ‘Fastest’ Greyhounds Of All Time Unearthed

I blame Peter, a website reader, for this. Peter kindly took the time to email this writer regarding my track record article (Get out from...

Get Out From Behind The Desk, And Be The Customer

As anyone remotely interested in racing must have noticed, track records have been falling faster than a bungee jumper off a bridge in the first...

AGRA’s Pathetic Record Keeping

As regular readers would be well aware, I’ve long complained at the laxity regarding record keeping in greyhound racing. While things have improved in leaps...

Another Track Record To Xylia Allen

In the modern era many greyhounds are labelled as champions, some well before they are worthy of the title, however nobody has any qualms about...

Vale Chinatown Lad

The loss of former Tasmanian staying champion Chinatown Lad this week evokes great memories of the brilliant half miler who, along with his litter sister...