Greyhound Of The Year

Greyhound Racing NSW unveils new Puppy Auction and Race Series

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) has unveiled a new venture by introducing a Puppy Auction and a corresponding Auction Race Series, which is set to become...
Howard Ashton

Finalists released for South Australian greyhound of the year

THE Greyhound South Australia (GRSA) has released the finalists for the 2018 SA Greyhound of the Year. The panel members will now cast their individual...
Miss Elly Mint & Robert Smith

Gosford Cup the biggest win of Miss Elly Mint’s grand career

ON January 6 2009 NSW sprinter Miss Elly Mint (Elite State x Indigo Mint) recorded the biggest victory, in terms of prize money, throughout her...

2016 Group 1 Vic Peters Classic tips and betting preview

ANDO'S Mac is on track to claim his first group title when the lids fly open for the Group 1 Vic Peters Classic (520m) at...

West Aussie seeking to snare a place in Sydney Cup folklore

THE Sydney Cup is a race that has been ‘on the books' at Wentworth Park since 1963 and boasts winners from Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland,...
Dyna Double One

Talking Breeding: Dyna Double One litters continue to dominate

THIS week's review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending August 29 begins with three litters by 2015-16 AGRA...
Banjo boys greyhound

Talking breeding: Banjo Boy sires three well-bred litters

THIS week's review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the two weeks ending August 22 starts with three litters by well...
Cosmic Rumble

Talking Breeding: Cosmic litter ready to rumble

THIS week's review of litters from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending August 10 starts with beautifully bred litter of six pups...
Dyna Double One

Talking Breeding: There’s no missing this Dyna Double One litter

THIS week's review of litters from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending August 3 starts with a beautifully bred litter of nine...

Butcher celebrates career milestone in landing National Sprint

CAMERON Butcher celebrated the biggest victory of his training career on Saturday night, with his ultra-consistent chaser Worm Burner taking out the Group 1 National...
Cape Hawk

Talking breeding: Well bred Cape Hawke litter commands attention

THIS week's review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending July 27 starts with beautifully bred litter of nine...

Finalists announced for 2015/2016 Victorian Greyhound of the Year

FOUR finalists have been announced for the 2015/2016 Victorian Greyhound of the Year, with the winner to be crowned at Sandown Park on Friday night....

Speed may become an irrelevance in racing’s future

WHILE greyhound people in NSW are effectively labeled by the state premier and much of his ruling party as being incapable of following animal welfare...
Greyhound Dyna Vila

Talking breeding: Future of litters up in the air after NSW ban

AMIDST all the turmoil created by the NSW Premier's decision last week to end greyhound racing in June next year, we still have litters being...

Bomber collects the ‘mainland metro set’ with Winter Cup heat win

WHEN Victorian speedster Blazin' Bomber (Kinloch Brae x Absolute Stunna) took out his heat of the Group 1 Winter Cup over 520m at Albion Park...
Bombastic Shiraz

Talking breeding: Rare Bombastic Shiraz litter attracts attention

THIS week's review of litters selected from the NSW Whelping Report for the week ending February 14 starts with a rare litter by the outstanding,...

Reliving the Woolley Wilson – Para Main match race 43 years on

IT was arguably one of the strangest match races ever organised in Australia. On June 15, 1973 Australia's highest prize money winning sprinter and perennial...

Why are we risking the welfare of the breed for pure speed?

HAS our uniquely Australian obsession with breeding for speed led to weaker greyhounds? Are we far too obsessed by track records and ever faster times?...
Rookie Rebel

Reprising the Top Linen (NSW) vs Rookie Rebel (VIC) Match Race

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

Talking breeding: Former Irish champ has two promising litters

THIS week's review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending March 29, begins with two litters by the 2004...

Iwanyk & Ima Wagtail score maiden group 1 wins in 2016 Perth Cup

IT was a case of third time lucky for John Iwanyk on Saturday night at Cannington when the leading WA mentor landed a last stride...

Bessy Boo’s new city record, in context

BESSY Boo's performance to score his 26th victory at Wentworth Park means the Christine Proctor-trained black dog is what the Americans would call ‘the winningest'...

Megsie Marble the standout performer in Nowra Puppy Classic heats

MEGSIE Marble stamped herself as the greyhound to beat in this year's Group 3 Summer Puppy Classic (520m) after a near record heat performance at...

Lioness Lulu looking to cement her place in history in Gold Cup

VICTORIAN stayer Lioness Lulu will be looking to become the eighth individual, but only the second Victorian-trained stayer, to take the Association Cup-Wentworth Park Gold...

The 1974 Summer Cup: Clash of the Titans

THE final of the 1974 Summer Cup, run over the gruelling 732 metres distance on the grass at Harold Park, produced one of the most...