Greyhound Of The Year

2014 Group Three Christmas Gift Final Preview

The final group race of the year at Wentworth Park will be run and won on Saturday night, with Zipping Willow the early favourite to...

Christmas To Come Early At Wentworth Park This Saturday Night

As we approach the festive season, New South Wales' premier track Wentworth Park will host their annual Group Three John Stollery Christmas Gift Series, with...

Miata Inducted Into WA Racing Hall Of Fame

Champion stayer Miata was one of 15 inductees into the Western Australian Racing Hall of Fame on Saturday night at a function held at Perth's...

Kay’s Happy With His Kennel Star

Happy Haswell bounced back to his best with a terrific 30.37 run at Ipswich on Thursday evening, just four one hundredths off the Best 8...

Background to the Vic Peters Classic

The Vic Peters Classic was once the most sought-after restricted-age trophy in the country and at one stage supplanted the Hobart Thousand as the richest...

Coursing Stalwarts Close The Season Out At Virginia Coursing

After a coursing season spanning April to September, it came down to the final stalwarts still left standing. With a small program on hand, Len...

RIP Elektra – One Of The All Time Greats

One of Australian Greyhound Racing's true great stayers passed away today. Elektra was one of the true champions of the modern era and will be...

This Week In Racing History

JULY 16 Montana Jet won her first race start, over 380 yards at Geelong, by nine lengths in 1957. The black bitch was just 12...

The Voice Of Greyhound Racing Retires

“Worthy Glen, Lois Lane, Worthy Glen, Lois Lane…and Ragsie's flying…” It's the call of the last stage of that particular race, run at Wentworth Park...

This Week In Racing History

JUNE 11th Yannick (box one) won the 1998 Tweed Heads Galaxy by six lengths, running 23.32 to set a new track record for the 420...

Background To The Albion Park Gold Cup

From the time of its inception, the Albion Park Gold Cup (originally the Gabba Gold Cup) has been a tough race. This is particularly so...

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...

Pringle Precedent In Shakey Jakey’s Premature Retirement

The David Pringle trained Shakey Jakey has apparently been retired to stud, after just one race start. Of course, it was no ordinary start: smashing...

Background to the Ladies Bracelet

It was a race inaugurated by the GBOTA, who were then operating out of Harold Park, to compete with the very successful National Futurity, run...

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...

25 Years Of Golden Easter Eggs

In some ways the Golden Easter Egg, which is now one of the premier blue-ribbon events on the racing calendar, is the indirect result of...

WA Great Dyna Nalin Headed For Stud After Saturday Night

Dyna Nalin will jump out of box three on Saturday night at Wentworth Park for the last start of his career for WA trainer Paul...

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....

Zoom Top: The ‘Bradman’ Of Australian Greyhound Racing

In the pantheon of greyhound racing's superstars there is just one name, almost Bradman-like if one is seeking sporting comparisons, standing practically head and shoulders...

Dynabolt: Sensational Stayer, Foundation Dam

In a podcast for Australian Racing Greyhound, leading breeder and owner Paul Wheeler recounted the origin of the ‘Dyna' prefixes which, along with ‘Bale', ‘Allen'...

2014 Nowra Summer Puppy Classic Heads Into Semi-Final Stage

The Group Three Nowra Summer Puppy Classic now moves into the semi-final stage with two semi-finals to be conducted on Monday afternoon at the Pinebowl...

NSW Greyhound Of The Year Shock

Double Twist and Jagger Swagger were announced as the joint winners of the 2013 NSW Greyhound of the Year title in a ceremony held at...

Stars Align For Group Two Richmond Derby

A star-studded line up of greyhounds will battle it out in four competitive heats of the $40,000 Group Two Richmond Derby this Saturday night. Conducted...

Ernie Bung Arrow Confirmed As S.A’s Greyhound Of The Year

It was the result that most expected, and to be honest, it must be called the correct choice as Ken Gill's cult hero, Ernie Bung...

This Week in Racng History

FEBRUARY 26th The Brindle Havoc-Runaway Joe ring-in took place at Lismore in 1949. Three men brought a greyhound they claimed was a Queensland sprinter named...