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2016 The NSW greyhound industry was shocked to find a trainer had been found to have used a cattle prod on a greyhound in the...

WHEN the new staying sensation Burn One Down streeted his rivals by a massive nine lengths in taking out the final of the Topcat Video...

THIS week's review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending September 7 begins with three litters by the highly...

EASILY the best run of the night at The Meadows big meeting last Saturday came from Star Recall in the Group 1 Australian Stayers Cup...

February 26 Swanston Lass overcame box six to win the 1968 Australian Cup from NSW contenders Rokoko and Miami Moss. In a major upset, Lee...

VICTORIA'S recent decision to dump the use of Non-Penalty racing at Melbourne's secondary meetings each week may be returning dividends. At the very least it...

The world's biggest race is about to take place and it wouldn't be the same without the world's biggest owner playing a significant hand. Paul...

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...

This Saturday night will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Chairman's Cup, a race inaugurated by the GBOTA to honour its past and present chairmen....

SEPTEMBER 10 Security Star set a new track record time of 20.03 for the 350 metres trip at Kempsey in 2005. Lochinvar Prada annexed the...

Not for the first time, a boffin is on his way to radically changing a sport. This time it's the way tennis coaches can make...

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...

AUGUST 20 Blythe Spirit took out the 1950 Lismore 350 yards Championship, scoring by three lengths from All Radium. The field consisted of 10 starters....

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...

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...

Sandown Park plays host to six heats of the time honoured Group Two McKenna Memorial tonight with some of the countries best middle distance greyhounds...

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...

Everyone loves a winner, especially newcomers like the owners of Sweet It is, purchased for a large figure at the end of March and transferred...

MAY 21st Poetic Magic won the 2005 Maturity Classic for trainer Kevin Mugavin, defeating Plastered by almost two lengths in 30.15 and earning $50,000. 22nd...

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...

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...

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...

The defeat of Xylia Allen in the final of the Association Cup, just a week after smashing the 720 metres Wentworth Park track record in...

This year marks the 48th running of the Wentworth Park Gold Cup, although the race has had a few different ‘official' names down through the...

As promised, we have had a close look at staying performances in 2013 in order to find out which dog has been the fastest around....