Launceston Cup

WHILE the nation's best sprinters will be vying for the Golden Easter Egg at Wentworth Park on Saturday night, the stayers will also get their...

THERE are 12 terrific races on show at Sandown Park tonight and there is plenty of value to be found throughout the meeting with eight...

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...

February 19 Two Codes took out the 1996 Launceston Cup, defeating Standby Thunder by two lengths to pick up the $12,000 first prize over the...

ON A night that the greyhound industry was thrown into turmoil, a local chaser was announcing himself as the real deal on Launceston's night of...

THE 2015 Group 2 Launceston Cup pits two Victorian hopefuls against six quality locals in the quest for group glory and $40,000 in prizemoney. The...

IT WAS February 1940. The war in Europe was just starting to get really serious but racing across Australia continued as if every day was...

WHEN Peter “Big Chief” Brown passed away suddenly in October last year the Victorian greyhound industry was rocked to the core. One of the truly...

February 12 Champion local sprinter True Vintage notched her fourth consecutive win in taking out the 1988 final of the Launceston Cup by six lengths...

ULTRA-CONSISTENT racer Breaker's Tip will be the best of the local chances in next week's $40,000-to-the-winner Group 2 Launceston Cup final after qualifying in stunning...

THE Meadows Greyhound Club in Victoria has introduced a new incentive for its handicapped staying events conducted over 725 metres. Any greyhound which wins off...

THREE semi-finals of the Group 2 Launceston Cup will be run and won on Monday night with first and second plus the two fastest thirds...

FEBRUARY 5 Beau Palomino won the 1972 Hobart Thousand, the last to be run over 540 yards (494 metres) before the distance was changed to...

THE most interesting thing about Monday night's cup meeting at Shepparton was that the second- and third-fastest runs of 25.17 and 25.15 were in Maiden...

SIX heats of the Group 2 Launceston Cup will be run and won in Tasmania tonight with the local chasers taking on some tough interstate...

WILD Soul has been crowned South Australia's best greyhound for 2014, as well as being named the state's sprinter of the year. Trained by Kim...

January 29 Victorian entrant On Par won the fourth running of the Hobart Cup, in 1938. The race, which became the Hobart Thousand the following...

While all the focus will be on the Group 1 Hobart Thousand, the R.W (Bob) Brown Memorial Consolation event will again take its regular spot...

Xylia Allen, one of the greatest chasers our sport has seen, has been officially retired. The daughter of Turanza Bale and Tayah Bale started on...

A classy field will contest the George and Eileen Johnston Puppy Championship Final (452 metres) at the NWGRC meeting conducted at the Devonport Raceway next...

Tasmania will determine its National Sprint representative on Monday night at Launceston. The race, which runs at 9:58pm, features multiple Group One winner Buckle Up...

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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...

Group racing heads to the picturesque Hunter Valley on Thursday for the heats of the Group Two Maitland Gold Cup. Seven heats of the $40,000...

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...