Launching Pad Series

It’s noteworthy that since the turn of the century the Queensland all-distance champion Cyndie’s Magic is the only greyhound which has managed to make the...

STEVE White has described his exciting bitch Suffragette as a ‘superstar’ after her sensational victory in Thursday night’s Group 2 Launching Pad (515m) at Sandown...

SUFFRAGETTE scored the biggest victory of her short career when saluting in Thursday night’s Group 2 Launching Pad (515m) at Sandown Park. Sent to the...

THE Group 2 Launching Pad will command the greyhound racing spotlight this Thursday, with some of the best youngsters in the state vying for the...

THE regally-bred Shantui will face his biggest test to date on Thursday night when he lines up from box seven in the Group 2 Launching...

SUFFRAGETTE looks the greyhound to beat in next week’s Group 2 Launching Pad (515m) at Sandown Park after a sensational victory in her semi-final of...

MAFFRA trainer Des Douch is hoping his promising bitch Brueghelino can step out of the shadows of her superstar brother Big Flood when she contests...

SEVENTY-FIVE per cent of the greyhounds in Matt Lanigan’s kennels will compete in group races this week as the young trainer continues his pursuit of...

March 5 Malfoy broke the two-year-old track record for 725 metres at the Meadows in 2005, running 42.34 to clip 10/100ths off the previous mark...

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...

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...

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...

FEBRUARY 5th Champion all-distance chaser Sentinel won the 1936 NSW 700 yards (684 metres) Championship, run at Maitland, by six lengths from Gay Toby, running...

JANUARY 29th A record crowd attended Wentworth Park in 1972 to watch a non-betting hurdle race. The runners had come up from Victoria. The winner...

Hannie Bale stamped herself as a potential future star after brilliantly winning her heat of the Group 3 Launching Pad at Sandown Park tonight. Taking...

Easy Peasy overcame considerable interference to score a sensational win for master Devon Meadows trainer Darren McDonald in the $36,000 Group 2 Launching Pad at...

Brilliant youngster Arsonist stamped her potential with a brilliant all-the-way-win in a memorable Group 2 DDC Launching Pad at Sandown Park tonight. Sent to the...

Heather Collins’ exciting speedster Arsonist will start a warm favourite for next week’s $36,000 Group 2 DDC Launching Pad after a scorching 29.76 heat win...

The Bartolo family continued their domination of metropolitan Victorian Breeders Incentive Series when Apache Leap saluted at Sandown Park last night. Owned and bred by...

Tina Womann – one of the sport’s most decorated female trainers – is still chasing a dream of winning the Group 1 Golden Easter Egg....

New South Wales raider Dentax Bale caught the eye of the locals when taking out his heat of the Group 3 Dandenong Dry Clean Launching...