McKenna Memorial

What you may have missed: Cannington conducts final meeting

CANNINGTON conducted its final race meeting on Saturday night after 40 years of operation. Greyhounds WA were forced to make the decision to relocate due...

Finalists announced for 2014 Victorian Greyhound of the Year

Six superb finalists have been announced for the 2014 Victorian Greyhound of the Year with the winner to be announced on Friday, February 20. Three...

Champion Bitch Xylia Allen Retired As Australian Prizemoney Leader

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...

Victorian National Sprint Final A Wide Open Affair

Victorian aspirants for the National Sprint Championships line up on Saturday night at The Meadows for the Victorian leg of the Nationals series. The field...

This Week In Racing History

AUGUST 6 The first greyhound hurdle using a jumping mechanical lure ever to be tried in Australia took place at Wentworth Park in 1954. The...

Xylia Allen Dominates Victorian Distance Championship Heats

Champion race bitch Xylia Allen has set up a date with destiny after qualifying fastest for the final of the 2014 Group Two Victorian Distance...

Group Two 2014 Victorian Distance Championship Heats Preview

It is an exciting time of the year in greyhound racing Australia wide, as each state holds their heats and finals of the National Sprint...

Xylia Allen Wins Group Two 2014 McKenna Memorial

She's done it again. Writing about the exploits of a champion bitch like Xylia Allen can stretch the superlative bank to the limit. On Thursday...

Sandown Park Greyhounds Tips & Betting Preview July 10th 2014

Tonight provides us punters with a huge opportunity via a great promotion at Centrebet. On top of the $200 freebet, Centrebet is offering a huge...

2014 Group Two McKenna Memorial Preview

Xylia Allen versus the rest of the world. Some of Australia's most consistent middle distance chasers will line up against a superstar of the loam...

Background To The McKenna Memorial

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...

This Week in Racing History

JULY 9 All Home became the first greyhound to win four races behind the mechanical lure in Australia when the brindle and white dog scored...

Thursday, 10 July 2014

Greyhound Box Draw For Sandown Park – Thursday, 10 July 2014 Race No. 1Bring Your Club To Sandown7:08 PM (VIC time) Grade 5 event over...

Dream It And Xylia Allen Lead The Way In McKenna Memorial Heats

Australia's Queen of the loam Xylia Allen will line up as favourite in another Group final next week after she ran the second fastest time...

Sandown Park Greyhounds Tips & Betting Preview July 3rd 2014

Tonight provides us punters with a huge opportunity via a great promotion at Centrebet. On top of the $200 freebet, Centrebet is offering a huge...

2014 Group Two McKenna Memorial Heats Preview

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...

This Week In Racing History

JUNE 25th Oak Queen won her second successive Hobart 685 Yards Championship, in 1960. The champion stayer had scored in near track record time in...

Victorians Dominate Megastar and Chairman’s Cup

Group 1 glory travelled to Dapto for the first time on Friday night as a stellar field assembled for the running of the Group 1...

Proven Impala Steals The Show

October 2009 was a fantastic month for the breeding industry, with three dynamic staying divas all whelped within a 21 day time frame. The most...

Farewell Irma Bale

It appears the great Irma Bale has run her last race. The daughter of Bartrim Bale and Amelia Bale lined up in the final of...

Nationals Fever Hits New South Wales

The nation's elite will be putting their best paws forward this week, as each state holds their Sprint and Distance Championship heats. Each series will...

It’s Destini Fireball Again At The Meadows

Norm Rinaldi's Destini Fireball again added to his wonderful CV and continued his extraordinary love affair with The Meadows 725-metre trip, landing the $40,000 Group...

Favourites Tumble In AWM Distance Heats

It was a tough night for anyone who had placed their hard-earned on the big names in the Group 2 AWM Distance Championship heats at...

Delbridge Set To Dominate Maturity Classic Semi Finals

Balliang trainer Mark Delbridge is hoping that his dynamic duo Tomac Bale and Allen Makoto can make it one step closer to snaring his first...

Impala Proves Herself Again In McKenna Memorial

Joe Borg's Proven Impala reminded everyone why she is a star of the sport on Thursday night, demonstrating a tenacious chasing performance to take out...