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Tabcorp Sign Exclusive Meadows Agreement

In an all out bid to hold the wolf (Betfair, corporate bookmakers and rival broadcasters) from the door Tabcorp, are running around the country willy-nilly...

Oh No!! Not Another “Incident”? No, Just An Altercation

After the deluge of nonsensical “incidents” on greyhound tracks lately, it was refreshing to see that Victorian Greyhound Racing Stewards, with newly appointed Glenn Fish...

Bill Conroy Inducted To Hall Of Fame

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) tonight launched its Victorian Greyhound Racing Hall of Fame at Sandown Greyhound Racing Club. Bill Conroy has tonight been announced as...

Harold Matthews Inducted To Hall Of Fame

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) tonight launched its Victorian Greyhound Racing Hall of Fame at Sandown Greyhound Racing Club. Harold Matthews has tonight been announced as...

George Schofield Inducted To Hall Of Fame

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) tonight launched its Victorian Greyhound Racing Hall of Fame at Sandown Greyhound Racing Club. George Schofield has tonight been announced as...

Noel Banks Inducted To Hall Of Fame

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) tonight launched its Victorian Greyhound Racing Hall of Fame at Sandown Greyhound Racing Club. Noel Banks has tonight been announced as...

McMahon Fined $500 For Failing To Produce Greyhound

GRV Stewards have just released details of an inquiry in to Victorian greyhound trainer William McMahon's failure to produce a greyhound for racing at The...

Victorian Metro Monthly Grade 5 Finals Now Worth $10K

The Sandown Greyhound Racing Club [SGRC] and Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association [MGRA] will implement stakes increases for grade 5 finals from 1 July 2009. As...

Ken Carr Added To GRV Hall OF Fame

GRV today released the names of another four of the 36 inductees – Chris Flint, Ken Carr, Henry Harrison & Lizrene. This brings the number...

Aston Trivett’s Maturity Classic

For years Aston Martin has been known for it's unbridled horsepower, but tonight it was the power of a different kind that left everyone in...

Regal Thyme Named MGRA’s Greyhound Of The Year

Regal Thyme was tonight crowned the Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association's 2008 Greyhound of the Year for the best and most consistent greyhound to race throughout...

The History Of The Perth Cup

In the 33 years since Dennis Calleja‟s greyhound Marcus Rate took out the first running of the W.A. Gold Cup, as it was then known,...

The History Of The Australian Cup

The chase for the sport‟s “Cup of Dreams” commenced in 1958 (with the exception of 1963 when the Cup was not held due to the...

Callignee Greyhound Trainer Mark Lewis Wiped Out By Bushfires

Greyhound Trainer Mark Lewis has been hit hard by the Victorian Bushfires burning at Callignee. Lewis, who was originally from New South Wales; had only...

Delayed Start For Saturday’s Meadows Greyhound Meeting

The start of The Meadows race meeting on Saturday night (7/2/09) will be delayed due to the extreme temperature forecast. The new scheduled race times...

GRV Act On Heat

In a move that is sure to win support from greyhound owners, trainers, and even the animal welfare brigade, Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) have acted...

GRV Court Disaster With Non Existent Heat Policy

In contrast to the GRSA who have given clear and early advice of meeting cancellations due to extreme heat, the GRV have clearly failed to...

Fedex Delivers Thompson The Silver Chief

Fedex ($1.60) arrived just in time to take out the Group 1 AJS Corporation Silver Chief at The Meadows Saturday night beating a class field...

Great Chase Finalist Disqualified Due To Positive Swab

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has just notified Australian Racing Greyhound.com that one of the 2008 Great Chase Finalists has been disqualified from its semi-final win...

El Galo Returns A Postive Swab On Top Gun Win

Greyhound Racing Victoria has been notified by Racing Analytical Services Limited (RASL) that analysis of the preliminary urine sample taken from the greyhound El Galo...

El Galo Annihilates The 2008 Group 1 Topgun

El Galo continued his sensational sprinting year at The Meadows on Saturday night by taking out the Group 1 TAB TopGun in spectacular fashion.

MGRA’s Topgun Needs To Refocus On Ability Not Bias

Since its inception in 1993, the invitation-only Topgun has been a controversial race.