National Derby

CHRIS Nutt is hopeful his highly promising Jingjing can handle the leap in class when she contests Friday’s heats of the Group One National Futurity...

LEVIATHAN owner-breeder Paul Wheeler believes we still may not have seen the best of his superstar sprinter Dyna Villa after the black chaser’s dominant victory...

Let’s face it, we would all love to have a greyhound running in the Group One Melbourne Cup final on Friday night at Sandown. So...

Background to the Maturity Classic This is arguably the premier restricted age event held in Australia. Yes, superior to the National Derby and the Silver...

JULY 23 Jewel Stand, the first long distance ‘star’ of racing behind a mechanical lure, set a new track record time of 53.6 for the...

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...

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...

The Group racing calendar for 2014/2015 has been released and as usual, Victoria leads the way for initiative and prizemoney increases. Two feature events in...

Keybow will start as the short-priced favourite in the Group Two Queensland Derby to be run at Albion Park on Thursday night. He is the...

Queensland greyhound racing steps into the limelight on Thursday night with five heats of the Group Two Queensland Derby taking place at Albion Park over...

APRIL 23rd The final of the 1960 Autumn Cup, run over 580 yards (530 metres) at Wentworth Park, was taken out by Carnham Valley who...

APRIL 16th The last meeting to be conducted at the North Melbourne greyhound track took place in 1962. The track had opened five years earlier....

MARCH 26th World Park Ned defeated Queenslander Hardell by just three-quarters of a length to take out the 1983 National Derby, run over 530 metres...

Tonight’s Group Two Richmond Derby market is up at Sportsbet and they have the Mark Gatt trained Red Road as the $2.50 favourite. Kennel mates...

A star-studded line up of greyhounds will battle it out in four competitive heats of the $40,000 Group Two Richmond Derby this Saturday night. Conducted...

The New South Wales assault on the Group One Australia Cup heats on Saturday night will rely on the performances of just three runners from...

The Australian Cup carnival at The Meadows moves into full swing on Saturday, with eight heats of the 2014 Group One Australian Cup being conducted...

Vineyard trainer Dean Swain recorded his maiden Group One victory at Unibet Gardens last Friday night, when $21 outsider Rue De Kahn was victorious in...

Temlee is one of Australian greyhound racing’s true immortals, the brindle dog by Tivoli Chief x Temora Lee (Mister Moss x Venetian Babe) is the...

FEBRUARY 12th Arabian Dixie, aged six years and one month, scored at Newcastle in 1949, her fourth victory at the track. It took her overall...

A healthy crowd was in attendance at Unibet Gardens last night, for the running of the Group One National Derby and Futurity finals, worth a...

The second feature event at The Gardens is the $75,000 Group One National Derby. The names Gatt and Hallinan feature heavily in the final and...

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...

Greyhound Box Draw For Unibet Gardens – Friday, 7 February 2014 Race No. 1Welcome To Unibet Gardens7:19 PM 5 event over 400 metres at Unibet...

One of Australia’s greatest racing bitches, 1982 Futurity winner Promises Free, has had a profound influence on the National Futurity over the last 30 years....