National Distance Championship

Allan Anderson On A Winning Streak In Tasmania

With a team of only eight racing greyhounds in work, it is quite an achievement for a trainer to prepare three winners on any given...

Xylia Allen Joins Zoom Top In Historic Performance

Xylia Allen may have failed to win the National Distance Championship final at Cannington, but by running second she did succeed in becoming Australia's highest...

This Week In Racing History

AUGUST 27 Gay Banfort won the 1949 Lismore Cup, run over 500 yards on grass, by four lengths in 27.3. True Vintage broke the 457...

The Mystery Of the Long Distance Runner

I hope someone can explain why Sweet It Is won the National Distance Championship so convincingly and in near-record time. It started at even money...

Sweet It Is Victorious In 2014 National Distance Final

Sweet It Is has taken out the 2014 National Distance Championship for trainer Darren McDonald. The win tops off a fantastic couple of days for...

Background To The National Distance Championship

This year's National Distance Championship final, of course, holds especial interest in seeing whether champion all-distance bitch Xylia Allen can break Miata's prize money winning...

2014 Group One National Distance Final Preview

The 2014 National's have brought Australia's best stayers to Cannington to compete against each other for the $75,000 prize. Being the home state, WA has...

This Week In Racing History

AUGUST 20 Blythe Spirit took out the 1950 Lismore 350 yards Championship, scoring by three lengths from All Radium. The field consisted of 10 starters....

Bingle Monelli And Ash Flash To Represent WA In The National Distance Final

WA's Nationals night was a night for the red box, with both the sprint and the distance winners jumping from the cherry. Bingle Monelli for...

WA National Distance Final Preview

In just his second start over the 715 metre distance, Obama Keeping will line up against WA's best stayers for a chance to represent his...

This Week In Racing History

AUGUST 13 Tara Princess won the inaugural Laurels Classic, in 1964. The Syd Barrett-trained bitch ran the 555 yards trip at Sandown Park in 31.44....

Sandown Park Greyhounds Tips And Betting Preview August 14th 2014

Centrebet is offering a $200 free bet for our readers. It's a quality night of racing at Sandown tonight and free bets make for good...

Angle Park Greyhounds Tips And Betting Preview August 14th 2014

Centrebet is offering a $200 free bet for our readers. Brad's been on fire and tonight is a great time to load up on SA'a...

Painted Dotty Prevails In 2014 Tasmanian National Distance Final

Odds on favourite Painted Dotty (8) prevailed in a thrilling finish to win the AGRA Tasmanian National Distance Championship Final at Launceston on Monday night....

NSW National Sprint And Distance Final Contenders To Be Decided

Tonight's New South Wales sprint and distance championship final's will be run and won, with the two winners heading over to Perth to compete in...

WA National Distance Championship Heat’s Preview

In less then a month Cannington's 715 metre distance will be the visiting home of Australia's best stayers for the 2014 National Distance Championship. As...

Xylia Allen Looking To Emulate Dashing Corsair

With her victory in the final of Victorian section of the National Distance Championship complete, champion all-distance bitch Xylia Allen will now take on the...

2014 Victorian National Distance Final Is An Absolute Cracker

It is being billed as a clash between two of Australia's most exciting stayers, but in reality it is much more than that. This Thursday...

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...

Moving Up

Prospects for the National Distance Championship in Perth have sharpened up no end following Dusty Moonshine's third successive win over the Wentworth Park 720m trip....

NSW National Sprint Finalists Decided

Two outstanding heats of the NSW National Sprint Championship were run and won last night at Wentworth Park, with Queen Esther and Chica Destacada both...

Sandown Park Greyhounds Tips & Betting Preview July 31st 2014

Quaddies: Leg 1: 1,6,7 – Leg 2: 1 – Leg 3: 3 – Leg 4: Field – $24 for 100% Leg 1: 1 – Leg...

2014 Queensland National Distance Heats Kick Off On Thursday

Queensland greyhound racing will take the first step in deciding who will represent their state at the national sprint and distance titles in August when...

Elite Fields To Contest Victorian National Distance Championship Heats

This Thursday evening sees the beginning of a frenzy of qualifying races Australia-wide for the National Distance and Sprint titles in each state. Greyhounds will...

Background To The Bendigo Cup

This week will see the second running of a Bendigo Cup in 2014. This, presumably, is to avoid having a gap of 16 months or...