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Cape Hawk

Talking breeding: Well bred Cape Hawke litter commands attention

THIS week’s review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending July 27 starts with beautifully bred litter of nine...
coursing

Talking Breeding: Barcia Bale dominates with four litters

THIS week’s review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending July 19, starts with two litters by Victoria’s leading...
Al Moran

Talking breeding: Al Moran litter catches the eye

THIS week’s review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending July 13, starts with a nice litter of eight...
Don't Knocka Him

Talking Breeding: Former Easter Egg winner has nice litter in VIC

THIS week’s review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending June 28, begins with a nice litter of nine...

Industry calls for ‘cruel’ trainer to be named and shamed

THERE are growing calls from within the greyhound industry for a trainer, caught on video using a cattle prod to shock one of his dogs,...
Bombastic Shiraz

Talking breeding: Rare Bombastic Shiraz litter attracts attention

THIS week’s review of litters selected from the NSW Whelping Report for the week ending February 14 starts with a rare litter by the outstanding,...
Brett Lee betting

Talking breeding: Buck Fever-Reverberate litter top of class

THIS week’s review of litters from the NSW Whelping Report for the week ending January is starts with a litter of seven pups, registered by...

Should insiders run the greyhound racing industry?

A READER (Kondoparinga, which is the name of an up-market country homestay spot in SA)) made some useful points about the need for industry to...

New staying star possible – but watch this space

A GLIMMER of light in the staying stakes! Porrentruy’s near all the way victory in 42.06 on Saturday at Wentworth Park represented the first decent...

The Gardens’ new CEO Dave Keirnan shares his bright plans

THE Gardens Greyhound Club has officially ended its search for a new CEO with the appointment of former steward Dave Kiernan last Friday. Kiernan, who...

Newcastle needs professional help

THE new group running the Newcastle race club was licensed by GRNSW just a few months ago and has finally got its website up and...

Lismore or less? Clubs should hold on to tradition

What’s in a name? Quite a lot for a commercial organisation. It’s your basic image. It’s what people know you by. It’s what you advertise...

Wenty Again Provides A Mixed Bag

LAST week’s big races displayed an extraordinary range of performances. In the Paws of Thunder heats at Wenty, Dyna Villa showed a clean pair of...

Oscura Is Just Part Of The Story

Oscura’s sad demise last Thursday at Sandown is just one in a long line of broken hocks incurred as dogs come out of the first...

More Cash But On A Fragile Basis

Racing authorities are putting on a brave face but the underlying movements in profitability are mixed, to say the least. Fixed Odds business from online...

Full Of Grace Wins The 2014 NCA Victoria Waterloo Cup

The weather gods were shining on us this weekend as we headed to Lang Lang for the running of this year’s Waterloo Cup. Firstly I...

Organising A Rosy Future

The slashing win by Rose of Galo in Friday’s $40,000 Black Top at Newcastle represented a shrewd effort by trainer Albert Kennewell in selecting this...

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...

McDonald And Britton Double Up At Lang Lang

With sunshine a plenty we headed down the South Gippsland highway on Sunday to Lang Lang for the GOTBA Cup and other supporting events. 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....

Grace And Polish At Longwood

After receiving a great number of nominations all was looking well for a superb Derby and Oaks meeting. Whilst the weather during the week left...

National Questions Emerging

A very odd package of races tonight in Queensland, Victoria and SA. Fourteen races in the three states are heats of the respective state’s qualifying...

The Gardens Greyhound Club Conducting First Meeting Friday

A new era has begun for Newcastle’s premier greyhound track with the formation of The Gardens Greyhound Club, who will conduct their first meeting this...

New Club Formed To Manage The Gardens

The Gardens has been plagued by controversy for most of its relatively short life, but Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) is hoping that the...

Winter Arrived At Longwood

This weekend we headed up the Hume Highway to Longwood for the 2014 Longwood Cup, sponsored once again by Burton’s Supa IGA – Euroa. Another...