Rapid Journey

Would Rapid Journey have earned $1 million if racing in 2017?

THIS writer has previously penned an article asking the question -and hopefully providing a reasonably satisfactory answer- about how much the great Zoom Top, active...

The three ‘best’ second placings in Topgun history

SINCE its inception in 1993, the Topgun has produced a raft of exceptional winners, as would be expected from a race which has often been...
Anthony Azzopardi with Zambora Brockie

Can Zambora Brockie overcome history to win the Melbourne Cup?

THIS year's Melbourne Cup final will be the 21st time the race has been conducted over the 515m distance at Sandown Park. Zambora Brockie has...
Dyna Double One

Talking Breeding: Dyna Double One litters continue to dominate

THIS week's review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending August 29 begins with three litters by 2015-16 AGRA...

Busting the wastage of non-performing greyhounds lie

ONE of the big lies being spread by the NSW premier and his coterie of political ‘yes' persons and drawn from the information contained in...

Bomber collects the ‘mainland metro set’ with Winter Cup heat win

WHEN Victorian speedster Blazin' Bomber (Kinloch Brae x Absolute Stunna) took out his heat of the Group 1 Winter Cup over 520m at Albion Park...
Dyna Double One

Talking breeding: Dyna Double One litter has the right stuff

THIS week's review of litters from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending May 9, starts with a nice litter of eleven pups...
Athos the sire

Talking breeding: Athos x Zoenah’s Entity litter sure-fire winner

THIS week's review of litters from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending May 2, begins with a nice litter of seven pups...

Talking breeding: Long overdue stats from South Australia

FOLLOWING discussions with Caralyn Fielden at Greyhound Racing South Australia, we are pleased to say we will now be featuring regular monthly whelping reports from...
Harbourne Pups

Talking breeding: Former Irish champ has two promising litters

THIS week's review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending March 29, begins with two litters by the 2004...

2016 Golden Easter Egg final night – the best bets & bookie odds

THE biggest night on the NSW greyhound racing calendar is set for this Saturday, with the running of the Group 1 Golden Easter Egg (520m)...

History is against Fernando Bale in the 2015 Melbourne Cup

THIS Friday night we will likely see the last racetrack appearance of the great Fernando Bale. In what has been a dreadful year for the...

Fernando Bale channels Rapid Journey in 2015 Topgun victory

FERNANDO Bale's sensational, yet oh-so-close, victory in the Topgun, after leading all the way from box one, looked almost like a re-run of the 1998...

Two milestones, 17 years apart

THE thrilling victory by Fernando Bale in the Adelaide Cup was not just a sight to behold in terms of the sensational qualities of this...

Fernando Bale’s amazing Group box record

WIN, lose or draw in this year's Adelaide Cup final, Fernando Bale already owns a unique Group-level racing record. He has won six Group 1...

Fernando Bale is not yet the greatest

IT IS fascinating to watch and listen to the comments being made about Fernando Bale, with so many people now suggesting he is possibly the...

Will Fernando Bale be the richest ever greyhound?

WHAT an extraordinary dog Fernando Bale is. The blinding victory in the Peter Mosman heat on Saturday took his prize money up to $546k and...

Brett Lee and Awesome Assassin lead the charge on Egg breeding

WITH the 26th running of the Golden Easter Egg set down for this Saturday night, I thought it worth looking back at the breeding lines...

The Australian prize money record and the Golden Easter Egg

OF THE last seven greyhounds who were either the Australian prize money record holders or went on to become such, only two (Miata- a stayer-...

The boys have it…for now

WHEN searching for the potential winner of the Golden Easter Egg, the recent history of the event suggests putting a line through the female contenders,...

When the Rapid Journey Show rolled through the 1998 Perth Cup

1998 will always be the year which will be remembered as being dominated by the mighty NSW sprinter Rapid Journey. The fabulous red brindle son...

Rapid Journey’s Great Melbourne Cup Feat

It was the race that broke the ‘hoodoo' for one of the greatest greyhounds to have ever raced over the sprint courses in Australia. The...

This Week In Racing History

November 5 Imported sprinter and later outstanding outcross sire Which Chariot scored an impressive 10 lengths victory over 500 yards at Harold Park in 1960....

2014 Group One Adelaide Cup Preview

The Group One Adelaide Cup will be conducted on Friday night at Angle Park. For the history buffs, the first Adelaide Cup was run in...

This Week In Racing History

SEPTEMBER 24 Which Chariot, later to become a pre-potent outcross sire, won his second Australian start, over 375 yards at Goulburn, in 1960. The UK...