Rapid Journey

Not for the first time, a boffin is on his way to radically changing a sport. This time it’s the way tennis coaches can make...

SEPTEMBER 3 Interest Only annexed the 1990 Lord Mayor’s Trophy (732 metres, Olympic Park), defeating Jezepop by almost three lengths. Paradise Street kept its undefeated...

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...

Cannington plays host to National Sprint Championship final in 2014 for only the fifth time in the history of the event. It first staged the...

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....

Bad luck for punters in the final of the Victorian Distance Championship at The Meadows, when hot favourite Xylia Allen finished fourth, well beaten by...

The 2014 Group One Golden Easter Egg will be conducted for the 25th time on Saturday night and the winner will join a long list...

In some ways the Golden Easter Egg, which is now one of the premier blue-ribbon events on the racing calendar, is the indirect result of...

The heats of the Group One Golden Easter Egg kick-off on Saturday night. The three-week series will see 10 heats conducted on Saturday night followed...

FEBRUARY 19th Star big-track sprinter El Gazelle won a Free For All over 457 metres at Cessnock in 1973, recording his eighth successive victory. The...

17th DECEMBER NSW stayer Chief Zephyr won the 1959 Interstate Challenge, run over 785 yards (718 metres) at Sandown Park, by eight lengths from Boodler...

DECEMBER 10th At what proved to be his last race start, Rapid Journey used box one to full advantage to narrowly defeat West Australian star...

Inaugural Running The first race took place over 558 metres at the newly-opened Gabba track in 1972 and was taken out by the Victorian sprinter...

26th NOVEMBER Champion sprinter Rapid Journey began better than expected from box six and scored a scintillating three-lengths victory in the 1998 Melbourne Cup, downing...

Do you know that if Destini Fireball wins the Bold Trease tonight it will become the 4th leading stakes earner in Australian greyhound history? Or...

This Saturday Night the Meadows plays host to the 21st edition of the invitation-only Group 1 Topgun.  With a wonderful field of sprinters engaged the race...

With the deciding game of this year’s State of Origin series this Wednesday night, Australian Racing Greyhound has compiled our own state teams featuring the...

In an article by my always-interesting colleague Bruce Teague entitled ‘A Fine and Ancient Sport’ one of the questions he asks is ‘what has been...

Now the dust has almost settled on Miata’s incredible career following her narrow but gallant defeat in the Sandown Cup, the question has to be...

In March 1997 trainer Roger Green stated the best distance for his smart young sprinter Roanokee was “from 450 to 500 metres, but he has...

Castlereagh duo John and Jane Carruthers have always been highly respected trainers, breeders and stud masters, having put the polish on some of our Countries...

Almost two years to the day since High Earner broke Rapid Journey’s 12-year-old record for the most prize money earned by a racing greyhound in...

As most punters are well aware, backing a greyhound having its first start in the city is probably a long-term losing proposition, unless the animal...

I can only speak for myself, but I find the ever-changing list of Australian prizemoney records seen on this site to be really fascinating. It’s...

The Vic Peters Memorial Classic is the oldest age-restricted event in New South Wales. Since its inauguration as the Harold Park Classic in 1951 it...