Sir John Dillon Memorial

Group Two Laurels Moves To Semi Final Stage

The semi-finals of the Group Two Laurels Classic take place on Sunday afternoon at Sandown. There was plenty of action in last week's heats with...

Lamia Bale Leads All The Way In Sir John Dillon Memorial

Lamia Bale (2) notched up her third victory within the space of a week when taking out tonight's Group Three Sir John Dillon Memorial at...

Sandown Park Greyhound Tips & Betting Preview December 11 2014

Great night of racing at Sandown Park with the main event, the Group Three Sir John Dillon Memorial, being race six on the card. Best...

Background To The Sir John Dillon Memorial

The 2014 final of the Sir John Dillon Memorial, to be run at Sandown Park, will only be the third time in what will be...

2014 Group Three Sir John Dillon Memorial Preview

A cracking field will contest the 2014 running of the Group Three Sir John Dillon Memorial tomorrow night. Run over 595 metres at Sandown Park,...

Lamia Bale Seeking Rare Feature Race Double

Lamia Bale was ultra impressive at her first start over the middle distance last Thursday when claiming her heat of the Group Three Sir John...

Group Two Sandown Laurels Heats Preview

The girls get their chance to shine as the Group 2 Sandown Laurels series kicks off on Sunday. The $50,000 to-the-winner race is open to...

This Week In Racing History

October 15 Rose Moss defeated Inky Ebony by three lengths with Jagson third in the 1966 Sydney Cup final, run over 790 yards at Wentworth...

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...

This Week In Racing History

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...

Victoria Leads The Way – AGRA Group Racing Calendar For 2014/2015 Released

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...

For The Love of The Dogs – The Stuhmcke Story

In times of disaster individuals can still find hope. And so it was on 11th of January 2011 – on a day when friends and...

Xylia Allen Returns As Champion Of Our Sport

Sandown Park's landmark Superdog series got into swing Thursday night with an incredible card of racing that included three feature finals and eight Melbourne Cup...

Dashing Success

Being the first greyhound to win both the National Sprint (2009) and National Distance (2011) finals – Dashing Corsair would always be given his chance...

Shootout Highlights A Thrilling Thursday At Sandown Park

This Thursday night Sandown Park hosts a wonderful night of racing including the Group 3 Macro Meats Shootout, The Group 3 Sir John Dillon Memorial...

This Week In Greyhound History: October 15th- October 21st

15th October The first greyhound meeting took place at Newcastle in 1927. A crowd estimated at 15,000 turned out to watch the spectacle of greyhounds...

Jason Thompson’s Melbourne Cup Treble

Jason Thompson has qualified three finalists for Thursday night's $500,000 TAB Melbourne Cup final following a memorable night's greyhound racing at Sandown park tonight. Already...

Proven Nitro Ignites Sandown Shootout 2012

Proven Nitro proved himself the fastest greyhound in the country after leading all the way to claim an epic Macro Meats Shootout at Sandown Park...

Bell Haven Strikes A Rare Blow For Tasmania

Tasmanian stayer Bell Haven overcame box six to score in the final of Sydney Cup on Saturday night 13 October, and in doing so became...

Bobby Boucheau Named Sandown’s 2011 Greyhound Of The Year

Staying star Bobby Boucheau has been named Sandown Greyhound Racing Club's Greyhound Of The Year for 2011. From nine starts at Sandown Park, Bobby Boucheau...

Len Ketalaar’s Grand Ambition

Granduer upstaged his litter-mate Echelon to claim the fastest win in the heats of the Group 1 Bold Trease Carnival Cup at Sandown Park tonight....

Sprinters Converge On Sandown For 2011 Melbourne Cup Heats

The best sprinters in the country will converge on Sandown Park this Thursday night for the running of the heats of the 2011 Group 1...

Bling It On Brings It In Sir John Dillon Memorial

Under rated stayer Bling It On has claimed his first Group title, taking out the Group 3 Sir John Dillon Memorial at Sandown Park tonight....

Celebrating The Greats: Texas Gold – The Stayer With The Sizzling Finish

Regarded as one of the most exciting ‘come-from-behind' long distance performers since Victorian champion Bold Trease, the black dog Texas Gold (Flying Penske x Sheza...

SA 2010 Greyhound Of Year Finalists Named

The Greyhound of the Year Selection Panel met this week to determine the Finalists for the 2010 SA Greyhound Of The Year. The panel members...