Summer Cup

Background to the Sydney Cup

The Sydney Cup was the first of what became the ‘big four’ distance events on the Sydney city racing calendar. Starting in 1963, it was...

Xylia Allen’s Defeat No Real Surprise

The defeat of Xylia Allen in the final of the Association Cup, just a week after smashing the 720 metres Wentworth Park track record in...

Association Cup: 50 Years Of Grand History

This week’s final of the Association Cup will mark the 50th running of the Association Cup, the second-oldest of the four major Sydney distance cups....

Dynabolt: Sensational Stayer, Foundation Dam

In a podcast for Australian Racing Greyhound, leading breeder and owner Paul Wheeler recounted the origin of the ‘Dyna’ prefixes which, along with ‘Bale’, ‘Allen’...

Track Records Don’t Go Often In Big Race Finals

The Horsham and Temora Cup finals, run over the last weekend, produced two fairly rare occurrences: a track record in the former (Crump), and an...

Group One National Derby and Futurity Set To Light Up The Gardens

Group One action will hit The Gardens this Friday afternoon, with four heats of the Group One National Derby and Group One National Futurity to...

2014 Group Two Sportingbet Summer Distance Plate Preview

Lucy Wires (5) came out humming last week to go within a whisker of the track record and qualify the fastest for the Group 2...

Bella Senora Wins The Australian Racing Greyhound Summer Cup Final

On a hot and windy afternoon at Maitland, eight talented greyhounds stepped out in the Australian Racing Greyhound Summer Cup Final, conducted over the 450m...

Beware The Stuffability Factor

There should really be no comparison between Horsham and Sandown Park. The city meeting will have better class dogs, four times higher prize money and...

Group Performers To Feature in Summer Distance Plate

15 high class stayers will contest the heats of the $40,000 Group 2 Sportingbet Summer Distance Plate on Saturday night at Wentworth Park. These staying...

Thursday, 9 January 2014

Greyhound Box Draw For Warrnambool – Thursday, 9 January 2014 Race No. 1Kermonds Hamburgers Final (gobis)6:49 PM (VIC time) Maiden Final event over 390 metres...

Sunday, 5 January 2014

Greyhound Box Draw For Sale – Sunday, 5 January 2014 Race No. 1Budget Gippsland Ht15:57 PM (VIC time) Maiden Heat event over 440 metres at...

Thursday, 2 January 2014

Greyhound Box Draw For Warrnambool – Thursday, 2 January 2014 Race No. 1Grv Vbis Maiden S/f1 (gobis)6:49 PM (VIC time) Maiden Semi Final event over...

Thursday, 26 December 2013

Greyhound Box Draw For Sale – Thursday, 26 December 2013 Race No. 2Momentum Gaming Rising Stars Ht17:34 PM (VIC time) Restricted Win Heat event over...

Group 1 Gold 1242 2013 Sale Cup Heats Preview

The Group 1 Gold 1242 2013 Sale Cup heats will be run on Wednesday night over the tough 650 metre trip. A number of noted...

Stewards Still Not Doing Their Sums

Now the shouting has died down it’s time to look closer into how Dyna Willow won the Summer Cup at Wentworth Park nine days ago....

Dyna Willow Leaves Connections Stoked With Summer Cup Win

Group 3 Schweppes Summer Cup winner Dyna Willow’s kennel representative Tammy Collins summed up how happy connections were with the victory in three simple words....

Dyna Willow Superb In The 2013 Summer Cup Final

Dyna Willow (Box 8) repeated her fast heat win to land the $25,000 Group 3 Schweppes Summer Cup Final at Wentworth Park on Saturday night....

Plenty Of Chances In A Hot Summer Cup Field

This Saturday night’s Group 3 2013 Schweppes Summer Cup final at Wentworth Park promises to be an absolute gem. Eight of the country’s top stayers,...

It’s All In The Name – Seven Straight Destined To Be A Winner

There are very few fans in the rugby league world more passionate than those who follow Queensland, loving nothing more than stirring their New South...

Saturday, 7 December 2013

Greyhound Box Draw For Wentworth Park – Saturday, 7 December 2013 Race No. 1Schweppes Stayers Stks7:28 PM 4/5 event over 720 metres at Wentworth park...

George Tsohalis’ Little Champion Set To Shine In Summer Cup

George Tsohalis set out on a mission back in 2003 to start breeding his own successful line from a bitch he’d raced called Hot Storm....

This Week In Greyhound Racing History: 3rd December – 9th December

3rd DECEMBER In what proved to be a roughly run Topgun, the 1999 version was taken out by the NSW sprinter Mint Magic, trained by...

My Friend Mitch – Another One From Adele’s Pumpkin Patch

A little over a week ago, Bargo trainer Adele Powell nominated My Friend Mitch for a 720 metre race at the Friday night meeting at...

Twelve Facts About The Summer Cup

This week will witness the 48th running of the Summer Cup. At one stage this was arguably the premier race for stayers in the nation,...