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SOUTH Australian greyhound Fabregal (Fabregas x Allinga Aye Jay) exited box six at what was her second race in four days over 515m at Sandown...

THIS week’s review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending April 4, begins with a beautifully bred litter of...

THIS week’s review of litters selected from the NSW Whelping Report for the week ending December, 2015 starts with two litters by the beautifully bred,...

VICTORIAN trainer Robert Britton knows what it takes to win a Hobart Thousand, and how to do it on the Elwick circuit. After all, he...

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...

STAMPING herself as one of the greatest staying greyhounds ever seen in Australia, Sweet It Is became only the chaser to win back-to-back National Distance...

THIS year marks a synergy for Wentworth Park as it will host its eighth National Distance Championship final, on the same night it hosts its...

DESPITE a difficult week in the greyhound racing industry, there is something positive to focus on tonight with the running of three Group 1 races...

ON SATURDAY night eight of Australia’s best stayers will be chasing a winner’s cheque of $75,000 and Group 1 glory in the Zoom Top. The...

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...

To win any race by 14 and a half lengths is an unusual achievement in practically any event; to do it in a major race...

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...

Wentworth Park will be the stage for the clash of Australia’s staying Queens on Saturday evening when Xylia Allen and Sweet It Is go toe-to-toe...

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...

This year’s National Distance Championship final, of course, holds especial interest in seeing whether champion all-distance bitch Xylia Allen can break Miata’s prize money winning...

One of Australian Greyhound Racing’s true great stayers passed away today. Elektra was one of the true champions of the modern era and will be...

From the time of its inception, the Albion Park Gold Cup (originally the Gabba Gold Cup) has been a tough race. This is particularly so...

JUNE 4th The second mechanical lure race meeting ever held in Australia was run at Epping (Harold Park), in 1927. Races were conducted over 480...

With upset results the order of the day in the heats, this year’s Sandown Cup final has been robbed of a lot of interest. There’s...

APRIL 23rd The final of the 1960 Autumn Cup, run over 580 yards (530 metres) at Wentworth Park, was taken out by Carnham Valley who...

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....

This year marks the 48th running of the Wentworth Park Gold Cup, although the race has had a few different ‘official’ names down through the...

We have been lucky enough to secure some time with leading NSW trainer Jason Mackay. This interview follows on from our Question Time Podcasts with...

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...

The term “freak” is bandied around a little too loosely when it comes to racing animals in the modern era. But when it comes to...