Vic Peters Memorial Classic

ARG's Cameron Hickson shares his best bets for Wentworth Park this Saturday, including tips for the Vic Peters Classic and Peter Mosman Opal finals.

Zipping Remus is gearing up to mirror the success of his sire Feral Franky in the upcoming 2023 Group 1 Vic Peters Classic final after...

With the stage set for a thrilling spectacle, the Group 1 races make a grand return to New South Wales (NSW) Wentworth Park this Saturday...

Wentworth Park is set to host a 10-race program on May 5 with the Ladies Bracelet and Bob Payne Sprint heats scheduled. See the top...

The Silver Chief Classic was first inaugurated in Melbourne in 1964 and was meant to rival the National Derby, the age classic begun by the...

THE dead-heat between Victorian stayer Ring The Bell and local hope Melissa's Pride in the final of the 720m Summer Cup at Wentworth Park is,...

IT was arguably one of the strangest match races ever organised in Australia. On June 15, 1973 Australia's highest prize money winning sprinter and perennial...

THE amazing dead-heat between kennelmates Split Image (box 4) and Paua To Avoid (box 8) in the final of the Group 2 Vince Curry Memorial...

A BLACK and white male greyhound, his physically disabled owner, and a young racecaller were among the key ingredients that made up the 22nd running...

WHAT a difference a week can make. Last week I made the statement that, in my opinion, Fernando Bale could not yet be classed as...

HE IS rated as one of the greatest chasers of all time, yet, unlike Chief Havoc and Zoom Top, his complete racing record is not...

THE 1982 final of the National Futurity, run over the 530 metres trip on the old grass circuit at Wentworth Park, bore witness to a...

THE Silver Chief Classic was just in its fifth year when the Stan Cleverley-trained NSW speed star Milimsimbi came down to Olympic Park tasked with...

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....

October 29 Dream's Image took out the 1949 Cesarewitch Stakes, run over 500 yards at Harold Park, by three lengths from Chief Mystery, running 26.8....

The Vic Peters Classic was once the most sought-after restricted-age trophy in the country and at one stage supplanted the Hobart Thousand as the richest...

October 22 The inaugural Strathalbyn Cup was held in 1973, run over 536 metres. The winner was Bululla, trained by Neil Penley, who scorched around...

OCTOBER 1 NSW sprinter Winifred Bale defeated fellow NSW finalist Bindall's Hope by four length to take out the 1983 National Sprint Championship, run over...

AUGUST 27 Gay Banfort won the 1949 Lismore Cup, run over 500 yards on grass, by four lengths in 27.3. True Vintage broke the 457...

This week will see the second running of a Bendigo Cup in 2014. This, presumably, is to avoid having a gap of 16 months or...

On 9 June in a lowly maiden event run over 520 metres at Sale, a black speedster having only his second start in a race...

In a career spanning a mere 14 months, Top Linen proved himself to be one of the fastest sprinters of his time, setting or equalling...

APRIL 16th The last meeting to be conducted at the North Melbourne greyhound track took place in 1962. The track had opened five years earlier....

In the pantheon of greyhound racing's superstars there is just one name, almost Bradman-like if one is seeking sporting comparisons, standing practically head and shoulders...

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...