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This Week in Racing History

MAY 14 Josh won the 1949 Easter Stake, run over 800 yards (732 metres) on the loam track at Harold Park. Josh scored by a...

Get Out From Behind The Desk, And Be The Customer

As anyone remotely interested in racing must have noticed, track records have been falling faster than a bungee jumper off a bridge in the first...

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...

2014 Group One Association Cup Preview

The two fastest greyhounds to ever grace the 720 metre journey at Wentworth Park are set to go toe-to-toe in the final of the 2014...

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....

Wheeler Ecstatic As Xylia Allen Smashes Wentworth Park Track Record

There is very little that Paul Wheeler has not achieved when it comes to greyhound racing in Australia, but when you hear him speak about...

2014 Association Cup Heats Attract The Best

While Australia’s best sprinters continue their quest for the Golden Easter Egg at Wentworth Park this Saturday night, the premier staying event on the New...

Another Track Record To Xylia Allen

In the modern era many greyhounds are labelled as champions, some well before they are worthy of the title, however nobody has any qualms about...

Background: Wentworth Park Gold Cup

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...

Victorian Raiders Headline The Betfair Cup Heats At Wenty

Over 40 years of staying history at Wentworth Park will begin its next chapter on Saturday evening, when two heats of the Group Three Betfair...

This Week In Racing History

MARCH 12th Feltebarb outstayed Benjamin John to win the 1969 Bulli Gold Cup by a length and half over 675 yards (617 metres) at Bulli,...

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...

This Week in Racing History

MARCH 5th Flying Brinnie scored an amazing win over 500 yards (457 metres) at Lismore in 1949. After turning around in the boxes, Flying Brinnie...

2014 Group One Super Stayers Preview

For greyhound fans who like a little bit of everything in a race, the Group One Super Stayers at The Meadows on Saturday night could...

This Week in Racng History

FEBRUARY 26th The Brindle Havoc-Runaway Joe ring-in took place at Lismore in 1949. Three men brought a greyhound they claimed was a Queensland sprinter named...

Super Stayers Heat Winners A Blend Of New And Old

The 2014 Super Stayers final will cover the full spectrum of youth and experience this year after three exciting heats were run and won at...

2014 Group One Super Stayers – Heat Previews

Saturday night at The Meadows showcases one of the best nights of chasing on the greyhound racing calendar. Three heats of the time-honoured Group One...

This Week In Racing History

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...

Playing With Figures – Not Kindergarten Stuff (Part 2)

To provide some further perspective to the arguments about injuries and breeding at the NSW parliamentary hearings, we can pull out data from our own...

Pursell’s Suggestion Spot On For Cheetah Zorro

Sometimes for a greyhound to win a Group One race (or two), they need to be in exactly the right place at precisely the right...

Cheetah Zorro Lands The 2014 Group One Zoom Top

Cheetah Zorro (3) made the most of a beginning well and racing handily to take out the 2014 Group One Zoom Top for trainer Rob...

Podcast – Question Time With Tom Dailly

ARG was lucky enough to have a chat with Tom Dailly in our first “question time”. Readers were encouraged to send questions in, which we...

2014 Group One Zoom Top Preview

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...

Rinaldi’s Success Is Not The “Norm”

Under normal circumstances, if you had a Victorian Greyhound of the Year finalist and two Group One starters in the space of a fortnight, it...

Saturday, 15 February 2014

Greyhound Box Draw For The Meadows – Saturday, 15 February 2014 Race No. 1Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Prelim. 17:15 PM (VIC time) Special Event event over...