Radio Sport National’s weekly Thursday Greyhound Panel previews this weekend’s Group 1 Paws of Thunder final in Sydney. Click to listen…   PART 1: MARK GATT INTERVIEW                  PART 2: GRAEME BATE INTERVIEW

 
THE LOCAL RACING SCENE
 
Heading the feature racing calendar in Victoria this weekend is a Grade 5 final at The Meadows on Saturday night, in which a $10,000 first prize is up for grabs along with a whopping $8,000 GOBIS Bonus.
  
Racing returns to Healesville this Sunday after a five-month closure.
 
The club will hold its first ever race meeting on sand in preparation for next weekend’s Healesville Cup heats.
 
RELATED FORMGUIDES
THE MEADOWS SATURDAY
HEALESVILLE SUNDAY
 
NOTE: The majority of Victorian-bred greyhounds are GOBIS [Greyhound Owners & Breeders Incentive Scheme] registered as young pups for a one-off fee of just $43. This allows them to claim the GOBIS bonuses available on around 700 races each year in this state.

BIG6 JACKPOT SATURDAY NIGHT

With the BIG6 at Sandown greyhounds last night paying in excess of $40,000, a jackpot of $18,698.88 has been carried over into the BIG6 pool at The Meadows tomorrow night.
The BIG6 will be held on races 4-9, with the first leg set to jump at 8:20pm

DAYLIGHT SAVING STARTS THIS WEEKEND

Reminder to trainers: Victoria’s period of daylight saving will start at 2:00am on Sunday 2nd October. Move clocks forward one hour to 3:00am.

CONSULTATION SESSIONS

Greyhound breeders, owners and trainers are invited to attend a handful of upcoming GRV Industry Consultation sessions.

The first of these sessions will occur on Thursday 6th October. MORE TO COME…