Champion middle-distance chaser, Bookkeeper, returns to the track this Thursday night in a heat of the Group Listed McKenna Memorial (595m) at Sandown Park after suffering a fractured hock in February’s Group 1 Rookie Rebel at The Meadows. Trainer, Glen Dainton of Cosgrove near Shepparton, is ecstatic to have his prolific talent back on track […]
Zipping Snoopy has had a timely return to form, storming into his first country cup final with a commanding win in his Group 2 TAB Bendigo Cup heat on Sunday. Having not won a race since April, the Peter Dapiran-trained greyhound won the eighth and last Bendigo Cup heat, recording a Best of Night 23.682sec […]
Greyhound racing’s richest race – November’s Group 1 TAB Melbourne Cup – will be even richer in 2014 with total prize money for the final going from $500,000 to $600,000. In another new initiative, host club Sandown Park is moving the race from its traditional Thursday night timeslot to a Friday night, while the breakdown […]
A greyhound’s confidence plays a major role in their ability to perform consistently at the top level and that has been the reason behind Awesome Project’s outstanding form of late according to his trainer Darren McDonald. Awesome Project (pictured), a winner of nine of his past 11 starts, qualified for the final of the Group […]
Following Race 8 at Sandown Park last night, greyhound Nockabout Aussie was placed on a satisfactory trial by Stewards for failing to pursue the lure with due commitment by reason of injury. The greyhound received a three-day veterinary stand down. The trainer of this greyhound has lodged an appeal with the independent Racing Appeals and […]
White Spyro and trainer Craig Davis aren’t among the big name combinations contesting Sunday’s TAB Bendigo Cup heats, however they’ll be entering the series with plenty of confidence. A hobby trainer based on a house block in the Melbourne suburb of Altona Green, Davis has plenty of faith in his greyhound, who captured the $12,000 […]