The fears of rival trainers were confirmed when Bekim Bale [$1.80fav] won the Shootout at Sandown Park on Thursday night in the sizzling time of 29.14sec. Beginning beautifully from box 5 in the four-dog field, Bekim Bale was hot on the hammer of early leader Cape Hawke [$7.50] throughout, before wearing him down rounding the […]
The TAB Sportsbet Great Chase began yesterday amidst a thoroughfare of activity and excitement at The Meadows. The groups gathered together upstairs due to the inclement weather but soon were treated to some great racing, viewing the greyhounds from one of the best vantage points in Victoria and possibly Australia. One particular group that enjoyed first […]
The Sandown Greyhound Racing Club will hold it’s first ever ‘Family Night’ this Thursday, 3 November. An outstanding card of racing features the four fastest greyhounds in the country in the $40,000 winner-takes-all Macro Meats Shootout, as well as seven Solo Melbourne Cup Preludes. Off the track, there is an animal farm and face painting, […]
The Meadows annual Melbourne Cup eve race meeting included the running of two feature races. The Group 2 Hume Cup [600m] produced a shock as seasoned greyhound Shintaro Samarai, trained by Rod Clark, got up at odds of $14.70 on her way to a $40,000 first prize. Tunner-up was Karanji [Angela Langton], beaten three quarters, […]