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LAUNCHING PAD: Jackpot pays out in semis

Major Jackpot launched himself into favouritism for the $220,000 group 2 Launching Pad with a dazzling win in his semi final last night.

NEW TRACK RECORD: Unlawful Entry breaks Bekim Bale’s long-standing Sandown Park run

Unlawful Entry (Pictured) has broken Bekim Bale‘s Sandown Park 515m record clocking  a slick 28.95 seconds. The Brett Bravo trained greyhound shaved 1/100th of a second off the five-year-old track record recorded in 2011. Jumping from box one, Unlawful Entry lead from start to finish, blitzing his rivals in the track record breaking effort. Owner Bronte […]

‘MY AUSTRALIAN CUP EXPERIENCE’: A newcomer’s impression of her first major Group 1

Young journalist Bridget Scott recently assumed the role of Media Officer at Greyhound Racing Victoria. Here she pens her experience at the 2016 $355,000 Group 1 Australian Cup – held on March 5 at The Meadows…   I now know that the Australian Cup is an event not to be missed in the greyhound racing […]

20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY: Significant milestone for Greyhound Adoption Program

Today marks a major milestone for Greyhound Racing Victoria as it is the 20th anniversary of the first dog being adopted through its Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP). On March 17, 1996, two staff members from the Sandown Veterinary Clinic – Melanie Tochner and Anita Smith – made available for adoption the first GAP dog, a […]

ADOPTION DAY DOUBLE: Couple lands much more than than they bargained for

Love at first sight as Mickleham couple mistakenly expected to come home from The Meadows empty-handed.

PROVINCIAL TREASURE: All the feature race winners around Victoria over the weekend

Country Victoria hosted an abundance of feature racing across the weekend including a triple header at Horsham on Saturday. Soda Man (Correy Grenfell) worked hard to run down Shared Bonus in the main event at Horsham, the $14,290 President’s Cup (480m). Other feature winners on the card were Quatum Bale (Tina Womann) in the Ian […]