Get your local sports team to the 2016 Geelong Gold Cup because the club with the most people on-course on Cup night will win $1,000 – and there’s another chance for your club to win $500 in the special Sporting ...
Fred Basset turns 12!
Thursday, 6 October, 2016
Fred Basset, the greyhound that toured around Australia with comedians Hamish Blake and Andy Lee almost a decade ago, turned 12 this week.
Quill’s ‘Punt’ Pays Group 1 Dividend
Thursday, 6 October, 2016
When John Quill and his wife Gaynor (pictured with One For Me after his first group victory) couldn’t agree on picking a pup they were purchasing from successful breeder Angela Langton, Quill made an inspired decision. He fatefully chose to take ...
Final acceptances for 2016 TOPGUNS!
Wednesday, 5 October, 2016
A total of 48 of the 58 greyhounds given first-round invitations to the Group 1 Sky Racing Topgun or Group 2 Stayers Topgun have accepted, with the final fields to be announced on Sky Racing’s The Catching Pen on Tuesday, October 11, ...
New greyhound kennel at Mount Mercer
Wednesday, 5 October, 2016
Minister for Racing Martin Pakula today unveiled a 60-kennel facility at Mount Mercer as part of Greyhound Racing Victoria’s (GRV) highly successful adoption program. The nine-hectare property, located 25 kilometres south of Ballarat, includes indoor and outdoor spaces with large ...
Six and counting
Monday, 3 October, 2016
At the ripe old age of six Flaming Bob (pictured) is one of Victoria’s oldest greyhounds currently racing. What’s his secret you may ask? Trainer Donald Fields believes it all comes down to attention, rearing and of course a love for racing.
Footballers save the night
Monday, 3 October, 2016
Collingwood stars Steele Sidebottom and Levi Greenwood were best on ground at the Shepparton Cup, saving the punters club from what could have been one of its biggest losses.