The Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (MGRA) sent out invitations to nominate for the exclusive Group 1 TAB Topgun & Topgun Stayers events to be held at The Meadows on Saturday night 7 November.
Connections who have received invitations to nominate now have until 12 noon on Thursday 22 October to lodge a nomination with GRV should they wish to be considered for a position in the final fields.
MGRA Chair Eddie Caruana noted it will be a tough year for the panel to select their top eight.
‘It’s been a particularly difficult year for everyone but the quality of racing has not dropped – if anything it’s stronger than ever.
There are a couple of greyhounds who look to clearly deserve a spot in the final fields but beyond that we are going to have a very tricky time selecting the remainder of the runners.
There is no doubt some very talented dogs are going to miss a spot.”
Connections of Golden Night (Troy Murray) have indicated their intention to accept their direct entry into the 525m Topgun which he secured thanks to his victory in the Group 1 Adelaide Cup at Angle Park on Friday night.
The Group 1 TAB Topguns carry first place prize money of $150,000 (525m) and $75,000 (725m) and have been won by some outstanding greyhounds over the years. This year is sure to be no different.
525m
BIGTIME COOPER
BIG TIME LANTAO
BLACK OPIUM
CAISHEN
CATCH THE THIEF
CHRISTO BALE
COORONG LUCY
EBBY INFRARED
FLYING RICCIARDO
GET IT GIZMO
GOLDEN NIGHT
GOOD ODDS HARADA
HANDSOME PRINCE
HARD STYLE RICO
JAX BALE
LAST HURRAH
LEONARD BALE
LILLY BANNER
MERMAID MONELLI
MOTTZA
OH MICKEY
PERFECT MARSHALL
PLAYLIST
POPPY JACK
RITZA COEN
SHADOW MIST
SHIMA SHINE
SIMON TOLD HELEN
SLINGSHOT HAMMER
TAKEN
TIGGERLONG TONK
TOMMY SHELBY
WALLBANGER
WEBLEC ACE
WEBLEC EAGLE
WHO TOLD STEVIE
WOW
YINDI GIRL TURBO
YOZO BALE
ZAMBORA SMOKEY
ZIPPING VEYRON
ZIPPING ZEEK
725m
BIG BOY BRUCE
BLAZING CARTIER
BOOM DOWN
CLASSY ETHICS
ENTER THE SON
FLAKE MONELLI
HE SHALL POWER
HERE’S TEARS
HOUDINI BOY
JUST TERMS
KEEFE
LITTLE TEEGS
MISTER HARLEWOOD
RASHEDA
ROCKSTAR BEAV
ROCKSTAR PRINCE
SHAYNEE
SIR TRUCULENT
SUNSET BOURBSKI
TORNADO TEARS
TRUE DETECTIVE
WAIKARIE BELL
