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‘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 […]

HEALESVILLE MAIDEN: Young Trainer Forever Eyeing her Greyhounds’ Long Term Futures

Healesville plays host this Sunday to one of the club’s richest races as the Victorian Bred Maiden Final (350m) jumps at 12:52pm with Eyes On You vying for a slice of the $10,710 prize money. Cranbourne South Trainer Ashlee Terry, who first went to a racetrack as a three-week-old baby with her father, who was […]

Thirty Talks takes flight in Launching Pad

After purchasing a five month old pup for an Australian greyhound auction record $30,000, the owner of Thirty Talks is starting to reap the rewards.