Waterfront’s stellar win in a 440m Grade 5 at Sale on Sunday certainly took punters by surprise, but not so his trainer Dawn Johnston. The son of Collision and Weowna Shiraz paid $8.10 for the win, with Johnston stating, “when he jumps and gets in front he usually performs pretty well”. Johnston also said “he’s […]
Greyhound Racing Victoria’s inaugural Go The Blue Dog campaign has raised $62,500 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, having drawn to a close on Wednesday night. Some 125 greyhounds wearing the blue number four rug won a greyhound race in Victoria during September, with each victory contributing $500 to the cause. September is the […]
Thirty-seven of the country’s best greyhounds have been handed first round nominations for either the Group 1 Sky Racing Topgun or the Group 2 Sky Racing Stayers Topgun, with both races to be run at The Meadows on October 24.
It’s now time to preview the meeting from Sandown Park on Thursday night as the spring racing continues to roll on. There are 12 races over the night with the first set to bounce at 7.08pm.
GRV Board Member and former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Ken Lay, has spoken with Neil Mitchell on his 3AW Morning program following Mitchell’s calls to have greyhound racing banned. Mr Lay told Mitchell that there were indeed greedy and dishonest people in the industry that would do anything to make a quick buck, given the […]
Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) is seeking input from the greyhound racing industry about a proposal to establish a new consultative body for industry participants – the Industry Consultation Group (ICG). GRV Chief Executive Alan Clayton said the organisation was establishing the new advisory group to formalise the consultation process between GRV and industry participants. “The […]