There have been many hard chasing greyhounds with the word ‘Bale’ in their name, namely the mighty Kantarn Bale. It is therefore fitting that Melbourne footballer Rohan Bail is a Round 17 nomination for GRV’s ‘AFL Live’ Chase of the Year following a determined performance during his team’s loss to Geelong at the MCG on […]
Pre-post favourite Hooksy and My Bro Fabio will meet in one of four highly anticipated semi-finals of the $145,000 Group 1 Hudson Pacific Maturity Classic at The Meadows next Saturday night. Hooksy – who finished third in a shock defeat in Saturday’s heat – will start from box eight against My Bro Fabio, a chaser […]
Dual Group 1 winner Spud Regis will have his first run for new trainer Robert Britton at Mount Gambier on Sunday. Britton, who is one of Victoria’s leading trainers, has a team of 10 greyhounds engaged at the meeting, with other big names including Born Ali, Lucy Wires and Iona Seven. “All the greyhounds I’m […]
The latest Victorian news in the world of greyhound racing is published every Saturday in Melbourne’s highest selling newspaper, the Herald Sun. Read about the cat that invaded Shepparton, Zambora Blueboy’s retirement & more. [divider] [/divider] CRICKET GREATS WATCH RACE SIDE BY SIDE Aussie paceman James Pattinson got one up on his former Test Skipper […]
Xylia Allen (Box 1 – $1.10F) – trained by Jenny Hunt – continued her dominance of Australian greyhound racing on Thursday night, winning the Group 2 McKenna Memorial (595m) at Sandown Park in front of Kelly Bravo’s Great Spartacus (Box 2 – $33.20) and Angela Langton’s Tarks Nemesis (Box 3 – $23.40). Xylia Allen started as […]
Former Test Skipper Ricky Ponting has weighed into the battle tonight between his star greyhound Rumbling Rick and Beckenbauer, who is owned by his former Aussie teammate James Pattinson. “Patto and I are both pretty competitive blokes. Having our own head to head race within race 10 tonight will be a bit of fun,” Ponting […]