A new national working group will be established to tackle the increasing impact of illegal offshore wagering on Australian racing and sports. The new Illegal Offshore Wagering Working Group will be established under the Australian Government’s Gambling Industry Advisory Council and will include representatives from the racing industry, professional sports and wagering organisations. Federal Minister […]
Premier and Minister for Racing Denis Napthine has announced the appointment of media and marketing executive Mr Michael Harms to the Board of Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV). Dr Napthine said Mr Harms’ previous roles have included being Executive Chairman of RSN racing and sport radio station, a partner and business director at national marketing agency […]
Greyhound Racing Victoria yesterday received the biggest quarterly payment ever from Sky Racing’s international rights. Sky Racing’s General Manager International, Brett Gorman and General Manager International Business Development, Paul Cross presented the GRV board with a cheque for just over $510,000. The funds are the proceeds of the international export of greyhound racing vision from […]
Rick Durham and John Thwaites examine one of the best greyhound races in the world, the Group 1 SKY Racing Topgun. The $215,000 invitation-only event will be held on Saturday night at The Meadows. [soundcloud soundcloudurl=”https://soundcloud.com/greyhoundracingvic/friday-follow-in-depth-topgun-preview” ][/soundcloud]
Ron Hawkswell is undoubtedly the voice of the Topgun having called every single version of the invitation-only feature since its inception in 1993. Not only has he called every race, he has served on every expert panel that decides the final make up of event, meaning he is inextricably linked to the races history. The ‘Hawk’ remembers calling the […]
Over Limit lived upped to the hype last night smashing Ballarat’s 450m track-record, stopping the clock at a stunning 24.766 seconds. The previous record, held by 2013 TAB Melbourne Cup winner Black Magic Opal (24.874 seconds), was set in March and has been rarely challenged. That all changed in race eight last night, as the exciting […]