Darren Pattinson (pictured with a very relaxed Blazin’ Bomber) will be striving to complete a remarkable sporting transformation from Test cricketer to Group 1-winning greyhound trainer in Saturday night’s Australian Cup. Pattinson, who played one Test match for England in 2008, and is the brother of injury-plagued Australian paceman James, wasted precious little time making his […]
Kel Greenough admits exciting youngster Eminent Reality faces a daunting task to emulate the Group 1-winning deeds of his mother Zelemar Fever when he contests Saturday night’s heats of the Sky Racing Australian Cup. In 2014 Western Australian star Zelemar Fever (pictured above after her Temlee victory, along side Paw Licking) opened the Australian Cup […]
Lightning Frank ($8.70) came out humming to score a commanding win in the $145,000 Group 1 Temlee (525) on Saturday, the opening night of the 2017 Australian Cup Carnival. Having claimed the Group 1 Silver Chief at The Meadows in January, Lightning Frank made it 15 wins from 25 starts when clocking a sizzling 29.67sec […]
Luke Anderson is optimistic his life-changing ride with Ando’s Mac will continue on Saturday night when the Melbourne Cup hero returns to Victoria for the Group 2 Warragul Cup heats, the second leg of the lucrative Gippsland Carnival.
Group 1 glory has proven frustratingly elusive for David Gleeson and Bob Cummings with their former star stayer Shimaguni (pictured) and her progeny. Shimaguni, a multiple Group 1 finalist, was unfortunate to run into champion Miata at the peak of her powers, while her daughter Shima Song was edged out in last year’s Maturity and also […]
Margaret Bannerman is hoping her heart-wrenching decision to hand Reefton Treasure (pictured) – the best dog she’s ever had – to Anthony Azzopardi will pay off with a fairy tale Group 1 victory in Sunday’s AJS Corporation Silver Chief Final. The tyranny of distance led to Bannerman, who’s based at tiny Reefton in the Riverina region […]