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SANDOWN PARK PREVIEW: Four of the Best

The Sandown Park venue will be set to host a strong meeting of 12 races on Thursday night and I’ve scoured through the form in search of some runners to watch and this is what I’ve come up with. After bursting on to the scene when heavily backed on debut, Eren Bale (R1 #2) backs […]
06:34 AM 07 Jan 2016

METRO WRAP: Stewart’s Litter Double

Just the three metro meetings were conducted over the past week as the heat policy had the New Years Eve meeting from Sandown Park cancelled due to a forecast of 39 degrees. The week opened with a handy meeting from The Meadows midweek and it was race one, number one who produced the run of […]
05:54 AM 07 Jan 2016

Are you ready for the new Pink Card breeding rules?

Victorian greyhound racing participants have until 1st February 2016 to prepare for new National Rule provisions covering registration of breeding females through a Breeding Identification Card, also known as a Pink Card. The amended Greyhound Australasia Rules (GAR), effective from 1 December 2015, includes GAR 127 (6) through to (12), which requires Victorian participants to […]
03:04 PM 05 Jan 2016

VIDEO: First time owner strikes it lucky with Kayda Shae

Some greyhound owners are lucky enough to hit the jackpot with their very first race dog. That is certainly the case with Melbourne’s Kim Edgar, who purchased a greyhound pup for $8,000 from leading Victorian breeder, Brian Parkinson. That pup has turn out to be top class sprinter, Kayda Shae (whom Kim is pictured with […]
09:30 AM 05 Jan 2016

CRANBOURNE CUP: Wide run sees talented greyhound reach ‘Rare’ air

Saturday night’s Group 2 Harcourts Cranbourne Cup Final (520m) promises to be a beauty after a host of star greyhounds made it through to the $67,000 final.
08:47 AM 05 Jan 2016

New National Rules proposed for Victoria in 2016

Amendments to Greyhounds Australasia Rules (GAR) covering accredited laboratories, exercise-induced conditions, anabolic androgenic steroids and out of competition testing are proposed to be introduced across Victoria in early 2016. GRV seeks industry feedback prior to their approval and implementation. Under the new rules, GAR 1 now defines an ‘accredited laboratory’ as an analytical racing laboratory […]
01:55 PM 04 Jan 2016