Kerrin and Rochelle Shortis are two of the most inspirational greyhound racing participants you will ever meet. Both were fearless jockeys before both, tragically and remarkably, suffered career ending brain injuries in separate riding incidents. Rochelle suffered massive brain trauma and partial paralysis following a race fall while Kerrin was thrown from a horse and […]
No doubt the highlights for the week of metro racing came from the superb night of chasing at The Meadows on Saturday night. The four semi finals of the Maturity didn’t go to plan according to many, whilst the two heats for the stayers did. All eyes were on the semi finals of the Maturity […]
More racing opportunities to race for members and their greyhounds and the optimisation of wagering turnover are two of the factors that influenced changes to Greyhound Racing Victoria’s (GRV) weekly racing schedule for the 2015/16 Financial Year which came into effect on July 1 2015. The decision to revise the racing calendar is consistent with […]
The Andrews Labor Government today confirmed the appointment of Bernie Carolan as the new Chair of Greyhound Racing Victoria. Minister for Racing Martin Pakula said Mr Carolan brought a wealth of experience to his new role and would lead reform across Victoria’s greyhound racing industry. Mr Carolan’s experience in leadership roles includes CEO of the […]
Fernando Bale’s 16-race winning streak has come to an end, but will still start a short-priced favourite in the $145,000 Group 1 Hudson Pacific Maturity Classic after drawing box two in Saturday night’s final.