Victorian greyhounds won all four semi-finals of the Group 1 Golden Easter Egg (520m) on Saturday night, with Fernando Bale emerging the fastest winner in 29.34sec. The son of Kelsos Fusileer and Chloe Allen notched his 12th win from 17 starts and he will line up from Box 8 in this weekend’s final. Fernando Bale […]
Darren Beasley’s world has been turned on its head after his superstar greyhound Hostile endured a career-threatening injury in a Golden Easter Egg semi-final on Saturday night. After qualifying for this weekend’s $250,000 to-the-winner final with a brilliant runner-up performance behind fellow Victorian Recruitment, Hostile (pictured above) hurt himself in the catching pen. “He has […]
Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) Chairman Ray Gunston has spoken for the first time since his appointment and expressed the organisation’s deep regret that live-baiting activities had been missed by the regulator. “The fact of the matter is that this totally unacceptable behaviour of live-baiting was happening, and we missed it. For that we are sorry” […]
Midnight Flynn might not be the most high profile Victorian Golden Easter Egg contender – think My Bro Fabio, Fernando Bale and Dyna Villa – but trainer Michael Carter reckons he’s a “great chance” of qualifying for the final of NSW’s richest race. Victorian sprinters have won the past five Golden Easter Eggs and that […]
On a night in which Australia won its way into cricket’s World Cup final, Express Pace, trained by former international fast bowler Darren Pattinson, qualified for his second group final.