Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) is significantly expanding its greyhound welfare strategy with a particular focus on data capture and analysis. The recently released GRV Strategic Plan ‘On Track for a Great Future’ identified the completion of a greyhound data management and tracking program as a priority initiative, in order to ensure that every greyhound is […]
He has beaten cancer and is now one of the most improved players in the AFL, but can Carlton’s Sam Rowe win the AFL Live Chase of the Year for Round 15 and go into the running to own a racing greyhound? The AFL Live commentary team has selected its four best Greyhound Racing Victoria […]
Champion middle-distance chaser, Bookkeeper, returns to the track this Thursday night in a heat of the Group Listed McKenna Memorial (595m) at Sandown Park after suffering a fractured hock in February’s Group 1 Rookie Rebel at The Meadows. Trainer, Glen Dainton of Cosgrove near Shepparton, is ecstatic to have his prolific talent back on track […]
Zipping Snoopy has had a timely return to form, storming into his first country cup final with a commanding win in his Group 2 TAB Bendigo Cup heat on Sunday. Having not won a race since April, the Peter Dapiran-trained greyhound won the eighth and last Bendigo Cup heat, recording a Best of Night 23.682sec […]
Greyhound racing’s richest race – November’s Group 1 TAB Melbourne Cup – will be even richer in 2014 with total prize money for the final going from $500,000 to $600,000. In another new initiative, host club Sandown Park is moving the race from its traditional Thursday night timeslot to a Friday night, while the breakdown […]
A greyhound’s confidence plays a major role in their ability to perform consistently at the top level and that has been the reason behind Awesome Project’s outstanding form of late according to his trainer Darren McDonald. Awesome Project (pictured), a winner of nine of his past 11 starts, qualified for the final of the Group […]