The Melton Greyhound Racing Club has received a major boost having been granted council approval to water their racetrack up four days a week. The news comes on the back of Melton moving its weekly public trial session to Saturday mornings instead of its traditional Sunday morning sessions.
The Meadows have announced the final fields for three group races to be held on Saturday 18 February. The Group 1 Temlee [525m] ($75,000 to-the-winner), The Group 2 Rookie Rebel [600m] ($40,000 to-the-winner) and the Group 2 Zoom Top [725m] ($40,000 to-the-winner) feature the best Victorian talent coupled with star interstate raiders. To see the […]
Oaks Road [$5.80] has won the $140,000 to-the-winner Perth Cup [530m] with Victorians Lektra Jay [$28.00] and Autoamerican [$23.70] filling the minor placings. Trained in NSW by Mark Gatt, Oaks Road shot straight to the front from box 2 and was never headed as others found trouble behind him. Victoria’s main hope Heston Bale [$2.00] started […]
Miata has well and truly arrived after winning the $80,000 to-the-winner Group 1 Galaxy [715m] at Cannington. Her first Group 1 final saw the Paul Stuart trained pride of Western Australia give staying stars Zipping Lad (Jason Mackay, NSW) and Shimaguni (Andrea Dailly, VIC) a start waiting until the back straight before her class came […]
Dyna Tron was announced the 2011 Victorian Greyhound of the Year last Friday night at Crown Palladium. The Paul Wheeler-bred, Andrea Dailly-trained sprinter was rewarded for winning the Group 1 Melbourne Cup, Group 1 Hobart Thousand, Group 2 Geelong Cup and running second in the Group 1 Brisbane Cup. Dyna Tron finished ahead of fellow […]