Month: May 2020

Sunday afternoon’s Healesville Oaks Final (350m) shapes as a showdown between exciting bookends Bring Your Banjo (box 1) and Bareki (box 8). Both youngsters have excellent strike rates early in their careers, with Bring Your Banjo claiming her 14th win from 26 starts when setting the pace in last weekend’s Oaks heats, where she upset odds on favourite Bareki, the winner of five from eight. Bring Your Banjo finished too strongly for Bareki, scoring by 1 ½ lengths in 19.38s, the quicker of the two Oaks heats. “I was hoping…

Boronia’s Ryan family treat greyhound racing with unbridled passion. So, they’ll be celebrating in style if Smart As Jack wins the $5600-to-the-winner Healesville Derby final (350m) on Sunday. According to Healesville GRC club manager Cynthia O’Brien, the Ryans “live and breathe greyhound racing”. Smart As Jack is owned by the Ryino Racing syndicate comprising Michael Ryan and his father, Darren. In fact, Michael named Smart As Jack after his younger brother Jack, 21, who is Healesville’s track curator. “We used to joke around as kids, and I would be the…

Just nine starts ago Perfect Marshall celebrated Group 1 glory at The Meadows, eclipsing a hand-picked field comprising the best middle distance gallopers in the land in the Rookie Rebel over 600m. But that dashing all-the-way triumph has been quickly forgotten in some circles and on Saturday night he will return to the track of that career-defining victory as an $11 chance in TAB’s market on race 6, the Gr8 Eight Special Event. While Perfect Marshall has been beaten at his last two starts, both from unsuitable box eight draws…

Almost $290,000 in accrued unspent prize money will be shared across level three races and select provincial meetings from June 1 to June 30, GRV CEO Alan Clayton said. “Payment of unplaced prize money at many Level 3 race meetings (and selected provincial tracks), in June, will ensure that accrued unspent prize money is distributed to participants across all racing regions and help maintain nominations whilst we have expanded our racing program,” Mr Clayton said. “Unplaced prize money payments of $80 per unplaced runner will be distributed to participants at…

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GRV and the Bendigo Greyhound Racing Association are excited to announce a new race to be included in the upcoming Bendigo Cup Carnival – the Battlers Cup. The new event is aimed at creating an opportunity for the lesser performed greyhounds and the smaller and hobby type trainer, to compete for a higher stakes event and share the spotlight on a bigger stage. Offering $5000 to the winner, with a total final stake of $7750 over 425m at Bendigo, the Battlers Cup will no doubt become a target for trainers…