Month: June 2020

Cranbourne will host three feature finals headlined by the $28,500 Trio’s Winter Cup tonight. Here’s an in-depth preview of what promises to be a sensational race… Yozo Bale was the fastest heat winner of the Trio’s Winter Cup on June 10, however The Watchdog is tipping Aston Gwen to turn the tables on the in-form speedster in tonight’s final at 6.19pm. The talented duo (pictured above battling out their heat in rugs three and six respectively) were the only greyhounds to break 30 seconds across the five heats, with Correy…

It’s a massive night of greyhound racing at Cranbourne tonight with the running of the $20,000 to-the-winner Winter Cup. Although all eyes are on the Winter Cup, George Farrugia has done the meeting form and is providing you with his selections through the Watchdog app. Click on the Cranbourne meeting for a race-by-race preview.

It’s A Blaze has just done a great thing. Well a brilliant thing, broken Cranbourne’s 520 metre track record in his second career start. Previously held by Pop The Cork, the track record now stands at 29.541sec. WATCH: It’s A Blaze break the 520m track record from box six at Cranbourne tonight. Amazingly, this wasn’t the first time It’s A Blaze has broken the track record. He first did so unofficially in May during a clearance trial to use blinkers, stopping the clock in a time of 29.578sec. “It wasn’t…

It was no illusion… Houdini Boy pulled off an amazing ‘escape act’ in the Trio’s Winter Cup final (520m) at Cranbourne tonight. Trained by Kelvyn Greenough, Houdini Boy was last out of the traps from Box 4 but showed great track sense to rail through on the first turn. And once he ‘unlocked the handcuffs’ going down the back straight, you could see this was going to be no stunt! Houdini Boy ($4.10) came with a withering finishing burst to claim a $20,000 first prize defeating tearaway leader Percy’s Magic…

It’s quite elementary… You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out True Detective is Australia’s most versatile greyhound. Once again, he laid down the law to his rivals – this time in a star-studded Gr8 Eight (725m) at The Meadows. Trained by Jeff Britton, True Detective (Box 7) was prominent throughout before pulling away for a comfortable win. A perennial Group 1 performer, True Detective ($3.40) defeated Sandown 715m track record holder Here’s Tears ($6.50) by 2.3L, with staying revelation He Shall Power ($2.40F) a further 1.9L away…

Budding star Cyclone Fergus has finally overcome a frustrating start to his race career. He was scratched due to kennel cough when entered for his first race at Horsham in late July last year. But two months later he made a stunning debut with a 12L win over 410m at Horsham in 23.36sec. Unfortunately, he dropped a right monkey muscle in the process. Then in November, Cyclone Fergus returned to win a Healesville Puppy Championship heat (350m) defeating Aston Bintang by 6.5L in 18.89sec (Best). However, he dropped the left…

The axiom ‘diamonds are a girl’s best friend’ was reality for Ashlee Terry when Soda Diamond took out today’s Healesville Puppy Championship. Soda Diamond registered his fifth win from six starts over 300m up Healesville’s straight track and earned a $5000 first prize for owners, the Soda Lodge syndicate. “We gave him a chance to run a nice race and we knew the three would be very hard to beat, but he loves Healesville so that gave us a chance,” trainer Ash Terry said. “It means a lot to win…

Connor Clarke has managed to cram a bit into his teenage years, and at times some of the challenges have been greater than he could have reasonably expected. In 2017, at the tender age of 14, Connor was diagnosed with a rare non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and, during a stint at Ronald McDonald House, the Adelaide Crows supporter came to the attention of GRV and Craig Hutchinson, who was raising funds for the house via Croc Media’s Off The Bench radio program. GRV’s contribution to the program was, and still is, the…