Month: June 2021

Highly respected Cranbourne trainer Robert ‘Jimmy’ Redenbach is going ‘back to basics’ with kennel star and G3 Easter Gift finalist Riccarton Rick. A winner of seven races at Sandown Park, including a come-from-behind 29.40sec win – at $15.80! – over superstar Tiggerlong Tonk, Riccarton Rick is heading to Lang Lang tomorrow for a first-time coursing ‘confidence booster’. “He’s been getting ‘knocked about’ lately and is now starting to ‘look around’ coming out of the boxes,” Redenbach said. “I’m attempting to get that hesitancy out of him.” Riccarton Rick (Mar ’18…

With 12 feature finals to be held on one exciting night of racing at Bendigo on Friday 18 June, the Pink Diamond series is different to any other greyhound racing event ever run before in Victoria. Troy Harley of the Bendigo Greyhound Racing Association answers some key questions ahead of this inaugural series. Q. When does the 2021 Pink Diamond series start? TROY HARLEY: The series commences with heats of the three-week maiden series at Geelong and Warragul on June 4, followed by further maiden heats at Ballarat (June 5)…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Mail, which includes an in-depth analysis of tonight’s Gr8 Eight at The Meadows. Here’s a snapshot of the key highlights we can look forward to, along with The Watchdog’s $10 spend… 4.53pm Geelong: Blue bloods Night Shifter (out of dual G1 winner Striker Light) first starter Val Ali, whose dam Born Ali is a Group 1 producer from the famous Mugavin line. 6.22pm Geelong: One of Australia’s most gifted greyhounds Equalizer Hazey Roy, who has pushed the brilliant Koblenz in his past two…