Author: Editor BOAY

Nullawarre hobby greyhound trainer Trevor Steel, 67, is hoping for a ‘miracle’ when Zara’s Princess contests tonight’s $7500 to-the-winner Mepunga Oaks final (450m) at Warrnambool. Zara’s Princess (Box 5) is the $51 outsider in the event – Race 8, 8.31pm – but it’s not the $7500 first prize that captivates Steel’s emotions. Back in 2015, Steel and wife Elizabeth reared a litter on a pup basis and named the pup Miracles Happen – now the mother of Zara’s Princess. Miracles Happen raced on 94 occasions for only four wins (three at…

G1 Silver Chief winner Zippy Tesla – unplaced in a heat of the G1 Paws of Thunder last Saturday night – races at Sandown Park for the first time tonight in a Mixed 4/5 515m race. Dual G3 winner Barooga Smoke faces G2 Laurels placegetter Loxton Bale, the versatile Invictus Rising and G3 Speed Star 525m runner Paddy Wants Pats in a 515m Free For All. Two-time G1 finalist Drako Bale v Suntory Rose v Venus Light and Call Me Buster v Listed runner-up Thunder Tears v G1 Hume Cup…

Trainer Steve White is adopting a circumspect approach ahead of Bendigo Cup hero Paua Of Buddy’s much-anticipated return from injury in Friday night’s Group 2 SEN Track Traralgon Cup heats (395m). Paua Of Buddy hasn’t raced since brilliantly winning the G2 Bendigo Cup final on October 16, where he ran a near-record 23.29sec, only .01sec outside the 425m benchmark set in the heats by Typhoon Sammy. An untimely cut to a pastern forced Paua Of Buddy out of Melbourne Cup contention and the great-grandson of White’s champion Paua To Burn…

Brother Bearing – victorious in six of his last seven starts – is The Watchdog’s top selection in a quality $8,500 to-the-winner Anniversary Trophy at Ballarat this evening. Hennessey – triumphant in nine of his last 11 races including the G3 Provincial Plate final – along with G2 Geelong Gold Cup winner Weblec Jet and G2 Warragul Cup finalist Ultimate Avenger will challenge Brother Bearing. 2021 G2 Laurels finalist Devine Empress is expected to win her sixth race from eight starts, while 2020 G2 Laurels finalist Immunity races for the…

Astute Devon Meadows trainer Garry Selkrig vividly recalls the ‘salad days’ he enjoyed with his former stars Peter Galo, To The Galo’s and Stagger. At one stage, Selkrig targeted Peter Galo towards the Victorian record of 64 wins – ironically held by his ‘uncle’, Stagger. But the 2018 G2 Shepparton Cup winner retired with a career-ending injury with 47 wins in September 2020. Stagger won the 2012 G2 Warragul Cup and To The Galo’s – an older half-brother of Peter Galo – won 43 races including the 2016 Warragul Cup.…

Meet the female “Clark Kent” of Victorian greyhound racing – Donna Furey. A budding ‘superwoman’ of the sport, if you’ll excuse the pun, Furey juggles greyhound training with her vocation as the Head of Microbiology at Australian Clinical Labs. RSN racecaller Victoria Shaw recently caught up with Pearcedale-based Furey and says her “understated and calm manner combined with her remarkable ‘other life’” left the impression she was a proverbial “Clark Kent”. Both of Furey’s greyhounds – She’s Exquisite and Nifty Nelly – won at Healesville from the ‘pink’ (Box 8)…

The promising Sir Harley faces exciting prospects Jet Like Rico and Sierra Foxtrot in what should be a terrific Mixed 4/5 460m race at Warragul this evening. Talented youngster Compton Blazer – triumphant in three straight races and five of seven overall – lines up against the consistent Coolant in a Mixed 4/5 400m event, while Big Fonzie is expected to boost his strike rate in a 460m Restricted Win final. G3 winner Jazz Opera headlines a 400m Grade 5 final, but track specialist Top Faith and Mac Rooster are…

The ‘Big V’ flag was waving at Wentworth Park in Sydney last Friday night and Saturday night. It was a big 48 hours as the ‘Vic invasion’ went into full ‘battle cry’! In all, five male tyros qualified for the G1 National Derby, three flying femmes for the G1 National Futurity, and a G1 star will fly solo for us in the G1 Paws Of Thunder – finals of all three, worth $75,000 to-the-winner and over 520m, which will be conducted on Saturday night. And three of our staying stars…

St. Marys Panda – two-from-two in Box 7 – is facing G3 Great Chase finalist Paint Peeler and the promising Perfect Lomar – victorious in three of her seven starts – in a Grade 5 450m race at Shepparton tonight. Aston Profit – top-three in eight of her nine starts in Box 1 – is the standout chaser in a Mixed 4/5 385m event, while consistent greyhounds Studley, Snack Attack and People Get Ready contest a Mixed 4/5 450m race. Got A Repair v Tobin Frost v Axedale Pirate and…