Author: Editor BOAY

Club manager Justin Brilliant has divulged the logic behind this afternoon’s full card (12 races) over 485 metres at Horsham. The concept met with some negativity from participants but “necessity is the mother of invention”. Regardless, Brilliant and GRV assistant racing manager Brad Munro – orchestrators of the innovative notion – are sticking fat. Furthermore, the proof is in the pudding as the meeting attracted 113 nominations for 11 races (excluding the CHS Group final where re-nomination wasn’t required) – more than the club’s average entries for the past few…

Veteran marvel Fernando Mick celebrated his 100th start in the best possible fashion on Saturday night at The Meadows, starring in the ‘must win’ heats of the Group 1 Sportsbet Australian Cup (525m). On one of Australian greyhound racing’s greatest stages, Fernando Mick, which turned four on February 5, was a dominant all-the-way heat winner, defeating series heavyweight Amron Boy in 29.80sec to record his 34th victory. Expertly prepared by reigning Australian Trainer of the Year and two-time Melbourne Cup winner David Geall, Fernando Mick ($3.70) was drawn in box…

Paul Abela says there’ll be “no excuses” for warm favourite Panadero Warrior in Sunday night’s Group 2 Cyril Rowe Gold Cup Final (472m) at Bulli. Striving to break a ‘full field’ Group hoodoo of his own, Abela is hoping it will be a case of third time lucky in a country cup decider for Panadero Warrior, a finalist in the G2 Bendigo and Warragul Cups in his home state. Panadero Warrior is Sportsbet’s $2.70 favourite for the $40,000 to-the-winner Cup – race 7 at 8.07pm – after drawing to perfection…

Young NSW trainer Jack Strutt, 24 – a final year law student – has aptly ‘laid down the law’ with dual Group 1 winner Stagger Out Lee. They strutted their stuff in the Bold Trease on Melbourne Cup night in late November last year and last week produced a staggering $21.60 Zoom Top win. And they could once again be a ‘law unto themselves’ in the $100,000 to-the-winner G1 Sportsbet Fanta Bale Super Stayers (730m) series, which kicks off with three heats at The Meadows on Saturday night – Night…

Victoria Shaw is Australia’s only female race caller and the only woman in the world to have broadcast four codes of racing in this country and overseas. She has co-hosted international racing awards and forums focusing on women’s inclusion within international racing communities including Poland, Morocco, Spain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Victoria has called races on the thoroughbred picnic circuit and at numerous greyhound tracks around the state as well as coursing’s 2020 Waterloo Cup. “I may have hosted racing awards at some incredible venues but that pales…

After just 11 starts, boom South Australian sprinter Victa Damian is challenging for Group 1 Sportsbet Australian Cup favouritism ahead of Saturday night’s ‘must win’ heats at The Meadows. Trained by prolific husband-and-wife team, Tony and Lisa Rasmussen, Victa Damian will set out in pursuit of his second straight G1 title when he exits box one in the first of eight heats – race 4 at 7.39pm. Victa Damian dominates Sportsbet’s market at $1.50, with Melbourne Cup finalist and last start G1 Rookie Rebel placegetter El Dorado (box 5) the…