Author: Editor BOAY

There’s a distinct ‘local flavour’ to the $120,335 Group 1 TRFM Sale Cup final (650m) on Boxing Day. And a ‘Guy’ and a ‘Lady’ are at the forefront of the $75,000 to-the-winner event – the only G1 provincial cup on the Victorian greyhound racing calendar. Gippsland husband-and-wife team Robert and Wendy Neocleous will launch a two-pronged challenge with littermates Great Guy (Box 6) and Lady Lily Hook (Box 4) – (Apr ’20 My Redeemer x Ruby’s Image). Based at Hazelwood North, the ‘hometown heroes’ will also be striving to claim…

Disappointment in the Melbourne Cup and The Phoenix turned into a Group 1 celebration for veteran Victorian star Fernando Mick in the time-honoured Hobart Thousand (461m) last Thursday night. After coming agonisingly close to Melbourne Cup glory, when runner-up, and then being overlooked for The Phoenix, Fernando Mick claimed a thoroughly deserved Group breakthrough when winning the Hobart Thousand at his 92nd start. Claiming a first G1 victory after 90-plus starts would be a rarity in any racing code and is another wonderful achievement for reigning Australian Trainer of the…

Victorian champion Wow She’s Fast became the first greyhound in the world to surpass $2 million in prizemoney when going back-to-back in the $1.65 million The Phoenix (525m) on Saturday night. The Meadows erupted in a sea of blue (the colours of victorious slot holder Sportsbet) after Wow She’s Fast held favourite Amron Boy at bay in a thrilling finale to the inaugural $4.1 million Sportsbet Dream Chasers Festival. “I can’t believe it. That’s a million dollar race.That’s stupid money!” a delighted Jackie Greenough, who trains Wow She’s Fast in…

Dennington-based trainer Dustin Drew hopes his staying sweetheart, Untapped, can ‘rain on the parade’ of “Team Delbridge” during the $75,000 to-the-winner Group 1 TRFM Sale Cup (650m) series. “They’ve been running hot since last year’s Sale Cup,” Drew quipped. (The Delbridges also won last month’s G1 Melbourne Cup with Yachi Bale.) Ironically, the Delbridge-trained Jarick Bale won last year’s Sale Cup on Boxing Day, with Untapped finishing third. And their rivalry continued when Untapped prevailed narrowly over Jarick Bale in the G1 Sandown Cup in May. A six-time G1 finalist,…

The inaugural $4.1 million Sportsbet Dream Chasers Festival will come to an epic conclusion at The Meadows on Saturday night with the second running of the $1.65 million The Phoenix (525m), now the richest greyhound race in the world. Eight slot holders paid $100,000 each to be involved in The Phoenix, which offers a $1 million winner’s purse, with inaugural winner Wow She’s Fast, which secured $750,000 for her 2021 triumph, once again representing Sportsbet. Trained by Jackie Greenough, the aptly-named Wow She’s Fast won last year’s Phoenix at just…

GRV’s Peter Quilty, Gerard Guthrie and Trent Langskaill provide their thoughts on some of the star greyhounds racing in Victoria.   Keep an eye on these, they are worth saving in your WatchDog Blackbook!   Quilts  Gents, the world’s richest greyhound race is upon us. Let’s go through the runners for The Phoenix worth $1.65 million ($1 million first prize) in box draw order. Gerard  Co-trainer Andy Lord is confident that She’s A Pearl is ready to fire. She’s used to travelling from New South Wales, had two looks at The…

Glenn Dainton won the 2018 Group 1 Hume Cup with Black Impala before walking away from greyhound racing to establish a business wholesaling engineering products for the hydraulic industry. Based at Cosgrove (between Shepparton and Benalla), Dainton had a three-year hiatus from the sport. But you could say, he’s ‘hit the jackpot’ on return. And the catalyst behind the ‘windfall’ is brood matron Nicky Neo (Jan ’16 Cosmic Rumble x Ruby Ha Ha) – a litter sister of dual G1 winner Neo Cleo. (Ironically, Black Impala narrowly defeated Neo Cleo in the…

After breaking through at Group level in the Silver Chief Final (525m) last Saturday night at The Meadows, Amron Boy will be aiming to secure an even bigger prize in the second edition of The Phoenix (525m) this Saturday night. Amron Boy made a huge impression on debut when he prevailed by over 15 lengths at Sandown Park on February 20 and he has been one of this year’s most consistent greyhounds. “I love dogs that have been racing week in, week out, they’re tough, and he (Amron Boy) will…