Darriman-based trainer William McMahon is ‘daring to dream’ of a Group 3 Great Chase three-peat. McMahon won the event – which has supported the disability sector since 2003 – with Dr. Tucker (2020) and Ridge (2021). His ‘great white hope’ in this year’s series is Garrett (Box 4), which will contest a semi-final (525m) at The Meadows on Wednesday. A win – or even finishing as one of two fastest second placegetters – would secure Garrett (Jan ’20 Walk Hard x Blue Surfonic) a spot in the $47,000 to-the-winner final on…
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Volkanovski meets Volkanovski
Until now, there was only room for one Volkanovski – Current UFC Featherweight Champion Alex ‘The Great’ Volkanovski. Volkanovski the greyhound put a stop to that in the Sportsbet offices. Volkanovski the greyhound is unbeaten in his four starts for trainer Christan Wilk and he lines up in a Great Chase semi final at The Meadows on Wednesday (race five, box seven).
In case you missed it – Tinker Pat, Mepunga Mustang and Zoha Bale
Form expert Dale Code has picked out a selection of runs from around Victoria that have caught the eye over the past fortnight. #1 TINKER PAT (Box 8)Breeding: Feb ‘20 Dalgetty x Zipping EllaTrainer: Michelle Mallia, AvalonRecord: 16 starts 6-1-0 Dale says: It was a nervous watch for backers of Tinker Pat, who cleverly held his line out wide after exiting the pink alley. Showing terrific race sense, the well supported favourite found a gap in between runners in the home straight and used his superior acceleration to find the…
Panadero sets Bendigo Cup pace
Lightly raced sprinter Panadero Warrior qualified for his first Group event in sensational style on Sunday night when producing the standout performance in the heats of the G2 Bendigo Cup (425m). Panadero Warrior clocked a Best Of Night 23.48sec in the seventh of eight ‘must win’ Cup heats, three lengths outside Typhoon Sammy’s 23.28sec track record established in the 2021 Cup heats. It was the January 2020 son of Barcia Bale and Time No Money’s eighth win from 17 starts, as he delivers on the potential Parwan trainer Paul Abela…
Chase For Charity | Off The Bench with Ronald McDonald House Charities
Ronald McDonald House Charities (Vic/Tas) CEO Peter Bishop joined GRV Acting CEO Stuart Laing & SEN’s Off The Bench hosts Craig Hutchison & Liam Pickering on October 8 to celebrate the conclusion of the 2022 Chase For Charity campaign & acknowledge the funds raised. After 28 weeks of tipping by Hutchy, a cheque to the value of $8,668.52 will be presented to Ronald McDonald House Charities on November 10. The 2022 Chase For Charity campaign raised $26,856.97 in total for our three charities – McAuley, Victorian Men’s Shed Association and…
Healesville 8/10 Abandoned
Saturday’s (8 October) race meeting at Healesville has been abandoned due to damage to the track which cannot be rectified prior to the meeting. Starters fees will be paid out and prizemoney will be split evenly between the engaged runners. There will no trials at Healesville on Tuesday 11 October.
Green Light On – Episode 73 – The Meadows form and a chat with Ashlee Terry
In this edition of Green Light On, James Van de Maat is one out with Corey Smith under the weather. James previews Saturday night’s meeting at The Meadows and his guest is gun trainer Ashlee Terry. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Episode 73 – The MGRA form and a chat with Ashlee Terry Don’t forget, you can listen to Green Light On every Thursday and Saturday on your favourite podcast app.
Healesville 7/10 Abandoned
Today’s (Friday 7 October) race meeting at Healesville has been abandoned. Racing was indefinitely delayed following race 5 due to persistent heavy rain in the area causing the creation of several areas of erosion and flooding to the track. Stewards declared the track unsatisfactory for racing and subsequently abandoned races 6-12 at 1:00pm, pursuant to GAR 110 (4). All bets on greyhounds in the abandoned races are to be refunded. The weights recorded for the greyhounds in the abandoned races are void and do not count for the purposes of…
Ronald McDonald House benefits from The Chase
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) has been a long standing & valued partner of Greyhound Racing Victoria and we are again delighted to support their incredible work through Chase For Charity, a weekly radio segment on SEN that pitted the hosts against each other in their greyhound tipping skills. This year, through the ongoing support of Craig Hutchison, Liam Pickering and the Off The Bench team on SEN, we have raised $8,668.52 for RMHC, just part of the $26,856.97 raised for three charities chosen each football season. To make the…
Azzopardi’s ‘Grand’ prospect
Anthony Azzopardi has labelled Grand Oro a star of the future but says the boom youngster is “no good thing” to claim a third straight victory at The Meadows on Saturday night. Grand Oro has won two of his four starts (with two seconds) and set tongues wagging with a breathtaking maiden victory at The Meadows on September 21. At his third start, the superbly related son of Azzopardi’s former superstar Zambora Brockie and Nino De Oro, also the mother of Group 1 National Sprint champion Good Odds Cash, scored…