This Saturday, Victoria’s Greyhound Adoption Program is holding another of their incredibly popular adoption days, and you’re invited!
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“King Ferdinand” defending Healesville ‘crown’
Country cups ‘monarch’ Ferdinand Boy is primed to defend his Healesville Cup ‘crown’. Prepared by David Geall – recent recipient of a ‘knightly sword’ investiture as Australian Trainer of the Year – Ferdinand Boy (Box 3) should ‘reign supreme’ in Heat 3 – Race 7, 12.51pm – on Sunday. The four-time provincial cups victor won last year’s final, over 350m, in a flying 18.88sec and Geall says “King Ferdinand” can continue his rule. “His form doesn’t suggest he’s at his best, but I think he’s as right as he was last year.…
Sportsbet announced as new GRV Wagering Sponsorship Partner
Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) is delighted to announce a new major partnership with Sportsbet as the industry’s exclusive wagering sponsorship partner for the next five years, commencing today. In making the announcement GRV Chair, Peita Duncan, said the ground-breaking partnership will see significant Sportsbet presence across all aspects of greyhound racing in Victoria, including at all 13 greyhound racing clubs. “GRV along with our clubs are extremely excited to be partnering with a market leading brand like Sportsbet. “The partnership will deliver excellent value for all Victorian metropolitan and regional…
Aston Velvet the ‘Top Cat’
Michelle Mallia heads into Saturday night’s heats of the Group 3 Top Cat Video Cup (730m) at The Meadows with great expectations, rating her number one contender Aston Velvet as Australia’s best stayer. Mallia has two excellent chances in the two Cup heats, with Fernando’s Quest (Box 1) $3.70 second elect in the opening runoff, while Aston Velvet (Box 7) is $2.50 favourite in the second qualifier. Aston Velvet is $4.40 in ‘All In’ betting, behind Moraine Suzie at $4, which ran third as Victoria’s representative in the G1 National…
Record breaker heads to town
Gippsland star Mr. Audacious ‘hits the big smoke’ for the first time at Sandown Park on Thursday night. Mr. Audacious (Box 7) lines up in a Mixed 4/5 (515m) – Race 6, 7.58pm. And Kilmany’s ‘Team Busuttil’ (Mark and Rachael) is hoping he won’t be overawed by the occasion. It’s a much-anticipated metropolitan debut for Mr. Audacious, which has been as bold as brass on the provincial circuit – including claiming the G3 Warragul St Leger and reaching the G2 Shepparton Cup final after setting a new 450m track record…
Prizemoney increases set for implementation
As announced in July, the $8.85M uplift in prizemoney and travel subsidies for the 2022/23 racing season have been successfully automated and will apply to all meetings from 1 September 2022. The increase in prizemoney is primarily targeted at Level 2 Provincial racing, with all grades receiving a lift in stakes. Implementation of the increases is timely, as the G2 Healesville Cup (heats 4 Sept) will be the first regional event to benefit from the substantial boost to heat prizemoney, combined with the addition of unplaced prizemoney for finalists, which…
Green Light On – Episode 62 – Sandown Park form and Jim’s keen on a few this week! Neddy Mac too!
James Van de Maat and Jason Adams tackle the Thursday night meeting at Sandown Park and you’re in luck… the boys are in form! It’s a quality meeting with Mr. Audacious making his city debut after a couple of looks on the track. He will be joined by Zippy Tesla, Amron Boy and Extreme Force. Show favourite, Ned McDonald joins James to talk all things basketball, football and Ambushed ahead of his start at Sandown. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Episode 62 – Sandown Park form and Jim’s keen…
Rejuvenate ‘Hooked’ on winning
The dream start to Paul Brown’s training career continued at Shepparton on Monday night when unbeaten youngster Rejuvenate threatened the 385m track record for the second week running. Paul, 40, son of industry stalwarts Ian and Maureen, has hit the ground running, courtesy of the November ’20 Hooked On Scotch x Zall Good litter, bred by his parents. The litter is headlined by Rejuvenate and Hot Scotch, both flying winners at Shepparton last night. One week earlier, Rejuvenate made a sensational debut, when clocking 21.42sec, less than two lengths outside…
In case you missed it – Rejuvenate, Lunar Star and Plaintiff
Form expert Dale Code has picked out a selection of runs from around Victoria that have caught the eye over the past fortnight. #1 REJUVENATE (Box 2) Breeding: Nov ‘20 Hooked On Scotch x Zall GoodTrainer: Paul Brown, BurramineRecord: 1 start 1-0-0 Dale says: Having his first race start and backed into $1.40 favourite, Rejuvenate turned in one of the fastest runs you will see by a debutant. In a display of pure speed and strength, this highly promising speedster recorded a mind blowing 21.42sec in an emphatic performance, scoring by nine lengths…
He’s No Slouch wins the Waterloo Cup
He’s No Slouch won the $19,500 Waterloo Cup Final on Sunday afternoon at Lang Lang, defeating Master Ogilvie in the 149th running of the event. A litter brother to million-dollar sprinter Wow She’s Fast, He’s No Slouch stepped out of his sister’s giant shadow, claiming coursing’s holy grail after enduring six courses across consecutive Sundays without defeat. He’s No Slouch started this morning’s second day with a bye in the quarter finals, however he still had to run on his own. He’s No Slouch was bred and is owned by…