Author: Editor BOAY

Astute Buln Buln East trainer Steven White has taken out the 2021-22 Provincial Trainer Strike Rate Award. He received the gong during a gala 2022 Victorian Greyhound Awards evening, held at the Plaza Ballroom, on Friday. White’s 95 country starters claimed 43 wins at a 45.26% winning strike rate. He shaded Jason Thompson, who had 134 wins from 302 starters at 44.37%, and Mark Morrissey with 28 wins from 68 starters at 41.18%. White’s standout performer was Paua Of Buddy, which won eight country races during the 2021-22 racing year…

Champion Pearcedale trainer Jason Thompson is the winner of the 2021-22 Victorian Metropolitan Trainer Strike Rate Award. He was presented with the accolade during a 2022 Victorian Greyhound Awards spectacular, held at the Plaza Ballroom, on Friday. Thompson’s 154 city starters claimed 43 wins at a 27.92% winning strike rate. He was a clear-cut winner over Anthony Azzopardi, who had 23 wins from 92 starters at 25%, and Brooke Ennis with 13 wins from 57 starters at 22.81%. Thompson was runner-up to Kelvyn Greenough in last year’s inaugural metropolitan strike…

GRV’s own Peter Quilty, Andrew Copley and Trent Langskaill discuss the nominees for the 2022 Victorian Greyhound of the Year.   Trent  Fellas, we have an amazing night in store with the announcement of the 2022 Victorian Greyhound of the Year. Let’s go through the contenders in alphabetical order. Peter  Aston Rupee had an outstanding season. He won two Group 1s, shattered the Sandown Park 515m track record and almost broke the long-standing 525m track record at The Meadows. Andrew  I’m fortunate enough to be on the Victorian Greyhound of…

David Geall is bending the bow, pulling back the string for a second shot with Ferdinand Boy at The Arrow (350m) – a match race series up the straight track at Healesville. Geall took aim with his ‘country cups king’ in the inaugural staging of the event last year and just missed the ‘bulls-eye’, finishing second to Zambora Lou. Ferdinand Boy – reigning Healesville Cup monarch – is again targeting the $28,000 The Arrow, which carries a $20,000 first prize for the overall winner plus $2500 to the winner of…

We all would ‘love to have a beer with Duncan’ if his coursing champ All Inn Billy ultimately makes it back-to-back Waterloo Cup wins. Tony Duncan’s ‘our (coursing) mate’! But the cruel reality is the Harston-based stalwart only has around 3-4 months to live. He’s been battling bowel cancer, which has now spread to his lungs. “I’m really having trouble with my breathing,” a stoic Duncan, 61, said. However, All Inn Billy – indeed, all his greyhounds – keep giving him strength. And that’s how and why he’ll drive the…

RSN race-caller Victoria Shaw recently caught up with Brookfield trainer Jeff Galea to chew the fat on his ‘working mum’ who doesn’t want to stop racing. Straight out of the traps, Shaw asked: how is Run Baba Run? “She’s going great at the moment,” Galea quickly replied. Shaw then asked Galea what he thought had been the key to Run Baba Run’s longevity on the track. “She’s just been injury free, which is probably the main key.” “We’ll probably have complaints from the neighbours if we have to retire her.” Shaw mentioned…

Coursing royalty descends upon Lang Lang, where the time-honoured Waterloo Cup series kicks off on Sunday. It will indeed be a ‘Battle of Waterloo’ as 64 entrants – likely to include last year’s winner, All Inn Billy, and runner-up, Kasemi, start their chase for coursing’s ‘Holy Grail’. National Coursing Association of Victoria’s Heather Villinger has issued the following ‘Notice to Trainers’: The next meeting sees the commencement of the Waterloo Cup for 2022. This will be the 149th anniversary since the Waterloo Cup was first conducted in Victoria. There will…

Evergreen sprinter Arlington recently won for trainer Terry Reid (both pictured) at his 150th start. A Dec ’17 son of My Bro Fabio and brood matron Sass, Arlington posted an impressive near five-length victory over 515m at Sandown Park. And, with Reid’s long-standing family connection to greyhound racing, a victory at a sesquicentennial start shouldn’t surprise anyone. RSN race-caller Victoria Shaw had the pleasure of catching up with Reid over the phone, to congratulate him on the extraordinary milestone achievement. When she suggested that Arlington’s victory would have brought him…

Victoria has its first Million Dollar Chase semi-finalists – Plaintiff (pictured) and Kelsey Bale. Both progressed to the next qualifying round – remaining in the ultimate chase for a mouth-watering $1,000,000 first prize – after finishing first and third respectively in an MDC regional final (457m) at Temora on Tuesday afternoon. Trained by Jason Thompson, Plaintiff ($2.40F) obtained the ‘verdict’ with an impressive 25.80sec display. Kelsey Bale ($7.00), prepared by Daniel Gibbons was 3.75L from her compatriot. Amazingly, six Victorians contested the $7000 to-the-winner event – also including Jepara (4th) –…