Author: Editor BOAY

Dustin Drew scored the biggest win of his training career when Untapped led all of the way to win the $262,500 RSN Sandown Cup (715m) at Sandown Park tonight. Untapped ($5.50) timed the start to perfection to cross to the lead from box 7 through the first turn with fastest heat winner Jarick Bale ($5) trailing her through. From there the pair quickly cleared out from the chasing pack, setting up a thrilling two dog battle for the final lap of the 715m journey. Jarick Bale switched to the inside…

Wow She’s Fast became just the tenth greyhound in history to surpass $1million in prize money when taking out tonight’s $152,500 Group 1 Sapphire Crown (515m) at Sandown Park. The Sapphire Crown is a sprint race open to female greyhounds, and Wow She’s Fast made it her own, notching win number 11 and third at Group 1 level in just her 16th career start. Trained by Jackie Greenough, Wow She’s Fast burst on the scene in September last year when winning by more than 20 lengths on debut at Sandown…

Rapaki Rocks powered to a sensational victory in the $152,500 Group 1 Harrison-Dawson at Sandown Park tonight, coming from near last to claim the $100,000 first prize. The fastest heat winner started the punter’s elect however favourite backers would have had their hearts in their mouths as the son of Kinloch Brae and Red Rocks missed the start from box 2. Improving to fifth with a lap to run, Rapaki Rocks ($3.60) again showed the excellent track sense that won him his heat, railing strongly through the field before switching…

Premier Racing at Sandown Park tonight features the world’s premier distance race – the $175,000 to-the-winner G1 RSN Sandown Cup Final. The Watchdog has tipped Geelong 680-metre track record holder Collinda Lady over G1 winners Mepunga Ruby, Gypsy Wyong and Jarick Bale, plus G1 placegetters Orca and Untapped. G1 placegetters Titan Blazer and Kinson Bale line up against promising chasers Fearless Max (won his last five races) and Rapaki Rocks (fastest heat winner) in the G1 Harrison-Dawson Final with a first prize of $100,000. TAB Phoenix champion Wow She’s Fast…

Balliang trainer Mark Delbridge is hoping Jarick Bale https://watchdog.grv.org.au/greyhound/461066430 provides him with successive wins in the $262,500 Group 1 RSN Sandown Cup (715m) on Thursday night. Delbridge won Sandown GRC’s flagship staying event last year with Zipping Rambo. Jarick Bale was the fastest qualifier from five heats last week, registering a sensational 41.29sec – around 2L off the 41.16sec track record, set by Here’s Tears on January 30, 2020. It was his 26th win, including three of his past six, from 68 starts. “I was one of the ‘doubting Thomases’;…

History never repeats? Well, meet the sport’s perennial history maker – Jason Thompson. The champion Pearcedale trainer keeps turning history on its head – time and time again! It’s a proverbial ‘never-ending story’. And he’ll seize upon yet another opportunity to re-write the greyhound racing annals at Sandown Park on Thursday night. Thompson has a chance to go down in the chronicles as the only trainer to complete the G1 Sapphire Crown (515m) and G1 Sandown Cup (715m) double in the same year. Another feted trainer, Rob Britton, won the…

A high quality line-up of male sprinters are contesting the $152,500 Group 1 Harrison-Dawson Final (515m) at Sandown Park this Thursday night and The Watchdog has identified Titan Blazer ($4) and Kinson Bale ($5.50) as the main chances. Titan Blazer (Box 3) used the inside draw to his advantage in his high-pressure heat win last Friday night and the expert form analyst believes the Group 1 Silver Chief placegetter can cross and lead. “He’s very good when he can dictate terms. The 29.24 (personal best on February 13) would see…

The Watchdog believes the $262,500 Group 1 RSN Sandown Cup Final (715m) at Sandown Park this Thursday night is one of the best editions of the world’s premier distance race. The expert form analyst is adamant that Group 1 winner Mepunga Ruby (Box 2) is a deserved TAB fixed odds favourite, but she is too short at $2.40 (price at time of recording) in a stellar line-up. “She was disappointing last week, but she did have excuses. (She) hadn’t had a run for three weeks, so she will strip fitter…

Sandown Park will host three massive Group 1 finals on Thursday night, headlined by the $262,500 RSN Sandown Cup (715m), the world’s premier distance race for greyhounds. Two same-sex sprint finals – the $152,500 Harrison-Dawson (male greyhounds) and $152,500 Sapphire Crown (female greyhounds) – round out a triple treat of Group 1s. Click HERE  for TAB’s latest RSN Sandown Cup Final market Balliang trainer Mark Delbridge is hoping Jarick Bale (Box 8) provides him with successive victories in the $175,000 to-the-winner Sandown Cup, having won the event last year with…