Author: Editor BOAY

Not even having Immunity lining up in the semi-finals of the world’s richest middle-distance race, the Country Classic, at Dubbo, would keep champion trainer Jason Thompson away from Saturday night’s Premier Racing meeting at The Meadows. Thompson says he wouldn’t miss Immunity’s Group 1-winning litter brother Equalizer completing a remarkable return from injury for anything. “Even if the Country Classic final was on Saturday night, I’d still be at The Meadows with Equalizer,” Thompson said. Brilliant winner of the G1 Brisbane Cup last July, Equalizer hasn’t raced since August 12,…

Charity support and regional community engagement are the cornerstones for GRV’s race day activations as the sport prepares to race on Good Friday for the first time in 2022. GRV, greyhound clubs and the broader industry have a long history of fundraising for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal  and is proud to have made a significant contribution to the vitally important, and iconic, Victorian event, for more than a decade. Regional Victoria will play host to three race meetings on Good Friday (April 15) with Healesville starting the…

Country cups king Ferdinand Boy will return to where it all began on Monday night, when he contests the heats of the Group 2 Shepparton Cup (450m). In 2021, Ferdinand Boy, trained by David Geall, secured a $50,000 bonus for snaring three country cups in a calendar year; reigning supreme at (in order), Shepparton, Ballarat and Healesville. Ferdinand Boy enjoys a remarkable affinity with Shepparton The regally related son of Fernando Bale and Nayla Swift, a half-sister to Geall’s superstar G1 winners Up Hill Jill and My Redeemer, has won…

Multiple Group 2 placegetter Lots Of Chatter is expected to register his 35th win at start 100 this afternoon in a 425m Free For All at Bendigo, but his kennelmate and G2 runner-up Aston Shine will be determined to spoil the party. G3 finalist Zigzag Cabang stands out in a Grade 5 500m heat, while Kraken Skye v Shepparton Classic finalist Jungle Panther v Sandown Park 29.24 winner Cybertruck v Shepparton Classic runner-up In A Blue should be a great battle. G3 winner Plaintiff, Storm Stroller – victorious in six…

Lala Kiwi is striving to achieve something none of Andrea Dailly’s other five Australian Cup winners have been able to; go on to win the Group 1 Sky Racing Perth Cup (520m). With the Perth Cup following immediately after the Australian Cup, four of ‘Team Dailly’s’ five Australian Cup victors have ventured west, striving without success to complete a double only accomplished by NSW champion Tenthill Doll in 1996. Dyna Lachlan (2010) and Spud Regis (2013) were eliminated in the heats, while Hecton Bale (2018) and Dyna Patty (2019) both…

Premier Racing at Sandown Park tonight features Amron Boy looking to stay undefeated after four starts, but Fearless Rory (four wins from five starts) is a huge threat. G1 runner-up Zipping Kansas highlights a Mixed 4/5 715m event, the in-form Golden Quest and two-time G1 finalist Zac’s Entity clash, and Big Opal Rocks (won five from seven) and his kennelmate Black Spartacus (won his last three) are both expected to enhance their strike rates. Dale Code’s Predicted Market FirmerAUSSIE LEGENDTAB fixed odds at 9am: $3.80 Win Sale Race 6 Box…

Australia’s most underrated stayer, Untapped, is headed for ‘a galaxy far, far, away’ – 3400km, from Melbourne to Perth. ‘A long time ago’, Untapped was contesting middle distance events – including going through undefeated in the Ballarat Enduro series (545m) in August last year. A winner of 11 races (with six seconds and 10 thirds) from 40 starts, Untapped (Apr ’19 Aston Dee Bee x Mepunga Fame) has made an ‘intergalactic’ progress. It seems ‘light years’ from that $5000 Ballarat final win to now competing against the sport’s stellar stayers!…

On Friday, March 11 at 8.30am, GRV Chair Peita Duncan will lead an industry team comprising Louise Martin (GRV), Greg Davies (GCV), Cynthia O’Brien(Healesville Manager) & Matt Lanigan (trainer) on a morning cruise down the Yarra River. The team will remain on the cruise until they have raised $5,000 from the Victorian greyhound industry. Once that figure has been raised, they will disembark – happy. But the end of the cruise does not mean the end of the fundraising. Let’s not stop at $5,000, let’s aim for $10,000 or $15,000…

G3 Country Championship finalist Mepunga Mustang is aiming to boost his strike rate to 11 wins from 19 starts in a Mixed 4/5 525m race at The Meadows this afternoon, but G3 Brian Johnstone finalist Nike Apache will be a big threat. At Ballarat tonight, the promising Kelsey Bale faces Kanji Giant, G2 Bendigo Cup finalist Perfect Colour and the in-form Boom Out in a Mixed 4/5 450m event. Markus Rhode, Aston Tarrant and Slingshot Trojan – all last start winners – clash in a competitive Mixed 4/5 390m race.…

Life’s “emotional rollercoaster” took Avalon trainer Michelle Mallia and Corio owner Matthew “Matty” Field on a ‘wild ride’ at Shepparton on the weekend. They were in a metaphoric ‘front carriage’ that took them to the pursuit of happiness when Matt’s Hope (Mar ’20 Cosmic Rumble x Hope’s Thunder) – named after Field who suffers from spina bifida – won the Shepparton Classic final (450m). Matt’s Hope ($9.40) snared a $10,000 first prize defeating Mallia-trained litter brother In A Blue ($35.90) – owned by Billy McRae – by 1.2L, with Brewski…