Category: Dogs

Classy chaser Let’s Win Coin commands plenty of ‘currency’ in a Floodfawn Classic heat (500m) – Heat 1 – Race 7, 8.52pm – at Traralgon on Friday night. Trained by Jessica Sharp, Let’s Win Coin (Box 2) looks a ‘moneymaker’ considering she’s a dual Group 1 Sapphire Crown finalist – 2002 (2nd to Wow She’s Fast) and 2023 (5th to Baby Jaycee). Those statistics alone indicate she’s a ‘mint’ prospect in the all-female Floodfawn Classic series. Let’s Win Coin (Mar ’20 Keybow x Let’s Win Meisha) has raced on 69…

The Brittons are flying the Victorian flag with a veritable ‘war chest’ of staying and middle-distance stars at Albion Park on Thursday night. But a few of their sprinting counterparts– namely Jason Thompson’s ‘indomitable import’ Postman Pat, Brooke Ennis’ Amron Boy and Rejuvenate, and Jordan Cooper’s Crackerjack Aret – are also our torchbearers in $23,000 Brisbane Cup Preludes (520m), which carry a $16,000 first prize. Postman Pat has been embraced by Victorian greyhound racing aficionados in a similar manner to which Australian’s have ‘adopted’ New Zealanders such as Phar Lap, Russell…

Earlier this month, trainers Sharyn Combridge and Adele Powell experienced victories over the 300m flying short course at Healesville. Ring A Dusty (October ’20 Fully Loaded x Ringading Sister) won in 16.94sec for Combridge and Bear Lee Bandit (February ’20 Black Bear Lee x Inmate) stormed to victory in 16.57sec for Powell. For both women, the straight track victories on the same day arrived soon after achieving magnificent milestones with kennel veterans. Junction Village trainer Sharyn Combridge also prepares Little Nellie (January ’19 Kinda Cruel Red x Middle Trucker), who…

First Picked will be taking aim at an Albion Park hat-trick and a $75,000 winner’s purse when she flies the Victorian flag in Thursday night’s four-stayer Group 3 Super Stayers Invitational (710m). Racing interstate clearly holds no fears for Robert Britton’s Sandown Cup runner-up, which won the G1 Galaxy in Perth in March and has been victorious at two of her three Brisbane assignments on the path to the G1 Queensland Cup on July 7. At her most recent success, last Thursday, the ‘niece’ of former champion Fanta Bale, led…

Popular radio duo Craig Hutchison and Liam Pickering recently caught up with GRV Chair Peita Duncan and her pet greyhound Dynamite to discuss the Greyhound Adoption Program. Peita and Dynamite entered SEN’s South Melbourne studios on 17 June as part of the station’s Saturday morning Off The Bench program, with Dynamite even chiming in on the conversation. “It’s only $100 to adopt a greyhound and I know some people are paying thousands for designer dogs,” Ms. Duncan said. “These dogs are pure bred and GAP matches you to the right…

Champion Pearcedale trainer Jason Thompson produced a winning ‘signal’ with Transponder in the $110,000 Listed Sportsbet Pink Diamond Champion Sprinter final (460m) at Warragul on Friday night. Owned by Amanda Tullio, Transponder ($4.80) ‘transmitted’ his brilliance in taking out a $75,000 first prize defeating Rejuvenate ($3.30F) by 2.4L, with Paddy Wants Pats ($18.40) a further 0.16L away third in a slick 25.47sec. The Mar ’21 Deliver x Unquestionably speedster also delivered an $11,250 breeder bonus to Mark Filomeno of Craigieburn. It was his 11th win from 22 starts and he remains…