Jason Thompson’s bid for a sixth victory in the Group 2 Sportsbet Warrnambool Cup (450m) next Wednesday night has suffered a huge – but not fatal – blow with the champion trainer revealing Unleash Collinda will be scratched. Runner-up in both the Shepparton and Ballarat Cups, Unleash Collinda overcame a poor start in his Warrnambool Cup heat to record a runaway 24.96sec victory, defeating Action Girl by six lengths. After drawing perfectly in box eight for the Cup Final, ‘The King Of Healesville’ was Sportsbet’s $4 second elect, behind record-breaking…
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Green Light On | Episode 131 – The Meadows form plus Michael Chilcott
In this edition of Green Light On, James Van de Maat and the globetrotting Corey Smith preview Saturday night’s Premier Racing at The Meadows. James also caught up with trainer Michael Chilcott. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Ep131 – Michael Chilcott and MGRA 29/4 Don’t forget, you can listen to Green Light On every Thursday and Saturday on your favourite podcast app.
Queen Kelsey’s Warrnambool record
Kelsey Bale appears to have a third straight country cup crown at her mercy after a sensational record-breaking performance in Thursday night’s Group 2 Sportsbet Warrnambool Cup heats (450m). After winning heat and final of both the G2 Ballarat and G2 Geelong Cups at her previous four starts, Kelsey Bale and young Avalon trainer Daniel Gibbons were chasing a fifth successive victory in the first – and undeniably strongest – of seven Cup heats. Drawn in box one for her Warrnambool debut, Kelsey Bale, the heavily-backed $1.50 favourite, took advantage…
Dogs to follow – Big Energy, Canya Exceed and Red Medusa
Form expert Dale Code has picked out a selection of greyhounds to follow from around Victoria. You may even want to add them to your Blackbook account. BIG ENERGY (Box 1)Breeding: Dec ’20 Aussie Infrared x Amo BailarTrainer: Jackie Greenough (Pearcedale)Record: 10 starts 5-2-0 Dale says: Big Energy is a potential superstar of the sport who made a big statement with an exhibition of sustained speed in breaking the magical 29-second barrier (28.93 seconds) at Sandown Park last start. He posted an elite 5.04-second first sectional in that win, which highlights he can…
Green Light On | Episode 127 – The Meadows form plus Jamie Egan
In this edition of Green Light On, James Van de Maat previews Saturday night’s Premier Racing at The Meadows. James also caught up with trainer Jamie Egan. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Episode 127 – Jamie Egan and Meadows info for 15/4 Don’t forget, you can listen to Green Light On every Thursday and Saturday on your favourite podcast app.
Kelsey’s ‘fling’ into Geelong Gold Cup
Kelsey Bale – named after two-time world champion javelin thrower Kelsey-Lee Barber – has ‘speared’ her way into Victoria’s #1 sprinter ranking. Ironically, displaying similar true grit to her Olympic medallist and Commonwealth champion namesake, Kelsey Bale ‘harpooned’ to a sensational heat victory in the Group 2 Sportsbet Geelong Gold Cup (520m) on Friday night. Kelsey Bale is a ‘clutch thrower’ – always delivering when it matters most. Her steely determination pushes her through the tougher moments, and she has proved time and time again that she is able to…
‘Family fun’ at Warragul
Warragul GRC transformed into a kids’ zone during its ‘Family Fun Day’ on Thursday. Around 150 children, with parents in tow, enjoyed a day of fun-filled activities – including a veritable ‘Conga line’ for face painting. They also rode on the Chairoplane and Cup-and-Saucer, slid down the Atomic Drop, and gravitated to the ‘Animals On The Move’ enclosure. Youngsters (aged 15 and under) also received a snack pack, drink bottle, colour-in sheets and more. They even got to pose with ‘Mickey Mouse’ and ‘Minnie Mouse’. And going ‘off the shelves’…
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‘Wow factor’ for Sandgroper
Champion Victorian sprinter Wow She’s Fast returns to centre-stage at Cannington on Friday night, as the headline act in the inaugural $500,000 The Sandgroper (520m). As has been the case in her historic back-to-back victories in the first two editions of The Phoenix, Wow She’s Fast will represent Sportsbet in The Sandgroper (race 7, 9.38pm). Wow She’s Fast (box 3) is joint $4 favourite to enhance her reputation as Australian greyhound racing’s slot race ‘Queen’ and add the $300,000 winner’s purse to her increasingly incomprehensible world record prizemoney haul of…
The Stir Up featuring Kelsey Bale, Rejuvenate and Wow She’s Fast
GRV’s Peter Quilty, Gerard Guthrie and Trent Langskaill provide their thoughts on some of the star greyhounds racing in Victoria. Keep an eye on these, they are worth saving in your WatchDog Blackbook! Quilts Fellas, the feature greyhound racing does not stop and we have seven great heats of the Group 2 Sportsbet Geelong Gold Cup on Friday night, which are Races 3 to 9. Gerard Quilts, Titan Blazer finally secured Group success in the Mount Gambier Cup last start. He faces tough competition in the first heat including…