Category: Dogs

Master trainer Robert Britton’s affinity with the renowned ‘Tears’ line continues unabated, with litter brothers Trooper Tears and Trapper Tears running the quinella in the $220,000 Group 3 Launching Pad Final (515m) at Sandown Park on Thursday night. Britton has enjoyed phenomenal success with the ‘Tears’ dynasty, most notably with champion stayer Tornado Tears, ‘uncle’ of Trooper Tears and Trapper Tears. Prior to embarking on his legendary distance career, Tornado Tears ran fifth in the 2018 Launching Pad Final. NSW-based breeder and co-owner Michael Ivers described the one/two finish with…

Greyhounds wearing the blue number four rug and yellow number five rug will be racing to support displaced Ukrainians in need of humanitarian aid as a result of the current war on their home country. Today is International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) and Greyhound Racing Victoria representatives visited the Essendon branch of the Association of Ukrainians in Victoria (AUV) this week to launch a new fundraising campaign. GRV will donate $400 towards Ukrainians in need of humanitarian aid every time the blue number four dog and…

Bobby Axelrod will attempt to “pull a deal off the table” in the $78,795 Group 2 Sportsbet Ballarat Cup final (450m) – Race 8, 7.20pm – on Friday night. Trained at Junction Village by Jess Hopkins, Bobby Axelrod is named after a fictional self-made Wall Street billionaire in American TV drama series Billions. The former SA speedster is metaphorically out to prove “power is the ultimate currency” by ‘accumulating’ a $50,000 first prize. Owned by workmates Jason Dolan and Dillon Robinson, and bred by Jason, Bobby Axelrod (Nov ’20 My Redeemer…

Robert Britton’s lucrative association with the prolific ‘Tears’ dynasty can continue in Thursday night’s $220,000 Group 3 Launching Pad Final (515m) at Sandown Park. Britton boasts clearly the two fastest greyhounds in the $150,000 to-the-winner feature; regally related litter brothers Trooper Tears, fastest qualifier courtesy of a head-turning 29.01sec semi-final victory, and Trapper Tears. Trooper Tears saved the best for the last of the four semis, making a statement with an all-the-way 7.8L romp from box eight, his scorching time – initially semaphored as sub-29sec – no surprise to champion…

Titan Blazer – the greyhound that put Avalon’s “Team Gibbons” on the map in the sport – finally and deservedly ‘broke the ice’ at Group race level on Sunday afternoon. The four-time Group 1 finalist claimed a $26,000 first prize in the Group 3 Carlin & Gazzard Mount Gambier Cup (512m). Titan Blazer ($6.00) defeated locals Lochinvar Cahill ($8.50) by 1.5L, with Sister Roberta ($7.50) a further 1L away third in a slick 29.36sec – only 3L off the 29.18sec track record. His trainer, Daniel Gibbons, also had Yahiro Bale (4th) and…

Twenty-one years after winning the Group 1 Golden Easter Egg with Carlisle Jack, Bob Douglas once again finds himself with the favourite for NSW’s most prestigious race. In 2002, Carlisle Jack claimed a breakthrough G1 triumph in the Easter Egg and veteran Heathcote mentor Douglas is optimistic about an historic repeat with Baby Jaycee at Wentworth Park this Saturday night. “It’s like going back in a time machine,” 74-year-old Douglas said. “When I say Baby Jaycee is a miniature version of Carlisle Jack, that’s exactly what she is! “When I…