Category: Dogs

Glenn Dainton is ‘stuck in the middle’. But borrowing from the catchy 1970s tune, ‘It’s so hard to keep this smile from his face’. Dainton’s remarkable affinity with middle distance greyhounds continued when Dookie Devil careered away with the $121,500 Group 1 Sportsbet Rookie Rebel invitational (600m) on the opening night of the ‘Unmissable’ Australian Cup Carnival. It was the Cosgrove owner/trainer/breeder’s second G1 victory; his first also came over The Meadows’ 600m course, when Black Impala won the Hume Cup in 2018. Dainton also trained 2013 Hume Cup runner-up…

The 2023 Australian Cup Carnival ‘exploded from the boxes’ with an “Unmissable” bang at The Meadows on Saturday night. And a ‘sonic boom’ came from Wow She’s Fast in the $160,500 Group 1 Sportsbet Temlee (525m). There were ‘shock waves’ around MGRA headquarters in Broadmeadows when Wow She’s Fast – the world’s highest stakes earning greyhound – produced a display of “canine perfection” in the $100,000 to-the-winner event. Prepared by ‘Team Greenough’ (Jackie & Kel), Wow She’s Fast ($4.50) reeled in tearaway leader Kelsey Bale ($7.00) and then staved off…

Panadero Warrior has ventured to NSW in search of feature ‘riches’, with the dual country cups finalist one of the headline acts in Sunday night’s heats of the Group 2 Bulli Gold Cup (472m). Trained by Paul Abela, Panadero Warrior was the fastest qualifier for the G2 Bendigo Cup last October and also won a G2 Warragul Cup heat last month. A son of Barcia Bale and Time No Money that turned three in January, Panadero Warrior also ran second to fellow Victorian star Paua Of Buddy in a G1…

In just under 90 minutes, NSW’s ‘Team Lord’ could carve out a niche in Australian Cup Carnival history. The ‘Lords of the (racing) Ring’ are chasing a Group 1 ‘Trilogy’ with their ‘Fellowship’ – She’s A Pearl (Temlee), Punter’s Bandit (Rookie Rebel) and Cawbourne Magic (Zoom Top) – at The Meadows on Saturday night. All three ‘invitationals’ are sponsored by Sportsbet. And it would be a $250,000 payday if all three were successful. Furthermore, the triumvirate is trained by Jodie Lord. Since the inception of the events in 2003, no…

Master trainer Kel Greenough says Wow She’s Fast, the world’s highest earning greyhound, is “pretty close” to where he wants her ahead of Saturday night’s $160,500 Group 1 Sportsbet Temlee invitational (525m). The last time Wow She’s Fast graced The Meadows, the champion Victorian sprinter claimed back-to-back victories in The Phoenix, sending her prizemoney tally spiralling past $2 million, the first greyhound to ever achieve the feat. Wow She’s Fast is Sportsbet’s joint favourite to boost her earnings of $2,261,370 by $100,000 in the Temlee – race 10 at 9.43pm…

Mepunga Ruby will once again be a force to be reckoned with in the ‘Unmissable’ Australian Cup Carnival after returning to her brilliant best with a dominant clean-sweep of the Group 3 Albion Park Gold Cup (710m) series. Jeff Britton trained the quinella in last Thursday night’s $100,000 to-the-winner Gold Cup Final in Brisbane, with $2.40 favourite Mepunga Ruby leading all-the-way in 41.93sec, defeating kennelmate Korda ($10) by 1.5 lengths. Winner of the G1 Super Stayers during last year’s Australian Cup Carnival, Mepunga Ruby returns to home soil for Saturday…

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) is pleased to announce the appointment of highly experienced racing administrator, Troy Harley as its new General Manager of Racing, Racing Safety & Clubs. Harley brings over three decades of valuable management, hands-on experience and knowledge gained across multiple facets of the racing industry to the role. Most recently, Harley has been the Executive Officer of Greyhound Clubs Australia after a ten-year stint as General Manager of Bendigo Greyhound Racing Association. Prior to that he held executive and management positions with GRV, Shepparton & Warragul Greyhound…