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 Sandown Cup Carnival concludes tomorrow night and it is highlighted by the final of the world’s premier distance race, the Group 1 Sportsbet Sandown Cup. Gerard Quilts, Dustin Drew admitted this week that Untapped (Box 1) could be racing for the last time tomorrow night. Can she become the sixth greyhound to win successive…
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Green Light On | Episode 138 – Sandown Cup Edition
In this edition of Green Light On, James Van de Maat, Dan Hibberd, Jason Adams and Nathan Rooney examine the final night of the Sportsbet Sandown Cup Carnival at Sandown Park. James Van de Maat also chatted with Jason Bonnington. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Episode 138 – Sandown Cup Edition! Don’t forget, you can listen to Green Light On every Thursday and Saturday on your favourite podcast app.
Good ‘Moon’ Rising in Lizrene?
Junction Village trainer Jess Hopkins is hoping there’s a good ‘Moon’ rising at Sandown Park on Friday night. Hopkins has Alfie Moon (Box 1) engaged in the $22,000 G3 The Lizrene (715m) – Race 6, 8.49pm – in a quest to finally emulate her beloved late grandfather, George Rose , as a Group race winning trainer. Rose claimed the 1996 G1 Topgun with Wylie Boy, who also received 1996 Victorian GOTY honours. Hopkins – who trains with the assistance of her grandmother, Valda, and mother, Sheree – says the notion of…
Untapped’s ‘Bold’ bid for history
Reigning champion Untapped could write a fairy tale final chapter to a remarkable rags to riches racing story on Friday night by claiming historic back-to-back victories in the $270,500 Group 1 Sportsbet Sandown Cup (715m). “Her career is coming to an end and there’s every chance this will be her last race,” said trainer Dustin Drew. “There’s the lure of the Pink Diamond and the Brisbane Carnival – especially for the trainer! – but they can’t race forever, so we’ll sit down after Friday night and decide what’s best for…
‘Britton blitz’
The friendly – albeit competitive – greyhound racing rivalry between the Britton brothers is well documented. But add another chapter to the ‘never-ending story’ when the siblings, Robert and Jeff, face-off in the $270,500 Group 1 Sportsbet Sandown Cup final (715m) at Sandown Park on Friday night. Elder statesman Rob will rug fastest qualifier First Picked (Box 5), while Jeff will rely on Korda (Box 4) to ‘ace’ the $175,000 first prize. Only a ‘pimple’ separated them on respective heat wins last week – First Picked (41.74sec) and Korda (41.75sec)…
Postman’s express Shepparton delivery
Jason Thompson is targeting the Group 1 Brisbane Cup with Postman Pat after the Kiwi import made it two from two in Australia with an electrifying near-record victory at Shepparton on Monday afternoon. Postman Pat ‘delivered’ a scintillating 24.66sec victory at his Shepparton debut, just one length outside the 450m record held by Rejuvenate (24.59sec). The eight-length romp followed a flying 25.35sec Best Of Night victory at Geelong over 460m at his first Australian appearance. A December ’20 son of dual Group 1 winner and former Sandown 515m record holder…
In case you missed it – Alpha Zulu, Peacock and Trending Yale
Form expert Dale Code has picked out a selection of runs from around Victoria that have caught the eye over the past fortnight. #1 ALPHA ZULU (Box 5)Breeding: September ‘21 Orson Allen x Cyclone JebelTrainer: Jason Thompson (Pearcedale)Record: 7 starts 5-1-1 Dale says: Alpha Zulu is a potential superstar of the sport who produced one of the fastest 525-metre wins seen at The Meadows this year on Saturday night. He displayed unrivalled early speed posting a near-record first split of 4.95 seconds with an overall flying 29.66 victory in this exhibition of…
Green Light On | Episode 137 – The Meadows form plus Emily Azzopardi
In this edition of Green Light On, James Van de Maat and Corey Smith preview Saturday night’s Premier Racing at The Meadows. James also caught up with trainer Emily Azzopardi. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Episode 137 – Meadows form and a chat with Em Azzopardi Don’t forget, you can listen to Green Light On every Thursday and Saturday on your favourite podcast app.
Vale James Harrington
It is with deep sadness that Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) advises of the passing of 64-year-old trainer James Harrington following a medical incident at the Warragul race meeting last night. GRV and the entire greyhound racing community extend our heartfelt condolences to James’ family, friends and colleagues on the sad news of his passing. GRV and the Warragul Greyhound Racing Club are working together to offer support to the family and the wider greyhound racing community affected by this news. Members of the greyhound racing industry, and their families are…
‘Shima’ line continues to shine
Superbly-related littermates Shima Shadow and Shima Dream are both favourites to continue the promising start to their careers in Premier Racing at The Meadows on Saturday night. Shima Shadow (box 1) is $2 with Sportsbet for race 2 (6.44pm) and Shima Dream (box 2) heads betting on the seventh event (8.26pm) at $2.50. The ‘Shima’ siblings, trained by Tom Dailly, are younger half-brothers to former superstar sprinter Shima Shine, a dual Group 1 winner and Victorian Greyhound Of The Year in 2020/21. “They do remind me a bit of Shima…