By Greyhounds Australasia CEO CHERIE NICHOLL In recent days, the Prime Minister and Premiers have shared their plans to allow us to slowly resume more aspects of our day to day lives. By the time this edition of the Chase is published, all jurisdictions will have commenced rolling back Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. There have been […]
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By Brisbane Greyhound Club CEO LUKE GATEHOUSE The Brisbane club’s winter features have added a positive glow to our world as it suffers through the COVID-19 crisis. On the immediate agenda we have three big nights of racing – June 11 (Flying Amy Classic, Dashing Corsair), June 18 (Super Stayers, Super Sprinters, Lightning, Thunder, Chairman’s
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By MIKE HILL SEVERAL trainers are going into this month\’s Group 3 Rockhampton Cup (510m) with renewed confidence. Under Queensland Racing\’s current regional lockdown, the annual Cup Carnival is restricted to Central Queensland-trained greyhounds. \”It will be a zone-only Cup,\” said club president Nev Jackson. \”And my understanding is zone racing won\’t be lifted for
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By TERRY WILSON GOING to the dog racing on a Sunday is an infrequent occasion for leading trainer Tony Brett – only because the Sabbath is usually reserved for a far bigger lure. Brett broke his usual Sunday routine last month and came up trumps when he landed the Con Sciacca Capalaba Cup (366m) with
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By Ross Barnett (APM) Queensland Racing Integrity Commissioner Queensland’s Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP) has seen a surge in the number of greyhounds adopted in April bringing the total number for the financial year to more than 200. There has been a marked increase of adoptions during the pandemic with many people
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By MIKE HILL A MAJOR injury setback to smart sprinter Elegant Eleanor left Torbanlea (Qld) trainer Ricky Hassall without a runner in his kennels. Elegant Eleanor, named after Hassall’s grand-daughter, suffered a career-threatening injury when she tore a back leg muscle in a heat of the Bundaberg Cup (550m) in mid-April. However, a conversation with
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Qld Country round-up by MIKE HILL TOP Rockhampton owner-trainer Dallas Beckett has shown enormous patience to get ‘giveaway’ sprinter Craig’s Regret to the track. And his perseverance has paid off, so much so that Craig’s Regret has quickly developed into a smart sprinter and looks like being the Beckett kennel’s flagship runner in this month’s
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By DAVID BRASCH Twenty-one-year-old Jordan Taylor is fast attracting a virtual ‘cult following’ within the greyhound world. Jordan is a hands-on help for his father, Rockhampton-based leading trainer Darren, preparing the 16-dog kennel that continues to sweep race after race in central Queensland, and also right down to Albion Park. But, Jordan’s impact upon the
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