September 29, 2020

By Greyhounds Australasia CEO CHERIE NICHOLL Across Australian and New Zealand, the controlling bodies are committed to encouraging and facilitating greyhound pet ownership through the provision of safe, healthy greyhounds when a greyhound retires from the racing industry. The Greyhounds as Pets and Greyhound Adoption Programs have experienced strong interest in both fostering and adopting […]

TEN YEARS AGO – OCTOBER 2010: Lochinvar Marlow for Bob Smith wins the Group 1 Paws of Thunder at Wentworth Park by eight lengths in 29.90. In a star-studded field Cosmic Planet finished second and third home was Cosmic Chief. El Grand Senor for Carolyn Jones wins the Group 1 Top Gun at the Meadows.

By Gary Clark The Ladbrokes Goulburn Cup has been a race that has attracted some of the best available sprinters over a long period of time and as the club looks to stage their cup for the ninth decade, one local trainer in particular will be in pursuit of the $25,000 first prize. The cup

By David Brasch EVELYN Harris couldn\’t believe the people who stayed late at Gosford early in September just to pat her dog. Mind you, ‘her dog’ is none other than racing marvel Cosmic Bonus. Gosford, late one September night, the last race at that, was hardly an inviting place to hang around. But Cosmic Bonus

Group 3 Sydney Cup (720m) Best 24 nominated. Heats October 9. Final October 16 Winner to receive $100,000 By David Brasch TRAINERS around Australia have been scrambling to qualify their super fast sprinters for the third running of the Million Dollar Chase to be staged in October. But, at the same time those trainers with

By Mike Hill IT\’LL be the biggest ever meeting staged at Wauchope\’s Bbet Park, says Rex Nairn. The long-serving president of the Hastings River Greyhound Racing Club was commenting on the monster two-day carnival later this month. \”The carnival (Saturday, October 17, and Friday, October 23) will launch a new era for the club,\” said

By TERRY WILSON AS a younger man Steve McGrath always had plenty of opinions after he discovered a passion for greyhound racing when he lived in Rockhampton. He caught the dogs bug after watching the opening night of greyhound racing at Callaghan Park in the central Queensland city. The night’s racing was televised live by

Group 2 Lismore Gold Cup (520m) Best 32 nominated. Heats October 20. Final October 27 Winner to receive $40,000 By DAVID BRASCH LISMORE club secretary John Zorzo is a realist … he has to be. \”I think we could be flat out getting four heats of the Cup this year,\” said John. He was, of

By TERRY WILSON If nothing else, the upcoming Ladbrokes Maitland Future Stars Maiden has definitely lived up to its name. In particular this comes through the efforts of Good Odds Harada, the striking brindle dog that won the 2018 Maiden before finding international fame as the winner of the second Million Dollar Chase at Wentworth

By MIKE HILL IT might have come a day late, but veteran Brisbane dog man Michael Stephenson admitted it had been a big celebration at Fishery Falls after Hara\’s Panda impressively won the $35,500 Group 3 Weseal Townsville Cup (498m) in late August. Stephenson had based himself at Fishery Falls, a small village on the