September 30, 2021

Above: Talented youngster Aston Merit has already given Avalon trainers Jess and Todd Sharp some highlights (Photo: BlueStream Pictures)  By ANDREW THOMSON WHATEVER Avalon trainers Jess and Todd Sharp plan with talented youngster Aston Merit, anything will be less pressure than his fourth-up career start in the Group 2 Healesville Cup. After debuting with successive […]

Compiled by Paddy Fitch’s son David, Paddy’s family, Desley Williams and friends The final chapter in one of greyhound racing’s most endearing stories was completed on  Sunday, 19 September, with the news that Paddy Fitch, aged 95, passed away at Ipswich Hospital, in south-east Queenslsnd. Paddy, who spent her lifetime breeding and judging dogs, will

Caption: Top young trainer Corey Grenfell is hopeful country cups ace Yozo Bale  will be fit and well to defend last year’s Bendigo Cup victory (Photo: BlueStream Pictures) By Alex Nolan While the masses won’t be heading to the track for the Group 2 Bendigo Cup, club manager Troy Harley says the plan is to

By DAVID BRASCH WHAT on earth was a German family thinking two decades ago when they decided to start a website dedicated to greyhound racing? Holger von Boehn and his son Gunnar and Gunnar’s wife Anja were instrumental in developing greyhound-data, the website that has become a virtual bible of pedigrees for the greyhound racing

By David Brasch SHE\’S a glamorous 33-year-old, a risk management officer with Singleton Council, who has overcome a crippling disease to embrace life. But, she is also a devoted racing fan who is best known as \”The Greyhound Girl\”. That\’s Dimity Maher who has become known throughout the industry for her weekly \”The Greyhound Girl\”

Caption: Happy connections of Crook Me Kindly after his big win in the Northern Districts Cup in 2017. THE Northern Districts Cup, a $35,500 Group 3 feature with special restrictions, will be run at Shepparton over 450m later this month. First run in 2014, the event has a unique criteria in that it is open

CAPTION: Talented sprinter Barcia Bullet wins the $5250 Bundaberg Derby  from Unencumbered and Off Break. (Photos: Uncle Rustys Photos) Qld regional round-up by MIKE HILL SMART Central  Queensland -trained sprinter Barcia Bullet landed his third feature success of the year with a powerful come-from-behind victory in the $5250 Bundaberg Derby (550m) last month. The well-supported

By MIKE HILL DAVID Plummer has only been training for three years, but in recent months he has been ticking off some career \’firsts\’. With his small but smart team of three litter mates, Plummer, based at Takura in the Hervey Bay region, rugged his first winning treble at Bundaberg in late August and a

Caption: Top WA trainer Paul Stuart with his promising young sprinter and Mandurah Cup hopeful Serong. By MIKE HILL LEADING WA trainer Paul Stuart will take a strong trio of sprinters into this month\’s $37,500 Mandurah Cup (490m) as he chases back-to-back victories. Stuart won last year\’s feature with More Deductions and hopes one of

CAPTION: Robbie Brankstone (owner), Annalise Crudeli and Graham Crudeli (Team Crudeli) with Stargazer after the chaser’s upset victory. West Australian news by JAMES BROADHURST Stargazer made the most of his opportunity as a reserve entrant into the recent Spring Gift final (520m) at Cannington with a victory at big odds for trainer Enzo Crudeli and