April 4, 2022

“It is heartbreaking. That is the only term you can use. Especially for the staff who work so hard to present great racing week-in, week-out.”

Lismore track manager, John Zorzo, gave Chase an insight into just how gut-wrenching recent events have been at the northern NSW club.

SIX years ago, Mick Gibilisco retired after 28 years as a director of Sandown Greyhound Club.

YOUNG Park Ridge-based trainer Jedda Cutlack  is hoping to launch a powerful trio of runners at this month’s $59,500 Group 3R Ipswich Auction Series (520m).

HALL of Fame greyhound journo Jeff Collerson remembers back in 1990 thinking the name, the Golden Easter Egg for a glamour race at Wentworth Park, was a “bit silly, corny even”.

As the post-covid era slowly commences, the majority of the clubs across the country are starting see rewards for their efforts with the feature races and social events returning to ‘normal’.

In 2016, when NSW Premier Mike Baird announced a ban on greyhound racing in that state, the ‘copper’ in Rob Vellar sensed a massive injustice.

It’s a bit of a shame that the Brisbane GRC has had to postpone its planned 50th anniversary of greyhound racing under lights in Queensland.

The hard-working committee from the Moree Greyhound Racing Club, one of the country’s most historic greyhound organisations, is hoping this year’s rich Easter carnival will help reinvigorate the sport in the western NSW region.

Family dynasties are as crucial a part of greyhound racing as the collar and lead. On April 8, Ballarat Cup night, Jodie Faralla’s lineage will come squarely into the industry’s spotlight.