Year: 2020

Big dreams in Bendigo

Editor BOAY

Sean Cameron has had a great start to his training career when the only two greyhounds he has in his kennels both won within 12 hours of each other. Canya Go Wild’s victory at Bendigo on 25 September was Sean’s first winner as a trainer after holding his Victorian trainers’ licence for less than a year. But the biggest shock for Sean came 12 hours later when Midnight Fussed won at the odds of $34 at Shepparton. “It was a pretty amazing to have both of our greyhounds win in…

Son Of Patrick primed for Harness Million

NZHarnessNews

By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Son Of Patrick will take a lot of improvement into the inaugural Listed NZB Standardbred Harness Million 1 Trot (1980m) at Addington Raceway on Friday night, according to co-trainer and driver Scott Phelan. The three-year-old gelding ran home well to finish a half-head shy of Leaf Stride in the Sires’ Stakes Prelude (1980m) last week and Phelan was delighted with his performance. “He only arrived down there on Tuesday so we were pretty happy with the way he stepped up, especially just getting down…

Thefixer returns

NZHarnessNews

By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Former Gr.1 New Zealand Trotting Cup (3200m) winner Thefixer will make his much anticipated raceday return at Addington Raceway on Friday night. It will be his first outing under the care of new trainer Regan Todd who is excited to watch the Group One winner contest the Gr.2 Lamb & Hayward Canterbury Classic (2600m). “It’s good to finally get him there. It has been a long time coming but so far so good,” Todd said. “He seems pretty well, but looking at him he…

Rivals out to break Epsom hoodoo for mares

NZRacingDesk

Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) and Funstar (Adelaide) enjoyed a tremendous rivalry as three-year-olds but they each face an uphill battle to win the Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m). Only three mares have triumphed in the Group One Randwick mile in the past four decades and one of them was the incomparable Winx (Street Cry). The others were Secret Admirer (Dubawi) nine years ago and La Niege (Better Boy) in 1976. Probabeel’s trainer Jamie Richards is unperturbed by the statistics, adamant his charge has the right formlines to figure in the finish. “The…

Guineas goals for Waimoku Falls

NZRacingDesk

Well-bred filly Waimoku Falls (NZ) (Sacred Falls) kicked off her racing career with a smart win on debut at Tauranga on Wednesday over 1300m. The daughter of Sacred Falls, who races in the silks of syndicators Go Racing, sat in the trail throughout under jockey Sam Spratt and was presented at the right time to win comfortably. Spratt said Waimoku Falls had a look around when she hit the front, however when she eyeballed the main danger Duby out wide, the filly knuckled down again and Spratt felt there was…

Watchdog Blackbook is here!

Editor BOAY

The Watchdog Mobile Form Guide  has stepped it up a notch, taking your online greyhound racing experience to a whole new level. Introducing the Blackbook, a FREE service which allows you to follow your favourite greyhounds, and receive alerts every time they race. And now, in a first for Victorian greyhound racing, you can also follow your favourite trainers. As an added bonus, you’ll receive daily email summaries when your favourites are about to run, and set up notifications for pre-race alerts on your mobile device and more. So do…

Victorian Business Challenge

Editor BOAY

Are you a Victorian business and love greyhound racing? If you answered yes to the question above, then the Victorian Business Challenge is for you! The Victorian Business Challenge is run through SENtrack’s Midweek Meadows program which is hosted by Jack Heverin and Troy Iwanyk on Wednesdays from 1pm-3pm. The Victorian Business Challenge is designed for any Victorian Business to enter their name which is then assigned to a greyhound in an identified race called the Victorian Business Challenge, during the Midweek Meadows program. What do I win?(the winner is…