Author: Editor BOAY

The Watchdog says “$2.80 is probably about the right price” for race favourite Hennessey (Box 2) in the $47,000 to-the-winner Group 2 SEN Track Warragul Cup final this Friday night. “He was brilliant last week – 25.53sec and 6.40sec through the first marker. If he does everything right at box rise, he’s going to put himself into the race. The form expert believes “there’s better value around”. “You’ve got to look at dogs like Titan Blazer (Box 8), he’s my top pick. He keeps answering every challenge thrown at him.…

Trainer Andrea Dailly will launch a two-pronged challenge in her quest to win a second Warragul Cup on Friday night – 17 years after she scored with Sun Hero in 2005. She’ll rug Gypsy Bun, which won the first of six heats tonight, and Indy Fido, which finished a thrilling second to Robbie Rotten in his heat. Watch Based at Anakie, Dailly finished third with retired superstar Shima Shine in last year’s final after he’d set a new 460m track record (25.19sec) in a heat. She also prepared 2013 Warragul…

Avalon-based breeder-owner-trainer Michelle Mallia enjoyed a stellar run from mid-2017 until early 2019 with the flying Zoom Out. And now some members of her first litter (Sep ’19 Barcia Bale) – bred by Mallia – are following in mum’s pawprints. Two of her sons, Bolt Out (19.15sec) and Boom Out (19.16sec), were impressive winners at Healesville last Sunday. Boom Out has won 13 from 27 and Bolt Out six from 24. Mallia also trains their sister, Rush Out, which has won five from 19, while Lara’s Mathew and Kathryne Tabb prepare Jack Out…

After enjoying a stellar 2021, David Geall has started the New Year with a major setback, revealing Melbourne Cup hero Koblenz is in serious doubt for next month’s Group 1 Australian Cup Carnival. Geall suspected there was an injury issue after Koblenz, winner of 26 of his 41 starts, was beaten at $1.20 at Shepparton on December 27 and x-rays earlier this week confirmed those fears. “He had an x-ray on Tuesday, which confirmed he’s cracked a metatarsal in his back foot and he won’t be able to run behind…

Young training force Daniel Gibbons was born into greyhound racing but admits a career with the collar and lead wasn’t always a fait accompli; in fact, it was anything but. But after an intriguing journey, Gibbons is following a proud family tradition that looks set to continue when recent Group 2 Laurels runner-up Gracie Bale heads to The Meadows on Saturday night. Gracie Bale is $3.80 with TAB in Race 5 over 525m at 7.58pm. “I’ve been around greyhounds since I could walk but I was never really interested in…

G2 Bendigo Cup placegetter Typhoon Sammy was scintillating at Warragul last Sunday night and he is the headline act in the second heat of the G2 SEN Track Warragul Cup this evening. Inaugural TAB Phoenix winner Wow She’s Fast is the star attraction in the sixth and final heat. G2 placegetter Gypsy Bun v dual G3 finalist Hebridean Black v Invictus Rising v dual G3 winner Barooga Smoke is a competitive first heat, while two-time G1 winner Qwara Bale faces in-form chasers Robbie Rotten, On The Bit and Brother Bearing…

Exciting speedster Silver Brute is set to continue Gary Peach’s dream run with his homebred Aston Dee Bee x Weeping Lass litter in Saturday night’s lucrative Summer Sizzle final (390m) at Warrnambool. Silver Brute, which turned two on Christmas Eve, is chasing his sixth win from seven starts in the $10,000 to-the-winner Summer Sizzle, the centrepiece of Warrnambool’s annual Seaside Festival. Peach has already enjoyed feature race success during the carnival, with Struck Gold, a litter brother to Silver Brute, winning the Vic Bred Maiden Final (450m) last Wednesday on…

Traralgon Greyhound Racing Club will conduct its first official race meeting on its new J-curve track on Saturday 15 January. Traralgon will race over 395m and 500m initially, with plans to open the 350m and 450m starts in the coming weeks. As the 450m start is currently inactive, the 2022 Traralgon Cup will be held over 395m in 2022 only. Heats for the Traralgon Cup will be held on Friday 21 January, with the final to be run on Australia Day, Wednesday 26 January.

Can Aston Ulysses resist the ‘Sirens’ in tonight’s Group 2 Golden Sands final (600m) at Albion Park? That’s the ‘$75,000 question’ as the versatile Victorian, trained by Paul Abela, chases his first ‘black type’ win at his third attempt. He was a finalist in the G3 Sir John Dillon Memorial (595m) at Sandown Park and G3 Wentworth Park Gold Cup (720m). Aston Ulysses (Box 6) and counterpart McCooly’s Lad (Box 8), prepared by Anthony Azzopardi, are attempting to give the Vics back-to-back Golden Sands wins. Mepunga Isla, trained by Adam Richardson,…