Author: Editor BOAY

Western Australian trainer Shayne Williams has welcomed defending champion Blackpool Flash back with open arms as the brilliant Victorian sprinter takes aim at back-to-back victories in the Group 3 Birthday Cup (405m) at Mandurah. After campaigning in Tasmania late in 2021, Blackpool Flash has returned to WA to defend his Birthday Cup crown and will put his unblemished Mandurah record on the line in Friday night’s (or Saturday morning for Victorians) heats. “He’s an absolute freak. He blows my mind,” said  Shayne Williams. “He just consistently comes out of those…

The race for the first country cup title in 2022 begins this Friday night with six heats of the Group 2 SEN Track Warragul Cup and form expert The Watchdog fancies the chances of TAB’s ‘All In’ favourite Typhoon Sammy. Third in the Group 2 Bendigo Cup final in October, the Jason Thompson-trained Typhoon Sammy heads the ‘All In’ market at $6. Kennelmate Aussie Secret, winner of the Group 1 Hobart Thousand final last month, shares the second line of betting at $8 with Group 1 Melbourne Cup runner-up Lala…

A number of promising youngsters, including Sandown Park 29.25 winner Levitation, will contest a Mixed 6/7 515m race to start the meeting at Sandown Park tonight. The Watchdog’s top selection Zambora Charlie (Sandown Park 29.53 winner), Zipping James (nine top-two finishes from 10 starts) and Flight Risk (Bendigo 23.74 winner on debut) will be strong challengers to Levitation. G1 Adelaide Cup champion Do It – runner-up in the G1 Hobart Thousand final – faces dual G1 finalist Junk Food Junkie and G2 finalist Got The Torque. Two-time G1 finalist Drako…

Wunderkind Wow She’s Fast holds the ‘wow factor’ in the Group 2 SENTrack Warragul Cup heats (460m) on Friday night. Winner of a mind-boggling $750,000 first prize in the inaugural TAB Phoenix, Wow She’s Fast headlines the six heats, which kick off the second leg of the 2021/22 ‘Gippsland Festival of Racing’. Dubbed the sport’s ‘wonder woman’, Wow She’s Fast has notched five wins from only seven starts including a scintillating 29.09sec success (by 27.5 lengths!) on race debut – the fastest ever Maiden (515m) victory at Sandown Park. The…

GRV encourages anyone feeling unwell not to attend racetracks or other greyhound facilities. Following a significant increase in COVID-19 cases across Victoria over the past few days, to reduce the COVID-19 risk, GRV has adopted the following protocols to come into effect from 6 January 2022: – Temperature Testing to be reintroduced at race meetings – QR Code scanning continues – The wearing of face masks is again mandatory at all Victorian greyhound racing clubs at all times, inside and outside, including trial sessions – Social distancing of at least…

King Of Calypso is going through a renaissance in form and is aiming to extend his winning streak to five races this afternoon at The Meadows in a Mixed 4/5 525m race. However, The Watchdog is tipping Painkiller to stop the unbeaten run of King Of Calypso. Freya Bale got within one length of the Cranbourne 311m track record last start and returns to the track and distance this evening. Fellow short-course specialists Rumour Is Fact and Bean’s Multi are considered the best chances of denying Freya Bale a fourth…