Author: Editor BOAY

There’s an undeniable union within Warrnambool’s greyhound racing fraternity. And that ‘unbreakable bond’ is never more evident as the Group 1 Bold Trease final (715m) – one of the sport’s premier staying events – approaches at Sandown Park on Friday night. The Bold Trease is named in honour of the “Warrnambool Warrior” who won four consecutive Sandown Cups (1986-89). His last-to-first racing style brought thousands through the turnstiles. He not only captured the imagination of the people within the game, but also the recognition of the general public at large.…

Young training star Correy Grenfell admits to shedding a tear when $22 outsider Knicks Bale defied the odds to win the Group 1 Hume Cup on November 1, the same day her legendary owner/breeder Paul Wheeler was laid to rest. Emotions are sure to be running high again for Correy and wife Samantha at Sandown Park tonight when they have Wheeler-bred-and-owned finalists in the G1 TAB Melbourne Cup (515m) and G1 Bold Trease (715m). Kinson Bale (Box 8) is a $13 chance in the Melbourne Cup, while Hume Cup heroine Knicks…

The world’s greatest greyhound race, the $500,000 to-the-winner G1 TAB Melbourne Cup final, is taking place at Sandown Park tonight. G1 Topgun champion Aston Rupee and G2 Cranbourne Cup winner Koblenz headline the field, with Aston Rupee looking to emulate Bombastic Shiraz in 2003 and win the Topgun, Shootout and Melbourne Cup in the same year. G3 Speed Star 725m winner Mepunga Ruby and G1 Topgun Stayers champion Gypsy Wyong clash in the G1 Bold Trease final with a first prize of $105,000. Dale Code’s Predicted Market FirmerBLACK AVENGERTAB fixed…

Family means everything to greyhound racing’s Whelan family, who are based in the Gippsland town of Metung. And on Friday night at Sandown Park the family unit – which is led by Peter and Monique, with help from two of their sons, Luke (21) and Harley (24) – will vie for their second Group 1 victory in the $762,500 TAB Melbourne Cup (515m). Lakeview Walter is their Cup contender, a greyhound which they bred, own and train themselves. “We couldn’t contain our excitement when he won his (Melbourne Cup) heat,”…

Trainers David Geall and Angela Langton consider each other to be their best friends in greyhound racing. Based in the Geelong region, they’ve been that way for over 15 years, sharing road trips while racing interstate, taking family holidays together, and even weekly dinners with their respective partners, Rose and Jeff. So it was apt that the pair should share a piece of history last Friday when Geall’s Koblenz and Langton’s Jepara dead heated in the night’s opening TAB Melbourne Cup heat. “If we had to draw with somebody, to…

There was a time when Untapped was a potential ‘applicant’ for GRV’s Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP). Incredibly, she’ll compete in the Group 1 Bold Trease final (715m) at Sandown Park on Friday night. Untapped (Box 1) is a $7.00 chance on TAB. Failure can’t cope with persistence and her Dennington trainer, Dustin Drew, has shown the ‘patience of Job’. “As a pup she wouldn’t go a yard and it took a lot of tolerance to get her going. In fact, she just stood next to me at her first trial,”…

Form expert The Watchdog has bravely predicted that Friday night’s Group 1 TAB Melbourne Cup final is favourite Aston Rupee’s “race to lose”. Striving to become only the second sprinter after the great Bombastic Shiraz in 2003 to complete the ‘Triple Crown’ of the Topgun, Shootout and Melbourne Cup, Aston Rupee sits atop TAB’s market at $2.30 after a barnstorming come-from-behind heat victory; his eighth win from his past nine starts. The time of 29.47sec was well outside Aston Rupee’s Sandown Park 515m track record of 28.79sec, but trainer Glenn…

G3 The Ambrosoli finalist Shima Jake will be hoping for a change of fortune in a Grade 5 460m race at Geelong tonight after two luckless runs since resuming earlier this month. Outlaw Ethics, Indy Lolly – victorious in four of her last five starts – and Zeeba’s Legacy will provide stiff opposition. In-form Quintana Bale v dual G2 placed Fortuna Bale will be a great clash, while dual G2 country cup winner Yozo Bale highlights a Mixed 4/5 400m race. Sandra’s Sticker, Highly Explosive and So Predictable are dropping…

Here’s a quick guide to the 65-year history of the world’s greatest greyhound race, which was first run in 1956 when won by Rocketeer. It might even help you find the winner in Friday night’s $762,500 final. Melbourne Cup winning boxes Box 1 has produced 17 winners, including two of past four – Aston Dee Bee (2017) and My Redeemer (2018) Box 2: 8 winners, most recent Dyna Double One (2015) Box 3: 7 winners, most recent Whiskey Riot (2019) Box 4: 6 winners, most recent Betty’s Angel (2006) Box…

Champion trainer Jason Thompson will be striving to rewrite Group 1 TAB Melbourne Cup history on Friday night when Aussie Secret exits Box 1 in the world’s greatest race. Thompson is one of three trainers with three Melbourne Cup trophies on their mantelpiece, courtesy of Light Of Fire (1994), Got A Moment (2012) and Black Magic Opal (2013), while wife Seona was victorious with Aston Dee Bee (2017). Underlining Thompson’s remarkable Cup record, Aussie Secret, which sits on the third line of TAB betting at $8, will be the Pearcedale mentor’s 20th…