Author: Editor BOAY

Superstar Aston Rupee has drifted slightly from $2.40 to $2.50 but still holds favouritism despite drawing Box 4, for the $500,000 to-the-winner Group 1 TAB Melbourne Cup final (515m) on Friday night. The all-important box draw, for the ‘world’s greatest greyhound race, was conducted live from Eureka Tower this morning during Episode One of GRV’s Thrill of the Chase program on 7two. Trained by Glenn Rounds, Aston Rupee – a recent winner of the G1 Topgun – is Australia’s No. 1 sprinter. Click HERE  for the latest TAB Melbourne Cup…

G3 Great Chase winner Dr. Tucker resumes at Sale tonight, but he is facing track specialist Omega Dodge and exciting kennelmate Dr. Slats. The promising Lakeview Max is having his first run since February, while G1 Australian Cup placegetter Lakeview Cruiser is also in action. Aston Latham, Hello George and Duncan all love the straight track at Healesville, while G3 finalist Aston Ulysses lines up at Sandown Park. Dale Code’s Predicted Market FirmerBRAEMAR PRINCETAB fixed odds at 9.30am: $2.30 Win Healesville Race 12 Box 4 2:32pm Form https://watchdog.grv.org.au/meeting/666539203/race/12 Today’s Racing…

Novice trainer Ricky Jarvis admits he’s learning on the job with exciting home-bred sprinter Rufiano, which is drawn to continue his excellent recent form in Race 6 at The Meadows tonight at 8.17pm. Rufiano, which has won eight of his 18 starts and four of his last five, is the dream result of Jarvis and brother Shayne’s first breeding foray. Ricky only took over the collar and lead with Rufiano in September, with Rodney Ashworth having guided the son of My Bro Fabio through his first 14 starts. “My brother…

G2 McKenna Memorial placegetter Jarick Bale faces Auspicious Queen and promising Amnesty in a terrific race at The Meadows tonight. Pink Diamond (500m) finalist Gypsy Yankee, G1 Sandown Cup champion Zipping Rambo and dual G1 finalist Bobby The Brute also feature, while Rufiano and Bareki are aiming to secure their fourth and ninth straight wins respectively. At Geelong this evening, dual G3 finalist Keep It Black and Geelong Oaks winner Osprey Rose should provide a great clash, while impressive 29.56sec Sandown Park winner Blazing Times is expected to boost his…

The Group 1 TAB Melbourne Cup is promoted as “the world’s greatest greyhound race”. And tonight’s eight heats (515m) at Sandown Park provided world-class racing! Unquestionably, the ‘world-beaters’ were Lala Kiwi (Heat 8), Lakeview Walter (Heat 7) and Aston Rupee (Heat 4). Lala Kiwi ($3.50), prepared by Victoria’s leading trainer Andrea Dailly, set the time standard with a slick 29.24sec victory. The G3 Cranbourne Classic winner notched her 16th win from 37 starts. She was also a finalist in the G1 Topgun and G2 Cranbourne Cup. Click HERE  for TAB’s…

Exciting NSW stayer Line Of Quality threw down the gauntlet to his Victorian rivals with a barnstorming last-to-first performance in Friday night’s heats of the Group 1 Bold Trease (715m) at Sandown Park. Line Of Quality contested the second of four heats and after walking out of the boxes he improved into second with a lap to go and careered away in the home straight, romping to an 8.5 length victory in 41.72sec. The winner of 12 from 21, Line Of Quality is trained by Darryl Thomas and raced by…

Young trainer Luke Whelan couldn’t be happier with injury-plagued talent Lakeview Max ahead of the lightly-raced sprinter’s return to racing at Sale on Sunday night in heats of the Group 3 Provincial Plate (520m). Luke, 21, and the Whelan family have enjoyed a stellar 2021, with Lakeview Walter  winning the G1 Silver Chief and G3 Silver Bullet and litter brother Lakeview Cruiser  running third in the G1 Australian Cup. But it was their ‘cousin’ Lakeview Max, which has frustratingly been restricted to four wins from his five starts and hasn’t been…

A selection of super stayers – including a mini-invasion of NSW stars – sets the scene for dynamic distance racing in four heats of the Group 1 Bold Trease (715m) at Sandown Park on Friday night. The charge of the NSW staying brigade includes Stanley Road, Line Of Quality, Kylie Keeping and My Margarita. Click HERE  for TAB’s ‘All In’ Bold Trease market  Since the race’s inception in 1999, there has been only two NSW winners – Texas Gold (2005) and Zipping Malfoy (2011). Meanwhile, this year’s local contingent is…

One of the best meetings of the year is being staged at Sandown Park tonight with the fields for two Group 1 races to be determined. G1 champions Tommy Shelby, Qwara Bale and Aston Rupee, plus G2 winner Koblenz, headline the eight heats of the G1 TAB Melbourne Cup. G1 winners Stanley Road, Knicks Bale and Gypsy Wyong, along with G3 winner Mepunga Ruby, contest the four heats of the G1 Bold Trease. Dale Code’s Predicted Market FirmerBOOM OUTTAB fixed odds at 9am: $2.40 Win Warragul Race 10 Box 8…

Champion trainer Jason Thompson’s TAB Melbourne Cup ‘fire’ is still burning – 27 years after he first won the world’s greatest greyhound race. Thompson was a 25-year-old when he won the sport’s ‘Holy Grail’ with Light Of Fire in 1994. A year earlier, he had finished fourth with Head Honcho – his first finalist in the event. The Pearcedale-based master of the ‘lead and collar’ also won the Melbourne Cup with Got A Moment (2012) and Black Magic Opal (2013). His wife, Seona, won the prestigious race with Aston Dee…