Author: Editor BOAY

G3 winner Barooga Smoke (2 from 3 Trk/Dst – 24.94sec PB) has finished top-two in his last seven starts and The Watchdog believes he will be too strong in tonight’s Mixed 4/5 450m race at Shepparton. Zipping Martina, Mallee Swan, Rapid Reiko and Studley are considered the main dangers to last Monday night’s narrow G3 Silver Bullet runner-up at The Meadows. The Mixed 4/5 385m race has plenty of winning hopes including Kraken Candy, All Inn Jasper, Whiskey Road (3 of last 5), Sagacious (4 of last 7) and All…

Dr. Slats (7 from 12 – 5 from 8 Trk/Dst) is an exciting prospect and he is aiming to win his third-straight race and fifth in his last six starts in tonight’s 440m Free For All at Sale. The Horizon finalists Omega Dodge (8 of last 10) and Massimo, plus Ha Ha Macgyver (3 from 5 Box 8 – 24.65sec PB), are considered the biggest dangers to Dr. Slats. Maxwell (3 from 6 Box 1) v Langfield Bale v Spring Poldark v Balbina Bale and Spring Cobra v Fantastic Raven…

The fastest greyhound in Australia became the best at The Meadows on Saturday night when Victorian superstar Aston Rupee was a brilliant winner of the Group 1 TAB Topgun (525m). Trained by Glenn Rounds at Devon Meadows, Aston Rupee started $2.20 favourite from Box 2 in the invitational sprint and railed underneath leader Tiggerlong Tonk ($15.40) in the home straight to claim his first G1 victory. “I saw the six (Tiggerlong Tonk) was in front and I was thinking balance up and do your stuff. He was fantastic,” Rounds told…

Emerging Victorian stayer Gypsy Wyong ($6.60) is a Group 1 winner after taking out tonight’s TAB Topgun Stayers (725m) at The Meadows in unusual circumstances. The $75,000 to-the-winner event looked a race in two in the home straight as well-backed duo Zac’s Entity ($4.40) and Stanley Road ($4.20) looked ready to assume control from front-running favourite Miss Ezmae ($3.80), however the pair tangled up at a crucial moment putting them both out of business. Gypsy Wyong (Westmead Hawk x Dyna Gypsy), a female greyhound boasting rich international bloodlines with a…

RSN’s Ron Hawkswell, the voice of the TAB Topgun, caught up with fellow race caller Victoria Shaw ahead of tonight’s 2021 version of Australia’s richest invitational race, which carries a $150,000 first prize. The Topgun was first run in 1993, which Ron reminisced produced a memorable dead heat between Golden Currency and Worth Backing, while some of the other great chasers to win the race include Rapid Journey (1998), Bombastic Shiraz (2003), El Grand Senor (2010) and Fernando Bale (2015). greyhoundracingvic · TAB Topgun preview with Ron Hawkswell “You’ve really…

Lala Kiwi has gained a start in tonight’s TAB Topgun (525m) following the scratching of fellow Victorian sprinter Mr. Fix It, who has pulled up with minor soreness after a gallop on Friday. Trained by Andrea Dailly, Lala Kiwi comes into Box 4, the draw she had when snaring the Group 3 Cranbourne Classic in August. Lala Kiwi is the only female in the TAB Topgun, which will jump at 9.17pm. The Watchdog had tipped Mr. Fix It to win the TAB Topgun, with the form expert’s selections now changed…

There will be a State of Origin-type feeling at The Meadows this evening as the best sprinters and stayers trained in Victoria and New South Wales contest the two G1 TAB Topguns. Victorian-trained Do It (G1 winner – 4 from 7 Box 1), Aston Rupee (dual G3 winner – 16 from 29), Tiggerlong Tonk (dual G1 winner – 42 from 92) and Lala Kiwi (G3 winner – 4 of last 7) go against NSW-trained Zipping Kyrgios (G2 winner – won last 6), Wow (G1 winner – 26 from 44), Bandit Ned…

‘In form’ form analyst The Watchdog is tipping Jeff Britton’s litter brothers Mr. Fix It and Do It to give a great sight at huge odds in Saturday night’s Group 1 TAB Topgun (525m) at The Meadows. Do It (Box 1) and Mr. Fix It (Box 4) ran the quinella in the G1 Adelaide Cup final on October 8 and both boast excellent records at The Meadows. Mr. Fix It has won 14 from 22 over the 525m course, including the Victorian National Sprint final, where he defeated Topgun favourite…