Author: Editor BOAY

Gippsland breeder and trainer, Robert Bean’s first encounter with the greyhound industry came as a young plumber working in outer suburban Melbourne in the 1980s. He was attending a call to replace a hot water service when he was bailed up by the customer’s hound. “I still remember that day in Chirnside Park,” Robert said. “I walked onto the property and came face to face with a greyhound, without a muzzle. I just froze and almost dropped my tools,” Robert said. After completing the job, he started chatting to the…

It has been another very busy month for greyhound racing in Victoria with exciting new developments and significant progress on a few fronts.

Lara-based trainer Craig Treherne landed five winners – including three Grassroots Western Sprint heats – at Warrnambool on Monday. In a fantastic feat, Treherne’s Grassroots heat winners were Konta ($1.80F) in 25.67sec (Best), Saint Jett ($10.60) in 25.88sec and Gleaming ($6.00) in 26.15sec. A winner of seven races from 55 starts, including two from three at Warrnambool, Konta notched her first victory since Anzac Day at Healesville. Saint Jett secured his fourth win from 44 starts, while Gleaming snared her fifth win from 25 starts – including three of her…

Victoria’s leading trainer Andrea Dailly made a ‘clean sweep’ of the G3 Cranbourne Classic heats (520m) this afternoon. Anakie-based Dailly snared all three heats, led by Australia’s sprint queen Qwara Bale. Contesting Heat 3, Qwara Bale ($1.80F) led from go-to-whoa before holding off a late rally by Hill Top Jack ($3.40) by 0.9L in a flying 29.90sec. Lala Ivory ($15.10), also trained by Dailly, was third only 2L from her kennelmate. She also qualified for next week’s final, giving Dailly a four-pronged challenge in the $25,000 to-the-winner event. Qwara Bale…

Coursing royalty descends upon Longwood as the 148th Waterloo Cup series kicks off on Sunday. It will indeed be a ‘Battle of Waterloo’ as 64 entrants – including defending champion Making Gravy – start their chase for coursing’s time-honoured ‘Holy Grail’. Making Gravy has “had a few issues”, according to Stanhope trainer Adele Powell, but he’s not ‘going off the deep end’ if you’ll excuse the pun. In fact, it’s quite the contrary as Powell adds “I’m pretty confident I’ve got him 100 per cent”. “He trialled at Healesville on…

Rod Clark is confident Oriental Amber can take a huge step towards next month’s Group 2 Healesville Cup when she starts favourite in Sunday afternoon’s Straight Racing …Great Racing Grade 5 final (350m). Boasting an imposing 23 from 47 career strike rate, Oriental Amber, a G2 Ballarat Cup finalist and the Horsham 410m record holder, is undoubtedly the class runner in the final, which is Race 6 at 12.49pm. With Clark’s sights on the Healesville Cup heats, to be held on Sunday, September 5, Oriental Amber made her Healesville debut…

The Tigers may be fallen AFL monarchs, but that won’t stop their loyal ‘tribe’ clawing at TAB’s right royal AFL/Greys offer tonight. The betting behemoth is offering $3.30 on Richmond defeating GWS Giants and sprint queen Qwara Bale reigning supreme at Cranbourne. The Tiges are 10th on the AFL ladder with nine wins from 20 matches while the Giants are eighth with nine wins and a draw. Last week, GWS slayed Geelong by 19pts while Richmond hopped over North Melbourne by 33pts. Meanwhile, Qwara Bale is TAB’s $1.60 favourite in…

In the current COVID-dominated landscape it would be difficult to find a more topical ‘omen’ tip Australia-wide this weekend than Isolating, which is chasing a sixth straight win at Sandown Park on Saturday night. Handled superbly by Karen Pitt at Pearcedale, Isolating has ‘separated’ himself from his rivals in winning five on end, completing a stunning return after sustaining a career-threatening injury back in February after just three starts. However, it’s likely the superbly related son of Fernando Bale and It’s A Wink, whose dam It’s A Blur and grand-dam…