Healesville Greyhound Association will proceed with conducting the Victorian Straight Track Championship on Sunday 25 July (heats) & Sunday 1 August (Final), however competing greyhounds will now NOT progress to the National Final in Capalaba as part of this particular series. The decision comes as Racing Queensland advises that the 2021 National Straight Track Championship (NSTC) has been postponed due to the current impact of COVID-19. State qualifiers for the national series were due to commence from this week across Victoria, NSW, SA and Queensland, however new dates for state…
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Daily Mail: Vic bred stars go into battle
All roads tonight lead to Shepparton tonight where a couple interesting GRV Vic Bred Grade 5 heat match-ups should whet the betting appetite. And the first of these could pay ‘handsome’ dividends. Rockstar Ruby (5 from 19 – 2 of past 3) v Handsome Jack (12 from 43 – 4 of past 5) look set for a great battle. At her last start, Rockstar Ruby beat G1 Maturity Classic finalist Envy To Burn while Handsome Jack, a Healesville Derby finalist, should relish Box 7 (4 from 9). In the second…
Daily Mail: Big guns face serious Healesville test
Aussie Secret (22 from 45 – 3 from past 4) is tuning up for next week’s Victorian Straight Track Championship series and his clash v country champ Benchester (23 from 65) today at Healesville (350m) looms as a beauty! Aussie Secret (G1 Silver Chief finalist) makes his Healesville debut while Benchester (dual G2 Shepparton Cup finalist) boasts a slick 19.19sec PB. However, this dynamic duo may not get things their own way, with Carry On Angel (3rd G1 Harrison-Dawson) to make his debut up the straight, and then there’s Untested…
‘Fastnet’ sails to ‘age of reason’
Two of the sport’s most exciting young stars – Aston Fastnet and Koblenz –staged a thriller in Heat 2 of the G1 KCR Pet Transport Maturity Classic (525m) at The Meadows tonight. Incredibly, Koblenz ($1.90F) was chasing his 12th successive win, but Aston Fastnet ($4.20) sailed home at ‘full mast’ to score by just 0.14L over the tearaway leader in 29.85sec. Trained by Jason Thompson, Aston Fastnet – a finalist in the G3 Bill Collins Speed Star won by his litter brother Aston Rupee – recorded his ninth win from…
Can ‘Chief’ do the ‘Sambar’?
A sensational card of coursing at Lang Lang tomorrow features 59 up-and-comers in preliminaries of the time-honoured Sylvester Doyle Puppy Championship. And it’s also highlighted by an array of top liners contesting initial rounds of the Ray Boundy Memorial. One of the headline acts in the Puppy Championship is the Jason Whybrow-trained Sambar Chief who recently took out the prestigious Victoria Derby. He’s also won three races (all over 350m up Healesville’s straight track) from eight starts. The Matt Lanigan-trained Mepunga Gertie, who is making her coursing debut, is proven…
Coursing fit for a Prince
Rothwell Prince’s back-to-back wins at The Meadows in June were dispersed by two coursing appearances, including victory in the Bert Clark Memorial at Longwood over the promising St. Marys Panda. This proved a welcome turning point for the son of Unlawful Entry, who extended his winning streak to three when victorious at Sandown Park last Sunday. Rothwell Prince endured some misdemeanors on the racetrack including receiving a ticket for failing to chase before he joined Phil Smith’s Pascoe Vale South team, and his record now stands at six wins from…
Daily Mail: Koblenz leads Classic charge
The Meadows will be the cynosure of all greyhound racing eyes on Saturday night as the best young sprinters in the land, headlined by potential superstars Koblenz and Aston Rupee, contest the heats of the G1 Maturity Classic (525m). Koblenz (16 from 21 – 3 from 3 Trk/Dst 29.78sec PB) is chasing an amazing 12th straight win in heat 2, where he’ll face another prodigious talent in Aston Fastnet (8 from 19). Aston Rupee (9 from 17 – 1 from 1 Trk/Dst – 29.47sec PB), Aston Fastnet’s litter brother, will…
How The Watchdog would spend $50 on TAB’s ‘All In’ Maturity Classic market
Expert form analyst The Watchdog expects Koblenz to continue his sensational 11-race winning streak in Saturday night’s star-spangled Maturity Classic heats and is backing the boom youngster to go all the way in the G1 series. Trained by David Geall, Koblenz, a son of mighty 2015 Maturity hero Fernando Bale, is unbeaten in three starts at The Meadows and The Watchdog is tipping him to overcome classy heat rival Aston Fastnet and earn the chance to emulate his champion sire. “He’s yet to be headed in his last nine starts,…
Dees’ fans ‘zipping’ into action!
Demons’ fans will make a mad dash for Saturday’s AFL/Greys offer from TAB. The betting giant’s cross-sports proposition is $2.40 on ‘livewire’ Melbourne forward Kysaiah Pickett kicking 1+ goals against Hawthorn and greyhound staying ‘mercenary’ Zipping Rambo winning at The Meadows. The Dees are 2nd on the AFL ladder with 13 wins and the Hawks 17th with four wins. And Pickett has kicked 24 goals from 16 games – an average of 1.5 goals per match. He’s also averaging 12.2 disposals. Meanwhile, the Mark Delbridge-trained Zipping Rambo is TAB’s raging…
Chilcott’s ‘fact-finding’ Fireball
Heathcote trainer Michael Chilcott embarks on a ‘fact-finding mission’ with his two staying aspirants in the G3 Destini Lodge Fireball heats (725m) at The Meadows on Saturday night. Chilcott has My Father’s Son in Heat 1 (Race 2 at 6.57pm) and Up The Amount in Heat 2 (Race 3 at 7.20pm). My Father’s Son (Box 4) – runner-up to Five Star in last month’s Pink Diamond Champion Distance final (660m) at Bendigo – tackles G1 Sandown Cup hero and G3 Speed Star (595m) winner Zipping Rambo (Box 7). And Up…