Author: Editor BOAY

Dailly wary of Delbridge domination

Editor BOAY

With seven runners, ‘Team Dailly’ has a very strong numerical presence in Thursday night’s G2 McKenna Memorial heats (595m) at Sandown Park. However, co-trainer Tom Dailly fears quantity may not be enough to make a dent in Mark Delbridge’s middle distance juggernaut, spearheaded by defending McKenna Memorial champion Christo Bale and recent G1 Sandown Cup winner Zipping Rambo. “They’re the two class 600m dogs going around at the moment and they’ll be extremely hard to beat,” Dailly said. The Dailly kennel’s best chance of making an impact looks to be…

Daily Mail: Beast mode activated

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Ballarat will play host to some extraordinary racing on Wednesday evening including the appearance of Collinda Beast (7 from 15), a greyhound with group potential who is two from two since transferring to Jason Thompson’s team. A number of fascinating clashes will also play out at Ballarat including former track record holder Benchester v multiple group finalist Aussie Secret, Blackpool Flash (23 from 43) v Interrogate (won past 3) and Handsome Jack (4 of past 8) v former Shepparton track record holder Paddy’s Marvel. Earlier on Wednesday, elite female sprinter…

Daily Mail: Return to the throne?

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Up-and-coming stars King Of Glory (6 from 11) and Xavien Bale (3rd Cranbourne Winter Cup) are set to lock horns for the second week in a row at Horsham tonight. King Of Glory scraped into tonight’s $3,145 final when running fourth behind Xavien Bale in last week’s fastest heat (WATCH), and time will tell if the former can reclaim the throne. Tonight at Warragul, Luckie Karabitsakos is set to debut a number of half-siblings to reigning TAB Melbourne Cup winner Hard Style Rico, while later on the card an interesting…

Boom sprinter Koblenz makes it a perfect 10

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Young sprinting star Koblenz claimed his 10th win in a row at Sandown Park this afternoon. He did it in typical style as he exploded to the lead early and set a first split of 4.98 – equal third fastest for the year. He dropped the clutch down the back and set 18.60 before completing the 515m journey in 29.208. “I tell you what, I’m stoked,” said trainer David Geall. ‘Jayden’ as he’s known, has now won 15 of his 20 career starts and is one of the hottest prospects…

“J Curve” charts rise of new Traralgon greyhound track

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Media release from the Victorian Government         The first single-turn greyhound racetrack in Australia is on course for completion in Traralgon by the end of the year – with majority funding contributed by the Victorian Government. Minister for Racing Martin Pakula confirmed a $3 million investment from the Victorian Racing Industry Fund towards construction of the “J” track, with Greyhound Racing Victoria contributing $2 million. The “J” track design was developed following research by the University of Technology Sydney into risk management and extensive modelling on how to reduce physical stress…

Daily Mail: Seven up for Craggy?

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A number of the most professional greyhounds in the land will head to Healesville today. Man Absconded (21 from 57), Hello George (12 from 18 Trk/Dis), Rilynn Bale (30 from 60) and Fortuna Bale (25 from 59) are all super dependable, while a clash between emerging stars Duncan (9 from 17) v Soda Diamond (10 from 16) will create plenty of interest among straight racing fans. Meanwhile, city-class sprinter Kaheem Bale (8 from 15) returns from a six-week layoff to make his straight track debut against the likes of G1…

The Arrow spearheads exciting initiatives in new Healesville Festival of Racing

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Sun 4 July – Sun 12 Sept  |  5 Feature Races  |  $800K in prize money          Head-to-head greyhound racing will head up the Yarra Valley straight in one of several exciting new initiatives incorporated into greyhound racing’s inaugural Healesville Festival of Racing. The Arrow – to be run on the last Sunday in August – will involve four head-to-head matches with the greyhound clocking the fastest time declared the overall winner. Connections will need to come up with a $1,000 nomination fee in a classic battle of…

Daily Mail: Career-best Christo in majestic match-up

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In great news for Jax Bale fans, the reigning Cranbourne Cup winner makes his long-awaited return to the track for the first time since he took out a heat of the Warrnambool Cup two months ago. Andrea Dailly’s star sprinter is heading straight for the big smoke to tackle a strong line-up in the first leg of tonight’s Quaddie at The Meadows. Later on the card, a cracking middle-distance Gr8 Eight race will see Aston Gwen (G2 Laurels) v 6-time G1 finalist Christo Bale in the most anticipated race of…

Coursing classic clean-sweep

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Last Sunday’s coursing meeting at Benalla was the venue for some extraordinary racing and a unique double that could well have re-written the history books. Trainers Jason Whybrow and his partner Nicole Lummas won the two main features of the day when littermates St. Mary’s Panda and Sambar Chief took out the Oaks and Derby respectively. The result had life-affirming effects for the Wangaratta training couple. Just 21 months old, both Mepunga Blazer x Snooky pups entered last weekend with five starts for two wins apiece, and they have taken…