Author: Editor BOAY

Ultra-consistent but underrated sprinter Bulleteer caught many people by surprise when winning his heat of the Group 2 Bottle-O Ballarat Cup (450m) on Monday afternoon, but his trainer Darren Fisher wasn’t one of them. Hindsight is 20/20 and a glance back at Bulleteer’s recent form showed the superbly-bred son of El Grand Senor and Group 1 Sapphire Crown winner Maja Mahi Mahi thoroughly deserved his shot at Group glory. Fisher’s judgement was vindicated as $14 outsider Bulleteer swept to the front approaching the home turn and held Weblec Jet at…

It will be a classic battle of the sexes in Friday night’s $67,000 Bottle-O Ballarat Cup Final (450m), to run at 9.27pm. Only one female greyhound has won the Ballarat Cup in the past decade – Shared Equity in 2015 – but four of the eight contenders in this year’s final are of the fairer sex. That includes the two fastest heat winners – Shima Classic (24.76sec) and Oriental Amber (24.89sec) – the former running just .07sec (just over one length) off the track record. The female contingent is rounded…

What will we see from Utah Express today at The Meadows? Tim Britton’s talented greyhound ended a run of six straight defeats with a breathtaking box one victory in a Launching Pad Consolation (515m) at Sandown Park on Thursday night, clocking 29.22sec. Today Utah Express heads to The Meadows, this time from a wide draw (7), however that may not worry him as he does boast a 29.87sec PB at the track from the pink alley. The Watchdog says he’ll get a clear run but warns that a couple of…

Few greyhounds have posted the sort of times Earn The Answers has on both Melbourne tracks at such a young age. By the time he was 23 months old, Lyn Smith’s speedster had notched electrifying PBs at both The Meadows (29.62sec) and Sandown Park (29.26sec). Still only 25 months, Earn The Answers is winless in his past six starts, the result of racing in elite company for much of his career. However, tonight at Warragul he appears to have his chance to turn the tables. That is unless the likes…

It was a case of mixed fortunes for Andrea Dailly and ‘Shima’ siblings, Shima Shine and Shima Classic, in Monday afternoon’s Group 2 Bottle-O Ballarat Cup heats (450m). Superstar series favourite Shima Shine was a shock elimination when beaten at $1.30 in his heat; however lightly-raced half-sister Shima Classic restored family pride with a near-record victory in the final run-off. After being knocked out of the Golden Easter Egg in the opening round, Shima Shine (Barcia Bale – Shima Song) took aim at his second country cup title for 2021,…

Prepare yourself for an Easter Monday feast of top class greyhound racing as the 2021 Group 2 Bottle-O Ballarat Cup Heats (450m) get underway from 4.07pm. While the appearance of excitement machines like Shima Shine, Ferdinand Boy and Equalizer is sure to have greyhound fans pinned to the live action on The Watchdog app, a young tyro named Silver Lake is the greyhound creating the most buzz heading into the series. In February, at just his sixth start, Silver Lake broke Ballarat’s 450m track record in 24.686sec, and after running…

Trainer Graham James says he’s playing the long game with Ballarat record holder Silver Lake ahead of the boom kennel newcomer’s return to racing in Monday afternoon’s Group 2 Bottle-O Ballarat Cup heats. Silver Lake sensationally broke Ballarat’s 450m record in February at just his sixth start when clocking 24.69s in a heat of the Listed Western Districts Derby. James then took over the training duties from good friend Lynette Gough, who owns and bred the son of Fernando Bale and Hot Charmola, prior to the Group 3 Launching Pad…

Devel Sixteen and the Sharp family will fly the flag for Victoria in the Group 1 Golden Easter Egg Final in Sydney next Saturday night after a stunning all-the-way semi-final surprise. Devel Sixteen wasn’t even an original nomination for the Easter Egg series, with Avalon trainer Jessica Sharp and husband Jason taking advantage of the postponement of the opening round to send her and litter sister Junk Food Junkie north. Devel Sixteen put the writing on the wall with a massive heat run, where she was edged out in fast…