Author: Editor BOAY

WOW are they hot?

Allansford trainer, Kurt Howard, had his first win at Geelong this week and two races later backed it up for a double as he joins the younger brigade of Victorian greyhound trainers having success around the state. Kurt had his first success when Lil Miss Shooter grabbed a length and a half win in race one and then he backed up with Big Buck in the third. To pick up the first winner is always a great thrill, but to manage the double was something else for Kurt. “It was…

The Watchdog was impressed by the “brilliant effort last week” of a second placegetter at Horsham, who “will be even better for the run”. But the form expert warns the obvious danger to the “likely leader” is all ‘Quality’, while it could be all champagne and ‘Caviar’ for another looming threat. You can digest his ‘food for thought’ by clicking on to today’s ‘Daily Mail’.

Richmond premiership hero and GRV Board Member Emmett Dunne was special guest on 7Two’s Thrill of the Chase on Sunday. Emmett spoke about how proud he is that the greyhound racing community has adapted its practices in a way which has allowed it to continue racing during the current pandemic, and he was also asked if there were obvious parallels between AFL and greyhound racing. “Certainly…it (greyhound racing) is a competition and it’s a sport.” “Last year’s Melbourne Cup and watching it on TV, (Hard Style Rico’s trainer) Luckie (Karabitsakos)…

A ‘country queen’, with a 56% winning strike rate, has been lighting up the provincial circuit. And now she returns to the ‘big smoke’, attempting to post her first city win. But she faces a ‘Rose’ capable of being a ‘thorn in the side’. Find out who could ‘come up smelling of roses’ by clicking on to today’s ‘Daily Mail’.

After working for two years as a stable hand for leading thoroughbred trainer, Mick Price, Kayla Cottrell decided it was time to grab the bull by the horns. And it didn’t take long to land her first Group 1 victory, with Fernando Cazz taking out the Rookie Rebel (600m) at The Meadows on last Saturday’s opening night of the rich Australian Cup Carnival. “I thought am I going to makes something of myself being a number for a big trainer or am I going to do it myself,” the 18-year-old…

Eagles Nest Egg has flown his Victorian coop to swoop on a lucrative ‘hutch’ in Tassie. Trained at Lara by Brendan Pursell, Eagles Nest Egg will contest tonight’s Group 2 Launceston Cup (515m). But he’ll need to be at his unflappable best to be at the top of the ‘pecking order’. He matches ‘wings’ with two local stars in the $40,000-to-the-winner final – fastest qualifier Quick Joey Small (29.38sec) and Wynburn Sheean (29.63sec). “All you can do is win,” Pursell said of his young star’s 29.66sec heat win. “But he…

Anyone that suspects greyhounds don’t like to race need look no further than the vision below of the contenders in the moments before Saturday night’s $142,750 Group 1 Temlee (525) at The Meadows. You may notice there was a lot of tail-wagging going on. WATCH: Check out what EQUALIZER (7), YOZO BALE (9), SHIMA SHINE (8), WOW (5), LAKEVIEW WALTER (1) & FAITHY BALE (10) were up to just a few minutes prior to Saturday night’s $142,750 Group 1 Temlee at The Meadows. RELATED: WOW WINS! G1 TEMLEE REPLAY: With…

‘Little fish are sweet’… The Watchdog returned a 20% profit yesterday. But he’s ‘got bigger fish to fry’ today! The form expert tips a young ‘Outlaw’ will lay down the law to a pair of emerging talents – ‘Santana’, who can pull a few strings, and ‘Billy’, who could be a hero. You’ll find the ‘fugitive’ by clicking on to today’s ‘Daily Mail’.