Due to Covid-19, the four-wave boxing process was introduced across all Victorian greyhound tracks to comply with the Governments requirements to socially distance. A comparison review of the winning success from both the original two-wave boxing process (from the past two years) and current four-wave boxing process was recently completed to analyse the changes. GRV will continually monitor the figures while the four-wave boxing procedure is in place. Winning success by box number Box Number All 2018 & 2019 (2 wave) % 2 April – 30 September 2020 (4 wave)…
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Kayla’s Great plans for Big Jo
Teenager Kayla Cottrell couldn’t have asked for a better start to her training career and she’s set to take a huge step towards a fairy tale feature victory at Cranbourne on Wednesday night. Just six months after gaining her trainer’s license, the 18-year-old is shooting for Group glory in the heats of the TAB Great Chase with kennel newcomer Big Jo. Cottrell, daughter of successful trainers and educators Dave Knocker and Janet Cottrell, started training in her own right in April and she’s enjoying a wonderful strike rate with her…
Vale Gerry Kleeven
The greyhound racing community is saddened by the loss of Gerry Kleeven on Friday after a short and courageous battle with cancer at age 77. Gerry spent more than 50 years breeding and training a small team of greyhounds, which predominantly raced with the Neveelk name (Neveelk is Kleeven spelt backwards). He is one of Gippsland’s most successful breeders of all time, producing quality greyhounds over a sustained period and hitting the jackpot when landing the 2015 Australian Cup with Luca Neveelk. Luca Neveelk also won the Ballarat Cup and…
Galo’s ‘halo’ still glows
Garry Selkrig has retired the cult idol Peter Galo, who won 47 races from 82 starts following a back muscle injury. A rising five-year-old, Peter Galo (Dec ’15 Peter Rocket x Flossy) now has the ‘life of Riley’. He is living in luxury with Simon Jardine and partner Mel Rocchiccioli on a 60-acre property at Ouyen. Jardine, 32, a leading harness driver in the Sunraysia region and proprietor of Ouyen Tyre Centre, had owned greyhounds with Selkrig and knew Peter Galo was a pin-up. “I’ve always wanted to take in…
Sydney Cup test for Here’s Tears
Robert Britton admits Here’s Tears has struck a harder race than he expected on Saturday night at Wentworth Park as the gun stayer tunes up for the Group 3 Sydney Cup (720m) heats one week later. The city qualifying round of the Million Dollar Chase will headline the meeting but Here’s Tears and kennelmate Blazing Cartier will contest an ultra-competitive opening race. Here’s Tears, fifth to champion older brother Tornado Tears in the Group 3 Top Cat Video Cup Final last Saturday, is TAB’s $2.80 favourite from box five, while…
Go marching in!
It’s always hard ‘keeping up’ with canine cult idol Jim Zarr Dashian. Similarly, St Kilda key forward Tim Membrey has been giving his opponents the run around. Consequently, Saints supporters will be hoping they can turn the following cross-sports offer into ‘reality’. TAB is offering $3.50 about the St Kilda spearhead kicking 1+ goals against the Western Bulldogs today and Jim Zarr Dashian winning at The Meadows greyhounds. Membrey has bagged 18 goals in 16 matches (an average of 1.1 goals per game). Meanwhile, the Brooke Ennis-trained Jim Zarr Dashian…
Eye-catching grins for Tiges’ fans?
Punting can be a ‘risking head and shin’ proposition at times. But here’s an ‘eye-catching’ AFL/Greys offer from TAB that could see Tigers fans ‘with a grin’. The betting giant is offering $5.00 on Richmond sharpshooter Jack Riewoldt kicking 1+ goals against the Brisbane Lions tonight and Eye Catcher winning at Geelong greyhounds. Riewoldt has bagged 28 goals in 17 matches – an average of 1.6 goals per game. Meanwhile, the Jessica Hopkins-trained Eye Catcher lines up in a Grade 5 final over 400m, which carries a $1900 first prize.…
Sizzle’s flying start set to continue
After opening his career with five wins from eight starts, promising youngster Sizzle Fly is set to continue on his winning way at Bendigo on Saturday night, according to owner/trainer Dominic Crisafi. Sizzle Fly, a son of the great Fernando Bale, has finished runner-up in each of his three defeats, the most recent when beaten at $1.04 at Sale; however Crisafi expects him to bounce back when he makes his Bendigo debut in race 5 over 425m. “He’s a pretty good pup and it’s a good change to go to…
Adelaide Cup time
Catch The Thief secured box one in the Group 1 TAB Adelaide Cup after bypassing the heats thanks to his South Australia Match race victory last week. Thursday night’s heats saw Victorian Taken, who is in the care of Raymond Murray, record the fastest qualifying time of 29.35sec (4.41sec) in a typically strong performance. WATCH: Taken win his heat of the Adelaide Cup from box seven. Our last Victorian chance, Mepunga Isla utilised box one to perfection leading all the way in her second victory on the track. Mepunga Isla…
Well, why not Gazza?
Geelong fans could be like the ‘cat that got the cream’ with this TAB cross-sports offer. The betting giant is offering $4.20 about Geelong’s ‘little master’ Gary Ablett kicking 1+ goals against Port Adelaide tonight and the aptly named Why Not Gazza placing at Warragul greyhounds. Ablett has kicked seven goals from eight matches – an average of 0.9 goals per game. Meanwhile, the Leigh Carter-trained Why Not Gazza – a winner of seven races from 55 starts – lines up in a Tier 3 Grade 5 event over 400m.…