Author: Editor BOAY

The big news this month is that the GRV Board has signed off on an additional $2.84 million annually in prizemoney, effective October 1…

Catch The Thief is Victoria’s show stealer in the Group 1 Adelaide Cup series (515m) at Angle Park. He gained exemption from tomorrow night’s heats after receiving automatic entry into the final – courtesy of his SA Match Race Series win. Catch The Thief won the G2 WA Derby and G3 Warragul St Leger, was a finalist in the G1 Vic Peters Classic and G3 Cranbourne Classic, and runner-up in the G3 Speed Star. He’s also won 18 races from 30 starts – including 12 of his past 17. However,…

GRV has updated its Transport and Hot Weather Policies, which come into effect from Thursday 1 October. Key changes include: The interior of transport vehicles must now be kept below 30 degrees at all times when carrying greyhounds. Air conditioning must be running even while the vehicle is moving when the air temperature is 32 degrees or more. It is now a breach of GRV’s Hot Weather Policy to utilise penalty free scratchings on hot weather days for reasons other than poor welfare. Scratchings will be monitored for compliance with…

A remarkable return from injury has Harry Manolitsis brimming with anticipation ahead of star sprinter Get It Gizmo’s second tilt at the Million Dollar Chase at Sydney’s Wentworth Park on Saturday night. Get It Gizmo, winner of the Group 1 Topgun and a Melbourne Cup finalist last November, and kennelmate Flynn, which is also on the comeback trail, will line up in the city qualifiers, the last chance to qualify for the Million Dollar Chase semi-finals. A crack at the world’s richest purse was the last thing on Harry Manolitsis’…

Greyhound racing’s exciting community series – the TAB Great Chase – will take on a different look in 2020. Sadly, crowds are currently not allowed at Victoria’s greyhound racetracks due to COVID-19 restrictions, meaning the Great Chase’s popular community days, which occur at our clubs each year, will not happen in 2020. However, we are encouraging many of our beloved community groups to get involved with the 2020 TAB Great Chase Grand Final from afar on Wednesday 21 October for the chance to share in $24,000 in prize money. More…

GRV’s Racing Calendar for October/November is now available for download. The calendar will also appear in the October edition of Greyhound Monthly, which will be published online tomorrow. Click HERE to download

Sean Cameron has had a great start to his training career when the only two greyhounds he has in his kennels both won within 12 hours of each other. Canya Go Wild’s victory at Bendigo on 25 September was Sean’s first winner as a trainer after holding his Victorian trainers’ licence for less than a year. But the biggest shock for Sean came 12 hours later when Midnight Fussed won at the odds of $34 at Shepparton. “It was a pretty amazing to have both of our greyhounds win in…

The Watchdog Mobile Form Guide  has stepped it up a notch, taking your online greyhound racing experience to a whole new level. Introducing the Blackbook, a FREE service which allows you to follow your favourite greyhounds, and receive alerts every time they race. And now, in a first for Victorian greyhound racing, you can also follow your favourite trainers. As an added bonus, you’ll receive daily email summaries when your favourites are about to run, and set up notifications for pre-race alerts on your mobile device and more. So do…

Are you a Victorian business and love greyhound racing? If you answered yes to the question above, then the Victorian Business Challenge is for you! The Victorian Business Challenge is run through SENtrack’s Midweek Meadows program which is hosted by Jack Heverin and Troy Iwanyk on Wednesdays from 1pm-3pm. The Victorian Business Challenge is designed for any Victorian Business to enter their name which is then assigned to a greyhound in an identified race called the Victorian Business Challenge, during the Midweek Meadows program. What do I win?(the winner is…

Old stager Tornado Tears scored his first win since January when eclipsing highly-fancied staying debutant Houdini Boy ($1.80F) in the Top Cat Video Cup Final (725m) at The Meadows tonight. Ending a run of eight straight defeats, Tornado Tears (Fernando Bale – Tears Siam) scored at the huge odds of $12.20 and claimed a $25,000 first prize. A winner of 34 races from 66 starts, the Robert Britton-trained stayer affectionately known as Batman because of his unique facial markings had previously not won a race at odds greater than $4.60.…