Author: Editor BOAY

Here’s ‘everything you need to know’ about an exciting AFL/Greyhounds offer from TAB. The betting giant offering is $4.00 about Port’s key forward Charlie Dixon kicking 3+ goals against the Hawks and superstar Simon Told Helen winning at The Meadows on Saturday. Dixon has kicked 21 goals from 11 matches this season – an average of 1.9 goals a game. And Port Adelaide are on top of the AFL ladder, with nine wins from 12 games, while Hawthorn are 16th with four wins from 11 games. Meanwhile, Australia’s No. 1…

John Barbara is hoping his comeback sprinter Runnin’ Royalty can continue to defy the odds in Sunday afternoon’s GCV Straight Track Championship (350m) at Healesville. Runnin’ Royalty boasts an excellent 29 wins from his 47 starts and was only beaten a length by superstar Hooked On Scotch in the Group 2 Geelong Cup last October before Exford-based Barbara feared injury had ended his career. “He broke his stopper bone,” Barbara said. “The vets gave him no chance of racing again but I persevered and got him back. “He probably lost…

Eight Ball was cut down by injury at the peak of his powers in last year’s Melbourne Cup series but owner/trainer/breeder Matthew Nash hasn’t given up hope he’ll once again make his mark on the racetrack. After spending eight months on the sidelines, Eight Ball is yet to fire in five starts since resuming, finishing unplaced on four occasions. Little River-based Matthew Nash is optimistic home-track advantage in Saturday night’s heats of the Winter Cup (520m) at Geelong will spark a turnaround. “He broke his hock; he’s still got a…

Brendan Pursell is eyeing off an almost immediate feature race celebration with kennel newcomer King I Am in Saturday’s Nestor Schofield Memorial Final (525m) at The Meadows. The lightly-raced King I Am, winner of four of his 10 starts, made only his second appearance for Lara-based Pursell when winning his heat of the lucrative Grade 5 series at Sandown Park last Thursday in 29.73s on a testing surface. The well-bred son of Barcia Bale had previously been prepared by part-owner Angela Langton. “Angela and Jeff (Britton) have that many dogs…

TAB has made an alluring AFL/Greyhounds offer on two ‘show-stealers’. It’s offering $6.00 on the chances of Gold Coast Suns whiz-kid Izak Rankine kicking 2+ goals against Carlton and sensational speedster Catch The Thief ‘getting away’ with the Group 3 Cranbourne Classic on Friday. Rankine has slotted nine goals from seven matches this season – an average of 1.3 goals a game. And he’s averaging 12.3 disposals a match. The Suns are 13th on the AFL ladder, with four wins and one draw from 12 games, while the Blues are…

RSN is pleased to announce the addition of dedicated greyhound racing radio coverage of all three meetings nationally every Saturday for the next four weeks. Saturday Morning Greyhounds, to be hosted by Riley Phelan, George Farrugia and regular contributions from the TAB team, will provide extensive and detailed coverage for all greyhound racing fans. With exclusive analysis from RSN’s leading greyhound expert George Farrugia for all meetings, plus the latest markets from the TAB, listeners will receive a comprehensive analysis of every race before and after it happens. RSN Program Director Adam White said: “With the addition of RSN’s Saturday…

Run Like Jess runs like the wind… And so too could his dam, Paua To Avoid. He’s also named after ‘mum’, who is affectionately known as “Jess” in the Palmer household at Caldermeade – around 35km along the South Gippsland Highway from Cranbourne. Trainer Robert Palmer, 65, purchased Paua To Avoid for $35,000 as a racing proposition and with breeding in mind. Palmer had the ‘inside oil’ as he’d previously purchased two of her litter sisters as three-month-old pups for $3000 each. One of them, Lucky Seed, won 10 races…