Author: Editor BOAY

Coursing in 2020 is off to a promising start with a full card of 12 events to begin the season at Lang Lang on Sunday. With tomorrow’s meeting offering a preference to puppies, National Coursing Association Secretary Sean Lithgow said it was great to see a lot of first time and relatively inexperienced coursers helping fill the card. “With the Derby and the Oaks coming up at Longwood (June 14 & 21) it’s terrific that a lot of younger dogs have been nominated,” Lithgow said. “There’s also a few reserves,…

It has been another action packed week of greyhound racing highlighted by the G1 RSN Sandown Cup. How well have you been paying attention? Test your knowledge with our weekly quiz… 1 POINTQ1    True or false – Young gun Bareki turned the tables on Bring Your Banjo when taking out the Healesville Oaks today? Q2    Tiggerlong Tonk ran 2nd to which superstar greyhound (pictured above) in the Gr8 Eight event at Sandown Park last Thursday night? 2 POINTSQ3    What time did Midnight Monarch run when taking out…

A barnstorming run from Weblec Haze has seen the powerful greyhound take out last night’s Gr8 Eight event at The Meadows. Trained by Jeff Britton, the son of Barcia Bale and Weblec Belle showed off his monster engine when swooping around his rivals to win the 600m event in 34.31sec. Weblec Haze paid $12.00 for the win, his 11th victory from 37 starts, with Australian Cup finalists Last Hurrah and Aston Cade running 2nd and 3rd respectively. WATCH: Weblec Haze (3) overcomes a tardy start to win last night’s Gr8…

As the ‘midnight hour’ of winter’s start approaches, Sale trainer Chris Tilley had a day to remember today. He won the Healesville Derby (350m) with Midnight Monarch (presentation above), and around two and a half hours later Wake The Dragon ($13.80) took out a Restricted Win (440m) at Sale. Tilley collected $7250 for both wins, which equates to approximately $48 per minute. Leading all the way from Box 7, Midnight Monarch ($3.20) notched his sixth win from eight starts defeating Percy’s Magic ($4.00) by 3.4L, with Curlin’ Merlin ($10.10) a…

Victorian greyhounds raised $6,000 for the Police Legacy Remembrance Fund during May. Every time a greyhound wearing the blue number four rug won a race at The Meadows or Sandown throughout the month of May, GRV donated $250 to the fund in honour of the four fallen police officers who lost their lives in a tragic crash on Melbourne’s Easter Freeway on 22 April. Remarkably, two greyhounds – Black Opium (pictured) and Faithy Bale – won twice in town wearing the blue rug in May. Here’s a rundown of the…