Category: Dogs

Victorian superstar Shima Shine has long looked the successor to Simon Told Helen’s sprint crown. He got a ‘sniff’ late last year, when he defeated “The Nose” by 2.5L in the Group 1 Topgun (525m) at The Meadows. And now, in the week Simon Told Helen has retired, Shima Shine has timed things to perfection. Trained by Andrea Dailly, Shima Shine sizzled in a G1 Gold Bullion heat (520m) at Albion Park last night. Shima Shine ($1.50F) was near last away from the ‘pink’ trap but displayed explosive acceleration to…

Superstar Simon Told Helen has retired to stud at Meticulous Lodge. He will stand for a starting price of $2,500 and be available shortly. In an end to a stellar career, Simon Told Helen – dubbed “The Nose” due to his famous Roman proboscis – exits the racing arena a four-time Group 1 winner. Trained by David Burnett, the contemporary sprinting champion started 47 times for 26 wins, 13 seconds and one third. His stakes total $916,441 – placing him eighth on Greyhound Clubs Australia’s ‘Top Prizemoney Earners’ list. Simon…

Rising star Pyrocumulus reached a career ‘cloud nine’, rocketing into the stratosphere in the Mepunga Oaks (450m) at Warrnambool last night. Trained by Ashlee Terry, Pyrocumulus posted a scintillating 24.84sec win – two lengths off the 24.72sec track record, set by Unlawful Entry on April 27, 2016. Boxing brilliantly from the ‘green’ trap, Pyrocumulus ($5.10) turned the $7500-to-the-winner event into a one-act affair defeating rank outsider Deep Dive ($30.40) by 6.4L, with Quintana Bale ($3.30F) a further 0.18L away third. It was her ninth win from 28 starts – including…

The Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (MGRA) has extended a total of 71 invitations to nominate for the upcoming Group 1 invitational events to be held on night one of the 2021 TAB Australian Cup Carnival. MGRA CEO Ashley Baker noted it was pleasing to see so many new names coming through the ranks. “When the selection committee met to collate the invitations to nominate for these prestigious Group 1 races it became clear that in addition to some of the existing top-liners, there is some real talent starting to emerge…

Slick speedster Squiggle Keeping is attempting to ‘chalk up’ his 20th win… But The Watchdog has ‘scrawled’ a resuming star as the likely winner in their clash at 9.27pm. And the form expert is on a roll, returning a 40% profit yesterday – making it three successive days ‘in the black’. Searching for a winner? Click on today’s ‘Daily Mail’ – and let us do the rest!

Kayla Cottrell’s stunning start to her training career continued at Sandown Park on Thursday with the 18-year-old claiming both of the night’s feature races.

Fresh from his G1 Sale Cup win, middle-distance ‘magician’ Houdini Boy is chasing his eighth win from his past 10 starts (80%) in the Maidment Memorial at 9.28pm. But his classy rivals will be attempting to keep the last-to-first ‘escape artist’ – who recently trialled over 595m at Sandown in an unofficial track record of 33.49sec – ‘locked in chains’. Meanwhile, The Watchdog’s juggernaut continued yesterday with another 95% profit! Check out all the latest in today’s ‘Daily Mail’… You’re on a winner!

While Jeff Britton has two frontline contenders in the Group 1 National Derby at Sydney’s Wentworth Park on Saturday night, he says first reserve Do It would be his best chance if he could sneak into the field. Britton is chasing a fourth Derby after winning the race in 1998 with Mepunga Blaze, which he trained with his father Allan, Pacific Sky in 2004 and Axel Footluce in 2019. The prolific Anakie mentor has two confirmed starters, in recent Group 1 Silver Chief runner-up Tyler Durden (box 1), TAB’s $3.70…