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Social media is a powerful thing, we all know this, but it is a factor of our great sport of greyhound racing that will never cease to amaze. And this tale is very much along those lines. Carl Margariti from Greyhound Junkies Syndication and Nick Cutri from On The Bunny Syndication have together decided to donate a 5% share for Saturday nights race of Geelong and Sale Cup place getter Bobby The Brute to one of greyhound racing’s biggest fans – Matthew Field. Now, Matt will be learning of this…

A rejuvenated and much stronger local hero Catch The Thief is primed to fly the Gippsland flag in Friday night’s Group 2 Evans Petroleum Warragul Cup heats. Trainer Matt Clark, who’s based at Briagolong, gave Catch The Thief a short but well-earned break after the Melbourne Cup heats in late November to set the multiple Group 1 finalist up for what he’s hoping will be bumper 2021. “I really wanted to give him a break because he’d had a really tough 12 months,” said Clark. “He’s been racing all over…

After six weeks on the sidelines, co-trainer Tom Dailly has declared superstar Shima Shine is ready to go in Friday night’s Group 2 Evans Petroleum Warragul Cup heats. Brilliant winner of the Group 1 Topgun four starts back, Shima Shine hasn’t raced since finishing last in the Melbourne Cup Final on November 27. But he’s $1.75 favourite for the third Warragul Cup heat and also sits atop TAB’s all in market at $4, ahead of fellow sprinting luminaries Simon Told Helen and Tiggerlong Tonk, both at $6. Shima Shine is…

Victorian greyhound racing’s first Group 1 of the 2021 calendar year – the $142,750 Feikuai Greyhounds Silver Chief Classic Final (525m) – will take place at The Meadows on Saturday night at 8.31pm. The $100,000 to-the-winner Silver Chief is an age-restricted classic open to male greyhounds only. Eight heats were conducted last Saturday, with Earn The Answers posting the fastest time of the night in 29.62sec. Saturday’s final is an extremely open betting race, with Earn The Answers ($5.50) fourth in the TAB fixed odds market behind Lakeview Walter ($3.20),…

Monique Whelan and her greyhound-loving family are living their racing dream this week, with homebred youngster Lakeview Walter joint favourite for Saturday night’s Group 1 Silver Chief (525m). Lakeview Walter is the ‘baby’ of the field; he doesn’t turn two until April, and has raced only six times but he heads TAB betting at $3.20 along with Equalizer, trained by five-time Silver Chief winner Jason Thompson. “It’s very, very exciting. I don’t think I’ve got my head around it yet,” said Monique. “There’s just something about Lakeview Walter. I don’t…

Mark Delbridge heads into tonight’s Seaside Distance Challenge heats with two top contenders in Christo Bale and Ellias Bale. Both of which he believes are boxes well. Ellias Bale, who is proving to be the enigma of the kennels, has drawn box seven in the opening heat (race six at 8.11pm). “He is boxed beautifully in seven and his past two runs have been good,” Delbridge said. Ellias Bale comes into tonight’s Seaside Distance heat following two impressive victories, one at Warragul over the 680m and the other over the…

Sal Perna steps down after more than 10 years of service,

Throughout 2020 we’ve seen some phenomenal performances and heart warming human interest stories at Sandown Park.

After in-depth consultation with punters and Wagering Service Providers (WSPs), GRV has amended the rules regarding minimum bet limits (MBL) for GRV-approved WSPs on greyhound races held in Victoria, with these changes to come into effect from 1 January 2021. The key changes to MBL conditions are: the introduction of minimum bet limits on place betting, increased limits for metropolitan racing and the introduction of higher minimum bet limits for Group 1 races. Victorian greyhound racing’s revised minimum bet limits are set out in the table below. The policy and…