Category: Dogs

Punters may recall The Watchdog selecting Bobby The Brute as the standout selection in the Sale Cup ‘All In’ market. Brendan Pursell’s greyhound opened up at $51 to win and $13.50 to place. “Bobby The Brute is my value runner for the entire series, especially for the place at $13.50,” The Watchdog said on 19 December, the day before the heats. The assessment proved spot on, with Bobby The Brute (pictured above in rug 3) crashing his way past the classy Weblec Ace before running third in the final. Bobby…

Thirteen proved to be an unlucky number for Western Australian sensation Sunset Spitfire when the unbeaten sprinter made his hugely anticipated eastern states debut at The Meadows in Saturday night’s heats of the Group 1 Feikuai Greyhounds Silver Chief. After 12 consecutive victories in his home state, Sunset Spitfire started $1.30 favourite in the fourth of eight ‘sudden death’ Silver Chief heats following a scorching 29.52s Meadows trial but he tasted defeat for the first time. In a massive upset, $34 outsider Tyler Durden swept home powerfully to give Jeff…

GRV’s Racing Calendar for January/February is now available for download, and even includes the upcoming Vic Bred schedule. The next release of Greyhound Monthly Victoria magazine will be our February 2021 issue, which is due online on 1 February. Click HERE  to download the Racing Calendar.

GRV advises it will be operating with minimal office staff numbers between Thursday 24 December and Monday 11 January as some of our team members take a well-earned break. Importantly, essential services such as our Participant Support Line  and Greyhound Participant Support Program  will continue to operate as normal. However, we ask for your patience and understanding when dealing with some other areas of the business, as response times may not be fast as usual. From all of us at GRV and our Greyhound Adoption Program, we wish you a…

The Group 1 98.3 FM Sale Cup ‘sideshow’ sees Run Like Jess pitted against Blazing Cartier in the Cup Night Match Race (650m) on Boxing Day. And it promises to be a sensational showdown, with a $10,000 winner-take-all purse. It will also be a battle between Lara trainers Rob Camilleri (Run Like Jess) and Rob Britton (Blazing Cartier). Here’s what each trainer had to say in the lead-up to the two-dog tussle, which is Race 4 at 7.50pm. Run Like Jess (Box 1)“We haven’t had him all that long and…

Jason Thompson knows what it takes to win a Group 1 Silver Chief. He’s won five of them! He’s saluted with Light Of Fire (1994), Awesome Assassin (1996), Ben’s Fury (2005), Fedex (2009) and Godsend (2012). (His wife, Seona, won the 2018 Silver Chief with Out Of Range in 2018.) And a sixth could be headed towards his silverware-laden trophy cabinet. Thompson lines up with ‘seven wonders’ in the Silver Chief heats (525m) at The Meadows on Saturday night. But it’s three in particular – Aussie Secret (R10 B1), Pirate…

Punters that snapped up the early fixed odds on offer for Zevatron (pictured box 8) were laughing all the way to bank as The Watchdog’s Daily Mail  produced a 50 per cent overall profit yesterday. Having contested two group finals in Tassie in his previous four starts, Zevatron, The Watchdog’s Daily Mail‘s  best ‘Win’ bet on Wednesday, got up to score a stunning last-stride win at Ballarat in 25.05sec. Opening up at $3 with TAB fixed odds, Daily Mail  readers jumped on board, with Zevatron’s odds being crunched into $2.40…

Owner/breeders Neville Loechel and Jeff Weber are dreaming of back-to-back victories in the Group 1 Gold 98.3 FM Sale Cup (650m) on Boxing Day. The long-time South Australian farming friends raced 2019 Sale Cup winner Weblec Eagle, which was trained by Matt Lanigan, and this year their hopes rest with close relation Weblec Ace, prepared by Jeff Britton. “I don’t want to be greedy,” laughed 68-year-old Loechel. Weblec Ace entered uncharted territory when he stepped up to 650m for the first time in last weekend’s Sale Cup heats, where he…

Summer storms with lightning and thunder, particularly over December and January, along with Christmas eve / New Year’s eve fireworks are often a source of stress for noise sensitive greyhounds, impacting on racing programs. To ensure greyhounds across Victoria have a happy and relaxed Christmas and New Year, GRV’s Greyhound Welfare Department has some useful tips for dealing with noise sensitive greyhounds: Do not be afraid to comfort your greyhound. It is a myth that comforting them will make them more scared. However, you need to be calm and reassuring.…

Greyhound Clubs Victoria and GRV have announced a new program “Building track superstars” to commence early in 2021. Kicking off 2021 Victorian Greyhound Clubs will employ trainees from their local communities.  The students will complete a Certificate 3 in Sports Turf Management over a 4-year period.  The students will experience an industry that races 26 times a week over 13 locations.  They will work together, sharing their experiences, with mentors at each club to guide them along their journey. Greyhound racing is a large employer, employing 4300, most in regional…