Meet greyhound racing’s latest ‘sprinting swashbuckler’ – Pirate Pete. Last week, the plundering Pirate Pete pillaged Ballarat’s 450-metre track record with a scintillating 24.70sec display. Utilising his speedy legs as a ‘cutlass’, Pirate Pete sliced 0.05sec (almost one length) off superstar Shima Shine’s previous mark of 24.75sec, set on August 28 last year. It was no mean feat, given Shima Shine recently won the invitation-only Group 1 Topgun (525m) at The Meadows during the prestigious Metro Festival of Racing. WATCH: Plundering Pirate Pete (8) ‘steals’ Shima Shine’s 450m track record,…
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Head to head match race coming to Ballarat Cup night
GRV’s Racing Department is excited to announce some new initiatives and programming changes being introduced in December 2020. The following racing initiatives will be programmed this month… 12 Dec – Ballarat Cup Night Head to Head 450m – $10k to the winner The following grading conditions will apply: Trainers must nominate via FastTrack. Greyhounds with best individual rank as determined by the points score table will be selected. In the case of greyhounds having an equal rank, Aged Prizemoney (APM) will be used to split the greyhounds, with preference given…
Fire season planning
Summer has begun and it has been preceded by high rainfall and excellent vegetation growth. As the temperatures have warmed up through November, the vegetation is now beginning to start drying out. Participants need to be prepared for fire season. Now is the time to get your fire plans in order and avoid leaving things until the last minute. Tips to help you prepare for the fire season: Prepare or review your fire plan, including evacuation options; if you choose to take your greyhounds with you, contact your local Municipal…
Community clubs share in $10,000 in TAB Melbourne Cup sweep
Eight regional Victorian community clubs have all added to their clubs fundraising efforts with a share in $10,000 from the Greyhound Clubs Victoria (GCV) TAB Melbourne Cup Community Sweep last Friday at Sandown Park. This state-wide initiative involved all 11 regional Victorian greyhound clubs. GRV, Sandown GRC and GCV came together to create the Community Clubs sweep for the TAB Melbourne Cup with $10,000 as a total prize pool. A total of 64 regional community clubs appreciated the opportunity to be associated with these elite greyhounds, by being randomly allocated…
Hard Style Rico retired to stud
TAB Melbourne Cup hero Hard Style Rico has been retired to stud.
Australia’s best greyhounds to take on local superstars in ‘Gippsland Festival of Racing’
GRV today launched its 2020/21 ‘Gippsland Festival of Racing’, which will incorporate more than half a million dollars in prize money across six spectacular nights of greyhound racing throughout December, January & February. Set to attract the most talented greyhound athletes from all around Australia, the ‘Gippsland Festival of Racing’ kicks off with heats of the Sale Cup on 20 December, with the final to be run on Boxing Day. From there the festival moves to the Warragul Cup series in January before concluding with the Cranbourne Cup in early…
Life on the ‘Edge’
You wouldn’t blame Geoff Collins and partner Rosalyn Hume for being frustrated and a tad uptight with the stop-start career of Razor’s Edge. But no, it’s been quite the contrary. They’ve shown the ‘patience of Job’ with their lightly raced but talent-laden charge, who’ll line up at Sale on Sunday night. The Wattle Flat couple have been in the game too long to lose sight of the ball. And such virtue is now paying dividends. Late last year, Razor’s Edge (May ’17 Cutting Edge x Enjoy) was being set for…
Raw emotion on show during ground-breaking TAB Melbourne Cup telecast
The world’s greatest greyhound race – the $630,000 Group 1 TAB Melbourne Cup – was broadcast live on free-to-air TV for the first time in 2020 thanks to ‘Thrill of the Chase’. And what a night it was, with the most talented greyhounds in the land competing for a share in $1 million in prize money across the card, which included seven magnificent feature races on what was the conclusion of the inaugural ‘Metro Festival of Racing’. Viewers not only lapped up the high-class greyhound racing, but also the raw…
Shed stocked thanks to ‘Chase for Charity’ windfall
Three wonderful charities are set to share in more than $75,000 after the recent conclusion of greyhound racing’s 2020 ‘Chase for Charity’ promotion. In the first of three post-event presentations over the coming weeks, GRV CEO Alan Clayton (above right) and his pet greyhound Zoe popped into SEN’s studio this morning to present a runner-up cheque for $22,052.50 to the Victorian Men’s Shed Association (VMSA). VMSA President Lindsay Oates and CEO Derek O’Leary were on hand to recive the cheque and explained that the donation would be used to assist…
Dark Arrow’s Meadows Target
After battling injury and a loss of confidence throughout much of 2020, John Westerlo’s staying prospect Dark Arrow will be chasing a fifth straight win when he steps up to 725m at The Meadows tonight. Dark Arrow’s 26-start career can be divided into three distinct phases. The well-bred son of Barcia Bale and 2014 Sandown Cup finalist Butterfly Bling, a litter brother to Westerlo’s classy sprinter Mandalorian, won five of his first 12 starts before enduring a 10-race losing sequence. But with victories at his last four starts, he’s ending…