Reprising the Top Linen (NSW) vs Rookie Rebel (VIC) Match Race

June 2, 2016 Comments Off

By Duncan Stearn

LAST Tuesday marked the 58 year anniversary of one of the most eagerly awaited contests in the history of greyhound racing – a match race between superstar greyhounds Top Linen and Rookie Rebel.

On May 31, 1958, the two sprinters met on the old grass track of Harold Park in Sydney, with the undisputed New South Wales champion sprinter Top Linen taking on the undisputed Victorian champion sprinter and middle-distance star, Rookie Rebel.

The race was run over 500 yards (457m) on the sweeping one-turn grass surface, a perfect setting to prove which of the two was Australia’s best.

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