GRV News

Hot Weather Affected Meeting Wednesday 2 January

January 1, 2019 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria In accordance with the GRV Hot Weather Policy, the Bendigo meeting for Wednesday 2nd January 2019 has been marked as ‘Hot Weather Affected’ due to the forecasted temperature of 33 degrees, As a consequence: Trainers may ... Read More »

CEO Monthly Update January 2019

December 31, 2018 Comments Off

By grvnews As we saw out December 2018, some highlights of that month included the first leg of the Gippsland Carnival, the Sale Cup, on Boxing Day which is covered in this issue along with Australia’s first ever Na-tional Greyhound ... Read More »

Shepparton Meeting transferred to morning – Thursday 3 January

December 31, 2018 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Please be advised that due to the current Hot Weather forecast for 3 January 2019, the following meeting is to be TRANSFERRED in accordance with the GRV Hot Weather Policy. Shepparton Greyhound Racing Club DELETE: Thursday ... Read More »

Barooga Brett draws coveted red box in Group 1 Silver Chief

December 30, 2018 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Gun sprinter Barooga Brett has been installed a $2.30 favourite with TAB after drawing box one in the $145,000 Group 1 Feikuai Greyhounds Silver Chief final at The Meadows over 525 metres next Saturday night. Read ... Read More »

Hot weather affected meeting – Shepparton Monday 31 December

December 30, 2018 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria In accordance with the GRV Hot Weather Policy, the Shepparton meeting for Monday 31/12/2018 has been marked as ‘Hot Weather Affected’ due to the forecasted temperatures of 35 degrees. As a consequence: Trainers may withdraw any ... Read More »

Hot weather affected meeting Bendigo 30 December

December 29, 2018 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria In accordance with the GRV Hot Weather Policy, the Bendigo meeting for Sunday 30/12/2018 has been marked as ‘Hot Weather Affected’ due to the forecasted temperatures of 32 degrees. As a consequence: Trainers may withdraw any ... Read More »

GRV Media Release – $4 million boost to prizemoney and funding for safer racing

December 28, 2018 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria The Board of Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has approved a $1 million increase in funding for minimum prizemoney for selected metropolitan races and $3 million towards track improvements over the next two years, commencing from 1 ... Read More »

GRV Media Release – Greyhound Racing Victoria to trial 6-dog maidens

December 27, 2018 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) will continue to prioritise Racing Safety with a pilot program to test the impact of 6-Dog Maiden races. The pilot program of 6-Dog Maiden races has been endorsed by the Racing Reference ... Read More »

Changes to GRV Local Racing Rules

December 27, 2018 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has made changes to the local racing rules that govern syndicates of racing greyhound owners. One of the key changes to the new rules was designed to reduce the administrative burden on ... Read More »

WA import leads Britton’s Silver Chief charge

December 26, 2018 Comments Off

By gerardg Jeff Britton has labelled recent Western Australian acquisition Chips And Trains as the pick of his strong hand in Saturday night’s semi-finals of the Group 1 Feikuai Greyhounds Silver Chief at The Meadows. Britton has runners in each ... Read More »