GRV News
‘MERSEY’ FLOWS FREELY!
By Greyhound Racing Victoria From Goulburn in the Southern Tablelands of NSW to Warragul, and now to Sale. This young ‘marvel’ is unbeaten from two starts – and on both occasions in sensational style. And The Watchdog says he should ... Read More »
Amarillo’s Highway to Cup glory
By gerardg Amarillo Highway qualified for back-to-back country cups finals with an electrifying performance in Saturday night’s heats of the Group 2 Backmans Greyhound Supplies Cranbourne Cup (520m). Trained locally by Glenn Rounds, Amarillo Highway ran fifth to kennelmate Aeroplane ... Read More »
‘EQUAL’ TO THE OCCASION!
By Greyhound Racing Victoria The Watchdog didn’t get a ‘run for his money’ with his best ‘Win’ bet yesterday, when most of Sale’s 12-race card was abandoned. But the form expert’s attention now turns to the G2 Cranbourne Cup heats ... Read More »
Fun times in Cranbourne heats
By gerardg Ian and Maureen Brown are optimistic homebred contender It’s Not Fun can provide them with their second Group 2 Backmans Greyhound Supplies Cranbourne Cup finalist in three years on Saturday night. The Browns, who are based at Loch ... Read More »
GRV refutes claims made by Greyhound Adoptions WA
By Greyhound Racing Victoria Greyhound Racing Victoria strongly refutes the allegations made by Greyhound Adoptions WA on social media recently. The claims stated that GRV’s Greyhound Adoption Program handed greyhounds to the RSPCA which then needed to be rehomed in ... Read More »
Flying ‘Ferdinand’ wins Lightning Frank Derby
By Peter Quilty Photo by Daniel Thorogood. Rising star Ferdinand Boy has only contested 22 races but is drawing early comparisons with his famous ‘uncle’ – 2018 G1 Melbourne Cup and 2018 G1 Harrison-Dawson winner, My Redeemer. A five-time G1 ... Read More »
Group 1 Invitationals – Acceptors
By Greyhound Racing Victoria Acceptances are in for the Group 1 Temlee, Rookie Rebel and Zoom Top invitationals! The MGRA selection panel will soon meet to compile their recommendations, before meeting with the GRV Grading Department on Monday to finalise ... Read More »
A ‘TIME’ TO ‘BURN’?
By Greyhound Racing Victoria The Watchdog is ‘on fire’, returning a 95% profit yesterday for ‘Daily Mail’ fans. And the form expert is hoping to ‘burn the house down’ with a red-hot middle-distance star. But ‘boys’, it won’t be ‘easy’… ... Read More »
‘Shima’ the successor
By Peter Quilty Victorian superstar Shima Shine has long looked the successor to Simon Told Helen’s sprint crown. He got a ‘sniff’ late last year, when he defeated “The Nose” by 2.5L in the Group 1 Topgun (525m) at The ... Read More »
Lots Of Chatter is ‘all the talk’!
By Peter Quilty Catani trainer Graeme Jose expects Lots Of Chatter to ‘talk the talk’ in a Group 2 Cranbourne Cup heat (520m) on Saturday night. But he finds it difficult to ‘generate’ similar confidence with his other Cup heat ... Read More »
