GRV News
Superheroes Batman, Houdini Boy run one-two in Top Cat Video Cup
By Greyhound Racing Victoria Old stager Tornado Tears scored his first win since January when eclipsing highly-fancied staying debutant Houdini Boy ($1.80F) in the Top Cat Video Cup Final (725m) at The Meadows tonight. Ending a run of eight straight ... Read More »
Carolyn’s ‘Grand’ plans for Warragul
By gerardg After running a deceptive last start sixth in the Group 3 Speed Star, Zipping Hamish is primed to return to the winners list at Warragul on Saturday night, according to trainer Carolyn Jones. A son of Jones’ champion ... Read More »
Injection of prize money funds into regional Victoria
By Greyhound Racing Victoria The GRV Board has signed off an additional $2.84 million annually which will be directed into prize money throughout Victoria from 1 October, GRV Chair Peita Duncan announced today. “This increase, along with three extra race ... Read More »
Adelaide Cup ticket caught
By Greyhound Racing Victoria Catch The Thief has secured himself a ticket into the Group 1 Adelaide Cup after his second close finish in a match race series in as many weeks. Although Catch The Thief won his match race ... Read More »
Vics ‘feeling a million dollars’
By Peter Quilty Victoria’s elite sprinting brigade are making their presence felt in the Million Dollar Chase series. Australian Greyhound of the Year Simon Told Helen has qualified for the MDC semi-finals after a clean sweep at Temora (457m) – ... Read More »
Houdini Boy’s a Ruff diamond
By gerardg Mark Ruff is no stranger to success on the racetrack, being a part-owner of 2017 thoroughbred Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling, while he was also involved in the ownership of runner-up Johannes Vermeer for good measure. “That was the ... Read More »
James is on a Shaw thing
By Peter Quilty Young Kiwi ex-pat James Shaw, 30, departed the ‘land of the long white cloud’ for the ‘lucky country’ in 2013. Shaw had accepted a job offer as a kennel hand at one of Victoria’s biggest and most ... Read More »
Catch The Thief: SA show stealer?
By Peter Quilty Can champion Victorian sprinter Catch The Thief ‘steal’ a spot in the Group 1 Adelaide Cup? That’s the salivating prospect – and a $5000 first prize – on offer for the overall winner (based on overall times) ... Read More »
Grandson of a gun wins Irish Derby
By Greyhound Racing Victoria Newinn Taylor, a grandson of Australian greyhound Crash, took out the 2020 Irish Derby last weekend. Crash (Brett Lee x Elusive Rebel) won 12 of his 20 race starts and long held a track record at ... Read More »
More races mean more opportunities for our greyhounds
By Greyhound Racing Victoria GRV’s General Manager of Racing, Greg Kerr, provides an update on some of the current topics from around the racetrack. Q. The number of Victorian greyhound race meetings has recently risen from 23 to 26 each ... Read More »
