GRV News

Popular greyhound columnist and coursing stalwart lost to the sport

September 1, 2020 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria One of the great characters of Victorian greyhound racing, Darryl Embling passed away on Monday at age 64 following a stroke. Darryl began training greyhounds in the Geelong region before moving to Rokewood and then Cape ... Read More »

CEO’s Monthly Update: September

September 1, 2020 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Welcome to the September edition of Greyhound Monthly Victoria and the first day of spring. Read full article Source:: https://greyhoundcare.grv.org.au/ceo-monthly-update-september- Read More »

Sandown track update

September 1, 2020 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Sandown Park’s return to racing has been delayed due to further remedial works required on the racing surface. In conjunction with GRV, works were recently completed following the identification of an issue with a sub-surface section ... Read More »

September / October Racing Calendar now available

August 31, 2020 Comments Off

By grvnews GRV’s Racing Calendar for September/October is now available for download. The calendar will also appear in the September edition of Greyhound Monthly, which will be published online early next week. Click HERE to download Read full article Source:: ... Read More »

Industry ‘leads’ the way…

Industry ‘leads’ the way…
August 30, 2020 Comments Off

By Peter Quilty In a unanimous decision, precipitated by unprecedented times, the 2019-20 Greyhound Racing Victoria Board Leadership Award recipient is the ‘whole industry’. “We have changed it up,” said GRV Chair, Ms Peita Duncan. “We had a Board meeting ... Read More »

Gravy pours on the pressure in classic Waterloo Cup

Gravy pours on the pressure in classic Waterloo Cup
August 30, 2020 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria The 2020 Waterloo Cup was taken out by Making Gravy today in what could be described as the ultimate reward for consistency. After two consecutive days of coursing up the Lang Lang straight, the Adele Powell-trained ... Read More »

‘Pork’ and ‘Pilsner’

‘Pork’ and ‘Pilsner’
August 30, 2020 Comments Off

By Peter Quilty Rowsley trainer Anthony Azzopardi was celebrating with ‘Pork’ and ‘Pilsner’ at Healesville today. He now has a dual chance for back-to-back Group 3 TAB Healesville Cups (350m) courtesy of Short Pork and Aston Pilsner following their outstanding ... Read More »

All aboard the Gravy Train

All aboard the Gravy Train
August 29, 2020 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Seven greyhounds remain in contention to snare coursing’s holy grail after day one of the 2020 Waterloo Cup was concluded at Lang Lang today, with unbeaten coursing star Making Gravy (pictured) among the main contenders. Tomorrow’s ... Read More »

VGAs go ‘virtual’ as part of greyhound racing’s ‘Super Sunday’

August 29, 2020 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Victorian greyhound racing’s night of nights – the Victorian Greyhound Awards – will be open to all racing fans on Sunday 30 August from 8pm in what will be a celebration of the 2019-20 Racing Year. ... Read More »

A further cancellation at Sandown Park

August 29, 2020 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Due to further remedial works to the track at Sandown Park the following race meeting has been cancelled: Sandown Park Thursday 3 September Consequently, the following meeting has been added to the Racing Calendar: The Meadows ... Read More »