Macro Meats Extends Sandown Sponsorhip Deal

The Sandown Greyhound Racing Club today announced the extension of its sponsorship deal with Macro Meats for 2010.

The deal secures Macro Meats the naming rights to the Group 3 Lizrene Classic and Group 3 Shootout, as well as naming rights to the Sandown Autumn Stayers Series – Australia’s richest series for staying greyhounds culminating in the $143,000 Group 1 Sandown Cup.

Macro Meats will also sponsor the (Sandown) Cup Night Stayers and (Melbourne) Cup Night Sprint, the best nomination races that run as support races to the respective night’s features.
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NSW Greyhound Of The Year Headbutt Earns Watson 6 Months Disqualification

GRNSW Stewards today announced the outcome of in inquiry in to an altercation at the New South Wales Greyhound Of The Year Awards night recently held.

On the night in question Australian Racing Greyhound was told by sources close to the action that two connections of greyhounds who were nominated for NSW Greyhound Of The Year had an altercation that saw Ray Watson headbutt Wayne Lambourne.

Ray Watson is better known as the owner of NSW Greyhound Of The Year contender Miss Elly Mint, who had just lost the NSW award to Take The Kitty, of which Wayne Lambourne has a connection as owner.
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Do That Does Just That For Reid At Casino

Exciting young prospect Do That set the time standard through the Meat -E- Vite Extra Pro heats last Friday with a scintillating 27.41 demolition of her rivals.

Overcoming box six, she soon found the fence, and trailed the leader Lucky Rose Hi as they went down the back.

Coming down the side, she railed through to take the lead and scooted away. In the “wash up” she bolted in by 5 1/2 lengths.
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Temora Cup Rescheduled

The Temora Cup meeting has been re-scheduled after the meeting scheduled for yesterday afternoon was called off due to torrential rain.

The Temora Cup meeting featured eight finals and each of these finals will now be staged at a re-scheduled meeting next Sunday morning, March 14, commencing at 10am.

Two non-final events, originally scheduled for last Sunday’s meeting, have been abandoned and the Club has called for new nominations, preference to 457m graded events applying.
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Device Found On Richmonds Lure – Police Investigate

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) today confirmed investigations were ongoing into the discovery of a foreign device at the Richmond racetrack with the capacity to interrupt the supply of electricity to the lure.

GRNSW Chief Executive Brent Hogan said once the device had been found Police were contacted.

The track electrician removed the device before the first race on Friday night and the meeting progressed as normal without incident.
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2010 Golden Easter Egg Prelude Winner Bred To Win

Looking for that well-bred Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg entrant? Look no further than Sky Fly High.

Closing in on her fourth birthday, the Vincent Bennett-trained veteran can count on proven bloodlines in Australia’s biggest race.

Her mother Token Melody is the daughter of outstanding sire Token Prince, who counts 2006 Golden Easter Egg winner Edie Beauchamp and 2008 champion Blazing Token among his best offspring.
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Lochinvar Marlo Shines At Wentworth Park Greyhounds

Owner Clare Gordon who won the Group 2 Hesa Felon Gold Cup (720m) at Wentworth Park recently with Lochinvar Vogue had more reasons to smile when litter brother Lochinvar Marlo won at Wenty last Saturday in BON time of 30.11.

Leading all the way the $2.00 favourite won emphatically by 6 ¾ lengths. Lochinvar Marlo in the astute hands of Robert Smith, who has a very successful relationship with the Gordon family as their trainer, has now won seven of its 10 lifetime starts, recording some smart times along the way in wins at The Gardens and Gosford.

Connections are now looking at a tilt at the Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg with their very promising galloper.
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Temora Cup Heats Show Up Talent Prior To Temora’s First TAB Meeting

Last Saturday Temora held the first meeting of their Temora Cup carnival, a 13 race card was held.

The first race the GBOTA maiden 457m being won by Scarborough trained by Nola Richards in 26.81.

First heat of the Temora Cup was taken out by Ricky Lee trained by leading city trainer Carolyn Reinke in the slowest heat of 26.34.
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Goodesy And Budapest Book Spots In 2010 Golden Easter Egg Heats

Goodesy and Budapest were emphatic winners of the two Preludes held last Saturday and now gain Priority Entry into the heats (if nominated and eligible) of the $250,000 Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg to be run on Saturday March 20.

The second and final round of Preludes are programmed for this coming Saturday March 6. Two strong preludes are drawn.

Goodesy trained by John Finn was a short priced favourite ($1.40) from the eight alley and after a good beginning out wide and out of trouble worked into the race to be second mid race chasing hard behind the bold leader Direct Jolie for Mark Arncliffe . Goodesy surged to the front in the straight to win by 1 ¾ lengths in 30.27. Direct Jolie was gallant in defeat.
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Drill ‘Em Wins AGRA February 2010 Greyhound Of The Month

AGRA’s Greyhound of the Month for February 2010 is Victorian super stayer Drill ‘Em. The David Knocker trained distance star enjoyed a brilliant months racing in February winning two Group races during the MGRA’s Australian Cup carnival.

Starting off on February 13 he won the Group 2 Zoom Top invitational in fine style defeating star South Australian Satanic Cash in 42.76. Next on February 20 he finished second to Satanic Cash in his heat of the Group 1 Macro Meats Super Stayers.

A week later, last Saturday night he found the early lead and from that point on was in no danger of defeat. He racing away to win by three and half lengths in a fast 42.53 and recorded his first Group 1 success.
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Blue Lorian Named February 2010 AGRA Run Of The Month

AGRA’s Run of the Month for February 2010 has been awarded to in-form New South Wales stayer Blue Lorian. In an outstanding performance the Peter Whye trained star stormed home to win the Swan Draught Stayers Challenge over the 715 metres at Cannington on February 27. Considering the quality of the field he gave his rivals a big start and quite a beating.

A noted slow beginner Blue Lorian has been unlucky not to land a Run of the Month in recent times. In a string of staying wins at Wentworth Park in December and January he came from last or near last on a number of occasions to score some fantastic wins and he appears a stayer with a very bright future.

Last Saturday night in Perth he begun only moderately but got to fourth and was checked a couple times. At the winning post the first time around he was standing the leaders about 15 lengths, however he just kept coming was checked again approaching the home turn but taking a split between the leaders he raced to the front getting home to score by two lengths in a very fast time of 41.75.
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GRNSW Add New 8 Greyhound Meetings To Accomodate Sky Racing2

Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) today confirmed that it would increase the number of TAB meetings conducted in NSW by eight meetings per week over the next year. The new meetings will predominately feature on Sky Racing2 which Tabcorp announced yesterday would go live on Tuesday 30 March.

GRNSW Chairman Professor Percy Allan AM explained that the Board’s decision to expand the TAB product offering reflected the changing nature of the racing and wagering industry whilst positioning GRNSW well for future changes to the funding model of racing.

“The environment has changed dramatically since the last major overhaul of the TAB racing schedule and the opportunity now exists for the sport’s non-TAB meetings to be put to work and make a commercial return to the sport,” Allan said.
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Geelong Greyhound Track Redevelopment Gets Underway

Geelong Greyhound Racing Club will get a new grandstand and a redeveloped racetrack in a $6.2 million funding boost, providing improved facilities for Geelong families, Deputy Premier and Minister for Racing Rob Hulls announced today.

Mr Hulls said the project represented the most significant redevelopment of a greyhound track since The Meadows track was built in 1999.

“Greyhound Racing has been part of the Geelong district for more than 70 years and this overhaul of the facilities at Beckley Park will secure its future in the area for many years to come,” he said.
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Harry Sarkis Called To ICAC Over TAFE Fraud Inquiry

Londonderry greyhound trainer and former Brett Lee studmaster, Harry Sarkis has been called to a NSW ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) Inquiry over the misuse of TAFE funds intended for public housing projects.

It has been alleged before the inquiry that Garrie Cooper used TAFE contractors to build an air conditioned kennel block for Sarkis at his Londonderry property in exchange for training Cooper’s 21 greyhounds.

Yesterday’s ICAC inquiry heard that work on the kennel at Londonderry continued for almost a year and included concreting, plumbing, air conditioning and tiling. The total value of the works has been estimated to be between $30,000 to $80,000.
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Dyna Lachlan Scores A Historic Australian Cup Win

The Andrea Dailly-trained Dyna Lachlan etched his name alongside the greats of the sport with a dazzling victory in the MTD Australian Cup over 525 metres in front of a packed crowd at The Meadows last Saturday night.

The son of Go Wild Teddy and Benden Flex sat behind early trailblazer Galba Jack (5.06 and 17.83) before proving too strong, scoring by three and a half lengths in a Best of Night 29.84, making it two Group 1 wins in as many months (he won the Adelaide Cup in January). Early leader Galba Jack (box two) ran second, while consistent Group performer Prankster (box four) ran third.

Queensland raider High Earner (box five) fell after an early scrimmage on the first turn.
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Staying Star Drills ‘Em Again In Macro Meats Super Stayers Final

Staying star Drill ‘Em showed why he is rated as one of the nation’s finest half-milers with an all the way win in the Group 1 Macro Meats Super Stayers Final at The Meadows last Saturday night.

Trained by David Knocker, the brindle chaser jumped straight to lead in the $50,000 to the winner final and never relinquished it, scoring by three and a half lengths over 2009 National Distance Champion Jarvis Bale.

Next Top Model, from box six, finished third, six and a half lengths away from the winner, who ran a fast 42.53. Favourite Satanic Cash ($2.60) ran fifth.
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Federer’s Boy Aces The Casino Rapidvite Maiden

A mid race move by Federer’s Boy gave him the impetus to take out the rich Rapidvite maiden at Queen Elizabeth Park yesterday.

As is often the case in these finals, it was a jamming pack that went to the back of the track, and that was where Federer’s Boy started his run. The speedy Hayden’s Run had hit the lead at this stage, but he seemed to be “ankle tapped” and missed a stride, allowing Federer’s Boy to take over.

Even though Hayden’s Run balanced up again to set out after the leader, Federer’s Boy held too many “aces,” and it was game set and match with a cool $4,000 jumping in. The greyhound is also Blue paws registered, so connections receive another $1,000 through that program. The time was 23.42, and the margin just a neck.
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Parvo Cases On The Rise In Greyhounds In New South Wales

GRNSW has recently been advised of a significant increase in the incidence of Canine Parvo Virus throughout the state, particularly in the warmer, more humid northern and western areas.

Canine Parvo-virus is highly infections and is rapidly spread through infected dogs, contaminated shoes, clothing and other objects and is ingested by the dog during grooming.

Care should be exercised when moving or accepting dogs onto your property by wearing clean clothing, disinfecting footwear and the use of plastic gloves when possible.
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Sandown Greyhounds To Add 600m Start and Race Sundays

The Sandown Greyhound Racing Club today announced the full scope of track works for implementation over the coming weeks, including a total replacement of the track surface and the installation of middle distance boxes.

As a result of these works, the Club will undergo an enforced break from racing commencing after the Bert Bryant Memorial meeting on Thursday 11 March, and will resume on Thursday 8 April. The first race meeting will be preceded by trial sessions to be advised at the appropriate date.

The transferred meetings will be conducted at The Meadows with the exception of the Thursday 1 April meeting that has been rescheduled to Cranbourne. The impact of these meeting transfers has been captured in the March edition of the Adviser.
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2010 Australian Cup Detailed Form And Tips

Saturday nights 2010 Group 1 Australian Cup has been thrown wide open by the box draw with at least half the field all likely to be within a length of each other in the run to the first corner.

Birthday Boy’s emphatic semi final win should have held him in good stead for this week’s $150,000 to the winner final, but a box 8 draw has seen him posted only a $6 quote at Sportsbet on the fifth line of betting.

Dyna Lachlan, who has drawn the same box which he won the 2009 Group 2 Ballarat Cup from, has been posted the $3.5 favourite, just ahead of Queensland speedster High Earner who is a $4.25 quote at Sportsbet.
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Birthday Boy Gets His Group 1 Chance In Australian Cup

There has never been any question about the ability of Steve Elsum-trained greyhound Birthday Boy, but he gets the chance to take his career to another level in this Saturday night’s Group 1 Australian Cup final at The Meadows.

Birthday Boy was the fastest of the eight heat winners by some three and a half lengths on Saturday night when clocking the sensational time of 29.71sec over the 525 metres.

The next fastest heat time was recorded by 2009 Hobart Thousand winner Prankster [29.91], followed by High Earner [29.92] and Galba Jack [29.94].

Other heat winners were Dyna Lachlan [30.08], Manuel Bale [30.20], Arvo’s Breeze [30.22] and Dyna Obelia [30.47] with all eight earning their way into the prestigious final.

While Birthday Boy has posted an impressive 21 wins from 70 career starts, victory this Saturday night would be his first at group level and would see the son of Where’s Pedro claim a $150,000 first prize.

Meanwhile, promising South Australian distance chaser Satanic Cash was the fastest of the two heat winners in the Group 1 Macro Meats Super Stayers series on Saturday night over 725 metres at The Meadows.

Satanic Cash made it 12 wins from 25 starts when defeating Drill ‘Em by three lengths in 42.43sec, while the other heat winner was the Jason Thompson-trained Next Top Model in 42.89sec.

The $50,000 to-the-winner Group 1 Macro Meats Super Stayers final will be run at this Saturday night’s Australian Cup meeting.

All roads lead to the Meadows on Saturday night with a host of entertainment to be enjoyed on course and some red hot action on the track with the highlights the two Group 1 finals the MTD Australian Cup and the Macro Meats Super Stayers Trophy. Listed below are the fields in box draw order.

Arsonist Too Hot For 2010 DDC Launching Pad Final

Brilliant youngster Arsonist stamped her potential with a brilliant all-the-way-win in a memorable Group 2 DDC Launching Pad at Sandown Park tonight.

Sent to the boxes a $1.90 favourite after her brilliant win in last week’s heat, Arsonist again took full advantage of box one to lead clearly through the first turn. Recent Group 1 Silver Chief winner Enry Walt ($4.70) recovered from a moderate start to follow Arsonist through the turn and the pair soon cleared away from the pursuing pack.

The imposing 38.7kg Enry Walt reduced the margin to just one length coming off the back. As the pair turned for home, Arsonist stuck to the rail as Enry Walt drifted wide, and the former South Australian raced to the line to take the $25,000 first prize in a slick 29.88.
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Ladbrokes Sign On As Irish Greyhound Derby Sponsors

Ladbrokes (Ireland) Ltd. is to sponsor the Irish Greyhound Derby, the world’s richest greyhound race. A three year deal was announced at Shelbourne Park in Dublin today. The first running of the Ladbrokes Irish Greyhound Derby will take place through August and September 2010.

Ladbrokes is Ireland’s largest bookmaker, operating from over 270 shops nationwide. It offers internet, telephone and mobile betting to a global customer base and this new sponsorship deal is set to further expand their product on offer.
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Cawbourne Bolt Inquiry Adjourned

GRNSW have this morning advised that the Cawbourne Bolt inquiry will not proceed today, as first announced back in early February.

GRNSW Stewards have accepted a request from the connections of Cawbourne Bolt for an adjournment of the inquiry.

The adjournment was requested in order that the connections be allowed additional time to consult with legal representatives prior to presentation of evidence.
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Stars Line Up For 2010 Golden Easter Egg

Some of the country’s best sprinters have already booked their spots in the 2010 Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg at Sydney’s iconic venue Wentworth Park.

The series will officially begin this Saturday night with the first of two Prelude programs, featuring two of NSW’s most exciting sprinting prospects in Goodesy and Tuiaki.

As the battle for a berth in the richest free entry greyhound race in the world heats up, there are a number of established stars already fine tuning for the big event.
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McFarlane’s Dominate First Night Back At New Canberra Track

After five weeks off to reconstruct the track, racing in the Nation’s Capital returned to it’s best on Sunday night, with many predicting better things are still to come.

It was Ian and Lisa McFarlane who dominated the first night back as the Jerrawa based trainers picked up three winners for the evening, including the feature event, the Keith Webb Appreciation.

The McFarlane camp started their run taking out race 6 with Summarise who lead to the first turn, to secure the 18.16 win over John Boy and Stryker’s Dream.
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Dyna Lachlan Set For Historic Double After MTD Australian Cup Box Draw

Group 1 Adelaide Cup winner Dyna Lachlan will be looking to achieve an historic Cup double after drawing box one in next Saturday’s MTD Group 1 Australian Cup over 525 metres at The Meadows.

The son of Go Wild Teddy and Benden Flex is one of three runners for Anakie trainer Andrea Dailly, also training MTD Australian Cup finalists Dyna Obelia (Dyna Lachlan’s litter sister) and Manuel Bale. Dyna Lachlan won the last of the eight semi finals in 30.06, but it is his 29.79PB and favourable draw that makes him the greyhound to beat in the $150,000-to-the-winner final.

If victorious, Dyna Lachlan will push his prizemoney to $434,555 – less than $100,000 away from Rapid Journey’s Australian prizemoney record. The black chaser does not turn three till July this year.
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South Australian Raider The One To Catch In Super Stayers

The Robert Isaacson trained Satanic Cash stamped himself as the greyhound to beat in the Group 1 Macro Meats Super Stayers final after a sensational 42.43 gallop in the first of the two heats last Saturday night.

The son of former 525-metre Meadows track record holder Big Daddy Cool and Satanic Miss turned the tables on Group 2 Macro Meats Zoom Top winner Drill ‘Em, defeating the three-time Group winner by three lengths.

Satanic Cash seems to have the $50,000-to-the-winner final at his mercy if he can replicate his outstanding heat win. Next Top Model – who won the second heat last Saturday night – ran almost nine lengths slower than Satanic Cash, who has placed in both of his Group race finals to date.
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Young Speedster Sets Sandown Park Alight

Heather Collins’ exciting speedster Arsonist will start a warm favourite for next week’s $36,000 Group 2 DDC Launching Pad after a scorching 29.76 heat win at Sandown Park tonight.

Having just her third start following two comprehensive wins at Warrnambool, Arsonist ($2.50F) was flawless from box one, leading all the way to win by a staggering 16 lengths in the fastest time of the night.

The rising star’s chances of Group race glory improved sharply after drawing box 1 for the final.
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Northfield And Staples Train Casino Doubles

Two local trainers shared winning doubles as the exciting racing continued at Queen Elizabeth Park last Friday.

Shane Staples landed his first winning TAB “pair” with Propela and Dellemma Solved both saluting. Propela, a son of the well performed Soottee, raced around the pack in the back section before recording a 2 1/4 length win in 23.68, whilst Dellemma Solved made a long and searching run from the back of the track to hit the lead on the home bend.

He held on to score by 3/4 length in 27.75, the best time over the 484 metres.
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