Albion Park’s Washout Makes Superb Racing This Week

Last Thursday night’s washout of Albion Park’s meeting has led to a double header this week with two feature races on the card.

The Greyhounds Queensland Young Guns Final was rescheduled to this week after severe thunderstorms hit Brisbane causing the abandonment of the race night.
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Matcott Breaks South Australian Greyhound Training Record

Murray Bridge greyhound trainer Shaun Matcott has scored one of the break throughs of his training career, beating the record for training the most South Australian TAB winners in a calendar year.

As of November 18, Matcott and wife Wendy had trained 377 winners, beating the previous record of 375 winners, formerly owned by another Murray Bridge trainer, Steve Collins.
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Hawkins Media Super Stayers Select Four Announced

The Brisbane Club today announced the four greyhounds which have received invitations to participate in the 2008 Hawkins Media Solutions Superstayers 710m.
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Wednesday Night’s Ballarat Free For All Is All Class

Punters are in for a treat at Ballarat’s Morshead Park on Wednesday when a field of quality chasers has been assembled in the Petstock Free for All over 450 metres.

The field is worthy of a group race with runners already amassing prize money in excess of $300,000.
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Great Chase Finalist Disqualified Due To Positive Swab

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has just notified Australian Racing Greyhound.com that one of the 2008 Great Chase Finalists has been disqualified from its semi-final win due to a positive swab and will not contest this Wednesday’s Great Chase Final held on Wednesday, 26th November, 2008 at the MGRA’s Meadows track..
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Queensland Greyhound Trainer Guilty Of Two Positive Swabs

In the wake of Greyhounds Queensland’s Theobromine warning earlier this month, a Queensland greyhound trainer has been found guilty of two positive swabs to the same drug in two different greyhounds.
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Melbourne Cup Box Draw Favours Hanify’s Impact & Thompson

Jason Thompsons Two Melbourne Cup Chances - Nitro Burst & Hanifys Impact

Jason Thompson's Two Melbourne Cup Chances - Nitro Burst & Hanify's Impact

The box draw for the $250,000 Group 1 2008 Melbourne Cup was held at Saturday night’s Melbourne Cup Ball and has given Jason Thompson his best chance yet to secure his second Melbourne Cup since he teamed with Kevin Richards to win with Light Of Fire back in 1994.
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Robinson & Benn Dominate Casino’s Lismore Meeting

The Jim Robinson and Linda Benn combination dominated the Casino meeting that was run at Lismore yesterday.

Jim landed two winners with Hewitt and Silicone Bob, while Linda topped off the day with Sodoku Girl winning the last race.
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Bate Launches Double Attack On Melbourne Cup Glory

It Was Hard To Find A Happier Man Last Night Than Master Trainer Darren McDonald

It Was Hard To Find A Happier Man Last Night Than Master Trainer Darren McDonald

Graeme Bate will launch a two-pronged attack on a fourth Group 1 Schweppes Melbourne Cup after Velocette and Amity Bale each won their respective heats at Sandown Park tonight.
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John Jordan & Annabeth Chase Become NSW Seventh Steroid Positive

Stewards recently finalised an inquiry into the positive finding of Nandrolone in the urine sample taken from ‘the greyhound Annabeth Chase at Tamworth on the 6th September, 2008.
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Rockstar Image Takes Another Step Toward Greatness

Despite the wet weather, a good crowd was in attendance to witness some exciting racing last Tuesday night.

The run of the night was handed in by Rockstar Image in the Slattery Auctions 4/5th Grade over 515m.
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Select Field Nominated For Hawkins Super Stayers

The Brisbane Club today announced the nine greyhounds under final consideration for the 2008 Hawkins Media Solutions Superstayers 710m.

The greyhounds are:
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Darren Murray’s Good Run Set To Continue At Ballarat Tonight

Napoleons trainer Darren Murray will be hoping for another double on Thursday’s ten race twilight program at Ballarat.

Murray’s kennel has been on fire lately. His main chances on the program will be Pure Conquest and Splat.
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Greyhound Racing At Its Finest In Melbourne Cup Heats Tonight

Australian best sprinters converge on Sandown Park tonight for the heats of Australia’s richest ever greyhound race, the $250,000 Group 1 Schweppes Melbourne Cup.

The heats include 22 Group race winners holding a combined 33 Group titles and over $4.3 million in prizemoney. Each heat is worth $10,000 to the winner, and each heat winner will progress to the final where they will compete for the $175,000 first prize.
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Up & Comers On Show In Queensland Young Guns Final

Queensland’s best young greyhounds will fight it out tonight at Albion Park in the Greyhounds Queensland Young Guns final.

While all have proven ability to run quick times over the 520m at Albion Park, last Thursday’s fastest qualifying time was run by the lightning fast Genista Thunder in 29.97.
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Australia’s Best Greyhounds Gather For The Melbourne Cup

2008 Melbourne Cup Favourite El Galo

2008 Melbourne Cup Favourite El Galo

Jason Thompson will launch an eight dog assault on the Schweppes Melbourne Cup heats at Sandown Park this Thursday night.

Thompson won the Melbourne Cup with Light Of Fire in 1994, however his talented kennel stars will need to overcome some awkward box draws if he is to repeat that success.
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Carinya Society Right Behind Great Chase Rep Limburg Luke

Limburg Luke Winning A Great Chase Series Heat At The Meadows

Limburg Luke Winning A Great Chase Series Heat At The Meadows

Coburg organisation Carinya Society will win $1,000 if the greyhound Limburg Luke wins at Cranbourne on Tuesday.

Carinya Society is one of 64 remaining groups that cater for the intellectually and physically disabled to progress through to the second week of the three-week racing series, the Great Chase, proudly supported by your local TAB.
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Mike Cleary Sprint At Wenty Set For November 29th 2008

The Wentworth Park greyhound meeting on Saturday night November 29 will have the added attraction of professional athletics racing.

Greyhound racing on this night will feature heats of the Group 3 Rapidvite Potential Stakes over the 520m, an age restricted race for the stars of the future.
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Littermates Scores Casino Doubles Twice

Two sets of litter mates gave local trainers Chris Schaefer and Rob Andrews winning doubles at the Casino meeting on Friday.

Chris won with Procord and Taxapro, and they both scored victories in 3rd and 4th grade events.
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Mantra Lad’s Unique Sandown Shootout Double

Action On The First Corner Of The 2008 Sandown Shootout

Action On The First Corner Of The 2008 Sandown Shootout

Mantra Lad proved himself one of the fastest greyhounds in Australia and scored a unique double that is unlikely to be repeated, after the reigning National Distance Champion’s last stride win over Queen Lauryn in the Group 3 Shootout at Sandown Park last tonight.
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Another Positive Swab In NSW

Stewards today finalised an inquiry into the positive finding of Piroxicam in the urine sample taken from Uno Ian at Bulli on the 10th September, 2008.
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Laurie’s Rocket The Perfect Tonic For Barry Waters

Laurie’s Rocket provided the perfect tonic for his trainer Barry Waters when he scored an easy win in the Ted’s Pest Control 400m Final on Tuesday night last.

Barry who is currently not enjoying the best of health, was at home watching on Sky Channel, and entrusted the race night duties to owner and good mate Laurie Refalo with very happy results all round.
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Queen Lauryn A Sandown Shootout Special Tonight

Queen Lauryn is on track to claim her second Group race in seven days when she starts a warm favourite in the $20,000 winner-takes-all Group 3 Shootout at Sandown tonight.
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El Galo Returns A Postive Swab On Top Gun Win

Greyhound Racing Victoria has been notified by Racing Analytical Services Limited (RASL) that analysis of the preliminary urine sample taken from the greyhound El Galo following its win in the Group 1 Topgun, Race 8 at The Meadows on 25th October, 2008 indicates the presence of the drug N-butyl-hyoscine.
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Matching Outcome Looks For Matched Double

Last week’s Molly Campbell Memorial final winner Matching Outcome will be looking for a double when he takes on Queensland’s best young greyhounds this Thursday night.

Matching Outcome is expected to start favourite in heat five (race seven) of the Greyhounds Queensland Young Guns heats at Albion Park tomorrow night.
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RWWA Seeka Dream Inquiry Finalised

RWWA Stewards yesterday concluded an inquiry into a report from the Racing Chemistry Centre in Perth, that the post trial urine sample taken from the greyhound SEEKA DREAM after it had won Qualifying Trial 2 at Mandurah on Thursday 11th September 2008 contained the drug Flunixin.
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Felgate Gives Away Training To Become A Qld Director

The Directors of Greyhounds Queensland Limited (GQL) today appointed Mr. Paul Felgate to the Board of GQL. A vacancy existed due to the resignation of Mr. Phil Bennett in July.
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Legislation To Restructure Tasmanian Racing Introduced

Further to our September story regarding the abolition of the the racing code councils in Tasmania, legislation to massively restructure the industry was yesterday introduced in to the Tasmanian Parliament.

The proposed changes would remove the management of racing operations from Tote, leaving it solely responsible for betting.
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Stormin Home Syndicate Could Celebrate At Ballarat Wednesday

The “Stormin Home” syndicate will certainly have something to cheer about when their chaser Nikayla Storm contests the Ballarat Greyhound Club Committee Final this Wednesday night.

The syndicate, which comprises three friends, bred Nikayla Storm before transferring him to Lara trainer Michelle Mallia-Magri to rear and train.
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Shootout Has The Big Guns Aiming At $20,000

Sandown Shootout Favourite Queen Lauryn

Sandown Shootout Favourite Queen Lauryn

Four of Australia’s fastest greyhound gunslingers will take aim at the $20,000 winner-takes-all Group 3 Shootout at Sandown Park this Thursday night.
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