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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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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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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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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Queen Lauryn Claims Her Throne As Australia’s Best Bitch

Queen Lauryn Asserting Herself As Australias Best Greyhound Racing Bitch In Last Nights Sapphire Crown Final

Queen Lauryn Winning The 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown At Sandown Park

Queen Lauryn staked her claim to being Australia’s best bitch after a comprehensive win in the $72,500 Group 1 Solo Sapphire Crown at Sandown Park tonight.
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Felgate’s Matching Molly Campbell Silver Dollar Outcome

Paul Felgate’s Matching Outcome will be looking for a repeat performance this Thursday night after finishing the fastest qualifier for the Molly Campbell Memorial Silver Dollars final.

Matching Outcome clocked 30.11 to win by two and a half lengths from Same Consequence last week, and will start from box four in tonight’s final.
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More Nominations Mayhem in Queensland

Not more than one week after we reported the farcical situation involving greyhound trainer Renald Attard and his greyhound Come Up Uno being nominated and drawn in fields three times while supsended, yet another case of a supsended greyhound being drawn to compete has occurred.
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Molly Campbell Silver Dollars Heats Fire Up

The contest for this year’s Molly Campbell Memorial Silver Dollars is firing with the heats to take place this Thursday night at Albion Park.

The six heats feature some of Brisbane’s top performing young greyhounds all vying for a shot at the $5000 winner’s cheque.
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Thursday 30th October 2008 Afternoon Meeting

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Trainer Fined Over Bungled Nomination Farce

Greyhounds Queensland Stewards today fined greyhound trainer, Renald Attard for nominating his greyhound Come Up Uno whilst supended. However no action was taken against the graders who drew the greyhound to compete despite the supsension, not once, not twice but on three seperate occassions.
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Queen Lauryn Chases Group 1 Glory

Queen Lauryn Trailling 29.83 At The Meadows

Queen Lauryn Trailling 29.83 At The Meadows

For Albion Park race-caller Steve Hawkins, winning a Group One far outweighs over $250,000 in cash.
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Felgate Looking For Repeat Performance

Reigning Brisbane Trainer of the Year, Paul Felgate, is making a late charge for a second title with 11 starters in eight races at Albion Park this Thursday night.
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Size Can Matter All Set For Platinum Paws Glory

The flight across the Tasman has not phased Queensland’s hopes at taking out New Zealand’s richest greyhound race, says top trainer Dave Irwin.
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Gazza Shiraz Looking For Four Straight Wins

Casino Cup winner Gazza Shiraz will have punters raising a glass if he can make it four consecutive wins at Albion Park tomorrow night. After winning the group three heat and then Cup final on the grass at Casino, Gazza Shiraz has been in fine form with a win at Brisbane last Monday over 520m.
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Berella Diva One Run From Topping GOTY Ladder

One of Ron Ball’s top bitches Berella Diva is set to rise to the top of the Brisbane Greyhound of the Year leader board if she can secure a placing tonight.
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Others Quoted Steals Sydney Cup

2008 Sydney Cup Presentation

2008 Sydney Cup Presentation

John Mooney further endorsed his reputation as one of the countries finest trainers of stayers, when Other Quoted revived ememories of Best Quoted and her dam Last Quoted by winning the 2008 Sydeny Cup.
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Technoman On Hume Cup Campaign

Last year’s Hume Cup winner Technoman will start his campaign for a second title this Thursday night at the Brisbane Greyhound Racing Club.
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Darts Thursday Night Looks Peachy

Promising sprinter Peach Bikini will make the step up at Albion Park this Thursday night after a blistering performance in Lismore last Tuesday.
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Queensland Platinum Paws Contender To Be Decided

Albion Park is sure to set the tone for cross Tasman rivalries in Brisbane this week with the Queensland Platinum Paws Qualifier on Thursday night.
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Brisbane Greyhounds Signal Higher Marketing Proile

The Brisbane Greyhound Racing Club today announced three new staff appointments as it further expands its operations in the Brisbane metropolitan area.
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Knocka Norris Leaves Them In His Wake

Queenslander Knocka Norris equalled the deeds of his father Elite State by brilliantly winning the Group 1 Rapidvite National Sprint Championship Final (520m) at Wentworth Park. Owned and trained by master trainer Reg Kay, Knocka Norris emulated his sire, whom Kay also trained and who won the 2003 National Sprint Champioship.
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Mantra Lad Claims National Distance Title

Mantra Lad Winning At The Meadows In Record Time

Mantra Lad Winning At The Meadows In Record Time

Mantra Lad won the Group 1 Rapidvite National Distance Championship Final (720m) at Wentworth Park in Sydney on Saturday night at just his seventh staying start.
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Ipswich Greyhounds To Follow The Way Of Gold Coast

Gold Coast Greyhounds hosted their final race meeting at Parklands at the end of July before being closed by the State Government to build a $1.5 billion hospital. It now appears that one of the only two TAB tracks left in Queensland could be headed for a similar fate.
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National Sprint Championship Preview

A refurbished Wentworth Park will host the Grand Final of the Rapidvite National Sprint Championship on Saturday night and an outsanding field has been assembled. We take an indepth look at each runner in tomorrow nights Group 1 Rapidvite National Sprint Championship Final and assess their chances.
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