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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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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Australia’s Best Greyhounds Gather For The Melbourne Cup

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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Bold Trease Carnival Cup Heats Thursday 20th November 2008

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Thursday 20th November 2008

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Token Prince & Chinatown Babe Dominate AGRA Breed Rankings

Legendary Sire Token Prince has a commanding lead in the year to date AGRA Sires Breed Rankings to the end of October 2008. and Chinatwon Babe by virtue of Fallen Zorro and Chinatown Lad has a virtually unassailable lead in the AGRA Dams Breed Rankings.
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El Galo Leads AGRA GOTY Rankings To October 2008

El Galo has taken a commanding lead in the AGRA Greyhound Of The Year rankings to the end of October 2008.

The ranked positions are determined by a points system applied to group races on a sliding scale of points first to eighth.
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Proven Alias’ October AGRA Run Of The Month

AGRA’s Run of the Month for October 2008 has been awarded to Victorian sprinting old timer Proven Alias for his extraordinary performance of hard chasing when he won the Grade five final at Sandown on October 30th.
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El Galo Is AGRA October Greyhound Of The Month

AGRA’s Greyhound of the Month for October 2008 is Victorian star sprinter El Galo.
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Fallen Zorro Salutes In Sir John Dillon Thriller

Shane Whitney’s roller-coaster week finished on a high when his star stayer Fallen Zorro took out the $36,000 Group 2 Sir John Dillon Memorial at Sandown Park tonight.
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Fallen Zorro Dillon Favourite, Hybrid Theory Returns

After the scratching of Chinatown Lad due to an infection in his tail, kennel-mate Fallen Zorro will is TAB Sportsbet’s favourite for the $36,000 Group 2 Sir John Dillon Memorial (715m) at Sandown Park.
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Chinatown Lad Scratched From Sir John Dillon Final

Dual Group 1 one winning stayer Chinatown Lad has been scratched from the final of the $36,000 Group 2 Sir John Dillon Memorial after succumbing to a tail injury.
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Sir John Dillon Memorial Final Thursday 16th October 2008

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Thursday 16th October 2008

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Rob Britton Magic In Sir John Dillon Memorial Heats

Robert Britton enhanced his reputation as a master conditioner of stayers when Kulu Spirit ($4.30) and Gunnadoo Magic ($3.60) each won heats of the Group 2 Sir John Dillon Memorial at Sandown.
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Bill Collins Memorial Race At Sandown Tonight An Absolute Cracker

Trew Millions will resume from a month’s lay off in tonight’s $14,500 Bill Collins Memorial at Sandown Park. The superbly bred six-time Group finalist will have to overcome box 6 and several in-form chasers if he is to add to his $123,610 in prizemoney.
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