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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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Fallen Zorro After Her Impressive Sandown Cup Heat Victory In 42.16 2008 Group 2 Sir John Dillon Memorial Winner Fallen Zorro & Shane Whitney Velocette & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 3 Winner - Made To Size ran 29.70 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 8 Winner - Amity Bale ran 30.03 Amity Bale & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls The 2008 Sandown Shootout Elite Field Heads To The First Corner With Queen Lauryn Heading One Tree Hill, Made To Size And Eventual Winner, Mantra Lad Nitro Burst & Jason Thompson With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 4 Winner - Hanify's Impact ran 29.89

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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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Velocette & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family Fallen Zorro Wins The 2008 Group 2 Sir John Dillon Memorial In A 3 Way Photo 2008 Sandown Shootout Presentation to Mantra Lad, Graeme Jose & Family, Connections and The Sandown Shootout Girls Hybrid Theory Winning The Group 1 2008 Laurels Final Hybrid Theory Streaks Past The Post In 30.24 2008 Sandown Shootout Winners Mantra Lad and Graeme Jose & Family Nitro Burst & Jason Thompson With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls El Galo Emphatically Wins The 2008 Warrnambool Cup The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls Shane Whitney & Family with Chinatown Lad & Fallen Zorro

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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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2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 4 Winner - Hanify's Impact ran 29.89 Chinatown Lad Winning Heat 1 Of The Sandown Cup In 42.17 Queen Lauryn Winning The 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown At Sandown Park Hybrid Theory With Chris Darmanin & Connections 2008 Canberra Cup Presentation Hanify's Impact & Seona Hood With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Canberra Cup Presentation Chinatown Lad & Fallen Zorro Quinella The Sandown Cup Kendale Bale & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun Steve Hawkins and Family and Queen Lauryn

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Schweppes Melbourne Cup Heats Thursday 20th November 2008

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Hot Puzzle Winning In 30.23 For Paul Anderton Steve Hawkins and Family and Queen Lauryn Nitro Burst & Jason Thompson With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls Velocette & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 8 Winner - Amity Bale ran 30.03 Alotta Mojo & Mario Briganti 2008 Paws Of Thunder Presentation To One Tree Hill & Connections Hybrid Theory Streaks Past The Post In 30.24 Hybrid Theory With Chris Darmanin & Connections 2008 Sandown Shootout Winner Mantra Lad Drives Hard Along The Rail To Run Down Wide Running Queen Lauryn Kendale Bale & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls

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Thursday 20th November 2008

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2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown Winners Queen Lauryn & Handler Ron Hood Chinatown Lad El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun 2008 Sandown Cup Presentation With Chinatown Lad & Fallen Zorro & Connections Surgeon & Darren McDonald With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 4 Winner - Hanify's Impact ran 29.89 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 1 Winner - Velocette ran 29.70 Lynlea's King Winning The 2008 Warrnambool Classic Chinatown Lad After Winning Heat 1 Of The Sandown Cup In 42.17 Owner-Trainer-Breeder Angela Langton & Lynlea's King 2008 Sandown Shootout Presentation to Mantra Lad, Graeme Jose & Family, Connections and The Sandown Shootout Girls

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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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Queen Lauryn winning at Albion Park in 29.72 2008 Sandown Shootout Presentation to Mantra Lad, Graeme Jose & Family, Connections and The Sandown Shootout Girls 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown Presentation To Queen Lauryn & Handlers Ron Hood and Marg Long At Sandown Park Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo Queen Lauryn Winning The 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown At Sandown Park Made To Size & Reg Kay With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls Nitro Burst & Jason Thompson With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls Amity Bale & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown Winners Queen Lauryn & Handler Ron Hood The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 2 Winner - Kendale Bale ran 29.87

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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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El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo Hanify's Impact & Seona Hood With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls Nitro Burst & Jason Thompson With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls El Galo Emphatically Wins The 2008 Warrnambool Cup 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family

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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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Sky Hazzard Holds Out Fallen Zorro To Win The 2008 AWM Distance Trophy Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo Fallen Zorro Wins The 2008 Group 2 Sir John Dillon Memorial In A 3 Way Photo El Galo Emphatically Wins The 2008 Warrnambool Cup Chinatown Lad & Fallen Zorro Quinella The Sandown Cup 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson 2008 Chairmans Cup Presentation 2008 Group 2 Sir John Dillon Memorial Presentation To Fallen Zorro & Shane Whitney El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun 2008 Paws Of Thunder Presentation To One Tree Hill & Connections Size Can Matter Winning The 2008 Group 1 Perth Cup

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El Galo Is AGRA October Greyhound Of The Month

El Galo Easily Winning The 2008 Top Gun

El Galo Easily Winning The 2008 Topgun

AGRA’s Greyhound of the Month for October 2008 is Victorian star sprinter El Galo.
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Max & Pam Julien & Family With Miss Slick El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 3 Winner - Made To Size ran 29.70 Nitro Burst & Jason Thompson With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls Sky Hazzard Holds Out Fallen Zorro To Win The 2008 AWM Distance Trophy Shane Whitney & Family with Chinatown Lad & Fallen Zorro Chinatown Lad & Fallen Zorro Quinella The Sandown Cup Fallen Zorro After Her Impressive Sandown Cup Heat Victory In 42.16 Miss Slick Winning The 2008 WA Oaks.png Made To Size & Reg Kay With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family

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Vic Peters Memorial Shapes Up As A Classic Contest

Nitro Burst Winning At The Meadows In August 2008

Nitro Burst Winning At The Meadows In August 2008

The Schweppes Vic Peters Classic Final next Saturday night looks like being a wide open affair after some fantastic performances in the semi finals last Saturday.
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2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 6 Winner - Nitro Burst ran 29.99 El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo Irreplaceable & Handler El Galo Emphatically Wins The 2008 Warrnambool Cup 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson Borat Bolts Away From Cyclone Ned & Snozz On The Home Corner In The 2008 Canberra Cup 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family Velocette & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 1 Winner - Velocette ran 29.70 Nitro Burst & Jason Thompson With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls

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El Galo Annihilates The 2008 Group 1 Topgun

El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun

El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun

El Galo continued his sensational sprinting year at The Meadows on Saturday night by taking out the Group 1 TAB TopGun in spectacular fashion.
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2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family 2008 Sandown Shootout Presentation to Mantra Lad, Graeme Jose & Family, Connections and The Sandown Shootout Girls 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 8 Winner - Amity Bale ran 30.03 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 5 Winner - Teaman Titch ran 29.93 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 6 Winner - Nitro Burst ran 29.99 Velocette & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Sandown Shootout Winner Mantra Lad Drives Hard Along The Rail To Run Down Wide Running Queen Lauryn Steve Hawkins and Family and Queen Lauryn Kendale Bale & Handler With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls 2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 2 Winner - Kendale Bale ran 29.87 Queen Lauryn Solo Trialling 29.83 At The Meadows In Preparation For The Group 1 2008 Topgun

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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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One Tree Hill Wins The 2008 Paws Of Thunder Queen Lauryn Winning The 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown At Sandown Park 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown Winners Queen Lauryn & Handler Ron Hood 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown Presentation To Queen Lauryn & Handlers Ron Hood and Marg Long At Sandown Park El Galo Emphatically Wins The 2008 Warrnambool Cup Queen Lauryn winning at Albion Park in 29.72 Queen Lauryn After Winning The 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown At Sandown Park The 2008 Sandown Shootout Elite Field Heads To The First Corner With Queen Lauryn Heading One Tree Hill, Made To Size And Eventual Winner, Mantra Lad 2008 Sandown Shootout Winner Mantra Lad Drives Hard Along The Rail To Run Down Wide Running Queen Lauryn Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family

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TAB Topgun Saturday 25th October 2008

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2008 Sandown Shootout Winner Mantra Lad Drives Hard Along The Rail To Run Down Wide Running Queen Lauryn El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun 2008 Sandown Shootout Presentation to Mantra Lad, Graeme Jose & Family, Connections and The Sandown Shootout Girls Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo 2008 Paws Of Thunder Presentation To One Tree Hill & Connections 2008 Sandown Shootout Presentation to Mantra Lad, Graeme Jose & Family, Connections and The Sandown Shootout Girls 2008 Sandown Shootout Winners Mantra Lad and Graeme Jose & Family and The Sandown Shootout Girls El Galo Emphatically Wins The 2008 Warrnambool Cup Queen Lauryn After Winning The 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown At Sandown Park 2008 Sandown Shootout Winners Mantra Lad and Graeme Jose & Family 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown Presentation To Queen Lauryn & Handlers Ron Hood and Marg Long At Sandown Park

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Saturday 25th October 2008

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2008 Paws Of Thunder Presentation To One Tree Hill & Connections 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family Queen Lauryn Winning The 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown At Sandown Park The 2008 Sandown Shootout Elite Field Heads To The First Corner With Queen Lauryn Heading One Tree Hill, Made To Size And Eventual Winner, Mantra Lad 2008 Sandown Shootout Winners Mantra Lad and Graeme Jose & Family and The Sandown Shootout Girls 2008 Sandown Shootout Presentation to Mantra Lad, Graeme Jose & Family, Connections and The Sandown Shootout Girls 2008 Group 1 Sapphire Crown Winners Queen Lauryn & Handler Ron Hood Shane Whitney & Family with Chinatown Lad & Fallen Zorro 2008 Sandown Shootout Presentation to Mantra Lad, Graeme Jose & Family, Connections and The Sandown Shootout Girls Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun

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MGRA’s Topgun Needs To Refocus On Ability Not Bias

Since its inception in 1993, the invitation-only Topgun has been a controversial race.
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El Galo Emphatically Wins The 2008 Warrnambool Cup Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo Surgeon & Darren McDonald With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family Nitro Burst & Jason Thompson With The 2008 Melbourne Cup Girls Vintage Octane with Deane Lester and Darren McDonald

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Taipan Bale Top Local Hope In Geelong Gold Cup

Lara greyhound trainer Graeme Bate says Taipan Bale has the firepower to land his seventh Geelong Australia Gold Cup on Friday night. “Taipan Bale has heaps of early pace, he’s not really strong at the end, but this early pace is what you must have,” Bate said yesterday. The Geelong Australia Gold Cup (457m) has a $40,000 first prize and is one of the richest provincial races in Australia.
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2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family El Galo Emphatically Wins The 2008 Warrnambool Cup 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun

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QGRA Stewards Find Another Two Guilty Of Anabolic Steroids

Greyhounds Queensland stewards have today released details regarding another two postitive swabs to anabolic steroids, one involving a high profile trainer and breeder. Remarkably both swabs have tested positive to the same drug, Hydroxyzstanazolo.
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El Galo Winning The 2008 Topgun El Galo Emphatically Wins The 2008 Warrnambool Cup Victorious 2008 Warrnambool Cup Owner Seona Hood & El Galo 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson 2008 Topgun Winner El Galo with Owner Seona Hood & Trainer Jason Thompson & Family

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One Tree Hill Scores Deserved Win In 2008 Paws Of Thunder

2008 Paws Of Thunder Presentation

2008 Paws Of Thunder Presentation

One Tree Hill ($4.50), was rewarded for her consistency in making man