2008 Melbourne Cup Heat 3 Won By Made To Size

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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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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

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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Schweppes Melbourne Cup Heats Thursday 20th November 2008

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Thursday 20th November 2008

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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 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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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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Sandown Shootout Thursday 13th November 2008

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Thursday 13th November 2008

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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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Proven Alias’ October AGRA Run Of The Month

Proven Alias Staged A Brilliant Last To First Win At Sandown Park

Proven Alias Staged A Brilliant Last To First Win At Sandown Park

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

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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Saturday 8th November 2008

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Three National Champs State Reps Decided Tonight

With Australia’s ‘Golden Girl’ Stephanie Rice breaking records in Beijing, greyhound racing’s ‘Pin-Up Girl’ Queen Lauryn is hoping for national glory at Brisbane’s Albion Park.
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