Velocette Kicks Off Melbourne Cup Preludes
Exciting sprinter Velocette ran a brilliant 29.54 to win the first Schweppes Melbourne Cup Prelude at Sandown Park tonight.
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Thursday 4th Septmber 2008
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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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National Sprint Championships Field Takes Shape
Victorian National Sprint Reps Mogambo and All Caution
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Mantra Lad & Rebel Angel Complete Vic Nat Four
Victorian National Distance Winners - Mantra Lad & Rebel Angel
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All Caution Super Impressive
Darren McDonald secured a return ticket to the scene of one of his greatest triumphs when All Caution blitzed his rivals in the Victorian final of the Rapidvite National Sprint Championship at Sandown Park tonight.
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Lilley Criminal Steals Vic Nat Champs Favouritism
Victoria’s latest staying revelation, Lilley Criminal, has captivated the minds of greyhound racing aficionados since commencing her distance career in early July.
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Impressive Line Up For Vic Distance Nat Champs
Victoria’s select stayers clash in two state heats of the Rapidvite National Distance Championship (725m) at The Meadows on Saturday night.
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Race For Rapidvite Nationals Begins Thursday
The Rapidvite National Series kicks off this Thursday night with state heats at Sandown, Angle Park and Albion Park. Whilst the Sunshine State has had to endure trying times off the track over the past twelve months, there can be no denying that they are the bench mark on the track.
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Shanlyn Prince Goes To Stud
Champion sprinter Shanlyn Prince has been retired to stud. Trained by Group race king Darren McDonald, Shanlyn Prince departs the racing scene with 24 wins, 10 seconds and six thirds from 62 starts, and around $300,000 in stakes.
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Darmanin & Hybrid Theory Upset Laurels Final
Chris Darmanin tasted his first Group race success when his exciting speedster Hybrid Theory led all the way to win the $72,500 Group 1 hawkinsmedia.com.au Laurels Classic at Sandown Park tonight.
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Vassallo Comes Of Age
Around 15 years ago, Wayne Vassallo – then a 15-year-old, Year 10 student – was hell-bent on emulating his idol and mentor, Victoria’s premier greyhound race caller Ron Hawkswell.
The ‘boy and his binoculars’ were a regular sight at Sandown Park’s qualifying trials in the mid-’90s, where Vassallo honed his skills – with an all-consuming passion to one day call a greyhound racing Melbourne Cup.
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Size Does Matter
Boxes win races, just ask trainer Reg Kay. Kay’s star sprinter Size Can Matter (Elite State-Queen Size) utilized his rails box draw to perfection to lead throughout to win Thursday night’s Group 2 Qld Derby at Albion Park.
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Betty’s Angel Misses To Spiral Nakita
Former speed queen Betty’s Angel – rated Australia’s greatest female sprinter of the noughties – has failed to conceive following a frozen semen insemination to Irish stud sensation Spiral Nikita.
Betty’s Angel was due to whelp today, but a recent ultrasound revealed she wasn’t carrying any “little angels” – a term of endearment for the highly anticipated litter considering each pup would have commanded a $20,000 price tag.
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Tasmanians Quinella The Sandown Cup
Tasmanian duo Chinatown Lad and Fallen Zorro gave trainer Shane Whitney his biggest thrill in racing when his star litter-mates quinellaed the $86,000 Group 1 Radio Sport 927 Sandown Cup at Sandown Park tonight.
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NZ’s Platinum Paws Trumps Australia’s Richest Races
The New Zealand Greyhound Racing Association has just confirmed that they will be running one of the richest greyhound races to be held this year held in Australasia.
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Tasmania’s Dynamic Duo
Star Tasmanian littermates Chinatown Lad and Fallen Zorro will start short favourites for the $86,000 Group 1 Radio Sport 927 Sandown Cup after blitzing their rivals in their respective heats at Sandown Park last night.
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Don Hazzard Seeks Redemption In Sandown Cup
An elite field of 31 greyhounds will contest the heats of Australia’s most prestigious staying race, the $86,000 Group 1 Radio Sport 927 Sandown Cup, at Sandown Park this Thursday night.
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Montana Belle Draws Perfect Box
Orange owner-trainer Greg Board couldn’t be happier with his prospects for Saturday’s $4000 Tamworth Gold Cup (457m) after his Cup hope, Montana Belle, drew box one in the feature race this week.
“We want an inside box badly,” Board said after last Saturday’s Cup heat win.
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Tasman Queen Left On The Sidelines
In a move by NSW GHRRA graders that is sure to cause another barrage of criticism directed toward NSW greyhound racing; Tasman Queen, the 2008 Group 1 Australian Cup winner and recent victor of the sought after Bert Bryant Memorial at Sandown; has been left out of the fields for the Group 2 2008 Allan Evans Jewellery Ladies Bracelet Heats to be held at Wentworth Park this Saturday night.
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Langton Looking For A Classic Trifecta
Anakie mentor Angela Langton – trainer of recently retired people’s champion Fred Basset, who is owned by FOX FM’s Hamish & Andy – could attain more celebrity status, this time at Warrnambool.
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