NSW Greyhound Of The Year

Miss Elly Mint & Robert Smith

Gosford Cup the biggest win of Miss Elly Mint’s grand career

ON January 6 2009 NSW sprinter Miss Elly Mint (Elite State x Indigo Mint) recorded the biggest victory, in terms of prize money, throughout her...

2016 Group 1 Vic Peters Classic tips and betting preview

ANDO'S Mac is on track to claim his first group title when the lids fly open for the Group 1 Vic Peters Classic (520m) at...

West Aussie seeking to snare a place in Sydney Cup folklore

THE Sydney Cup is a race that has been ‘on the books' at Wentworth Park since 1963 and boasts winners from Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland,...

Speed may become an irrelevance in racing’s future

WHILE greyhound people in NSW are effectively labeled by the state premier and much of his ruling party as being incapable of following animal welfare...

Bomber collects the ‘mainland metro set’ with Winter Cup heat win

WHEN Victorian speedster Blazin' Bomber (Kinloch Brae x Absolute Stunna) took out his heat of the Group 1 Winter Cup over 520m at Albion Park...

Reliving the Woolley Wilson – Para Main match race 43 years on

IT was arguably one of the strangest match races ever organised in Australia. On June 15, 1973 Australia's highest prize money winning sprinter and perennial...
Rookie Rebel

Reprising the Top Linen (NSW) vs Rookie Rebel (VIC) Match Race

LAST Tuesday marked the 58 year anniversary of one of the most eagerly awaited contests in the history of greyhound racing – a match race...

Bessy Boo’s new city record, in context

BESSY Boo's performance to score his 26th victory at Wentworth Park means the Christine Proctor-trained black dog is what the Americans would call ‘the winningest'...

Megsie Marble the standout performer in Nowra Puppy Classic heats

MEGSIE Marble stamped herself as the greyhound to beat in this year's Group 3 Summer Puppy Classic (520m) after a near record heat performance at...

Lioness Lulu looking to cement her place in history in Gold Cup

VICTORIAN stayer Lioness Lulu will be looking to become the eighth individual, but only the second Victorian-trained stayer, to take the Association Cup-Wentworth Park Gold...

The 1974 Summer Cup: Clash of the Titans

THE final of the 1974 Summer Cup, run over the gruelling 732 metres distance on the grass at Harold Park, produced one of the most...

Heavy rain failed to mar one of the great Vic Peters finals

A BLACK and white male greyhound, his physically disabled owner, and a young racecaller were among the key ingredients that made up the 22nd running...
Fernando Bale was a consistent money-winner for greyhound bettors

Fernando Bale out to equal Zipping Willow; chasing Tenthill Doll

WHEN Fernando Bale lines up in the final of the National Sprint Championship he will be attempting to preserve his unbeaten record in Group events...
Fernando Bale was a consistent money-winner for greyhound bettors

Can you hear the record drums Fernando?

FERNANDO Bale's victory in the Peter Mosman Memorial final at Wentworth Park took his incredible winning streak to 13 on end. That makes him only...

Emotions flow as training legend Ken Cheetham defies the odds

LEGENDARY Hunter Valley trainer Ken Cheetham returned to the winners list after a nearly three year-long battle with cancer last Thursday at Maitland, landing his...

Ladies Bracelet recalled: Spider Web storms to victory in 1990

IN 1990 the Wentworth Park track was still a grass surface and the GBOTA were basking in the success of the inaugural Golden Easter Egg...

When a sensational finish ended the superb 1972 Gold Cup final

HOW often does the greyhound finishing second in a heat or semi-final of a major race emerge a week later and snare the final? The...

Ragsie’s 1972 run in the Wentworth Park Gold Cup one for the ages

HOW often does the greyhound finishing second in a heat or semi-final of a major race emerge a week later and snare the final? The...

What you may have missed: Next stakeholder forum on this Tuesday

GREYHOUND Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) will conduct their next stakeholder forum at the Gosford greyhound track on Tuesday night. Commencing at 6.05pm, GRNSW CEO...

Sweet It Is faces a tough task to buck history

THIS year marks the 50th anniversary of the Association Cup, the race inaugurated in 1965 and run over the-then 800 yards on the testing grass...

2015 Group 3 Magic Maiden – the best on breeding

THE Group 3 Magic Maiden series always manages to produce some highly-talented pups and this year is no different as we look forward to 11 exciting...

Live-baiting scandal: The darkest week in an industry’s history

JUST a week has elapsed since the nation was shocked by revelations of live baiting in the greyhound industry broadcast on the ABC's investigative program...

Promises Free & Winifred Bale fought out a furious Futurity final

THE 1982 final of the National Futurity, run over the 530 metres trip on the old grass circuit at Wentworth Park, bore witness to a...

He’s Some Boy proved to be that when annexing Maidment Memorial

INAUGURATED in 1972 as the successor to the New Year's Handicap, the Roy Maidment Memorial was contested over the staying trip at Sandown Park until...

The Night Two Giants Clashed In A Memorable Hobart Thousand

She was the darling of the media and greyhound fans across the country. He was the one chaser who had already tested her and would...