Fallen Zorro

AMIDST all the turmoil created by the NSW Premier's decision last week to end greyhound racing in June next year, we still have litters being...

THIS year marks a synergy for Wentworth Park as it will host its eighth National Distance Championship final, on the same night it hosts its...

IN 2010 the long-standing John McKenna Memorial was first run over the middle distance of 595 metres at Sandown Park. Previously, the Group 2 event...

The 2014 final of the Sir John Dillon Memorial, to be run at Sandown Park, will only be the third time in what will be...

Middle distance racing may not often be the stage where the greats of the sport forge their names, but a quick look at the honour...

I have to admit to being somewhat surprised by the reaction to my article ‘Buckle Up Wes becomes the best ever from Tasmania.' Following his...

When it comes to Tasmanian chasers, the victory of Buckle Up Wes in the Topgun, combined with his success earlier this year in the Australian...

October 15 Rose Moss defeated Inky Ebony by three lengths with Jagson third in the 1966 Sydney Cup final, run over 790 yards at Wentworth...

The Sydney Cup was the first of what became the ‘big four' distance events on the Sydney city racing calendar. Starting in 1963, it was...

This Saturday night will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Chairman's Cup, a race inaugurated by the GBOTA to honour its past and present chairmen....

SEPTEMBER 10 Security Star set a new track record time of 20.03 for the 350 metres trip at Kempsey in 2005. Lochinvar Prada annexed the...

This year's National Distance Championship final, of course, holds especial interest in seeing whether champion all-distance bitch Xylia Allen can break Miata's prize money winning...

In some ways the AWM Distance Title is one of the ‘unsung' long-standing major distance races on the Australian calendar. Of course, if Xylia Allen...

Sandown Park plays host to six heats of the time honoured Group Two McKenna Memorial tonight with some of the countries best middle distance greyhounds...

Almost as soon as greyhound racing behind the mechanical lure commenced in Australia in May 1927, the venues began thinking of ways to keep attracting...

From the time of its inception, the Albion Park Gold Cup (originally the Gabba Gold Cup) has been a tough race. This is particularly so...

You could almost mistake the listed Cup Night Stayers race at Sandown Park on Thursday night as the field for the Group One Sandown Cup...

With upset results the order of the day in the heats, this year's Sandown Cup final has been robbed of a lot of interest. There's...

MAY 14 Josh won the 1949 Easter Stake, run over 800 yards (732 metres) on the loam track at Harold Park. Josh scored by a...

It's a race that demands quality, the world's richest staying race, The Group One Sandown Cup. Four heats of the time honoured event are set...

The 2014 Dapto Puppy Auction took place on Sunday, 4 May. A total of 350 lots were catalogued to be auctioned. A number of pups...

This week's final of the Association Cup will mark the 50th running of the Association Cup, the second-oldest of the four major Sydney distance cups....

The loss of former Tasmanian staying champion Chinatown Lad this week evokes great memories of the brilliant half miler who, along with his litter sister...

Classy chaser Hellyeah Bolt (Dyna Lachlan – Flash Diamond) continued on his winning way at Tuesday's NWGRC meeting conducted at the Devonport Raceway, by winning...

The Horsham and Temora Cup finals, run over the last weekend, produced two fairly rare occurrences: a track record in the former (Crump), and an...