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‘MOTHER' OF A RACE LOOMS IN A ‘TRICKY' AUCKLAND CUP FIELD
Tricky Shelley or Little Mother - or will there be an upset Auckland Cup result???
The answer to the above will be found around 30 seconds after 9.02pm Thursday night when the field for the 2010 edition of the $75,000 AGRC Supporters Auckland Cup completes their 527 metre battle. Pictured: Tricky Shelley a leading Auckland Cup contender
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HIFI SEEKS TO DEFEND RAILWAY SPRINT TITLE
Hifi Allegro returns to defend her Auckland Co-op Taxis Railway Sprint (race 7, 8.36pm) title at the Manukau Stadium on Thursday night. The $12,000 Group Two feature over the 318 metre dash has always been the main support race on Auckland Cup night. Pictured: Hifi Allegro, with trainer Brendon Cole following her Railway Sprint win last year ...
DUNEDIN CUP & NZRG SERIES FINALS HIGHLIGHTS OTAGO MEETING
Two heats were contested on Dunedin's Forbury Park track last Thursday to find the finalists for this Thursday afternoon's $5,000 Power Farming Otago Dunedin Cup (race 10, 2.50pm). Also three New Zealand Graduation Series heats were held for the Kiwi bred chasers, which sees that $8,000 final (race 8, 2.09pm) being held on the same race card. Pictured: Sudden Sam, a Dunedin Cup finalist ...
AUCKLAND CUP & RAILWAY FINALISTS HAVE BEEN DECIDED
The heat times from Thursday night's AGRC Supporters Auckland Cup 527 metre heats give every indication that next Thursday night's final will quite likely develop into a two-dog paw wrestle, when just 0.03 of a second separated the classy bitches Little Mother and Tricky Shelley. Pictured: Little Mother after returning the fastest Auckland Cup heat time ...
AUCKLAND CUP CARNIVAL ACTION UNDERWAY
Ten races, chocker full of open class greyhounds, provide a strong kick start to Auckland Cup week at the Manukau Stadium on Thursday night. Four heats will be contested for the AGRC Supporters Auckland Cup, while the straight out speed merchants will be contesting six heats for the Auckland Co-op Taxis Railway Sprint. Pictured: Tricky Shelley after her quick last start 30.08sec win at the Manukau Stadium ...
KIWI BRED RACING ACTION DOMINATED LAST WEEK'S FEATURES
The past racing week certainly contained a flavour of New Zealand bred feature racing with three New Zealand Racing Series (NZRS) finals being decided for Kiwi bred chasers throughout the three racing regions in the country. Pictured: Rasmah following his stunning Auckland NZRS victory ...
KIWI BRED'S TO CHASE NZRS BREEDERS DOLLARS ON SUNDAY
Two heats for Sunday afternoon's New Zealand Racing Series final (race 4, 4.01pm) over 527 metres were contested at the Manukau Stadium last Sunday, which saw the freakish Rasmah win his heat in 30.67 seconds, while Shine For Us lunged late to take out her heat in 30.74 seconds. Pictured: Rasmah, who will start as the a warm favourite in Sunday's NZRS final in Auckland ...
NZ RACING SERIES FINALS TO BE DECIDED
Deservedly it's the New Zealand bred greyhounds who takes centre stage for the balance of this week's racing. New Zealand Racing Series finals will be contested in Invercargill on Thursday, Wanganui on Friday and at Auckland on Sunday. Pictured; Winsome Opawa, who is a leading prospect in the NZRS Southland final on Thursday ...
A FLYING CANTERBURY FUTURITY VICTORY
It's amazing what can occur and the feelings that can run through you in the space of just 30.68 seconds. Especially when you have a greyhound who you thought could provide you with your first Group race winner. Pictured: Opawa Flyer - the 2010 Bill's Bar & Bistro Canterbury Futurity winner ...
PACE & STRENGTH MAKES CANTERBURY FUTURITY AN INTERESTING CONTEST
A field that contains contenders who processes early pace, while others who own strength at the business end presents an intriguing set of potential scenarios for Thursday night's $20,000 Bill's Bar & Bistro Canterbury Futurity (race 9, 8.50pm) at the Addington Raceway. Pictured: Opawa Collar, a leading prospect in the Canterbury Futurity ...
TAB BONUS WEEKEND
Friday night sees the monthly TAB Bonus Weekend kicking into action during the Wanganui meeting at the Hatrick Raceway. $10,000 has been added to the Quaddie pool which will be conducted on races five to eight inclusive. Pictured: Hifi Allegro appeals as a Quaddie stand out in Friday night's $10,000 bonus pool Wanganui Quaddie ...
Reasons to Love Greyhound Racing
What is it that you love about greyhound racing? Is it the speed, suspense and excitement as the dogs race head to head? Or that winning feeling when you place the right bet? Greyhound racing continues to grow in popularity. Both the greyhound and the sport have a long and rich history. A dog that was once worshipped as a God by the Egyptians, and became a sign of nobility to English ...
Jasmine the Warwickshire Greyhound
In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England, opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had clearly been abused. In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a ...