Yarmouth to drop regular Saturdays Yarmouth are to drop their regular Saturday evening cards after this weekend though they will continue to stage one or two most months throughout the rest of the year. The Saturday nights were brought back earlier in the Spring and did not form part of the betting shop service. Although they ‘just about’ broke even, that wasn’t the main reason for their suspension. Promoter Simon Franklin wrote: “It is really about a shortage of runners. Although we staged opens, they were nearly all our own dogs at a time when we could really do with them for our contracted ..read more

Towcester extra trial sessions The GBGB crackdown on kenneling at Towcester is forcing the track to introduce additional trial sessions. Under GBGB rules, no greyhound can be kennelled for racing more than one hour and 45 minutes before the first race. In addition, a second rule means that no greyhound can trial unless it has been kennelled for at least 40 minutes. Towcester’s Head of Racing James Chalkey said: “Effectively, we have a 40 minute window when we will be able to trial dogs. We are allowing for eight trials to take place during that time. We will monitor it and will stage more if ..read more

Heflewanocean – the fabulous quirkiness of greyhound ownership When Heflewanocean held on to land an A4 at Yarmouth on Saturday, it was a landmark moment in a remarkable little tale of faith, hope and international sportsmanship writes Floyd Amphlett. It all started when Glenn Harrison, who runs the Apollo UK Syndicate in the Bloomfield Kennel, was chatting to American ladies Shannon Konold Lorenz, and Trish Cescolini. Contrary to the rumours pedalled by the USA’s well funded scam welfare organisations – that there are no genuine animal lovers among the USA’s greyhound owners – Shannon and Tr ..read more

Towcester kennel instructions Following recent action by GBGB, the Towcester management have issued the following statement to trainer in relation to race and trial kennelling. Kennelling Times There will be one fixed kennelling time for every meeting. All greyhounds (trials and races) must be kennelled within the allotted time. In accordance with GBGB Rule 112: ‘The Trainer of a Greyhound who fails to have such Greyhound in the Racing Kennel by the time appointed shall be reported to the Local Stewards, who may at their discretion disqualify the Greyhound from running at that Meeting and who ..read more

The first Category One decider at the weekend and a win for Farneys Willie in the ARC Grand Prix. He will be off to Sheffield shortly for the ‘Three Steps’, where he is currently the fastest hound this year over its 660m (38.99).   On Sunday, Wicky Ned lived up to all his hype with another flawless display in the Bresbet Gymcrack at Sheffield. He added a 28.51 to his 28.45 giving him the first, second and fifth fastest times of the year over course and distance.   With Judgement Night on the horizon, Kevin Hutton will be delighted to see his kennel in such good order. None has perfo ..read more

1972 Bertie Hatton, breeder of the “Monolee” prefix dies at his home in Enniscorthy. 1968 Romford celebrate one of its finest meetings when the host the final of the Sportsview TV Trophy, live on the BBC. The final itself boasts the three top marathon stars in training,plus the best best stayer. The betting is headed by Brough Park’s Shady Begonia (2-1) but the race is led by a dog who will go on to win the St Leger later in the year, Forward King (11-4). The Sheffield runner took up a commanding dead, but approaching the last two bends, he was a spent force. The favourite took up the running ..read more

On March 3rd, Farneys Willie became the first runner for newly licensed Richard Wales. He had bought the dog ‘for very reasonable money’ from Norfolk handler Kevin Boon. The debut was a heat of the Queen Mother Cup at Sheffield. The blue brindle started at 7/1, was KO’d at the first bend and beaten a distance in a race won by Savana Heross – who would go on to win the final. The pair met for the first time since on Friday night in the final of the ARC Grand Prix at Sunderland. This is what happened next. https://greyhoundstar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Grand-Prix-FSinal.mp4 The winner’s ..read more

Brighton Belle card – Hove The semi finals of the Coral Brighton Belle and heats of the Hove Puppy Cup are due to take place at the Sussex stadium this evening. Racing Manager Rob Abrey believes both events have more than held their own at a competitive time of year for open race competitions. He said: “We had 41 entries for the Brighton Belle (36 required) and 25 for the puppy competition when we were looking for 18. Both events seem to grow year on year and it was a tough job having to exclude the additonal runners.” Ante post: 6/4 Crafty Shivoo, 5/1 Queen Joni, 15/2 Queen Shakira, 12/1 Hav ..read more

  Premier Greyhound Sales head to Yarmouth this coming Tuesday 25th April for the latest instalment of their hugely popular events.  A wide variety of greyhounds will be available from some of the leading teams in the sport and as usual each and every one of the available lots are inspected by Mark Pierrepont –  RINGSEND RIHANNA – Lightly raced July 2022 daughter of Ballymac Bolger. Already a race winner when landing the odds on debut at Drumbo Park over 335 yards. Should prove a useful addition to any graded set up where sprints and the shorter four bend courses should suit ..read more

GRAND PRIX GALA CARD The final of the ARC Grand Prix is the feature event at Sunderland this evening. It is supported by a very high class Category Three decider and six additional opens. We are grateful to Sunderland Racing Manager Joe Frelford for giving his views on the entire card, comments below each race. However, just to spice things up a bit, we’ve also asked his assistant Dean Kirk (a budding Steve Nash – note the main image) to take on the guvnor with his own set of selections. Let battle commence “Coolavanny Mercy went very well in trials despite stumbling at the traps. She was un ..read more