Tag: greyhounds

Turnaround in Fast Forward final

Bourne Nicko, beaten into second place by Hannah Rocks in a heat of the previous week’s Fast Forward series (512 metres) at Tara Raaceway,...

A good day for giveaway greyhounds

Time-graded meeting regular Raylene Gavin, of Killarney, can recall doubles from years ago at Horsham and Warrnambool. But as far as Mount Gambier’s Tara Raceway...

The Captain rocks at raceway

Asolid finish from Cadillac Rocks in last Thursday’s Hyland Fox 1-4W Stake (400 metres) was the first of four winners for long-time Edenhope trainer...

Garry’s good deeds day

For long-time Koroit owner-trainer Garry Anders last Thursday’s wins by littermates Daisy Deeds and Freddy Deeds had been his best day at Tara Raceway...

First-up win for Roselyn’s Rebel

Eaglehawk trainer Roselyn Nicholls currently has only one greyhound in work. But that was all she needed when Rebel stepped out in the Commercial Hotel...

Cross-border connection continues to pay dividends

Glencoe greyhound trainer Dean Fennell still remembers those early Covid days and the struggle the Mount Gambier Greyhound Racing Club had in filling its...

KD lands three-code treble

First it was the thoroughbred Ever Hoping who back in the late 1980s won nine races and ran nine placings for his part-owner -...

Mick’s Kimmy goes one better

It was 12 months ago on Mount Gambier Cup Day that Mick’s Kimmy finished a 1¾ length second behind Emani Bale who broke Nellie...

Little chases second Fast Forward success for the month

Kongorong trainer John Little, who earlier this month landed the time-graded 400 metre Fast Forward at Tara Raceway with $62 chance Bungaloo Rachele, now...

Popular win for one of greyhound racing’s nice guys

Koroit owner-trainer Gerald McKenna, one of greyhound racing’s good guys, had been missing from Tara Raceway for some time. And according to his Koroit mates,...

A winner in his own right

It’s fair to say Brad Frahn of Mypolonga has enjoyed his share of success as an owner with the 10 Fine Gentlemen Syndicate which...

Racing history rediscovered

Edna Fennell, wife of Glencoe trainer Dean and a regular at Tara Raceway meetings, recently came across what she felt was an interesting book...

Cup Calcutta returns to city track

For the first time since 2019, greyhound racing’s Mount Gambier Cup Calcutta will return to Tara Raceway on Friday, March 24. Covid put paid to...