Space Jet’s bid to win the St Leger for a second time in her career came to a disappointing end at Perry Barr tonight. The superstar, who has really captured the imagination of race-goers with her breath-taking last to first finishes, got into trouble heading into the first bend and could not recover enough to mount enough of a challenge to qualify.
Crafty Shivoo took full advantage of the withdrawal of Fabulous Azurra to win Trial 6 of the Empress Stakes today at Towcester in a time of 29.15.
Mark Wallis’ black pup will most likely head into the first round proper as the outright favourite on the back of her performance today. She paced up well to lead from the lids and ran away from Rapido Lady and Kilara Coco down the back straight to record the second fastest time of the trial stakes.
Fabulous Azurra took the BGBF British Bred Oaks by the scruff of the neck on Friday night at Oxford, holding off the late charge of wide runner, No Rush, by just a short head.
Fromposttopillar delivered a breathtaking run, stepping up to six bends in the Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic at Monmore on Saturday night, to cruise into next weekend’s semi-finals. However, there has been quite a strong reaction on social media to the Trap 1 allocation of middle/wide runner Havana Bale Out in Heat 2. The first Heat paired the winners of the… Read More »‘Postie’ delivers strong message amidst Havana trap allocation controversy at Monmore.
A cracking card of Open racing at Oxford, on Friday night, included two hot semi-finals of the BGBF British Bred Oaks.
Thursday afternoon open races at Swindon are unearthing a tranche of talent. None more so than John Campbell’s Sept-21 black dog, Bluejig Buzz and Liz/Rab Mcnair’s King Memphis.
A popular local winner in the Brighton Belle, and a scintillating trap to tape triumph for Hawkfield Ozark in the Laurels, were arguably the pick of last week’s greyhound racing action. Elsewhere, Thursday’s Greyhound Trader.com sales at Yarmouth saw 49/52 lots sold. Paul Blake reviews last week’s action and looks ahead to what’s on the cards for this week.
Three Category One finals and an exciting trio of semi-finals in the Brighton Belle, were the pick of last week’s greyhound racing action. Elsewhere, there was widespread relief after new traps were successfully installed at Towcester. Paul Blake reviews last week’s action and key talking points.
Three Category One finals, the semi-finals of the bet365 Hunt Cup, and the heats of the Brighton Belle were the pick of last week’s greyhound racing action. Elsewhere, there was further controversy surrounding the slow opening sprint and stayers traps at Oxford. Paul Blake reviews last week’s action and key talking point.
Droopys By Amile set to do battle with Ninja Kerry in the Coral Dogs 515 Final at Hove tonight