New video series: Training tips with Robert Britton
Watch our brand new Training Tips videos with Robert Britton at: https://greyhoundcare.grv.org.au/video
CEO Monthly Update March 2018
Welcome to the March edition of the Monthly. We’ve had some great racing over February as the Australian Cup Carnival got underway, including the Temlee, Rookie Rebel and Zoom Top where Fanta Bale equalled Fernando Bale’s record eight Group 1 victories.
CEO Monthly Update February 2018
One month into the new year and the 2018 racing calendar is well and truly underway with the Warragul and Traralgon legs of the second annual Gippsland Carnival, building on the success of the inaugural event last year.
CEO Monthly Update January 2018
Welcome to the start of a new year for greyhound racing in Victoria. 2017 was a very busy year as we near the end of the transformation of greyhound racing and its regulatory arrangements.
CEO Monthly Update December 2017
Welcome to the last edition of Greyhound Monthly Victoria for 2017. This issue covers the world’s richest and prestigious greyhound race, the Melbourne Cup and I congratulate Aston Dee Bee, his breeder/owner Ray Borda, and trainer Seona Thompson on the greyhound’s great run, as well as the team at Sandown Park for their hard work in making the night happen.
CEO Monthly Update November 2017
Greyhound Racing Victoria’s 2016-17 Annual Report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on 19 October 2017 and it, along with a short video of the year in review are available online at grv.org.au/annualreport.
How coursing and persistence turned around ‘problem child’ Tyson
Tyson Trump was just two months shy of his third birthday when he made his long-awaited TAB track debut on Healesville Cup day (September 10). His trainer Peter Craig (pictured with Tyson Trump) reveals the pathway that led to his greyhound’s two-length win that day as a red-hot $1.60 favourite.
CEO Monthly Update October 2017
It was another busy month in the sport around Victoria. On 12 September, Horsham Greyhound Racing Club’s new track was officially opened by the Mayor of Horsham Rural City Council after a redevelopment that used mainly local contractors and suppliers.
Racetrack stars do make great pets
Many successful race dogs have been accepted into the Greyhound Adoption Program and been adopted by Victorian families.
Robert Britton’s diet for greyhounds
Recently crowned Victorian Metropolitan Trainer of the Year, Robert Britton says there’s no such thing as “feeding better” by paying more for your greyhound’s food.