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One new case of Covid was recorded in Western Australia as Premier Mark McGowan said New Years celebrations could proceed but new Covid rules will be extended until January 4.

The Queensland Summer Carnival and the Ascot Racing Carnival take centre stage this Saturday.

Villiers Stakes day saw Brutality book a Doncaster ticket at Randwick, while at Eagle Farm Apache Chase secured a Stradbroke start and an impeded camera shot proved a talking point for punters ...

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Tiggerlong Tonk driving clear in the final bounds to score by 1.37 lengths in 29.23sec. It was his 39 th win from 27 appearances at Sandown. “That was just a good contest between him and Catch The Thief. He had to bring his best to win and he did,” said Grenfell. “He was always going to dig deep and keep coming. He’s got a great will to win.” The $100,000 winner’s purse elevated Tiggerlong Tonk‘s prizemoney total to $676,015 and with five minor placings at G1 level that figure...

SHIMA SHINES IN HARRISON-DAWSON HEATS May 14, 2021 8:52 am by Mick Floyd Harrison-Dawson at On the coldest race night of 2021, Shima Shine defied the conditions to narrowly miss becoming the first dog to break the 29 second barrier twice, stopping the clock at 29.003 and powering into his seventh group 1 final. “He went good the boy,” said handler Korie Heinrich on behalf of trainer Andrea Dailly. “I wasn’t expecting that but when the time came up I was pretty wrapped.” While Shi...

RSN927 GRENFELL STICKS TO WINNING FORMULA May 13, 2021 6:00 am by Mick Floyd Tiggerlong Tonk takes his place in the heats of the Harrison-Dawson tonight. At 25 years of age, Grenfell became one of the youngest trainers to win a group 1 race at Sandown Park when the brilliant Orson Allen won the 2019 edition of the Harrison-Dawson. The win came soon after his maiden group 1 success in the Perth Cup and completed a remarkable season in which he would be named the 2018/19 Victorian Greyhound...

RSN927 WHAT TO EXPECT FROM WA STARS May 6, 2021 12:02 pm by Mick Floyd Sandi’s Me Mum, Miata and Nullabor to win a group 1 at Sandown Park, and more recently, Tommy Shelby has swept all before him in what had become one of the longest – and most successful – road trips in greyhound racing history. Tommy Shelby is returning for a crack at the group 1 Harrison-Dawson next Thursday night, and this time he’s not alone. Sunset Spitfire, S tar Book and Barefoot Tycoon will all trial b...