It was many years in the making, but greyhound trainer Gary Hansen finally had his first runner in a group final in Sunday’s $65,000 Group 2 Lion Quality Healesville Cup. And while the race didn’t pan out as he would ...
Trainer Hoping to Accomplish Double Celebration
Friday, 12 September, 2014
Greyhound trainer Peter Presutto has a lot of wonderful memories at Healesville, and he is hoping another will come out of Sunday’s Group 2 Lion Quality Healesville Cup final (350m). Presutto, of Devon Meadows, has Accomplished drawn in Box 1, ...
Shock Results in Healesville Cup Heats
Monday, 8 September, 2014
There were upsets galore in last weekend’s heats of the Group 2 Lion Quality Healesville Cup, but plenty of interest remains in Sunday’s $64,000 Group 2 final. The eight heats boasted greater quality than any card of racing ever conducted ...
Veteran Sprinter Among Sentimental Favourites
Saturday, 6 September, 2014
Early Return probably won’t be among the best backed greyhounds in Sunday’s Lion Quality Healesville Cup heats, but he’ll certainly be one of the sentimental favourites. Set to turn five in December, Early Return is an old timer in greyhound ...
King to Clash with Heavyweights in Healesville Cup
Thursday, 4 September, 2014
Darwin Cup winner Clash Of Kings will enter the upcoming Group 2 Lion Quality Healesville Cup series full of confidence having won his past four races on end. The Stephen Whyte-trained greyhound won the Group 3 Darwin Cup four weeks ...
Stunning Recovery Leads to Record Romp
Monday, 1 September, 2014
A stunned Darren McDonald can’t believe the durability of new Healesville track-record holder There’s A Earn and was in awe of the greyhound’s ability to recover from a near career ending injury earlier in the year. McDonald says that There’s ...
Hard Earned Burst’s Winter Cup
Wednesday, 23 July, 2014
The TRIcode One Syndicate owned and Darren Pattinson trained Hard Urned Burst has taken a real liking to racing up the straight at Healesville and has an unblemished record. Earlier this year he dead-heated in the final of the Puppy ...
Close Call in Puppy Final
Monday, 16 June, 2014
Saahd (2) and Hard Urned Burst (5) dead heated in an exciting finish for first in the final of the Healesville Puppy Championship on Sunday, 1st of June. The favorite Jonny Black Fox (6) nearly made it a three way ...
Luca Neveelk Contiues His Unbeaten Run
Sunday, 8 June, 2014
The Gerald Kleeven trained Luca Neveelk put in a strong performance against a quality field to take out the 2014 LION Quality Derby Final at Healesville on Sunday, 25th of May. Continuing his unbeaten run, he thrilled Healesville crowds with ...