THE meeting scheduled for Towcester on Saturday morning has been cancelled due to the power issues which curtailed Friday’s fixture there. Director of racing James Chalkley said: “Dave Boothby has been investigating the electrical issue that caused the abandonment of the last three races on Friday. “There is an...

JURA GO BUZZ can end a losing run which has now crept into double figures by dominating throughout in Harlow's A6 over 415m at 8.34. The key to success for Maurice Rice's bitch is rapidly securing an early lead which looks on the cards in...

DROOPYS PLUNGE set the standard in the delayed opening round of the Greyhound Racing UK Blue Riband over 500m at Towcester. Completing a double for trainer Patrick Janssens, who had earlier scored with Barntick Bear, Droopys Plunge easily landed odds 0f 2/7 when landing the fifth heat in 28....

IAN FORTUNE has his finger on the pulse when it comes to the Irish greyhound scene and marks our card with a quintet to follow in 2025. 0:00 /7:34 1×...

TRAINERS Liz McNair and David Mullins, who sent out last year's winner Romeo Cypher, both doubled up in the first round heats of the Category One BGBF Puppy Cup over 450m at Oxford on Saturday. McNair's Queen Cilla was the standard-setter with a 26.67sec success...

THE GBGB has announced the contenders for the eight open race categories for this year’s Greyhound of the Year Awards which will be held at the annual gala evening at The Milner Hotel, York on Thursday 6th March. GBGB commercial director Mark Moisley said: “We are delighted to announce...

WITH Irish Focus taking a break until Wednesday 22nd January, Ian Fortune this week looks back at his big-race highlights of 2024. He was allowed to pick five, but sneaked in a sixth. 0:00 /8:57 1×...

RAZLDAZL EDWARD proved the market wrong as he produced a dominant display to land the €4,000 final of the 2024 Gold Collar A1 over 550 yards at Shebourne Park. Owned and trained by Dolores Ruth, the 5/2 chance was opposed in the betting by his semi-final victim Snowy...

THE GBGB has announced that Mark Bird will step down as CEO and retire in April 2025, after seven years in post.  The Board will now begin the recruitment process for a successor with GBGB chairman Jeremy Cooper saying: “It is no exaggeration to say that Mark has transformed the...

A monthly video record of the major SIS UK and Irish races run during 2024 with accompanying reporting. 07/12 - Shelbourne Park: IGOBF National Puppy 525 - Untold Rufiyaa UNTOLD RUFIYAA produced a dominant performance to land the €12,500 final of the IGOBF National Puppy 525, the feature...

THE weekly Irish Focus, which takes in all the big racing in Ireland, now appears on sisracing.tv The final edition of 2024 has action from three venues in the shape of Clonmel, Shelbourne Park and Tralee with deciders at all of the trio plus the semis of the Gold...

GREYHOUND Racing Ireland and SIS have announced the extension, and significant expansion, of an agreement to showcase major feature events into 2025. Beginning in June this year with the Race Of Champions from Tralee, SIS has broadcast nine major Irish final nights - including live streaming on sisracing.tv -...