1971 Warragul Cup – Red Velore
The Warragul Cup of 1971 held in March of that year was won by Red Velore (Little Error x Kadia) bred by legendary owner-trained-breeder Joe […]
Articles by Neil Brown
Copeland 1961 Australian Cup Winner
Copeland caused an upset when he jumped to the front from the 13-yard handicap mark leading all the way to win the 1961 Australian Cup […]
1983 Waterloo Cup Chief Kruger
1983 Waterloo Cup winner Chief Kruger raced by Fred Knee and trained by the great Max Johnson who started putting the polish on Chief Kruger […]
Tony Barber Cup
One of the great Country club promotions was The Tony Barber Cup held at Cranbourne from 1983 until 1990. It was conducted for the first […]
Hector Fawley Retires After Stellar Career
The mighty Hector Fawley has retired to stud after a stellar all distance career. Here is how Greyhound Recorder scribe Gerard Guthrie covered the announcement. […]
The Outstanding Explicit Retires
Superstar Explicit was retired after winning both the Melbourne Cup and the Phoenix in December 2024. In the most brilliant fashion he needed a bit […]
Buka Sunset Stud Promo
One of my all-time race favourites was the mighty Buka Sunset raced by Bookmaker Norm Short with his wife Mira. I recently bumped into Norm […]
West Australia 50 Year Night of Celebration
As a follow up to WA’s 50 Year Celebration night last Sunday. Simo has sent me some photos of the night and a list of […]
David Simonette – Rare Book – 50 Years of Greyhound Racing WA
With the much-anticipated hugh night in Perth last Sunday (December 8th) the Greyhound Industry celebrated 50 years. The man behind the event was one of, […]