GLENGAR KANE, trained by Pat Buckley for owner Richard Colwell, made it five wins in five career starts with a brilliant track record performance in the €4,000 final of the Lord Kennels Unraced Stake ON1 over 525 yards at Enniscorthy. Sent off 4/7 favourite on the back of...

RAPIDO SPY, a £4,500 purchase at Greyhound Trader's October sale at the track, pounced late to spring a 33/1 surprise in the £10,000 final of the bet365 English Puppy Oaks over 450m at Oxford. Picking the perfect time to lose her open-race maiden tag, Rapido...

14/12 - Oxford: BetGoodwin Series Maiden - Rebel Alaska REBEL ALASKA confirmed himself a serious prospect for 2026 with a stunning victory in the £3,000 BetGoodwin Series Maiden final over 450m at Oxford. Trained by Kevin Hutton for Billy McMahon, Gary Shelley and Gary Thompson, the March 2024...

THE GBGB has launched the social media hashtag #CelebratingOurStadia with venues past and present to be featured in the run-up to Christmas. The feature comes ahead of the centenary year of greyhound racing in the UK in 2026, the first regulated meeting having taken place at Belle Vue in Manchester...

DEAR Friends, On behalf of Rásaíocht Con Éireann, I wish to extend my heartfelt Christmas greetings to the wider greyhound racing community and to thank our owners, trainers, staff, supporters, sponsors, and racegoers for their collective support throughout the year. While the festive season is a time for reflection and...

TRAINER Michelle Brown completed a Suffolk Downs six-timer on Tuesday 23rd December to register a first-ever century of open-race winners in a single calendar campaign. Brown started the night requiring six winners to reach the milestone and, despite only being represented in six of the nine opens on the card,...

A THRILLING finish to a Star Pelaw A6 contest on Tuesday prompted a post-race invasion of the track for the presentation by some seasonally-dressed characters in addition to the large number of children present. Honours were shared by the Jo Atkins-trained Tommys Clodagh and Rob McCarthy's Glengiblinbadger who...

GREYHOUND Racing Ireland and SIS have jointly announced planned big race coverage for 2026 which will include earlier rounds in major competitions such as the Con & Annie Kirby Memorial, Irish Oaks, Irish Laurels and Irish St Leger. As ever, the flagship event is the BOYLESports Irish Derby which will...

OXFORD's gain will be Towcester's loss in 2026 following confirmation that bet365 has recommitted to sponsoring the same three Category One competitions there as this year. Additionally, it has also agreed to back the Oxfordshire Sprint for the first time having ended support for the Empress...

GBGB chief executive Mark Bird has again hit out at the Welsh political process after an initial reading of the Bill designed to ban greyhound racing in the country gained a first reading in the Senedd by 36 votes to 11. All Labour members present voted in favour plus one...

GARETH DAVIES, the MS for the Vale Of Clwyd constituency, has thrown strong support behind the campaign to prevent a Bill being passed which would ban greyhound racing in Wales. Despite criticism from two Senedd committees about the haste with which the Bill is being introduced without proper scrutiny of...

THE festive period greyhound schedule has been published by SIS with traditional early finishes on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Racing on all four of those days will commence slightly earlier at 10.02am with provisional last race times of...