*Bockos Frankel reported NR SHELBOURNE PARK's Winter Racing Festival gets under way on Friday with a card featuring eight finals plus four valuable one-offs and, while the real superstar quality follows 24 hours later, there is sone fascinating action. Ian Fortune has a full race-by-race preview via the...

THE GBGB has reflected on the role of Regional Regulatory Veterinary Surgeon’s (RRVs) some 18 months since the full team took up their posts with two of the appointees giving a ringing endorsement of welfare in the sport. A key action from GBGB’s long-term welfare strategy, A Good...

FRIDAY sees the first of two nights of the Winter Racing Festival at Shelbourne Park with all 12 races at both fixtures live on sisracing.tv Ian Fortune goes through the programme race-by-race below - unfortunately his nap Bockos Frankel has been reported as a NR - and there is...

CUTABOVETHEREST, whose four previous sprint victories had all come in D2 grade at former base Hove, completed an unbeaten run through the event to land the £3,000 BetGoodwin Maiden Sprint final over 253m at Oxford. Leading home a 1-2 for local handler Barrie Backhurst, the 6/4 favourite made...

CRAFTY PROSPERO ensured that the Suffolk Downs 716m track record was lowered for the second successive week with a runaway success in Tuesday's opener there. He had been well beaten when Fabulous Heka first lowered the mark by one spot seven days previously but her 44.98sec clocking...

COMPETITION sponsor bet365 and Oxford have announced that the forthcoming English Puppy Oaks will switch to the Cowley circuit from previous home Towcester. The news, which was confirmed to the GBGB on Tuesday morning, sees the bet365 Puppy Oaks retaining the same dates and conditions, barring a drop in trip...

SUFFOLK DOWNS is to make an earlier-than-expected return to all-graded meetings with such fixtures now scheduled for the morning of Saturday 15th November and afternoon of Friday 21st November. Richard Brankley, head of greyhound operations for SIS, said: “Everyone connected with the reopening of Suffolk Downs has been pleasantly surprised...

PAT GUILFOYLE landed the Irish Greyhound Laurels for the second time in three years courtesy of Magical On Fire's last-gasp success over 525 yards at Curraheen Park. Solo And Go, 7/4 joint-favourite with kennelmate Ballymac Setanta, looked set to give Liam Dowling a first victory in the...

GREYHOUND Racing Ireland (RCÉ) has published the schedule of feature events and Classics for 2026. Clonmel’s big unraced competition and the Shelbourne Gold Cup, which is slated to start on the last day of the month, are the January highlights. The Kingdom Derby at Tralee and Shelbourne’s Christmas...

FOLLOWING the success of its comeback meeting on 4th November, additional fixtures have been confirmed over the coming weeks at Suffolk Downs. Richard Brankley, head of greyhound operations for SIS, said: "Suffolk Downs has been added to the SIS greyhound service for the remaining Tuesday nights of November. "...

TOWCESTER, which has been granted rights to stage the English Greyhound Derby once again in 2026, has announced that the winner's prize is to be reduced by £50,000. The greyhound operation at the Northamptonshire venue will transfer to Orchestrate Ltd from current promoter Kevin Boothby after the...

TOWCESTER will stage the English Greyhound Derby once again in 2026. The news effectively ensures the Northamptonshire venue will complete the five-year deal originally agreed with Kevin Boothby who is leaving the track shortly with Mike Davis’ Orchestrate taking full control of the operation. A GBGB statement read: “GBGB is...

THERE was record-breaking action as Suffolk Downs staged its first meeting in some 15 months on Tuesday with Fabulous Heka taking one spot off the old 716m clock. One of three winners on the night for trainer Patrick Janssens, who also scored with Yahoo Megan and Gundy, the St Leger...

THE GBGB has announced details of the Annual Awards evening which will be held on Thursday 5th March, 2026 in Wokingham.  Following last year’s Awards ceremony which saw people across the sport gather in the heart of the city of York, the 2025 GBGB Awards will be held at...

GBGB chief executive Mark Bird has written to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Rt Hon James Murray MP, seeking assurances that greyhound racing will be treated on a par with horseracing in the forthcoming Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to target betting as a fund-raising area with...

DIFFERENT week, same outcome as Ballymac Setanta was fastest in the BarOne Racing Irish Laurels over 525 yards at Curraheen Park for the fourth round running. Liam Dowling's charge was sent off 5/4 second favourite for the opening semi-final with rails drawn and fellow unbeaten contender Droopys...

OUTA THE CLOUDS, at March 2024 the youngest finalist, credited former rugby international Mike Burton with a first Category One success as a trainer when landing the £10,000 KAB Puppy Collar final over 450m at Oxford. Only five went to traps following the withdrawal of Aero Najem but it...

MAGICAL MAG got it right on the big night to claim the €10,000 BOYLE Sports Lifford Oaks final over 525 yards at the County Donegal venue. Pat Guilfoyle's Irish Derby finalist was yet to win in the event having struggled to see out the trip round the...

SUFFOLK DOWNS will stage a race meeting for the first time in 15 months on Tuesday after a tremendous response to a series of opens which were advertised. The 12-race evening fixture comprises ten opens and two graded contests and will be live on sisracing.tv Richard Brankley, head of...

THE UK Government has again stressed that it has no plans to ban greyhound racing in England in a strong and detailed response by Defra [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] to a petition calling for such action and which compelled a response having reached 10,000 signatures, Mirroring...

SUFFOLK DOWNS has moved closer to a racing return after a full trials session on Thursday although there is still work to be done before the provisional November resumption at a venue which last raced in summer 2024 before a devastating fire hit. Richard Brankley, head of greyhound operations for...

SUFFOLK DOWNS has had a tremendous response to its second official trials session since reopening with more than 60 greyhounds due to go through their paces there on Thursday. Additionally there are more than a dozen trainers represented which bodes well for the track's intended return to action...

THE GBGB is asking Welsh-based fans of greyhound racing to join the campaign against a proposed ban on the sport in the country. The Board has produced a draft letter which can be sent to Senedd members, also providing the means to look up contact details of local MS representatives....