Hobart Greyhound Racing Club

Welcome to the Hobart Greyhound Racing Club

Racing is held on Thursday nights at Tattersall's Park, the tri-code complex in Glenorchy, conveniently located about 10km from the the center of Hobart, Tasmania's capital city.

Racing is over three distances, 340m, 461m and 599m.

Home To Tassie's Group One - The Time Honoured Wrest Point Casino Hobart Thousand

First run in 1939 and set to run this year in December, with heats on the 9^th and the final on the 16^th.

$75,000 to the winner

The best 64 Greyhounds nominated plus reserves race over 461m for the coveted title.

Wrest Point Casino Hobart Thousand photo gallery here

December 2009

Greyhound of the Month

EAGLE EYE

(picture by Angel)

Eagle Eye is an exceptional greyhound trained by Butch Deverell who won the Barry Heawood Hobart Thousand Prelude from box 8 beating Accounts by half a length. He also won the Maurie Nicod Memorial by 2 lengths from box 7 in a good time of 26.33. Great training feat, well done Butch

More Greyhounds of the Month here...

HGRC (Inc)

PO Box 1221
Glenorchy
TAS 7010

Phone: (03) 6214 4261

Fax: (03) 6272 4013

Racing Manager: Peter Hayes

Mobile: 0409 968 386

HGRC Chairman:

Denise Fysh

Mobile: 0447 140 976

Thursday- Race Day Office

Phone: (03) 6214 4203

Fax: (03) 62144204

IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY

Next Thursday night the HGRC will be celebrating its 75th birthday. The Club ran its first race meeting at the TCA track
on the 30th Janurary 1935. The first race that night was won by a Victorian greyhound "Val Par". There were 4000 people on course with 10 bookmakers attending.
46 greyhounds were engaged in 9 events with 15 of those dogs competing twice and 6 competing three times in the one night. Greyhounds were pretty tough in those days as the heats, semi-finals and Final of the McRobertson a fifty pound handicap were all run on the one night something we will never see again. We are having a birthday party this Thursday night and everyone is invited it is also the Final of thetote.com.au Maiden Thousand, great racing, great company.

340 m Track Record Broken

(Surf Lorian - Little Marsh)

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(picture by Angel)

Butterworth trained by David Crosswell and Owned by the Island Syndicate opened favourite and came from box 8 to beat the field by 8 lengths in 19.48. This was only his third start and was his first look at the Hobart track, he doesn't turn two untill March so this was a huge run.

Training Feats for December 2009

Congratulations to Marg Rossendell who had a good month at Hobart with 2 quinellas on the 10th Dec with Munich Monelli jumping from box 2 and collided twice still managed to beat kennel mate Franklin Sand by 4 and a half lengths. Buni Always Wins won by almost 4 lengths from box 6, beating Marg's other charge Harrison George

Buni Always Wins saluted again on the 17th in a quick 26.37 and Harrison George dead heated with the Susan Gittus trained Common Interest on the 31st. Marg also picked up 4 placings to make it a very successful December

Leigh Wood started the month of in a blaze quinellaing the Juvenile with Thirteen Black who was slow out beat kennel mate Zooper by a head. Leigh was back on the 17th to show he has some handy greyhounds he took out another quinella with Millie's Wine beating Cracker Boy by 2 lengths. Thirteen Black won the 599m Juvenile by 8 lengths, WELL DONE Leigh we will see a lot more wins from this team.

Mick Stringer took out a great treble with Topline Doovee going out favourite in the Invitation and did not disappoint punters. Cradoc Park won the grade 3 by almost 5 lengths and Hellbound took out the grade 5 by 1 and a half lengths. Mick also had a good win with the talented Lettuce Leaf Lad who won a grade 4 in a quick 26.12.

The Small kennels that have been on fire

Hot Speed trained by Steve Hutt was slow out from box 7 and won a Juvenile by 1 and a quarter Lengths on a very wet track.
Stuart Genge dosn't come down to Hobart very often but the trip home was made a little easier after Tombstone Lil took out a grade 5 winning by a neck, well done you should come more often.
Dianne Green had 2 wins in December with Not Long and Light A Bomb, they both paid well at $14 and $7.20 lets hope Dianne had a dollar each way.

UP COMING EVENTS AT TATTERSALL'S PARK

Jan - 28th Thetote.com.au Maiden Thousand Final