2025 LAUNCHING PAD - SANDOWN GREYHOUNDS

25/03/2025
Participants are advised that tickets for the 2025 Launching Pad series to be held at Sandown Park are now available for purchase and can be found here.

Ticket sales close at 12pm on Monday 31st March.

Click here for conditions and key dates for the series.

SANDOWN GRC - TRACK HARROW FRIDAY 21 MARCH 2025

24/03/2025

The Sandown GRC would like to advise participants that the club conducted a deep harrow last Friday.

The track was harrowed to a depth of plus 61mm.

HEALESVILLE TRIALS

24/03/2025
Healesville Trials session for Tuesday 25th March is now open for booking on Fasttrack.  

WARRNAMBOOL - 27TH MARCH - ADVERTISED EVENT

24/03/2025
Please note that an earlier issue that stopped trainers from being able to nominate for the Grade 5 No Penalty 390m (275+ Rank) at Warrnambool on Thursday 27th March has now been rectified. 

Nominations close at 11am on Tuesday 25th March. GRV apologies for the inconvenience.

GRV RACING CALENDAR APRIL TO MAY 2025

24/03/2025
Please click here for GRV Racing Calendar April to May 2025.

CHALLENGER CLASS RACE MEETING – BALLARAT MONDAY 31ST MARCH

24/03/2025

Please note that nominations for the Challenger Class Race Meeting to be held at Ballarat on Monday 31^st March close at 2pm on Thursday 27^th March.

To be eligible for a Challenger Class Race Meeting a greyhound must be Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7 or Maiden with a ranking of 250 or higher and not have broken the Challenger time standard (+0.2 of a second of current Tier 3 Times) in the past four starts.

In the case of low nominations, nominations for the meeting will be extended overnight and the meeting reverted back to a standard Tier 3 meeting.  

See main Fast Track notice for full details and eligibility. For further information please contact graders@grv.org.au

CHALLENGER CLASS RACE MEETINGS - TRIAL PERIOD

21/03/2025

GRV will trial a new class of race meeting at four upcoming race meetings. The new Challenger Class of racing is aimed at providing more competitive opportunities for lower class greyhounds.

During the trial at Challenger Class Race Meetings, current Tier 3 time standards will be utilised with an additional 0.2 of a second added to create new Challenger time standards. To be eligible for a Challenger Class Race Meeting a greyhound must be Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7 or Maiden with a ranking of 250 or higher and not have broken the Challenger standard in the past four starts (Sliding Scale does not apply). For maiden greyhounds, if a greyhound has commenced their career at a track with a Tier 3 standard, a maiden greyhound must have had a minimum of two starts to be considered. As it is a manual trial, graders will eliminate greyhounds that are not eligible at the time of grading with only eligible greyhounds to be drawn. Challenger Class will be listed in the meeting description and reminders placed on the Fast Track notice board.

A Tier 3 race meeting will be used for the trial with Tier 3 order of entry and field selection utilised. The key change to the trial from a standard Tier 3 meeting is eligibility with slower time standards applied (see table below).

The four meetings that make up part of the trial are;
Ballarat – Monday 31^st March
Bendigo – Thursday 9^th April
Warragul – Thursday 1^st May
Ballarat – Monday 5^th May

During the trial, Racing Department will monitor key performance indicators such as nominations, eligibility, injuries, racing offences, wagering turnover, field size and quality of racing to assess the viability of the pilot. In the case of low nominations, nominations for the meeting will be extended and reverted back to a standard Tier 3 meeting with all active trainers notified via text message and the Fast Track notice board.

Prizemoney during the pilot will be level 3 prizemoney however may change if the trial is expanded. Please contact graders@grv.org.au for further questions or specific eligibility for individual greyhounds.

CHALLENGER TIME STANDARDS
(Victorian Tracks)
Track	Dist.	Time		Track	Dist.	Time
Ballarat (BAL)	390	22.70		Sandown          (SAN & SAP)	515	30.10
	450	26.00			595	34.93
	545	31.70			715	42.80
	660	38.90
				Shepparton (SHP)	390	22.70
Bendigo (BEN)	425	24.50			450	26.00
	500	28.80			650	38.40
	660	38.95
				The Meadows (MEA & MEP)	525	30.75
Geelong (GEL)	400	23.10			600	35.20
	460	26.40			730	43.50
	520	30.70
	596	35.10		Warragul (WGL)	400	23.30
	680	39.90			460	26.55
					680	40.16
Healesville (HVL)	300	17.10
	350	19.70		Warrnambool (WBL)	390	22.70
					450	26.00
Horsham (HOR)	410	24.00			650	38.31
	485	27.95
Sale (SLE)	435	25.00
	510	29.40
	640	37.40

0.2 of a second will also be added to interstate venues with a Tier 3 time standard as listed in the grading guidelines.
*Challenger Times correct as of Tuesday 18th March.

GEELONG GREYHOUND RACING CLUB - AVALON AIRSHOW

20/03/2025
Geelong Greyhound Racing Club reminds participants when nominating for upcoming race meetings and booking trial sessions that the Avalon Airshow will be held from 25th March to 30th March. Participants are also advised to allow additional travel time if travelling past the Avalon Airport. 

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