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🔥 NEXT GENERATION TRAINERS 🔥Behind every champion greyhound is a team, and at the Thompson kennel, the next generation i...
22/10/2026

🔥 NEXT GENERATION TRAINERS 🔥

Behind every champion greyhound is a team, and at the Thompson kennel, the next generation is already in the winner’s circle! 🏆

Meet Holly and Luke Thompson, who work alongside their dad, champion trainer Jason Thompson, co-training and handling some of the biggest stars our sport has ever seen. 🌟

💥 EXPLICIT: quite possibly the greatest of them all!
🏆 Melbourne Cup AND The Phoenix in 2024
🏆 Temlee, Great Chase, Shepparton Cup, and back-to-back Ballarat Cups
💰 35 wins from 49 starts and over $2 MILLION in prize money!

🥊 TIM ZOO: the Australian Cup winner in 2024, the one big race Jason had never won, with Holly by his side! He added the Warragul Cup and the 2025 Temlee, and won over $800,000.

✈️ FLYING ZULU: Group 1 Brisbane Cup and Harrison-Dawson winner, plus the 2025 Horsham Cup, banking over $1 million!

💚 And closest to our hearts, ALPHA ZULU: our very own Cranbourne Cup champion in 2023, finally breaking Jason’s hometown Cup hoodoo, with Holly on the lead!

These are just a few of the superstars to come out of the Thompson kennel, and with Holly and Luke learning from the very best, the future is in safe hands. 🙌

We can’t wait to see Team Thompson chasing more Cranbourne Cup glory on our brand new track! 🏁

21/10/2026

As we keep gearing up and getting the track ready to welcome everyone back, we sent James and Jason back out for another walkthrough, this time at the 420m start 🎙️

James Van De Maat and Jason Adams, our resident greyhound racing presenters and form experts, reckon 420m is shaping up to be the most commonly used distance once racing’s back underway. Lovely boxes, nice setup, and even some special hardware...

James reckons it’s shaping up to be one of the best greyhound venues around, and after seeing this, we’re not going to argue!

Drop a 🐾 in the comments if you’re counting down the days with us!

Form guide, a lucky number or just a cool name, however you pick your dog its colour is how you follow it.Every greyhoun...
20/10/2026

Form guide, a lucky number or just a cool name, however you pick your dog its colour is how you follow it.

Every greyhound wears a rug that matches its starting box, and it's the same at every track in Australia:

1️⃣ Red
2️⃣ Black and white stripes
3️⃣ White
4️⃣ Blue
5️⃣ Yellow
6️⃣ Green
7️⃣ Black
8️⃣ Pink

Spot a 9 or a 10? That's a reserve who's stepped in for a scratched dog. Rug 9 is green and white stripes, rug 10 is red, white and blue.

How do you pick your dog? Form, Number, Colour or Name? Tell us below.

19/10/2026

Trials are BACK at Cranbourne 🐾🔥

The dogs have hit the new track for the first time, and that means one thing. Race nights are on their way home.

Who better to ask how it’s running than someone who knows Cranbourne inside out? Melbourne Cup winning trainer Jess Hopkins came down to have a look at the first trial session, and she liked what she saw 👀

Trials are the first big step towards opening night, and the excitement is building 🏁 Watch the full chat above and tell us in the comments 👇

How excited are YOU out of 10? 🔟

Faster than Usain Bolt. Faster than a school zone. Faster than your mate who reckons he's quick 😂⚡⚡ Greyhound top speed:...
15/10/2026

Faster than Usain Bolt. Faster than a school zone. Faster than your mate who reckons he's quick 😂⚡

⚡ Greyhound top speed: around 70 km/h
🏃 Usain Bolt's top speed: about 45 km/h
⏱️ 100 metres: a greyhound does it in roughly 5.3 seconds. Bolt's world record is 9.58
🚸 Winners average around 60 km/h across a race, so they'd cop a fine in every school zone in Cranbourne

And they hit top speed within about six strides. From standing still. Mind blowing stuff 🤯

Nothing beats feeling the whoosh as the field flies past the fence. Tag the mate who reckons they're quick 👇

15/10/2026

As we keep gearing up and getting the track ready to welcome everyone back, we invited Jason and James down for a walk through some of the highlights of the new track 👋

Say g’day to the blokes who know this place better than anyone. Jason Adams and James Van De Maat, our resident greyhound racing presenters and form experts, kicking things off at the brand new 470m starting boxes

For anyone wondering what that actually means, it’s a new distance option being added to Cranbourne, box and all, so trainers and punters get another way to play the track once we’re back racing

Jason’s the form expert with the stats to back it up, James brings the energy, and together they’re your new go to for everything happening out here as the track comes together.

This is the first of a few walkthroughs the boys are taking you on, so if you’ve been wanting the inside word on the new track, you’ve found your people.

Drop a 🐾 in the comments if you’re already picturing dogs flying out of these boxes

🔥 NEXT GENERATION TRAINERS 🔥Some trainers take years to find the big stage. Kayla Cottrell got there at 18! 🚀From just d...
14/10/2026

🔥 NEXT GENERATION TRAINERS 🔥

Some trainers take years to find the big stage. Kayla Cottrell got there at 18! 🚀

From just down the road in Pearcedale, Kayla grew up around the dogs, and now she’s one of the most exciting trainers in Victoria. 🌟

🏆 2021: Fernando Cazz wins the Group 1 Rookie Rebel, making Kayla the YOUNGEST Group 1-winning trainer in Victoria’s history! She followed it up by finishing second in a Group 1 Cup final at Wentworth Park, beaten just a head!

And she’s never looked back... 💪

👑 Devine Empress: New Sensation champion in 2022, after making the 2021 Laurels final
💥 Fernando Duke: Group 2 McKenna Memorial winner in 2025, leading all the way at $19!
✨ He’s Magic: Rookie Rebel finalist in 2026, and second in the 2025 Sir John Dillon Memorial
💙 Dear Carla Lou: 2026 Sportsbet Ballarat Cup finalist, and a dog with a heart of gold whose prize money goes to cancer fundraising
🥈 Dashing Slay: a gallant second in the 2025 Sportsbet Melbourne Cup!
🔥 Flaming Smooth: kicked off the recent Million Dollar Chase series with a slick 29.47 qualifier win at Wentworth Park, then took his place in the semi-finals!

📊 And she’s busy! Over the last 12 months: 332 starts, 96 wins, 55 seconds and 57 thirds! 🔥

Still only 24, Kayla’s already got a career most trainers would be proud of, and she’s just getting warmed up! 🙌

Kayla, we can’t wait to see your team flying around the new Cranbourne! 🏁

Never been to the dogs? Oh, you are in for the BEST 30 seconds of your life 🐾🔥A greyhound race is done and dusted in aro...
09/10/2026

Never been to the dogs? Oh, you are in for the BEST 30 seconds of your life 🐾🔥

A greyhound race is done and dusted in around 20 to 30 seconds, and trust us, your heart will be racing the whole time.

Welcome to Greyhounds 101, our new series for anyone who has ever wondered what actually happens at the dogs.

Here's the quick version:
🏁 Up to 8 greyhounds line up in numbered starting boxes
🎯 The lure zooms past, the boxes fly open and they're off
🐾 Before every race the dogs parade on the way to the boxes, allowing for the opportunity to view the dogs and pick your favourite.
📸 First nose over the line wins, and yes, photo finishes happen

Over the next few weeks we're covering speed, rug colours, the form guide, all the lingo, and the life of a racing greyhound from pup to couch potato.

Save this, send it to the mate you're dragging along to the reopening, and drop your burning greyhound questions below 👇 We might just answer them in the series.

🔥 NEXT GENERATION TRAINERS 🔥If you've followed our Legends of Cranbourne series, you'll know the Greenough name. Kel and...
07/10/2026

🔥 NEXT GENERATION TRAINERS 🔥

If you've followed our Legends of Cranbourne series, you'll know the Greenough name. Kel and Jackie are greyhound racing royalty. Now meet the next Greenough taking the sport by storm: their grandson, Brad! 🌟

Just 26 and already one of the sharpest young trainers in the state, Brad is proof that talent runs in the family. 🙌

💥 2024 was the year it all clicked. Young gun Epitomize won the Great Chase, unbeaten in his first five starts, then booked a spot in the Melbourne Cup final!

🏆 Then came the big one: GROUP 1 SILVER CHIEF CHAMPION! Epitomize flew out of box 8 and led all the way in 29.75 at The Meadows. Brad's first Group 1, and what a way to do it!

And how about this for a family story... 💙

Mile A Minute won the 2024 Healesville Cup in Grandmother Jackie's care, then kept flying for Brad. 🚀 Back-to-back National Straight Track Champion, and only half a length off a second straight Healesville Cup in 2025!

📊 The numbers don't lie either:
⭐ 2025 Victorian Provincial Trainers Strike Rate Award winner: 39 wins from 79 starters, a massive 49.4%!
🔥 Last 12 months: 85 starts, 34 wins, 7 seconds and 12 thirds!

From one generation to the next, the Greenough legacy is in very good hands. 👏

Brad, we can't wait to see you lining them up at the new Cranbourne! 🏁

02/10/2026

OUR NEW TRACK IN 10 SECONDS
The new Cranbourne track is in sight of completion, the finishing touches are almost in, and we’re getting closer to welcoming trialing and racing back.

The wait has been worth it. 👀

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