150 up: Special milestone for coursing

Victoria’s coursing season kicks off at Longwood this Sunday in the year we celebrate 150 years of greyhound racing in this state.

Greyhound racing first began in Victoria way back in 1873 in the form of coursing and, judging by participation in this weekend’s season opener, interest in this traditional form of racing remains strong.

“We had 155 nominations for this Sunday’s meeting,” revealed National Coursing Association of Victoria Secretary, Heather Villinger.

“We conduct 10 events at each of our meetings and we ideally need 80 nominations to fill the card. So to have more than 150 greyhounds nominated for our first all-maiden Read full article

Source:: https://www.grv.org.au/news/2023/05/05/150-up-special-milestone-for-coursing/

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