The mouth-watering match up of four 527m match races between two greyhounds racing paw to paw over a 40 minute period, when $30,500 in stakes must be won, will occur at the Manukau Stadium on Sunday, July 30 in what will be an enthralling season finale.

It is all set up for an enthralling final for the $15,000 North Island Challenge Stakes after two slippery 457m heats on Monday established the finalists for next Monday’s, Queens Birthday weekend Group 2 decider.

It's called the Amazing Chase and it could be every bit as good as the name suggests for greyhound racing in New Zealand.

Two rather compelling looking 457m heats on Monday will decide the finalists for the June 5 $15,000 North Island Challenge Stakes at the Manawatu Raceway at Group 2 level.

Rangiora trainer Calum Weir was expected to feature predominantly at the business end of the Murray Wigley @ Ray White Harding Cup final. He had qualified two finalists for the feature $7,500 time honoured Christchurch 295m sprint feature.

It appears that the ride is only just starting for Thursday’s powerful $15,000 Active Electrical Christchurch NZ Leger winner Ride Ain’t Over

The powerful Dave and Jean Fahey training partnership head into Thursday’s Active Electrical Christchurch NZ St Leger final having trained an amazing 98 Group race winners.

A strong trio of efforts characterized the three Southland hosted NZRS Graduation heats over 457m on the big sweeping Ascot Park track on Tuesday afternoon.

A hot pace is guaranteed as soon as the Addington 295m traps lift for Thursday’s Murray Wigley @ Ray White Harding Cup final. Four quickly contested heats held last week has brought together a rather sharp looking field.

The Kiwi bred chasing action moves down to the deep south for Tuesday’s round of NZRS Graduation 457m heats on Ascot Park. Three heats will decide the finalists for the $8,000 June 6 final. Here’s a look at those heat contenders.

There was a fair spread in the times between the three Active Electrical Christchurch NZ St Leger 520m heats at Group 2 level last Thursday, plus also in the four Murray Wigley @ Ray White Harding Cup 295m heats.

Group Classic Age racing action moves back to the Addington Raceway on Thursday evening where three competitive looking 520m heats for the Active Electrical Christchurch NZ St Leger will decide the finalists for next Thursday’s $15,000 final at Group 2 level.

The straight out speed merchants engage their paws in four heats of the long-standing Christchurch 295m sprint feature, the $7,500 Murray Wigley@ Ray White Harding Cup.

It is confirmed that the re-running of last Friday’s abandoned The Rock 95.2FM NZ Futurity final at the Hatrick Raceway will be on Friday, June 2.

A freakish track work riding accident resulted in fledgeling jockey Sophia Malthus being left as an incomplete tetraplegic.

If ever a greyhound deserved to win a feature race, it had to be Puma Pants. He finally achieved a feature race victory when he stylishly prevailed by the barest possible margin in Thursday’s Christchurch hosted $8,000 NZRS Sprint final over the 295m dash.

The power of the Lisa Cole kennels was graphically illustrated by the Palmerston North based training operation qualifying five finalists for Friday’s $25,000 The Rock 95.2FM NZ Futurity.

If the trend from last week’s five 295m NZRS Sprint heats is followed for Thursday’s $8,000 final, then the first Kiwi bred sprinter to be sighted from the Addington 295 traps will be the first home. That was exactly what happen in all five of those heats.

The once in a lifetime opportunity to contest an NZ Derby and NZ Oaks final for the male and female greyhounds was the April racing highlight. Both of the $40,000 Blue Ribbon Group 1 finals was won by the only Australian bred greyhounds in the respective fields.

The Lisa Cole training machine rolled relentlessly on at Hatrick last Friday when the Palmerston North based conditioner qualified five finalists for the $25,000 The Rock 95.2FM NZ Futurity final at Group 1 level.

Absolute sheer power – that was American Warrior at his very potent best when he exerted his dominance over his rivals to reclaim his Ascot Park 457m track record on Sunday afternoon while cruising to his Colin And Orma Gray Memorial Invercargill Cup victory.

The quality field that will parade to the Ascot Park 457m traps on Sunday afternoon to contest the $6,000 Colin And Orma Gray Memorial Invercargill Cup (race 8, 2.11pm) is worthy of Black type status.

It was all about on the pace sprinting during the five Addington hosted NZRS Sprint 295m heats on Thursday evening. It was a case of first out and first home in all five heats.

The quality Group 1 chasing action continues at Hatrick on Friday evening where five competitive 520m heats will decide the finalists for next Friday’s $25,000 The Rock 95.2FM NZ Futurity.

There will be a bonus $1,000 TAB injection into the First4 pools for all Addington Thursday evening races during May. That includes the five rather even looking NZRS Sprint heats over the 295m dash.

It was back in March 2008 where the relationship between trainer John McInerney and Melbourne greyhound owner and breeder Brian Parkinson commenced. That relationship then developed into victory for the pair in last Thursday’s Ftiz Sports Bar NZ Oaks.