It will be a fairy tale ending to a brilliant racing career should the powerful stayer Ring The Bell conclude his outstanding career by achieving the Group 1 double, double by winning Friday’s $27,465 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Stayers Cup, which is a Group 1 race that Ring The Bell strongly won last year.

The $15,825 Barron’s South Island Championship is a long established Group 2 Christchurch hosted 520m event that is always keenly contested by the open class 520m chasers. Friday’s line up (race 10) maintains the strong overall field that has characterized this feature event for many years.

There was some extraordinary betting movements involving the tote win pool during Sunday’s meeting.

As the saying goes “it’s a long time between drinks”. The term “it’s a long time between Group race victories” now can be used after the running of Sunday’s $16,000 New Zealand Sires’ Produce Stakes at the Manukau Stadium.

The long established $16,000 New Zealand Sires’ Produce Stakes is the race that recognizes the Kiwi base greyhound sires, with only progeny sired by locally based stud dogs eligible to contest this event.

It was as if the ageless stayer Ring The Bell thought he was in a 295m sprint when he exploded from the Addington 732m eight trap to lead his rivals throughout for his professional 43.20s Christchurch Casino New Zealand Stayers Cup heat win.

The final South Island Group race set of heats for the 2017/18 greyhound season will be contested at the Addington Raceway this Thursday evening. Included in the heat chasing action are two 520m heats for the $15,825 Barron’s South Island Championships at Group 2 level.

The staying canine athletes will front up to contest two 732m heats for the $27,465 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Stayers Cup at the Addington Raceway on Thursday evening.

Do you want to be involved in a share of a $60,000 stake? Do you have a greyhound who is a brilliant solo trialist? If you have, then the looming $60,000 Amazing Chase is the event for your greyhound.

Another ‘Bigtime’ occasion looms at the Hatrick Raceway on Friday evening where the $45,420 New Zealand Breeders’ Stakes will be decided at Group 1 level.

It was an absolute comprehensive staying performance that the grand stayer Ring The Bell delivered when he powerfully secured his second $88,000 Duke Of Edinburgh Silver Collar victory at the Manukau Stadium on Sunday.

The $6,000 Peter Earley Classic has been the main support race during the Duke Of Edinburgh Silver Collar meeting for numerous years. Sunday’s edition produced a real humdinger of a finish with a pair of head margins separating the first three greyhounds.

Can the powerful greyhound Ring The Bell successfully defend his Duke Of Edinburgh Silver Collar title? Will Dusty Gambler extend his unbeaten NZ record out to eight wins?

The $6,000 Peter Earley Classic has cemented its place as the main support race on the Duke Of Edinburgh Silver Collar race card.

Group 1 racing returns to the Hatrick Raceway on Friday evening with two heats for the New Zealand Breeders’ Stakes being decided over 520m with this event being restricted to New Zealand bred Classic Age greyhounds.

“Levi came out running and I knew then the others wouldn’t catch him,” commented Brendon Cole after Bigtime Levi quickly stepped away from the five trap to put the result of the $15,825 Kamada Park North Island Challenge Stakes out of the reach of his seven kennelmates.

There’s no doubting that Dyna Dave has to be the most improved greyhound racing over the last month or so. He has delivered some astounding recent 520m wins at both the Hatrick and Addington Raceways.

It sure was an outstanding afternoon of chasing success for the John McInerney kennels during Tuesday afternoon’s Southland meeting at Ascot Park where he mentored a staggering 13 winners on the 14 race card.

Rain – real torrential holiday weekend rain tried its best to disrupt the running of the $88,000 Duke Of Edinburgh Silver Collar heats at the Manukau Stadium.

Surely national and probably international Group racing history will be made at the Manawatu Raceway this afternoon where all eight runners in the Group 2, $15,825 Kamada Park North Island Challenge Stakes (race 12) will be provided from the locally based Lisa Cole kennels.

A handy field of intermediate graded chasers will feature during this afternoon’s Southland meeting where they will contest their $8,400 NZRS Graduation final (race 9).

Queen’s Birthday Monday sees the Ashburton GRC occupying the Addington Raceway as the country club host their annual TAB meeting. As usual the $6,245 Garrard’s “Connie Smallbridge” Memorial Ashburton Cup is their feature event.

The prestigious Duke Of Edinburgh Silver Collar is regarded as the holy grail of New Zealand greyhound racing.