Whelp/Breeding: Black Dog, Whelped December 1965. Rocket Mac — Murky Linen Owner: Mrs E. Knott (Nom de plume: “Mrs E.Thomas”) Trainer: W.A.Knott (Nom de plume: ” W.Thomas”) Date Placing Box Grade Track Distance Time Margin Price To/From Comments April 26, 1967 7th 3 Juvenile Devonport 465y 25 7/16 Jetling…
Inductee Hall of Fame 2020 Black dog, (Rocket Mac – Murky Linen), Whelped December 1965, Owner Mrs. Elvie Knott, Trainer, Wally Knott Black Tuesday enters the Hall of Fame as a great and versatile race dog, that later became one the leading Tasmanian sires of his generation. He was…
Six dogs, two bitches, Whelped October 1988 Inductee Hall of Fame 2020 In a Hall of Fame first, 2020 sees the induction of arguably the most successful litter in Tasmanian greyhounds. From extremely humble beginnings, and from a mating that was never really meant to be, seven of the eight…
Inductee Hall of Fame 2020 Barry Heawood enters the Hall of Fame with more than five decades of the widest-ranging involvement in greyhound racing in Tasmania. From a mild interest in his teens, Barry trained for a short time, before gradually becoming a prolific Owner, Breeder, Syndicator, and Bookmaker; all…
Inductee Hall of Fame 2020 Harold George Sturges, known to all as “Mick”, was the inaugural Secretary of the Launceston Greyhound Racing Club. He was appointed Acting Secretary in the first instance, at the Club’s inaugural Committee Meeting on 30 September 1935 (at an initial salary of three pounds a…