Sandown Greyhounds or Sandown Park is a greyhound racing track located in Springvale, Victoria, Australia. Sandown Park is operated by the Sandown Greyhound Racing Club and hosts the Melbourne Cup and the Sandown Cup.
The track opened on 8 September 1956 and typically races every Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon. The track has race distances over 515, 595 and 715 metres.
Melbourne Cup The Group 1 Melbourne Cup was the richest greyhound race in the Australia and was inaugurated in 1956. Trainers Darren McDonald, Graeme Bate and Jason Thompson have each won the Melbourne Cup on three occasions.
Sandown Cup The $250,000 Group 1 Sandown Cup is Australia's richest staying race. The race was previously known as the Woolamai Cup when first ran back in 1963. Race record is held by the 595m record holder at Sandown Park, Bobby Boucheau.
Honour Roll (From 2000) Year winner Trainer 2000 Osti's Joker Simon Barker 2001 Bentley Babe Peter Dapiran 2002 Jennev Linda Britton 2003 Arvo's Junior George Arvanitis 2004 Proven Lethal Jason Thompson 2005 Best Quoted John Mooney 2006 Sargent Major Lauren Gorman 2007 No Race No Race 2008 Chinatown Lad Shane Whitney 2009 Mantra Lad Graeme Jose 2010 Next Top Model Jason Thompson 2011 Bobby Boucheau Angela Jackson 2012 Irma Bale Graeme Bate 2013 Irma Bale Graeme Bate 2014 Sweet It Is Darren McDonald 2015 Sweet It Is Braden Finn 2016 Bells Are Ringin Gerry O'Keeffe 2017 Fanta Bale Robert Britton 2018 Tornado Tears Robert Britton 2019 Rajasthan David Peckham 2020 Bronski Beat Lisa J Cole
Shootout Four of Australia's fastest greyhounds compete for the $50,000 winner-takes-all first prize. The four dog race was first run in 1998, with the race earning Group 3 status in 2008.
Honour Roll (From 1998) Year winner Trainer 1998 Reggimite Allan Britton 1999 Great Wish George Kantzidis 2000 Go Wild Teddy Mark Bell 2001 Junior Whisky Judy Hayley 2002 Silver Saul Angela Modra 2003 Bombastic Shiraz Darren Cairns 2004 Whisky Assassin Jason Thompson 2005 Bond Darren McDonald 2006 Jaimandy Coops Paul Donohue 2007 Cool Effort Darren McDonald 2008 Mantra Lad Graeme Jose 2009 Velocette Graeme Bate 2010 Cosmic Chief Darren Brown 2011 Bekim Bale Andrea Dailly 2012 Proven Nitro Jason Thompson 2013 Xylia Allen Jenny Hunt 2014 Iva Vision Peter Young 2015 Kayda Shale Kelly Bravo 2016 Zambora Brockie Anthony Azzopardi 2017 Aston Dee Bee Seona Thompson 2018 Orson Allen Correy Grenfell 2019 Hooked On Scotch Jason Thompson 2020 Tiggerlong Tonk Correy Grenfell
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