Your armchair guide to the Crocmedia Nationals

Three weeks of outstanding chasing and a week long celebration of all things great about greyhound racing comes to a memorable conclusion tonight at Sandown Park with the running of the Crocmedia National Championships

Here’s all you need to know ahead of tonight’s finale.

Where: Sandown Greyhound Racing Club, View Road, Springvale
How to get there:
Drive: Free parking is available on View Road, and on Lightwood Road opposite the Sandown Park train station.
Train: Sandown Park station is on the Dandenong/Pakenham/Cranbourne line. The track is a two minute walk from the station
Time: Gates open at 6pm
First race: 7.06pm
Forecast: Sunny, 18
Entry: FREE
TV: Sky Racing (channel 526). Jason Lincoln will be in the studio while Dave Carlson and James van de Maat will be bringing you all the latest from the track
Radio: RSN – Racing and Sport (927am or stream online here). Jason Adams with regular updates from the track
Race caller: Brendan Delaney
Feature races:
Race 5 – $105,000 group 1 Crocmedia National Distance Championship (715m)
Race 7 – $105,000 group 1 Crocmedia National Sprint Championship (515m)
For punters: There is a $100,000 projected quaddie pool on Victorian TAB
TAB – Click here
Specials, including James van de Maat, Mick Floyd and Jason Adams multis – Click here
Form guide: Click here

Previews: GRV previews With James van de Maat, Mick Floyd and Jason Adams
Trials: A number of Crocmedia National Championship finalists trialled leading into tonight’s finals. Click here for details of how they performed

Social Media:
Check out the behind the scenes action on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and use the hashtag #Nationals18

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Crocmedia National Sprint Championship

• First run in 1965, this will be the 54^th National Sprint Championship
• It is 50 years since the National Sprint was first held at Sandown Park
• This is the eighth time the National Sprint Championship has been held at Sandown Park
• Princess Kerry (1968) is the only Victorian greyhound to win the final at Sandown Park
• 24 National Sprint Championships have been won by a greyhound from the host state
• NSW holds the record for most National Sprint wins (20), though has won just one of the last seven

Crocmedia National Distance Championship

• First run in 1969, this will be the 50^th National Distance Championship
• This is just the fourth National Distance Championship to be held at Sandown Park
• The three previous finals at Sandown Park were won by Victorian greyhounds
• 17 National Distance Championships have been won by the host state
• Victoria has dominated the National Distance Championship, winning 26 titles including the last four, seven of the last 11, 11 of the last 18