Speed Star event guide


Greyhound racing’s most exciting format is back!

Forty of the country’s fastest chasers racing in 20 head to head for a chance to share in $190,000 in prize money and the title of Australia’s fastest greyhound. With matches jumping every 8 minutes you won’t want to miss a moment of the action.

Here’s your guide the Speed Star Super Sunday.

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 4pm
First match: 5.24pm
TV: Cassie Fahey and Jason Adams host a special showcase coverage on Sky Racing 2 (channel 527) from 5.15pm, FREE for all Foxtel subscribers for the entire night!
Radio: RSN – Racing and Sport (927am or stream online here)
Race format: Greyhounds qualify based on their times at Sandown Park in between 1 January 2019 and 28 April 2019. Greyhounds compete against one other greyhound head to head, with prize money won by the winner of each match. Prize money is also paid to the greyhounds that run the fastest overall time in each race.
Total Prizemoney: $190,000
Bill Collins Speed Star (515m), Race Callers Speed Star (595m), Lizrene Speed Star (715m) – $50,000 (1st: $20,000, 2nd: $7500, 3rd: $2500 + $5000 to the winner of each match)
tab.com.au, Sky Racing – $20,000 (1st: $8000, 2nd: $3000, 3rd: $1000 + $2000 to the winner of each match)
Chance to win: You could win $10,000 on on course if you can tip the card! Plus, the $500 up for grabs in our Last Man Standing competition.
For punters: There are more than 50 fixed odds markets available to punters across the night’s meeting! Markets include:
Head to head – Click here
Overall – Click here
Specials – Click here
Form guide: Speed Star Special
Social Media:
Check out the behind the scenes action on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and use the hashtag #SpeedStar

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Bill Collins Speed Star (main 515m Speed Star Event)
Eighth Speed Star series
28 matches run
Race record: Smart Missile 29.006, series 1 (fourth fastest time ever run at Sandown Park)
• Outside boxes lead 16-12
• Greyhound leading at the first mark have won the match 20 times
• Faster qualifier has won the match 20 times
• Orson Allen holds the record for the fastest time in a losing match – 29.222 (beaten by Poke The Bear, ran 3rd overall, series 7)
• Slowest winning match – Allen Terminator 29.730 (series 2)
• First four series were won by the fastest trial the preceding Sunday
• Just 9 bitches have contested the Speed Star main event, with four winning their match (Dyna Patty 1st, Zara’s Entity 3rd, Outside Pass 2nd, Lamia Bale 5th). Midnight Dare is the only bitch in series 8
• Smart Missile is the only top seed to win the series
• No 7th or 8th seed has finished in the top 3 overall. Vital Force (7) and Belt Up Bubbs (8) are 7th and 8th in series 8
• Bewildering (series 5) is the only greyhound to win overall after trailing at the first mark
• Dundee Osprey (series 3) is the only greyhound to win overall after drawing inside
• Six of the 8 overall winners improved on their qualifying times
• This is the first time any of the finalists have competed in a match race

Race callers Speed Star
Fourth Speed Star series over 595m
12 matches run
Race record: Tornado Tears 33.668, series 7 (second fastest time ever run at Sandown Park)
• Outside boxes lead 8-4
• 6/12 match winners have led at the first mark
• 9/12 match winners have been the faster qualifier
• Ella Enchanted defeated Neo Cleo in their match in September 2018 (33.729) and finished second to Tornado Tears over all. Her time would have won the two previous editions

Lizrene Speed Star
Fourth Speed Star series over 715m
12 matches run
Race record: Rippin’ Sam 41.251, series 7 (third fastest time ever run at Sandown Park)
• 6/12 match winners have drawn inside
• 6/12 match winners have led at the first mark
• 8/12 match winners have been the faster qualifier
• Dyna Chancer is the only greyhound to have competed in a match race previously, winning twice over 595m (finishing 2nd and 5th overall)
• Dyna Chancer and Boom Down set their qualification times in the same race on 14/3/19. Dyna Chancer won by 1¼ lengths