Speed Star is one of the sport’s most popular events and it will return Wednesday June 2 at Sandown Park.
The match racing series will boast over $100,000 in prize money across three events.
“It’s clearly a concept fans love and to have the date locked in is pleasing. It will put the cherry on top of the RSN Sandown Cup carnival,” said Adrian Scott, CEO of Sandown Park.
To make matches as competitive as possible, the eight runners in each event will be divided into two groups – Pool A consisting of qualifiers 1-4, and Pool B consisting of qualifiers 5-8. Matches in Pool B will be randomly drawn and allocated rugs 1-4. Matches between qualifiers in Pool A will be randomly drawn and allocated rugs 5-8.
“In the past we’ve seen some one sided matches which can take away some of the excitement. We feel this tinker will help minimise that and encourage more mouthwatering contests.”
Greyhounds qualify by times run at Sandown Park between Monday 1 February 2021 and Thursday 27 May inclusive.
Qualifying trials will be run on Sunday 9 May, Sunday 16 May, and Sunday 23 May. Greyhounds domiciled interstate may trial between races on Thursday 20 May and 27 May.
Aston Fastnet (515m), Zipping Rambo (595m) and Hank The Hustler (715m) currently sit at the top of the standings.
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