The eyes of the greyhound world will turn to Sandown Park this Thursday night for Week 1 of the Trilogy, featuring heats of the Sportsbet Sandown Cup, Sportsbet Harrison-Dawson and Sportsbet Sapphire Crown.

It’s a very tame meeting at The Meadows tonight, however it does heat up late.

One of the biggest talking points out of last week’s Sportsbet Warrnambool Cup heats wasn’t who ran – but who didn’t.

Plenty to look forward to tonight in Victoria with four heats of the Sportsbet Warrnambool Cup featuring some stars, as well as a meeting of high interest at Sandown Park as we build up to the club’s Trilogy.

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Five-time G1 winner Joliestar heads a team of Australian sprinters targeting Royal Ascot, with dirt champion Forever Young another eye-catching entry for the eight G1 highlights during the meeting.

A lot of anticipation and promise surrounds this young undefeated freak, Liddell, who returns to Sandown Park this Thursday night.

The violently in-form Hurricane returns to Sandown Park this Thursday after blowing up The Meadows on Saturday.

Eventuate has stamped herself as a serious contender for next month’s Group 1 Sportsbet Sapphire Crown, following a dazzling 595m debut at Sandown Park on Thursday night.

The bloke known for having one of the best mullets in greyhound racing, Luke Thompson, will co-host Grey Areas with me tomorrow.

In addition to the below meeting, Race 8 at Warrnambool tonight is worth watching. It’s been decimated by scratchings, but who the hell doesn’t want to see Dramatical, Slick Splits and Paw Matic settle their differences in a triple threat!

Saturday October 17 will be a special day for Hawkesbury Race Club chief executive James Heddo.

We look forward to a stock standard meeting at Sandown Park tonight while the eyes of the greyhound world are locked on Cannington (WA) for the $300,000 Sandgroper.