The Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (MGRA) has sent out ‘invitations to nominate’ for this year’s Group 1 Sportsbet Topgun & Topgun Stayers events to be held at The Meadows on Saturday night 9 November 2024.
The invitations are headlined by some of the superstars of the sport from all around Australia.
SPORTSBET TOPGUN (525m)
Alpha Zulu, Bezzecchi, Big Energy, Blue Kermaro, Both Bowers Ace, Cruising Debbie, Excavation, Explicit, Fernando Phil, Flying Zulu, Follow The Band, Gets Late Early, Good Odds Cobber, Hector Fawley, Here Comes Milli, In The Hub, Kanan Stark, Lakeview Emily, Mackenna, Mepunga Shine, Mepunga Smokey, Mepunga Tully, Miss Envy, Molfetta Cruise, Morton, Overflow Beau, Power And Glory, Rinsed The Lot, Schillaci, Smooth Plane, Sunset Frazier, Tim Zoo, Transcendent, Uncle Tommy, Vincent Bale, Zipping Megatron
SPORTSBET TOPGUN STAYERS (730m)
Aunt Virginia, Black Silencer, Canya Amy, Canya All Class, Drill Sergeant, Ella's Babe, Ethanol Water, Ethanol Volume, Exploded, First Picked, Galactic Spartan, Irish Millie, Palawa King, Raider's Guide, Red Dirt Road, Ritza Piper. Saige Tenniele, Savic, She Is Fire, Valpolicella
The selection panel reserves the right to invite any greyhound deemed, in their opinion, of an invite at any point leading up to the close of nominations.
The Group 1 Sportsbet Topgun carries first place prizemoney of $150,000 for the Sprinters and $75,000 for the Stayers, with greyhounds looking to emulate the deeds of Transponder in the sprint, while the staying edition will see Ritza Piper attempt to become the first greyhound to go back-to-back.
Connections who have received invitations to nominate now have until 10am on Friday 25 October 2024 to lodge a nomination with Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) should they wish to be considered for a position in the final fields.
