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11/09/2026

Okay, we need to talk about the last few weeks, because they have been genuinely exciting. Even we can't stop smiling every time we walk the site, and we're meant to be the professional ones here!

The sand cushion, the actual surface the dogs will race on, is down and being compacted right now. The track is finally starting to feel like an actual track instead of a construction zone, and honestly, it's about time. The big screen has been switched on for testing too, with results and replay graphics running on it for the very first time. We may have stood there watching it cycle through test screens for way longer than was strictly necessary. No regrets.

Turf has started going in as well, mostly around the outskirts of the track for now, and every patch of green that appears feels like a small win. The whole site is slowly shaking off the beige and it is, without a shadow of a doubt, starting to look seriously good... even if we do say so ourselves! 😉

We know plenty of you are dying to hear exactly when we'll be relaunching. There's a proper process to reopening a track the right way, and we promise, cross our hearts, you'll be the very first to know the moment that date's locked in.

Until then, enjoy the scenery. We certainly are, on repeat.

The final episode. 🐾 1972 - Five blokes and a vision and nowhere to race yet.1973 - 400 people pack into Cranbourne Hall...
08/09/2026

The final episode. 🐾

1972 - Five blokes and a vision and nowhere to race yet.
1973 - 400 people pack into Cranbourne Hall. The first committee is elected. Passions run hot.
1974 - Opening night. Over 6,000 people. Traffic banked 12 kilometres. Speedy Goldie wins the very first race.
1975 - The inaugural Cranbourne Cup. Great Power wins. A tradition is born.
1976 - The club takes control of its own tote. Financial independence begins. The track goes to 520 metres.
Late 70s - Saturday night at Cranbourne becomes the place to be in Melbourne's south east.
1980s - Victoria's premier provincial greyhound club. Celebrity Cup nights. Packed grandstands every week.
1984 and 1985 - National Star does what no dog has done before or since.
1990s - The landscape shifts. The club adapts, moves to Fridays, goes national with Sky Channel.
2000 - Trios Tabaret opens. The boldest decision in club history pays off
2002 - Tri-Code Day. 27 races, 6 hours, 3 codes, 1 venue. Something new.
2005 - New kennels and administration building. The club keeps investing.
2006 - Pororoca breaks the track record. The Hawk says: "He sizzled."
2014 - A $3.2 million grandstand upgrade. A venue to be genuinely proud of.
2023 - Jason Thompson finally gets his Cranbourne Cup.
2025 - Construction starts on the brand new track.
2026 - We're back. 🐾

50 years of history.

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, grandads, father figures and trackside legends in the Cranbourne Greyhounds communit...
05/09/2026

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, grandads, father figures and trackside legends in the Cranbourne Greyhounds community 💙🐾

From the dads who taught us how to read the form, to the ones who somehow always “knew that one was going to win” 👀😂

Today’s for you.

We hope your Sunday is packed with good food, good company and maybe a winner or two along the way 🍻

Tag a Cranbourne dad who deserves a shoutout today 👇

04/09/2026

That brings us to now, and honestly, we're buzzing.

Over July and August, the final scope of work has been completing the base and sand installation, finishing the catching pen, and commissioning the timing and AV systems, which is a very technical way of saying nearly everything works now.

Commissioning is the last step before any of it goes live: testing the timing system down to the split second, checking the screen, making sure every piece of technology on this track works exactly as it should. Basically, a lot of very patient people are currently making sure everything runs smoothly for opening night.

So, that's the journey. Two years, a whole lot of phases, and a lot of people who never stopped believing this day would come.

From here, it's about final touches and the countdown to opening night. We cannot wait to let you know when we are ready to go.... We will be seeing you there.

Episode 13: 2024–2026 🐾 For a club that's been racing since 1974, closing the track was never going to be a small decisi...
02/09/2026

Episode 13: 2024–2026 🐾

For a club that's been racing since 1974, closing the track was never going to be a small decision. But sometimes you have to stop to build something better.

After 50 years of racing on the same surface, the Cranbourne greyhound track had reached the point where a patch-up job simply wasn't good enough anymore. The club, supported by Greyhound Racing Victoria, made the call to do it properly, a full redevelopment from the ground up.

The new track isn't just a renovation. It's a transformation. Racing distances of 330m, 420m and 470m. Better racing. Better safety. A better experience for every dog, trainer, owner and patron who walks through the gates.

The numbers behind the project are significant. An independent economic review estimates the redevelopment will generate a $34 million increase in total expenditure and a $23 million rise in value-added impact over the next five years.

Design. Business case. GRV approval. Funding. Procurement. Construction. It's all been done. Construction started mid-2025 and the track is being completed right now.

50 years of history behind us. A brand new track ahead of us. 🐾

31/08/2026

POV: You're a greyhound checking out the redevelopment of our NEW track before the sand has been installed!

The greyhound in question: 🏎️

Nationals 2026 is coming to Victoria - so we thought we'd stop by and check it out. The Nationals 2026 returns to Sandow...
28/08/2026

Nationals 2026 is coming to Victoria - so we thought we'd stop by and check it out.

The Nationals 2026 returns to Sandown Park this Saturday night where the best greyhounds in the country take on one of Victoria's biggest stages to battle it out for National glory.

It’s set to be a huge celebration of greyhound racing, bringing together the best dogs, trainers, owners and fans from across Australia.

Go Team Victoria!

27/08/2026

May and June 2026 are the two months when polite small talk about the rebuild turned into genuine excitement, the site finally looking like a racetrack again instead of a very large sandpit.

May brought irrigation and fencing works, completed lighting poles, an installed giant screen (still not over it), and the first work on the starting structures themselves. Stand at the top of the straight now and you can see the screen where results and replays will run on raceday, and the light towers that'll carry Saturday night racing long after the sun's gone down and everyone's had one too many pies.

Then June turned up with the final major pieces of equipment: starting boxes and timing boards delivered, kennel flooring finished, and electrical and AV cabling underway, basically the nervous system for everything that makes raceday actually work. Seeing the real starting boxes turn up on site is one of those moments that makes a rebuild feel genuinely close. These are the exact boxes every dog will load into on opening night, and every race after it.

Two months, and the track was nearly ready to start talking back to us. We've never been so excited about wiring.

WILDCARD ROUND 2026 has arrived… and we’ve got our own version! Just like the AFL, it’s all about survival, pressure and...
25/08/2026

WILDCARD ROUND 2026 has arrived… and we’ve got our own version!

Just like the AFL, it’s all about survival, pressure and earning your spot in the finals.

But at Cranbourne, there’s no footy required… just a greyhound, a card and a whole lot of luck. 👀

Who’s your Wildcard pick? 🏉

Episode 12: 2014 🐾 By 2014, the three codes at Cranbourne had something important to say about the venue they shared. An...
25/08/2026

Episode 12: 2014 🐾

By 2014, the three codes at Cranbourne had something important to say about the venue they shared. And they backed it up with $3.2 million.

Thoroughbred, Harness and Greyhound racing jointly invested in a grandstand expansion that transformed Cranbourne Racing Complex into one of the leading racing venues in regional Victoria. Capacity jumped to around 900 people across two floors.

The grandstand standing at Cranbourne today, soon to be filled with a crowd for the reopening, represents the investment and belief in the future of this place.

It was the right call then. And the new track being completed right now is the right call for the next 50 years.

Counting down the days now. 🐾

#2014

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