The racing component of the 2017 TAB Great Chase series is running across Victoria’s 13 race clubs between October 6-25, with more than $200,000 to be won by greyhounds and connections.

Fully Loaded has set the Gippsland region alight with seven victories from seven starts over the shorts at his home track of Cranbourne and a little further down the road at Traralgon.

Red Cliff residents Keith and Jon Bowen have well and truly caught the greyhound racing bug thanks to their star Jimmy Newob, who claimed an impressive victory in the $35,000 Warragul St Leger on Sunday. Starting as the $1.80 favourite from box one, Bowen had his reservations about Jimmy Newob's chances in the same race that kick started the career one of Australia's most versatile chasers, Fanta Bale.