Million Dollar Chase Qualifiers Revealed

GREYHOUND Racing NSW has announced that 16 regional tracks across New South Wales will host qualifying heats and finals for the world's richest greyhound racing series – the Ladbrokes Million Dollar Chase.

The Million Dollar Chase will this year be run for the sixth time after it was introduced into the calendar in 2018 when won by Mystic Riot.

The race to the October 13 final which offers a $1 million-to-the-winner purse, will start on August 30 when Taree hosts the first set of qualifying heats.

"It's such a richly unique series in how it traverses the length and breadth of regional and rural townships in NSW – bringing the excitement of our sport far and wide into these communities – in search of the ultimate champion," GRNSW CEO Rob Macaulay said.

"Over the five years since that first Ladbrokes Million Dollar Chase, we have seen so many great success stories come through the regional events, and as we had hoped, the series has in turn given the people of those regional areas, the opportunity to see some of our best dogs racing on their local tracks."

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— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 24, 2022

In 2023, GRNSW has announced some changes to qualifying opportunities for owners and trainers with the placegetters in the Group 1 Dapto Megastar and the Group 2 Black Top securing berths in the MDC semi-finals at Wentworth Park on October 6.

GRNSW recently announced that the Megastar Final will this year be run on September 7 and the Black Top Final has been moved to September 22.

"We feel the scheduling – plus the added lure of an MDC semi-final berth – will see increased interest particularly from interstate in both of these group races," Macaulay said.

Apart from the first three placegetters in the Megastar and the Black Top securing berths in the semi-finals, the winners, runners-up and third placegetters in each of the other 14 regional qualifying finals will also advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-final invitations will also be issued to the first four placegetters in the National Sprint Championship final in Melbourne on August 26, the last 12 semi-final berths will be up for grabs in the City Qualifiers at Wentworth Park on September 30.

Should the Nationals' invitees decline the invitation, additional spots will become available for the City Qualifiers.

The full schedule for Ladbrokes Million Dollar Chase Grand Final night has also been locked in.

The support races will be the Sydney Cup, the Masters Meteor, the MDC Maiden, the Young Star – and consolations of the MDC, MDC Maiden and Young Star as well as Richmond to Wenty and Gardens to Wenty Finals.

Here is each of the races that will qualify for the MDC semi finals.

TRACK	DISTANCE	HEATS	FINAL
THE MEADOWS (Nationals)	525m	N/A	Saturday, August 26
TAREE	537m	Wednesday, August 30	Wednesday, September 6
DAPTO (Megastar)	520m	Thursday, August 31	Thursday, September 7
GOULBURN	440m	Friday, September 1	Friday, September 8
DUBBO	516m	Saturday, September 2	Saturday, September 9
BROKEN HILL	525m	Sunday, September 3	Sunday, September 10
MAITLAND	450m	Monday, September 4	Monday, September 11
BULLI	472m	Tuesday, September 5	Tuesday, September 12
CASINO	484m	Thursday, September 7	Thursday, September 14
TEMORA	457m	Monday, September 11	Monday, September 18
RICHMOND	520m	Wednesday, September 13	Wednesday, September 20
GUNNEDAH	527m	Thursday, September 14	Thursday, September 21
THE GARDENS (Black Top)	515m	Friday, September 15	Friday, September 22
WAGGA	525m	Friday, September 15	Friday, September 22
GRAFTON	450m	Sunday, September 17	Sunday, September 24
NOWRA	520m	Monday, September 18	Monday, September 25
GOSFORD	515m	Tuesday, September 19	Tuesday, September 26
WP CITY QUALIFIERS	520m	Saturday, September 30	N/A