Tasmania's greyhound racing community has helped five-year-old Baylee Robertson's family reach their goal of buying a wheelchair-accessible van, with a $15,000 fundraising donation pushing the appeal past its $65,000 target.

Just before Longford trainer Mick Burles passed away, eight years ago, he had a dying wish and that was to have his ashes interned with his champion horse The Cleaner when that magnificent galloper crossed to the other side.

The first foals by Armidale Stud’s Group-winning juvenile Bodyguard are arriving this spring, and already a clear pattern is beginning to emerge.