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SHOCK news has struck greyhound racing circles in Ireland after it was revealed on Thursday that Clonbrien Hero (Razldazl Jayfkay x Trout Or Salmon Apr...

A SOUTH Australian greyhound trainer has been left red faced at Angle Park on Tuesday afternoon after two of her greyhounds raced wearing the wrong...

PROMINENT central west trainer Jeanette Foley has been slapped with an interim suspension by Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) after one of her greyhounds returned a...

CHAMPION stayer Sweet It Is has been stripped of her 2015 Group 1 National Distance title after the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board (RADB) handed...

CHAMPION stayer Sweet It Is looks destined to lose her 2015 Group 1 National Distance Championship title after trainer Braden Finn was found guilty of...

IN CASE you missed it, the NSW government – repeat, the government – is calling for people to nominate themselves as a “member of Racing...

FIRST impressions of the finish-on-lure trial at Geelong are that fields are more inclined to spread out, at least after the first bun rush out...

THE Group 3 Chairman’s Cup series was rocked by scandal over the weekend, with champion bitch Sweet It Is withdrawn from the heats of the...

NATIONAL coverage: Nothing could be more helpful to the industry than the RIC recommendation that a consistent national approach would be better than six or...

WHAT an extraordinary dog Fernando Bale is. The blinding victory in the Peter Mosman heat on Saturday took his prize money up to $546k and...

CUSTOMARILY, I do not address personalities in these columns, rather I comment on events and policies. However, some of the stuff going around is beyond...

On the 27th of February 2014, the Racing Appeals Tribunal NSW (Tribunal) upheld greyhound trainer Wayne Vanderburg’s appeal against the concurrent seven year penalty handed...

Last Friday week at Penrith Panthers Leagues Club, the commencement of the inquiry into Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) began with the with committee...

The Racing Appeals Tribunal has refused to hear an appeal lodged by trainer Mark Azzopardi against a two year disqualification. Racing Appeals Tribunal Magistrate Ian...

Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) released a statement today that multiple group-winning trainer, Mark Azzopardi, has been disqualified for a period of two years....

GRNSW have announced that the inquiry into the analysts’ reports of the finding of benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, in the urine sample taken from...

As an interested but amateur observer, I can’t quite understand how the drug issue is being handled. I think it’s good, or good in parts,...

Greyhound Racing NSW has advised that an inquiry into the analysts reports that the urine sample taken from Transcend Time after that greyhound won at...

I don’t really understand the way racing addresses the drug subject. Certainly, the whole country has made giant strides over the past two decades in...

Following advice from the Racing Analytical Services Laboratory, the Stewards of Greyhound Racing Victoria conducted an investigation into the results of a post-race urine sample...

GRSA Stewards completed an inquiry on 16th January 2012 into the circumstances relating to the obtaining of the urine sample from the greyhound Quiksilver Blues...

On 28th November 2011 Mr Marcello Calicchio was informed by hand delivered letter that the greyhound Quiksilver Blues had shown the presence of Benzoylecgonine from...

The Racing Appeals Tribunal of New South Wales has formally announced its decision regarding the appeal by Stuart Dickinson over his 18 months disqualification to...

To this writer – a non-chemist, non-veterinarian and non-trainer, just an interested fan – Australia’s drug policies have never been totally clear or logical. Well,...

It is one of the longest running positive swab inquiries in recent history, but GRNSW Stewards today confirmed they have concluded their inquiry in to...