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What other option is there than bend starts, a reader asked? Well that's an easy one to answer. Alone among the racing codes, or in...

Victorian trainer Paul Ryder must have believed the career of his exciting young stayer Shot To Bits was precisely that after the budding star took...

The last word for the moment on the NSW Inquiry must go to the most critical question; if the current system is not working, what...

Our entire wagering system is founded on the performance of our two main tote companies. They make up some three quarters of the action but...

When it comes to productivity and profits, more may not be better. Consider how racing programs are put together. Half way through this calendar year...

Whoops – readers pointed out an important error in Monday's comment about Xylia Allen. She did not lead in her heat of the state Distance...

It may become part of the folklore of greyhound racing in Australia. The following statement by the appeal judge refers to an incident when a...

What's more, “It doesn't make sense to have a number of little pools around the world, which don't give punters the confidence to bet”, according...

Before wonderful words in expensive annual reports begin to emerge from the bunkers of state racing authorities I thought it might be a good idea...

Not much there isn't! It was wonderful to hear the Queensland Racing Minister and Racing Queensland boss (Dickson and Dixon resp) tell assembled throngs at...

The Select Committee on Greyhound Racing in NSW (Committee) has released its First Report (Report). The Committee has made two findings and 18 recommendations. ARG...

A Curate's Egg describes something that is at least partly bad, but has some arguably redeeming features. For a parliamentary Inquiry that started off with...

Mangalore trainer Debbie Cannan's run of major race successes continued at the Tote Racing Centre on Monday night when the lightly raced but highly promising...

The Victorian Parliament has just enacted a law which allows the Racing Integrity Commission and racing stewards to haul in to their inquiries any, “people...

The long term outlook for the continuation of straight track racing in Australia, be it coursing or Straight track full field events, is in some...

Queensland owned chaser Are Ate provided a major upset at the Devonport Raceway on Tuesday afternoon by recording an all the way victory in the...

An interesting sidelight to last Thursday's Hobart Thousand was the interaction between dogs' running styles, the way the race was run, and the nature of...

After two years in Tasmania, former Victorian trainer Paul Hili and his family are enjoying life immensely, not regretting their move one iota. Paul is...

Glen Gallon lost his National Championship heat at Albion Park on the home turn when the winner got underneath it and Rose of Galo and...

Boom chaser Black Magic Opal will be out of action for at least three months with champion mentor Jason Thompson revealing that he sustained a...

A very resilient lot, these Hunter region people. They have braved the shutdown of Newcastle's huge steel making industry and are moving forward with arts,...

Every trainer and owner dreams of having a greyhound good enough to snare a group race. For Box Hill trainer Sid Swain and owner Garry...

With the extent of superstars that lined up in Thursday night's Group One Garrards Winter Cup final at Albion Park, master Queensland trainer Tony Brett...

This headline came from the Adelaide Advertiser, as reported by Peter Donovan on the GRSA website. In full, it reads “The coursing crowd is melancholy...

Wagga & District Greyhound Racing Club President Darren Hull has described Sunday night's Cup meeting as fantastic after the track was host to a record...