Greyhounds Australasia

Industry Update

Greyhounds Australasia Declare 52 Compliant Greyhound Exports

Greyhounds Australasia is pleased to confirm that no issues of concern relating to welfare or improper conduct were identified in the exportation of greyhounds during...
Greyhound racing

Participants left frustrated with more rules announced

GREYHOUND racing participants are growing concerned at the direction of the industry as more rule changes are expected to come in from March 1, 2018....
Industry Update

Greyhound exports to America suspended pending inquiry

GREYHOUNDS Australasia has suspended supplying Greyhound Passports for Australian dogs heading to the USA amid fears they are ending up in China. GA revealed it...

Greyhound Industry Reform Panel report to be released on Thursday

New South Wales participants are waiting with trepidation to find out the future direction of the sport as the Greyhound Industry Reform Panel prepares to...

Premier’s office says Reform Panel will consider breeding caps

A SPOKESPERSON from the Department of Premier and Cabinet has failed to acknowledge the breeding cap of 2,000 greyhound pups born per annum is off...

Breeding set to be a major focus of Industry Reform Panel

FORMER New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma has spoken out on the future of the greyhound racing industry. Iemma's statements come as he prepares to...

Scott addresses objectives of Greyhound Industry Reform Panel

Update: NEW South Wales Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers Association (GBOTA) CEO Brenton Scott says the industry has not been locked into a strict 2,000...

Special Commission of Inquiry still has many unanswered questions

I WOULD like to thank all those people who take the time to post comments about the articles I write. And, yes, this includes those...

Special Commission of Inquiry – the 80 recommendations simplified

OVER a week has passed since the Special Commission of Inquiry report into greyhound racing was made public, with Premier Mike Baird ignoring 79 recommendations...

GRNSW interim CEO Paul Newson to be replaced with administrator

GREYHOUND Racing NSW (GRNSW) announced on Wednesday morning interim CEO of the authority body Paul Newson will be replaced by an administrator to manage the...
Noelene Holloway

Holloway urges participants to stay positive despite ban

CENTRAL Coast trainer Noelene Holloway says she is determined to stay positive and fight the NSW State Government's decision to ban greyhound racing as of...

Baird’s ban is the greatest injustice handed down by government

YESTERDAY I was in mourning. At lunch time news broke that the greyhound racing industry would be shut down in NSW as of July 1,...

New national rules for substance thresholds effective from July 1

A NEW set of national greyhound racing rules will come into force from July 1, 2016, which concern thresholds for testosterone in male greyhounds and...

Greyhound participants charged for alleged unauthorised exports

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) announced on Thursday evening it had charged 179 industry participants for potential breaches of the Greyhound Racing Rules in relation to...

Greyhound overbreeding myth exposed

Now that Greyhounds Australasia has published the final stats for Australian greyhound racing in 2015 we are in a position to confirm a point made...

GRV throw their support behind banning Irish greyhound export

GREYHOUND Racing Victoria (GRV) has announced its support to push a ban on the export of Irish greyhounds to Macau. The announcement follows recent reports...

The two sides of Sandown greyhound racing

IF Sandown's provincial meeting last Sunday is any guide the next generation is coming along nicely – never mind some naysayers guessing that over-breeding is...

There’s engagement but no enlightenment in greyhound racing

GREYHOUND Racing Victoria has just conducted a thing called an Engagement Workshop, mainly to do with trialling tracks. We know that because a lengthy media...

Lies, damn lies and greyhound statistics

I MENTIONED the other day that KPMG (and the industry) has had a rough time making sense of greyhound statistics, thereby delaying the finalisation of...

Queensland racing to remain stuck in the past

AT best, it will be more of the same old stuff. More likely, it will sustain the steady decline in the fortunes of Queensland greyhound...

Plenty of thrills and spills at Sandown Park greyhounds

IT may be worthwhile me branching out into the tipping game – or, in this case, non-tipping. What was really remarkable about the distance heats...

Logic missing from the decisions in greyhound racing

HERE'S an amazing thing. Various administrations have been keen to announce plans to better cater for young dogs that can't get a run and which...

Figuring out Queensland greyhounds

WE have had a couple of calls for the retention of breeding subsidies in Queensland. The stated reason is that current activity is too small...

Greyhound racing needs a GPS fitted

ONE of the strangest ideas appearing from officialdom over the last year – and there have been quite a few of that ilk – is...

How the NSW Joint Working Group can help the Industry

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples,” – Mother Theresa. Those words echoed through...