Greyhounds Australasia

“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...

THE NSW Joint Working Group has officially handed in its final report to Greyhound Racing NSW Interim CEO Paul Newson. The report will aim to...

A YEAR has gone by since nasty things happened in three states, or maybe four. So, what’s the upshot of it all? Governments have pulled...

TENNIS is over for the moment with various views on the respective merits of the women’s and men’s finals. Personally, for once I found the...

AS the year draws to a close and we farewell crowd pleasers like Fernando Bale and Sweet It Is, the nation is left to ponder...

THE Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has called for the Federal Government to close down the greyhound racing industry following the ABC’s 7:30 Report...

GREYHOUND Racing has once again come under fire by the ABC and Animals Australia after an apparent six month investigation into the alleged exportation of...

SUPPOSE breeding suddenly increased by 20%? Not likely, but if it did each state will be able to plug into a computer program which will...

SEVERAL Queensland-based trainers faced steward inquiries last week following allegations of failing to obtain passports from Greyhounds Australasia (GA) prior to exporting their greyhounds overseas....

TOO many dogs? Well, on Wednesday of this week the nation ran 10 meetings containing 113 races, headed by the heats of the Ballarat Cup...

NOT for the first time, Tabcorp and Tatts/Ubet have been talking about a merger, thereby giving the country a single tote-TAB operator. It was on...

AFTER taking a month off, the NSW Special Commission will re-start public hearings this week, concentrating on the “life of a racing greyhound, injuries and...

AS THE 2015 year nears a close the industry is still smarting from a succession of horrendous events, all of which are self-inflicted in one...

FOR stayers, it’s that time of the year, so a quick look at last week would be useful. Nothing much happened in WA as Mandurah’s...

ENOUGH is enough. The world has gone mad. At a time when the industry should be celebrating the wonderful achievements of its top racers the...

IT HAS now been eight months since the live baiting drama occurred yet there are few signs of the industry slowing down. Betting turnover, for...

QUICKEST off the mark with its FY2015 annual report, Greyhound Racing Victoria has recorded a $5 million surplus on the back of rising income from...

This is a corporate failure of monumental proportions. Greyhounds Australasia, in circulating to state CEOs a supposedly confidential document about alleged over-breeding, has assumed it...

BOOM youngster Fantastic Dotty will be aimed at the Group 1 Dapto Megastar following on from her tenacious victory in Thursday night’s Group 3 Dapto...

THE Nationals puzzle is almost complete, with the representatives from Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania all locked into place after various qualifiers...

IT is a bit confusing. GRV, in conjunction with the vet faculty at the University of Melbourne, has just finalised a study of the impact...

THE latest data tells us that February’s live baiting and other hassles are almost certainly having some effect on what the dog population is doing....

AUSTRALIAN Racing Greyhound is proud to exclusively announce the formation of the Australian Greyhound Racing Society, a new national body which aims to provide a...

CHAMPION stayer Sweet It Is has returned two positive swabs to the prohibited substance caffeine after winning both a heat and final of the Group...

THERE are five reasons why dogs run off on a turn: 1. The dog is a youngster or a little on the clumsy side and...