Greyhounds Australasia

NSW Joint Working Group hands down final report

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...

Fairy stories no answer to greyhound woes

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...

How to sell greyhound racing – equality of the sexes

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...

NSW ends up as greyhound racing’s big hope for 2016

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...

Greyhounds Australasia refutes claims to close greyhound industry

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 exports under spotlight in 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...

Greyhounds Australasia spending big to get answers

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...

Stewards wrap: Trainers in trouble for failing to obtain passport

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....

Overbreeding is not the problem – management is

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...

Tabcorp + Tatts/Ubet = a non starter for now

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...

Is the Government also to blame for live baiting?

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...

Greyhound racing has failed, but so have the inquiries

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...

Facts scarce for both greyhound stayers and breeding

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...

Special Commission tries to crash through

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...

Racing authorities still stuck in the past

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...

Victorian annual report – good in parts

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...

Greyhounds Australasia has no substance in over-breeding document

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...

News wrap: Fantastic Dotty Megastar bound, Hunt banned for longer

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...

What you may have missed: National Championships taking shape

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...

How universities can help greyhound racing

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...

Greyhound racing’s vital signs are wonky

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 Greyhound Racing Society to give the industry a voice

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...

Sweet It Is returns positives to caffeine after G1 NZ triumphs

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...

It is time to start building better greyhound tracks

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...

What greyhound racing could learn from the thoroughbred industry

THE thoroughbred code's two and a bit days talkfest, the Australian Racing Conference in Brisbane, is now over, although it failed to attract any coverage...