Greyhounds Australasia

Sharon Morris Fined $500 For Procaine Positive

Racing Queensland (RQ) Stewards today conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the analyst’s findings in respect of a urine sample taken from the registered...

Select Committee Report – A Curate’s Egg

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...

First Fix The System

In recent times this column has noted that decision-making in several areas of the industry is faulty, that vital matters are being ignored, or that...

Subsidies Are Seldom Good Business

How do you know if spending money is a good idea? Well, GWA has just conducted a participants survey which included a question about keeping...

It’s Now Or Never For Greyhounds Australasia

Apparently, Greyhounds Australasia Ltd has one of its quarterly board meetings this month. The date and the agenda are not available because they are kept...

What The Eye Can’t See

There’s nothing better than a great view of a great race. Everyone can cheer and see where their money went. It’s what sells the industry...

All For One, One For All

Apart from the three musketeers, that’s the unofficial motto of Switzerland, as well as a few traditional unionists, but it is far from the thoughts...

What A Complicated World We Live In

There are a lot of differences between the states. For example, a lot of them talk funny and only NSW people can pronounce Bathurst and...

Nicole Marum Receives Six Month Suspension For Positive Swab

Offence: Miss. Nicole Marum failed to present the greyhound ‘Cheap Rush’ free of any prohibited substance for an event at the Sale Greyhound Racing Club...

Gary Robinson Fined $750 For Procaine Positive Swab

Offence : Mr. Gary Robinson failed to present the greyhound Ditch To Ditch free of any prohibited substance for an event at the Shepparton Greyhound...

Playing With Figures – Not Kindergarten Stuff (Part 2)

To provide some further perspective to the arguments about injuries and breeding at the NSW parliamentary hearings, we can pull out data from our own...

Playing With Figures – Not Kindergarten Stuff

Confusion, guesswork, allegations, bias and “let you know later” are some of the descriptions that might be applied to statements and figures offered at the...

John Galea Receives Six Month Suspension For Positive Swab

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

David Ferguson Fined $1,000 For Diclofenac Positive Swab

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

Wayne Wrout Receives Three Month Suspended Sentence And $500 Fine

Offence: Mr. Wayne Wrout did strike a greyhound on multiple occasions to the head with a clenched fist, at the Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club trial...

Mark Reekie Suspended And Fined For Androstane Positive Swab

Racing Queensland (RQ) Stewards today conducted an inquiry into the analysts findings in respect of a urine sample taken from the greyhound KIEWA GEM which...

Eleanor Ferguson Suspended For Two Positive Swabs

Offence (1) Following advice from Racing Analytical Services Laboratory, the Stewards of Greyhound Racing Victoria conducted an investigation into the results of a post-race urine...

A Costly Squeeze Play

Figures just in for 2013 confirm the worrying habit of recent years of trying to squeeze blood out of the stone. The average number of...

Douglas Blake Receives Seven Month Ban For Positive Swab

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

Michael Said Fined $750 For Theobromine Positive Swab

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

What Does The Future Hold?

To see how greyhound racing might fare in the New Year it’s useful to look at where we have come from and how we are...

Queensland Trainer Fined For “Blowing Up” Over Grading Issue

Racing Queenland stewards have this week fined Garry Bevan over his reaction to the grading of his greyhounds at a Rockhampton greyhound meeting. On Wednesday,...

One Month Disqualification For Beta Blocker Positive Swab In Victoria

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

Ready, Set…..Fizzer

It has to be said. I really don’t want to see another race like the 2013 Shootout again. I certainly can’t recall one like it...

Shorter And Shorter

Bookkeeper’s recent record run over 600m at The Meadows was meritorious, particularly from the awkward box 8, but it was out of kilter with national...