Greyhounds Australasia

It’s happened before and it will happen again. The selective nonsense pumped out by the ABC 7:30 program on greyhound practices does nobody any good,...

Greyhound Racing Victoria have today advised that Victorian Hall Of Fame greyhound trainer Graeme Bate has been handed an effective nine month disqualification for returning...

Paltry rewards to players led to the formation of Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket in 1977, with coloured clothing and drop-in wickets, much to the...

Continuing our series on suggested changes to racing rules, here are a few more to go with those we wrote about on October 3rd (Items...

How much are national racing rules worth? Here is how Greyhounds Australasia explains it. “R6  In the event of the application of the Local Rules of...

Remarkably, last Thursday’s SA Derby winner Ernie Bung Arrow, ran all over the shop but still managed a PB of 29.55 and the hard-railing Tonk...

The daggers are being thrown in every possible direction within the NSW Greyhound Racing Industry at present. With the upcoming pressure of the Parliamentary Inquiry,...

On 5th July 2013 Mrs. Connie Miller was informed that the greyhound Cyanic Haze had shown the presence of Procaine from the urine sample taken...

Compare the two – airlines and racing. By any measure, aviation is a flourishing, high profile business yet Doug Nancarrow, editor of Aviation Business magazine,...

Is greyhound racing losing its compass? Figures for the first half of 2013 show some significant trends, worrying even. We looked at three key indicators...

Last week (in Part 1) we pointed out that betting, the lifeblood of the racing industry, was under pressure following the steady drop in the...

In a surprise decision, Queensland stewards have let punters Steve and Matthew Brunker and Brady Canty off the hook following an investigation into the running...

Do you like being confused? Are you sick of things being straight forward and enjoy the feeling of frustration? Then the unique sport of Greyhound...

This cannot be allowed to go on forever. A Commission of Inquiry into Queensland racing, just announced by the state’s attorney-general, represents the fourth such...

GRNSW will be playing musical chairs next financial year when a few country tracks gain more meeting dates while others miss out. Its monster two-page...

It was fascinating to read (SMH April 5) that the Sydney University veterinary people have demonstrated that an early racing start for two-year-old thoroughbreds does...

Tasmania, the country’s smallest greyhound state, has just launched trials of the controversial finish-on lure at the Launceston track. Three states have already tried the...

It’s often said that there are no new ideas in marketing, just old ideas refreshed. So, here are some points that are worth pinching from...

OK, it was a gutsy win by Destini Fireball in the Superstayers final at The Meadows. But while the finish was exciting, it was hardly...

What an opportunity! With the media awash with hundreds of pages in print and unlimited TV coverage about drugs in sport, what a great time...

Greyhound Racing Victoria have just released details of a positive swab inquiry held a week ago. That inquiry has seen Victorian greyhound trainer Deborah Mowat...

There could not be much debate that 2012 was the year of Miata, a genuine champion in the most demanding field of staying racing. Never...

Many years ago I came across a group of villagers sitting on the beach on an island off the coast of New Guinea. They were...

New laws covering the establishment of Queensland’s four-board racing structure have now been inked in by Racing Minister Steve Dickson. A chairman and two members...

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) Stewards have just released details of an assault on a female GRV Steward from a Melton Coursing meeting in August 2012...