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Victorian greyhounds

Emmett Dunne & Marika McMahon reappointed to Greyhound Racing Victoria board

Deputy chair of Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) Emmett Dunne and board member Marika McMahon have been reappointed to the peak Victorian greyhound racing body for...

Greyhound Racing Victoria mishandles a PR j-curve

The GRV publicity machine has been working overtime in recent months in an effort to counter past and possible future criticism of industry performance –...

Somersaults continued ….

It seems that my recent article (Olympic Standard Somersault) crossed in the ether with an informative item from GRV containing more details of the upcoming...

Olympic standard somersault at the dogs

Often I wonder why state authorities make something hard when it would be dead simple to make it easy. Share the worry, so to speak....
Sandown Cup greyhounds

How long should the ancient two airline policy apply to greyhound racing?

Bravo to Lynton Hogan, President of the Victorian GOBTA (Greyhound Owners, Breeders, Trainers Association) for taking on the state authority (GRV) about the declining returns...

Horsham greyhound race meeting abandoned due to vet departure

In this COVID lockdown world we’ve become used to the unusual, and Horsham’s Tuesday greyhound racing meeting certainly delivered on that score. After having run...
Victorian greyhounds

Victorian greyhound racing strike succeeds – No greyhound racing on Saturday

This Saturday 3rd July 2021 represents an historic day in Australian greyhound racing – there will be no greyhound racing at all on Saturday in...

Greyhound transparency lost in translation

Just a couple of weeks ago I highlighted the reluctance of state authorities to tell the public and industry participants what was going on. They...
Victorian greyhound racing

Victorian greyhound racing gets a prizemoney boost

Greyhound Racing Victoria’s (GRV) Board has budgeted for the record expenditure of $58 million in prize money for Victoria’s greyhound racing program in 2021-22, GRV’s...

Speeding lessons at Sandown dogs

Extraordinary! Wednesday’s interesting Speed Star series at Sandown displayed some sparkling form, led in by Aston Rupee over 515m (29.06 – record 28.90) and Zipping...

Greyhound progress – late but welcome

Wonderful news for the Upper Hunter town of Muswellbrook. An unknown amount of cash (out of the $30m or so donated by the NSW government...

What do greyhound punters “need to know”

A valued correspondent, Patti Ladd, wrote in to ask “In Victoria we seem to have at least one third of all races with hot favourites...
Shepparton Greyhounds

Greyhound ups and downs

Two spectacular events occurred yesterday, forcing the critical news on Tabcorp to the rear. 1. BIG BETTING? In the second race at Ballarat, a Maiden,...

How to handle the next greyhound racing revolution

What a great time for greyhound racing to buy back the farm – and a way to greater prosperity. Yes, it can be done. The...

Greyhounds Australasia – A Lost Cause

The comment below is sharp but necessary as the greyhound industry faces a fogbound future, largely due to its pointless parochialism and the moral corruption...

The Greyhound Industry Has Been Conned

Good versus evil? Or the reverse? At a time when the greyhound code is screaming out for strength through national cohesion, five events are pulling...
Vic Breeder Pink Diamond Series

Victorian Bred Greyhounds Now Race For $900,000 Pink Diamond Series

Victorian-bred greyhounds will share in an extra $900,000 annually as part of an exciting revamp of GRV’s Racing Calendar. Changes to the calendar include the...

To A Greyhound, Turns Ain’t Turns

A reader asked what I thought about the “J-track design”. A good question for all of us, of course. I guess he is talking about...

Greyhound Recovery – Often Queried …… Never Answered

Last Saturday, Silver Chief night at The Meadows offered some very smart times on an obviously quick track. Youngsters like Lakeview Walter, Mepunga Felix, Earn...

Managing Greyhounds In The New Decade

Australia's most controversial greyhound commentator Bruce Teague takes a look at the annual reports of all the Australian greyhound racing principal race authorities (PRA) and...

Ballarat Cup Greyhound Finalists A Sign Of The Times?

Australia's most controversial greyhound commentator Bruce Teague takes another look at the the 2020 Ballarat Cup field, and notes that while there is some handy...
Melbourne Cup greyhounds statistics and history

The 2020 Melbourne Cup is surely the greyhound race of the year

Australia's most controversial greyhound commentator Bruce Teague takes a look at the 2020 Group 1 Melbourne Cup and Group 1 Bold Trease finals and analyses...

Who Is Looking Into Greyhound Racing’s Crystal Ball?

Australia's most controversial greyhound commentator Bruce Teague takes a look at where the greyhound racing track redevelopments and modernisation programs around the country are heading;...

Have we lost the greyhound racing grading plot?

Our grading systems once split nominations up into Maidens and five official grades. Some graders also managed to split a single grade into divisions based...

Melbourne Cup Eve kicks off Victorian Metro Greyhound Carnival

Victorian greyhound racing action kicks in to a higher gear on Monday night when the newly established Victorian greyhound racing "Metropolitan Festival of Racing" launches.