Infrastructure Reform

Bundaberg

Bundaberg Greyhound Racing Club embraces sand track transformation

The Bundaberg Greyhound Racing Club is embarking on a transformation by switching its track to a sand surface in 2024. This major project aims to...

Racing Queensland strikes deal to keep Ipswich greyhounds racing

Racing Queensland (RQ) has announced they have come to a resolution with the Ipswich Show Society (ISS) and the Ipswich Greyhound Racing Club (IGRC) to...

Tasracing cost blowout puts new Tasmanian North West track in doubt

The board of the Tasmanian greyhound racing regulator, Tasracing, has written to the Minister for Racing, Felix Ellis, to advise that the new development will...

Taree greyhound racing track to be ripped up for new modern sand track

The new Taree Super Track greyhound racing track project is set to kick off on Thursday as confirmed by Tanya Thompson, the Member, for Myall...

Richmond greyhound track closed for emergency works October 5 – 14

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) has announced that racing will be temporarily halted at the Richmond race track from October 5th to October 14th. GRNSW had...

Shepparton Greyhound Racing Club to reinstate 390m start

The Shepparton Greyhound Racing Club (SGRC) and Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) have jointly announced the reinstatement of the 390 metre start, at the Shepparton greyhound...

Sale greyhound racing set to resume this Sunday on new track

The Sale Greyhound Racing Club (SGRC) is excited to announce their first race meeting, on the new track, scheduled for Sunday, September 3rd. This particular...

Greyhound racing set for significant growth in Tasmania North-West Coast with new track

Tasmania's North-West coast could soon again become a central hub for greyhound racing enthusiasts, with a new development application freshly submitted. The application focuses on...

Greyhound Racing Victoria announce end of life for Cranbourne greyhound track

Greyhound Racing Victoria have today announced that Cranbourne greyhound track will not be rebuilt due to excessive cost. Cranbourne greyhounds have not raced since January...

Ballarat greyhounds to get new $3.3 million kennel block

Construction to build a new, state-of-the-art kennel complex the Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club has commenced, with the Victorian Government this week announcing a $1.6m contribution,...

Sale greyhound racing to shutdown for eight months for redevelopment

GRV has announced that Sale greyhound track will shutdown from early January 2023 until at least August 2023 for redevelopment works to upgrade and renew...
The Meadows

For 23 long years stayers at The Meadows have been racing over the wrong distance

It is a story you wouldn't believe and yet a 23 year long history is currently being rewritten in Australian greyhound racing, all for the...
Steve Noyce

Steve Noyce excited by the possibilities ahead of Wentworth Park’s closing

Outgoing NSW Greyhound, Breeders, Owners and Trainers Association (GBOTA) general manager Steve Noyce has revealed plans are well underway for a new home of greyhound...

Gilding the lily on greyhound tracks

NSW track improvements are well on the way, according to three recent media announcements by GRNSW, one with the Racing Minister in tow. The last...

Traralgon a risky guide

It's early days at the new Traralgon track but we need to talk about it for a few reasons. First, how is the new track...

Greyhounds Victoria is kidding us – right?

Maybe there's a bit more to the GRV experiment with 6-dog races for Maidens over 12 weeks or so later this year – quite apart...
Sandown

It’s time to grasp a greyhound nettle

I am going in here where angels fear to tread. But somebody has to do something about this. There's no more room left under the...

Old times – New times

The novel nature of The Phoenix has to be a major highlight of the year, not just because of the cash but due to the...

Tasmanian greyhounds spoils the fun – again

Well, blow me down – again. It's not long since I listed some serious problems with the results posted for Tasmania's Devonport Cup. Now, it...

Horses to copy greyhounds – perhaps

Four years after the greyhounds took the plunge, the gallops have finally started to move on whole-of-life tracking, attempting to counteract adverse reports on ex-racers...

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....

Tabcorp about to take a punt

Anyone remember those heady days when you could do the rounds of the betting ring and pick out the bookie offering the best price? A...

Queensland greyhounds get $1.7 million boost but where is the new track?

Queensland greyhound racing prizemoney is set to get a modest $1.7 million boost under the Queensland Government's Racing Queensland's Investment Growth Plan released yesterday that...