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This Week In Racing History

JANUARY 1st The 1970 Christmas Gift final was run in 1971, with Shapely Escort winning by three lengths from Acem and Tivoli Chief in a...

NSW Greyhound Racing Inquiry Submissions – The Summary

Public submissions on the inquiry into greyhound racing in NSW closed on 6 November 2013 and the inquiry has now moved to the stage of...

This Week In Greyhound Racing History 12th November – 18th November

12th November After undergoing a complete remodelling, Wentworth Park re-opened for racing over new distances in 1949. The sprint events were raised from 550 (503...

This Week In Racing History 5th November- 11th November

5th The 2007 City of Hume Cup, run over 725 metres at the Meadows, resulted in a quinella for Queensland with Technoman defeating compatriot Miss...

Paul Barnes Retires

In a sport where longevity is rarer than a 100/1 winner, Paul Barnes is a survivor. Last Friday, he decided it was time to end...

Melton Coursing Ready To Celebrate A Legendary Day

Enthusiasts can get nostalgic this Sunday when the Melton Greyhound Racing Club holds its ‘Legends Day'. Melton is home to a special kind of racing...

Everything’s Back On Track At The Gardens

After one of the most controversial weeks in NSW greyhound racing, it appears the dust may finally be starting to settle after three successful meetings...

GRNSW Conundrums

What on earth will GRSW do with Newcastle now that the NCA has been de-licensed? The racing bit is the easy half of the exercise....

NCA Searching For Answers Over NSW Deregistration

NCA President Kevin Gordon said The NSW National Coursing Association (NCA) is asking for answers following Greyhound Racing NSW's (GRNSW) decision to cancel the NCA's...

Confessions And A Ray Of Hope

The NSW National Coursing Association is now officially gone, dead and buried. The GBOTA will take the licences over for a few months while GRNSW...

NSW GBOTA To Hold The Reins At The Gardens

The NSW Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers' Association confirms that it has accepted an interim management role at the Birmingham Gardens Complex. The appointment follows...

GRNSW Cancels NCA’s Licence To Conduct Greyhound Races

The Board of Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) has cancelled the registration of the NSW National Coursing Association (NCA) as a greyhound racing club, effective from...

State Of Origin – NSW Greyhound Racing’s Top 17

With the deciding game of this year's State of Origin series this Wednesday night, Australian Racing Greyhound has compiled our own state teams featuring the...

Newcastle Failure Also A Great Opportunity

A very resilient lot, these Hunter region people. They have braved the shutdown of Newcastle's huge steel making industry and are moving forward with arts,...

NCA Gets One Last Chance From GRNSW

After countless rumours over recent months, Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) has announced that the National Coursing Association (NCA) has been registered from the...

Bling Ading Wins Coursing’s Sylvester Doyle Puppy Championship

Last Sunday was the final day of the 2013 TGS Electronics Sylvester Doyle Puppy Championship meeting at Lang Lang, and I think all who attended...

A Fine And Ancient Sport

This headline came from the Adelaide Advertiser, as reported by Peter Donovan on the GRSA website. In full, it reads “The coursing crowd is melancholy...

The Dynamic Duo Strike At Melton

On Sunday we headed to Melton for the running of the Werribee Cup and J.N.Smith Memorial meeting. This meeting once again proved to be another...

140th Coursing Season Celebrations Kick Off At Melton

Celebration – that was the motto for ther first coursing meeting of the year held today at sunny downtown Melton. With the track and grounds...

Clone Your Own Is No Kiwi Copycat

The victory by former New Zealand greyhound Clone Your Own in the Harrison-Dawson Final at Sandown on Thursday night marked the sixth occasion a Shaky...

GRNSW Appoint Administrators To The Gardens & NCA Operations

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) today confirmed that acting under the provisions of the Greyhound Racing Act 2009 s10(2)(e) it had appointed David Lombe, Partner of...

Australian Racing Could Use A Royal Commission

Racing seems to have a gift of shooting itself in the foot. In case you didn't know, corporate bookmakers (which presumably means those in the...

NCA Granted A One Month “Stay Of Execution”

As the February 25th deadline came and passed for GRNSW to effectively deregister the ailing NSW National Coursing Association (NCA) many wondered how the NCA...

Is Queensland Typical Of The Nation?

A while back, Queensland had a clear option for a greyhound new track – Logan to the south-west of Brisbane. Everybody agreed. Then it had...

Fabregas Kicking Goals At Stud

It's the perfect combination that we all desire to breed that champion we all need. Recently retired star Fabregas ticks all the right boxes when...