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NCA’s Days In Greyhound Racing Numbered As GRNSW Issue Show Cause

The National Coursing Association’s (NCA) days in greyhound racing could be numbered as GRNSW has issued a “show cause” notice in the wake of the...

Saturday 19th January 2013

Greyhound Box Draw For Wentworth Park – Saturday 19th January 2013 Race No. 1Centrebet Fire Up Welcome Stake07:28PM (NSWtime) Mixed event over 720 Metres at...

GRNSW Relents On NCA’s The Gardens Deregistration Threat

The Board of Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) has renewed the registration of The Gardens for a period of two months after requesting further information from...

Strikes And Brick Walls

The current strike by some NSW trainers can have only one immediate effect; it will reduce their income. Some may say that it will highlight...

GRNSW Calls On NCA To Act Over Adam Dobbin Affair

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) today confirmed that it has, in the interests of the industry as a whole, asked the National Coursing Association (NCA) to...

Wentworth Park Celebrates A Quarter Of A Century This Week

Although greyhound racing has been conducted at the Glebe circuit since 1939, the Wentworth Park course currently in existence re-opened after an extensive remodel and...

Greyhound Roulette

There’s an excellent picture on the GRV website which tells the story. It looks back at the 545m start on the new Ballarat track. The...

Rob Britton Trained Greyhounds Win Both Waterloo Cup Majors In Coursing Season Finale

What a fantastic finish to our 2012 coursing season! They came from far and wide and NSW too. We received 64 nominations which we haven’t...

Napalm Red Wins NCA Derby & Well Scarlett Wins NCA Oaks At Melton Coursing

Over the weekend the coursing was at Melton for the running of the 2012 Derby & Oaks for our puppies. Whilst entries for the Derby...

The Verdict

Last Monday’s industry ratings averaged out at just over 50%, or barely a pass mark (see The Scorecard, 23 July). We thought Breeding, Welfare, Trainers...

A Colourful Day’s Coursing

This Sunday we headed up the Hume Highway to Longwood for the first rounds of the 2012 Mogambo @ Stud Sylvester Doyle Puppy Championship, the...

Russell Mansley Disqualified For Six Months & Loses $35,000 In Prizemoney Over Positive Swabs

Greyhound Racing NSW Stewards last week finalised four inquiries into positive swabs obtained from three Russell Mansley trained and Lorraine Atchison owned greyhounds. The inquiries...

GRNSW Take 70% Stake In The Gardens To Stop NCA’s Debt Foreclosure

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) has announced it will enter into an agreement with the NSW National Coursing Association (NCA) to acquire a 70% share in...

Promotion, Perhaps?

Greyhound Racing NSW is often trumpeting what it has done to promote distance racing and “C” class country meetings, where we hear about extra turnover...

From Eternity To Here

Reading Chasing Dreams, A History of Greyhound Racing in Victoria, by Tim Haslett, reminds you of the sport’s tradition amongst landed gentry, of bickering between...

Healesvile Greyhound Racing – Almost Great

The high profile Healesville re-opening last Sunday got some good headlines for a number of reasons but not for the most important one, and not...

Time To Put A Lid On It?

Is it time to have a serious debate about the level of Group One prize money for some races in Australia? Are there a few...

Bogie King February 2011 Run Of The Month

AGRA’s Run of the Month for February 2011 has been awarded to young Queensland sprint star Bogie King. He won the award for his hard...

Friday 17th December 2010

Greyhound Box Draw For The Gardens – Friday 17th December 2010 Race No. 1Gardens Christmas Party Stake03:46PM (NSWtime) Grade 5 event over 400 Metres at...

Chevez The One To Beat In The St Leger Final At Betchoice Gardens

Champion Queensland trainer Tony Brett will have a busy 24 hours in NSW when he lines up Chevez in tonight’s Woy Woy Poultry St Leger...

Saturday 11th December 2010

Greyhound Box Draw For The Gardens – Saturday 11th December 2010 Race No. 1Welcome To Betchoice Gardens05:34PM (NSWtime) Grade 5 event over 400 Metres at...

Friday 10th December 2010

Greyhound Box Draw For The Gardens – Friday 10th December 2010 Race No. 1Betfair Blue Paws Sprint Heat 103:47PM (NSWtime) Grade 5 event over 400...

Wednesday 8th December 2010

Greyhound Box Draw For The Gardens – Wednesday 8th December 2010 Race No. 1Eden’s Bistro Open Tonight Stk07:06PM (NSWtime) Grade 5 event over 400 Metres...

NSWNCA Unveil Betchoice As New Gardens Naming Rights Sponsors

Just weeks after Betfair moved on the first day of the removal of on course advertising restrictions on corporate bookmakers, Colin Tidy’s Betchoice has struck...

Chevez Sizzles In Woy Woy Poultry St Leger Heats At The Gardens

Chevez for champion Queensland trainer Tony Brett upstaged a host of Group winners to qualify fastest for next Wednesday night’s Woy Woy Poultry St Leger...