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Greyhound Racing Tips For Saturday 30th May 2009

Welcome to Australian Racing Greyhound’s free Greyhound Racing Tips for Saturday 30th May 2009 with Tips tonight from The Meadows (Victoria), Wentworth Park (New South...

Kristy Sultana Out For 6 Months For Positive Swab

High profile New South Wales greyhound trainer Kristy Sultana is that state’s tenth greyhound trainer to be hauled before GHRRA Stewards over a positive swab...

El Galo Chases The Half Million Dollar Mark Tonight

Glamour sprinter El Galo is tonight attempting to become only the second greyhound in the sport’s history to crack half a million dollars in stakes....

Righetti Out For 18 Months For Amphetamine Swab

New South Wales GHRRA Stewards have handed greyhound trainer Dave Righetti an eighteen month disqualification for a positive swab to the stimulant drug, dextroamphetamine. Righetti...

Five Month Disqualification For Flunixin & Pentobarbitone Swab

Victorian GRV have just released details surrounding a positive swab from a Bendigo greyhoud race in which the greyhound returned a positive to both Flunixin...

Barry Campbell Receives 3 Months For NSAID Positive Swab

NSW GHRRA Stewards have just released details of a positive swab in a greyhound at Dapto Greyhound Racing Club meeting from 22nd January 2009. The...

McDonald Escapes With Only $500 Fine For Positive Swab

Victorian GRV Stewards Brian Williams and Glen Fish have just concluded their Stewards Inquiry in to the positive swab returned by Horsham runner Carlinford Ron...

Fine Only For Diclofenac Positive Swab In Victoria

Victorian GRV Stewards have just released details of a Stewards Inquiry held last week where a Victorian greyhound trainer was found guilty of presenting a...

Frances Scerri Disqualified For 3 Months For Positive Swab

New South Wales greyhound trainer Frances Scerri has been disqualified for 3 months for presenting her greyhound, Black Luna to race under the influence of...

Owen Langley Outed For 3 Months Over Positive Swab

New South Wales GHRRA Stewards have just released details of a positive swab to Pholcodine in a greyhound trained by Owen Langley. Pholcodine is an...

Neville Vincent Gets Fine Only For Procaine & Flunixin Positive

Victorian GRV Stewards have recentyl finalised an inquiry in to another procaine positive swab in a greyhound, making it the third procaine positive swab in...

Gawler Greyhounds Awesome Ryles Sting Nets $50,000 Plus

According to the Daily Telgraph, two Sydney punters were yesterday denied a full payout – and threatened with legal action – after they allegedly obtained...

NSW 9th Anabolic Steroid Positive Earns A 9 Month Suspension

New South Wales GHHRA Stewards have released details of New South Wales’ 9th Anabolic Steroid positive swab, and this anabolic steroid positive swab is the...

Greyhounds Australasia’s Drug Withholding Guidelines Flawed Says Racing Appeals Tribunal

South Australia’s Racing Appeals Tribunal has cited the fact that Greyhounds Australia’s (formerly ANZGA) Drug Withholding Guidelines are flawed as reason enough to reduce South...

3 Months And $500 Fine For Cortico-Steroid Positive Swab

Greyhounds Queensland Stewards have just released details of a positive swab in a Rockhampton greyhound to the drug Betamethasone. Betamethasone is a mildly potent cortico-steroid...

Lester Sheather Disqualified For 3 Months Over Caffeine Positive

New South Wales greyhound trainer, Lester Sheather has been handed a 3 months disqualification for a positive swab to Caffeine and its metabolites in one...

Jason Thompson Set To “Wear” His $1,000 El Galo Positive Fine

Quite the opposite to what most pundits were predicting, Jason Thompson has failed to appeal against the miniscule $1,000 fine handed to him by GRV...

El Galo A Short Favourite To Take The Australian Cup & The Record

Superstar sprinter El Galo is set to start one of the shortest priced favourites in Australian Cup history when he takes his place in box...

Great Chase Finalist Positive Swab Inquiry Finally Heard

GRV Stewards on the 24th February 2009, conducted an Inquiry into the post-race urine sample taken from the greyhound Outa There at the Cranbourne GRC...

Carr’s Anabolic Steroid Disqualification Reduced On Appeal

Back in December 2008 John Carr was the very first Victorian Greyhound Trainer to front the GRV Stewards in relation to a positive swab to...

Another Buscopan Positive Swab Rocks Victorian Greyhound Racing

Another high profile Victorian greyhound trainer has returned a positive swab to the same substance that saw El Galo disqualified from the 2008 Group 1...

Thompson Escapes With Only A Fine, El Galo Disqualified From Topgun

In a decision reminiscent of the $500 only fine for another leading Victorian greyhound trainer who returned a positive swab in a major race, Greyhound...

Thompson’s Best Chance Yet For Australian Cup Glory

2008 Victorian Greyhound of the Year El Galo heads the sprinting A-list contesting the eight heats of the Group 1 MTD Australian Cup (525m) at...

Queensland’s Fourth Anabolic Steroid Positve Comes To Light

Greyhounds Queensland Stewards have released details of Queensland’s fourth Anabolic Steroid positive swab in a greyhound. The swab comes from the Clayton Hook trained greyhound,...

El Galo Wins 2008 Victorian Greyhound Of The Year Amongst Controversy

In a decision that was no surprise to anyone who followed greyhound racing in 2008, El Galo was last night named 2008 Victorian Greyhound Of...