Prizemoney Reform

GRV Childrens Hospital Easter Donation

GRV confirms staff reduction changes yet to be implemented

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) is currently grappling with a decline in wagering turnover, leading the organisation to propose a revised staff structure as part of...
Vic greyhound news

Social media explodes over GRV’s proposed prizemoney cuts

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) announced $4.61 million in prizemoney cuts on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 The prizemoney cuts were justified by GRV due to weakening...
Victorian greyhounds

Greyhound Racing Victoria announces prizemoney cuts

Greyhound Racing Victoria has announced a $4.1 million cut to prizemoney for the first six months of 2024 due to a downturn in wagering revenue.

South Australian Greyhound Racing Gets a Boost

Greyhound racing in South Australia is poised to receive a much needed boost with prizemoney across all levels of racing seeing a 5% increase. Moreover...
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WA greyhound racing to receive $1.5 million prize increase plus greyhound adoption centre

A tide of prosperity sweeps over Western Australia's (WA) racing scene as an influx of financial backing and investments propels the industry to new heights...

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) commit to maintain current prizemoney levels

In the wake of the shifting landscape of betting frameworks, Stuart Laing, the head of Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV), has given an assurance to participants...

Queensland greyhound racing set for $9 million prizemoney increase

The Queensland racing industry is set to receive an additional $31 million in increased prize money from next year, with Queensland greyhound racing earmarked for...

South Australian greyhound racing prizemoney to return to pre-COVID levels

Greyhound racing in South Australia will benefit from a return to pre-COVID prizemoney levels following an overall stake money increase of 7.5%, equally distributed across...

NSW greyhound racing announce one turn racing prizemoney increases

Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) will commence a trial of city midweek prizemoney meetings at its five one-turn racetracks from next month. The announcement...

Victorian greyhound meetings reduced but starters payments doubled

From May 2022 there will be one less greyhound race meeting run in Victoria weekly, but greyhound trainers will now receive double the starters payments...

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...
Vic greyhound news

New Victorian greyhound racing prize money now pays to fourth place

Victoria's new look prize money structure comes into effect today for greyhound race meetings at Healesville, The Meadows, Geelong and Sale. Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV)...

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....

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...
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...
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...
SA greyhound racing news 2018

South Australian greyhound racing gets prizemoney boost

Greyhound Racing SA (GRSA) has today announced an increase in prize money return to participants across the board, including boosts to feature and group race...

Mt Gambier greyhound racing gets $300,000 prizemoney boost

Greyhound Racing SA (GRSA) is pleased to announce that the weekly Sunday race meeting at the Mount Gambier Greyhound Racing Club will be elevated to...

Greyhound racing is a small part of a wide world

Can racing keep up? Well, Peter V'landys is trying hard for RacingNSW. But greyhound racing seems not to understand the question. Many comparisons are there...

Everyone Likes Distance Greyhound Racing – Even GRNSW Does Now

Everyone likes distance greyhound racing – even GRNSW does now, but not trainers of course; they seem to avoid them like the plague. Which is...

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...

Victorian greyhound racing – More is not necessarily better

Recently, given it had some windfall funding to play with, Greyhound Racing Victoria had the option of either doing something really productive for the long...
Victorian greyhound racing

GRV chip in a further $2.84m prizemoney for lower-grade races

The Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) Board have signed off an additional $2.84 million annually which will be directed into prize money throughout Victoria from 1...
SA greyhound racing news 2018

SA Introduces Prizemoney Bonuses Based On Betting Turnover

Greyhound Racing South Australia (GRSA) have today announced their intention to provide monthly prizemoney "bonuses" to maintain returns to participants at half the monthly net...