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Time To Go The Tonk

Remarkably, last Thursday's SA Derby winner Ernie Bung Arrow, ran all over the shop but still managed a PB of 29.55 and the hard-railing Tonk...

Parliamentary Inquiry Ventures In To A Minefield

Just before an election is a funny time for minority parties to start an inquiry into greyhound racing but that's what the NSW Upper House...

Expect No Mercy From Scullys’ Rising Star

Hunter Valley trainer Raymond Scully has burst into the spotlight in recent times, with the aptly named; Expect No Mercy. Setting the Maitland circuit alight...

Profits Are Not Always In Cash

There are two ways the industry can make money. One is to get more people to have a bet. The other is to spend capital...

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...

Disintergrate Nosing His Way Onto The Stud Scene

It hasn't taken long for retired star sprinter Disintergrate to make his mark at stud having already produced outstanding young prospect, Nosey Rozy. Trained by...

WA Swab Samples All Pass Hong Kong Testing Procedures

Racing and Wagering West Australia (RWWA) Stewards have advised the results are complete from the analysis of Raceday Samples by Hong Kong Jockey Club Racing...

Tax Office Does Deals

The battle between the ATO and big punter David Walsh is over, according to a report in the Hobart Mercury: “I have entered into a...

2012 Adelaide Cup Final Box Draw

Last night at Angle Park we witnessed Group 1 racing at the highest level with eight heats of the Triple M Adelaide Cup where some...

Upside-Down Policies

Prize money increases are the talk of the town at the moment, but particularly in Queensland where there is much discussion about how much should...

What Can We Afford?

Greyhound racing presents a huge contrast between old and new. As “Chasing Dreams” reminds us (available via GRV), clubs have been hugely dependent on the...

Renew, Refresh, Change … Anything

Xerox, struggling to survive the expiry of its patents on photocopying … developed the fax machine, the graphical interface which defines all modern computers, the...

The Scorecard

There was movement at the station, the weather is closing in and the dogs are on the run. (Apologies to Banjo Paterson – it's always...

Blackalls Is Boss In 2012 Shepparton Cup

Former NSW sprinter Blackalls Boss produced a sizzling performance to land the major prize in the 2012 Group 2 Skill Training Victoria Shepparton Cup final...

Sign Of The Times?

The picturesque country around Towcester in Northamtonshire in the UK is home to a Lord Esketh who donated part of his estate and some of...

Highway Engineers Could Help

One of my earliest memories of greyhound racing was at Harold Park, arguably then and still the finest example of a one-turn track. A big...

Interference Study Reveals Much

Interference decides the outcome of nearly half of all races, according to a study of Australian greyhound meetings between September 2011 and March 2012. The...

Meat Pies, Holden Cars And …..

Victorian Racing Minister Napthine and GRV Chairman Caillard have been busy announcing a joint $2.8 million allocation to breeding incentives over the next four years....

Dyna Tron Wins AGRA 2011 Australian Greyhound Of The Year Award

At a gala AGRA Awards night held at the Royal On The Park Hotel in Brisbane Queensland the Australian Greyhound Racing Association last Friday night...

Assest Rich, Income Ordinary

Last week's discussion about professional punters – or one of them anyway – led into an assessment of how the business of racing is turning...

Battle Royal At Devonport Greyhounds

Smart chasers Decembrist (Big Daddy Cool – World's Finest) and Sour Pop (Where's Pedro – Sum Chance) staged a battle royal over the concluding stages...

Things Are Not Always What They Seem

It is never easy to get to the heart of things in the racing industry. Here are some topical examples. CASE 1. Earlier (see Truth...

All Systems Go At The Devonport Raceway – Thanks To The Volunteers

Thanks to an intrepid band of volunteers, the failed conductor rail at the Devonport Raceway has been repaired and heats of the Devonport Cup scheduled...

Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave

A small example tells you a lot. If you downloaded a Horsham (Tuesday) GRV formguide on Monday afternoon this week, you would have been missing...

Too Much Of A Good Thing

Some while back when Wentworth Park meetings were programmed on Saturdays and Mondays, I recall writing a piece about the doubts arising when dogs ran...