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Robert Fenton Fined $400 For Advertisement In Crookwell Gazette

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) stewards have finalised investigations into the placement of an advertisement in the Crookwell Gazette on 31 July 2014 by registered trainer...

Thailand’s Only Greyhound Lives In Luxury

The city of Pattaya, in Thailand, is home to an increasing number of Aussie expats, and one of them is about to celebrate seven years...

The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth

She’s done it again. Natalie O’Brien, the Fairfax reporter who has been sniping at greyhound racing for a couple of years now, has had another...

Insight Into The Findings And Recommendations Of The Parliamentary Inquiry

The Select Committee on Greyhound Racing in NSW (Committee) has released its First Report (Report). The Committee has made two findings and 18 recommendations. ARG...

Select Committee Report – A Curate’s Egg

A Curate’s Egg describes something that is at least partly bad, but has some arguably redeeming features. For a parliamentary Inquiry that started off with...

Amy Broadrick Disqualified For Four Years For Animal Welfare Reasons

Panel: N. Torpey, J. Hackett & P. Lane Stewards today continued the inquiry into the welfare of the greyhounds Irish Gain and Elite Drop whilst...

Playing With Figures – Not Kindergarten Stuff (Part 2)

To provide some further perspective to the arguments about injuries and breeding at the NSW parliamentary hearings, we can pull out data from our own...

Playing With Figures – Not Kindergarten Stuff

Confusion, guesswork, allegations, bias and “let you know later” are some of the descriptions that might be applied to statements and figures offered at the...

The Hearings – Pop-Ups Are The Way To Go

Something for everybody was the pattern at last Thursday’s parliamentary hearings into greyhound racing. A GREAT idea emerged from the Australian Wagering Council (a grouping of...

What To Do About Cecil?

When I read reports on the 17th of this month about a greyhound trainer called Cecil Kennedy being convicted in Singleton Local Court for breaches...

Cecil Kennedy Convicted For Breaches Of The NSW Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Act

Trainer Cecil Kennedy has been immediately suspended by Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) after he was convicted yesterday in Singleton Local Court for breaches of the...

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...

7.30 Report Identities Speak Out Over Claims

Two of the people involved in the making of the ABC’s 7.30 Report have spoken to Australian Racing Greyhound regarding their thoughts on the allegations...

RSPCA Fails To Acknowledge Ill Conceived Animal Welfare Dawn Raids

Neath trainer Margaret Bright received a huge surprise recently when she saw a team of strangers jump over her fence and invade her property in...

Leading Trainer Andy Lord Answers Industry Critics

One of NSW’s leading trainers has spoken out regarding the shape of the greyhound racing industry after one of the most turbulent and testing times...

Prevention Is Better Than Cure

It’s happened before and it will happen again. The selective nonsense pumped out by the ABC 7:30 program on greyhound practices does nobody any good,...

GRNSW Deny Any Integrity Or Welfare Issues Ahead Of 7:30 Report Airing

Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) today received confirmation from RSPCA NSW that there is no evidence to suggest acts of animal cruelty are occurring in the...

Queensland Greyhound Stewards & RSPCA Investigate Cairns Greyhound Deaths

Racing Queensland Limited stewards in conjunction with the RSPCA and Queensland Police are investigating the sudden death of several greyhounds housed at a property in...

Keeping Them Keen

As a kid it was always fascinating to hear about a horse that had raced twice in the same day at Randwick, sometimes doing quite...

Yes, No, Maybe?

Good to hear from some readers about the quality of our tracks, but we would like to see more comments. We have plenty of time...

Dogs Need Jockeys

Greyhound racing is an intensely competitive sport. Yet, in today’s environment, that trait has become its biggest danger. When dogs try hard, bad things can...

Great Minds Think Alike

Queensland greyhounds, about to host the National Championships, face a difficult 12 months bedding down new tracks at a time when the shortage of good...

NSW GBOTA Donates to the RSPCA Cyclone and Flood Disaster Appeal

The RSPCA Queensland Cyclone and Flood Disaster Appeal will be the recipient of funds raised by the NSW GBOTA tracks to assist with the impact...

Perrins Disqualifications Quashed On Appeal

The seven year disqualifiations handed out to New South Wales couple Peter and Lorraine Perrin have been quashed on appeal to the Racing Appeals Tribunal....

8 Year Old Video Sees Couple Disqualified For 7 Years

New South Wales GHRRA Stewards have just handed out seven year disqualifications to a Bargo husband and wife as the result of an inquiry instigated...