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What are the RSPCA’s real motives?

DO you know the RSPCA balance sheet shows a total equity of $100 million, which includes cash, term deposits, a share portfolio and investment property....

Racing minister mis-uses economic report

A BET on a greyhound race should be taxed more heavily than one on a horse race. That is what the NSW Racing Minister has...

Tabcorp + Tatts/Ubet = a non starter for now

NOT for the first time, Tabcorp and Tatts/Ubet have been talking about a merger, thereby giving the country a single tote-TAB operator. It was on...

Mug gamblers to control racing’s fortunes

THE onward march of betting operators continues unchecked. Tabcorp will continue to get bigger, with more international activity to please its shareholders and a compensating...

Racing authorities still stuck in the past

IT HAS now been eight months since the live baiting drama occurred yet there are few signs of the industry slowing down. Betting turnover, for...

Victorian annual report – good in parts

QUICKEST off the mark with its FY2015 annual report, Greyhound Racing Victoria has recorded a $5 million surplus on the back of rising income from...

Tatts-Ubet still chasing its tail

WHILE discussing Tabcorp's results last week we mentioned that Tatts/Ubet was soon to report its own 2014/15 results. That has now happened and it is...

Queensland racing to suffer a life sentence

THEY don't get it. They just don't get it. With an exception only in Victoria (where proprietary racing continued until the 1950s) all states have...

Tabcorp holds the key to progress – if any

TABCORP boss David Attenborough wants to thank all those folk who have switched to Fixed Odds betting in the last financial year. They were a...

TAB racing profits help shareholders, not the industry

HOW good a job is Tabcorp doing? We covered some aspects of this subject last week but space prevented us commenting on the international situation....

Shenanigans in the greyhound wagering market

I HAVE to agree with many of the comments from reader “National Lass” (see The Worth of Greyhound Administrations, July 26), but particularly the uncontrolled...

Greyhound racing’s vital signs are wonky

THE latest data tells us that February's live baiting and other hassles are almost certainly having some effect on what the dog population is doing....

How to judge the worth of greyhound racing administrations

IT IS enough to make a grown man cry. Or even wonder about your own sanity. So far, seven men and one woman have stated...

Greyhound racing is joining backyard cricket

THERE is possibly no subject more contentious amongst greyhound trainers than the grading system. Over many years, including just recently in NSW, hundreds of hopes...

Greyhound’s State of Origin – the Winfield Challenge

WHAT a night it was! Beaumont Park, Newcastle's one and only greyhound track had shifted from its usual Saturday afternoon slot to an apparently better-earning...

Hints for greyhound racing punters

AT A time when racing authorities should be pulling out all the stops to present a cleaner and brighter image to the public, they continue...

A cargo cult pervades greyhound racing

It all started in the late 1980s when SKY pictures of live racing arrived on the scene. It mattered little where you were, the pictures...

Keeping it in the family

NOT long back I was critical of a club (I think it was Sandown) when it put on a race for female trainers. I suggested...

We will tell you what’s good for you

I QUOTED billionaire Warren Buffet the other day when he warned about “arrogance, bureaucracy and complacency” in business. Here's one reason why I did that....

Who’s on first base?

THE age old Abbott and Costello skit seems to be getting another run in the beautiful state. It's becoming hard to understand how Queensland greyhound...

Board reform – the chance of a lifetime

THE NSW government is proving to be far more aggressive than Queensland or Victoria in attacking the live-baiting scandal. While the others have enforced lots...

Provincial meetings are getting belted

THE most interesting thing about Monday night's cup meeting at Shepparton was that the second- and third-fastest runs of 25.17 and 25.15 were in Maiden...

Where do the dogs fit into the bigger picture at SKY?

The biggest worry about the SKY v TVN saga is not that we don't quite know when TVN will fold. The critical issue is how...

Voters Needed For Two States And NSW Greyhounds

The five-yearly review of the NSW Greyhound Racing Act is under way. This is a normal statutory requirement but has been pre-empted by the recent...

Power Corrupts, Etc…And History Repeats Itself

The stoush between SKY and TVN is unlikely to do much good for greyhounds, save for a few extra dollars here and there from gamblers...