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A while back we pointed out that Greyhound Racing Victoria’s future income was looking a bit questionable, notwithstanding all the publicity about increases in prize...

What’s more, “It doesn’t make sense to have a number of little pools around the world, which don’t give punters the confidence to bet”, according...

What a shame. The minute you write something up, they go and let you down. The “promise” shown by new stayer Irinka Hope in the...

The shocking revelation on this website of Tabcorp’s practice of changing bets after the jump is bad enough. But Tabcorp is also under the gun...

TAB.COM.AU will be making Paul Ambrosoli’s last night as a commentator a memorable one. The legendary caller will be hanging up his binoculars after almost...

It’s interesting – in the light of issues raised in these columns recently – to look back at comments made in the past by racing...

In a remarkable move, Racing Victoria is set to increase Saturday thoroughbred races from eight to nine and reduce the gap between races to 35...

We happened to enter the Woolies supermarket together and stop at the big box full of broccoli, attractively priced at $1.50 per kilo. She was...

Tonight’s Sandown distance races present more quandaries for punters. Amazingly, the club and GRV have scheduled heats and final for a Grade 5 series over...

There are some who can remember when you could walk up to a bookie and claim him for $500 to $100 about number 6 –...

How are the greyhound budgets doing? With commonwealth measures about to hack into people’s disposable incomes it’s opportune to look at what happened last financial...

As the country goes, so might racing. The current national debt crisis demands all sorts of cuts to and changes to government programs, according to...

What can we expect from the new Racing Minister in NSW? Troy Grant, the National MP for Dubbo in the state’s west, moved into the...

One of the things to emerge from the Bendigo Cup series is that the dogs dominated the heats but the track dominated the final. Short...

If found, please contact the nearest state authority. The loss is popping up in all sorts of places but particularly in the three eastern states,...

We all know about the dominating win by Buckle Up Wes in the rich Australian Cup last Saturday. Then a day later Tasmanian pacer Beautide...

It was a bit sad, really. The demonstration from an anti-racing group outside Sydney’s Mitchell Library last Thursday included a loud speaker, lots of banners...

In the old days the threatened sackings at SPC in Shepparton would have been a disaster, not just for local farmers and the town, but...

Confusion, rip-offs or just good business? How can you describe the range of odds now on offer for greyhound punters? The situation has worsened over...

There should really be no comparison between Horsham and Sandown Park. The city meeting will have better class dogs, four times higher prize money and...

Wednesday’s Cranbourne Cup heats featured the failure of two hotpots, one of which (Phenomenal) managed to get into the final by running second (assuming an...

There are a number of clues about the mysterious disappearance of serious punters from the greyhound ranks and their replacement by mug gamblers. For a...

“To run and hunt by sight is the fulfillment of a greyhound’s basic instinct”. That quote came from BigTex Greyhounds, Boehl-Iggelheim, Germany (including the spelling...

The GRNSW pleas to the parliamentary inquiry are probably logical enough, considering the state of its finances today (see a summary of proceedings so far...

Have you watched those Formula One programs where they shift to pictures of technicians in the pit, scrutinising a batch of screens to see which...