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Great fields, good track, but nobody came. The top quality Horsham Cup heats last Tuesday, on one of Australia’s best tracks, turned out to be...

There used to be one, now there are many – and still growing. Bet types, that is. They might not all influence the professionals we...

Eve McGregor has been appointed as Chairman of the first independent Board of Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW). Ms McGregor has extensive background as a corporate...

It’s not a death warrant but Tabcorp CEO, David Attenborough, is gloomy about the future of traditional tote business. He’s not wrong, but the trend...

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...

Retiring Greyhound Racing NSW Chairman Professor Percy Allan AM has used his farewell statement to reflect on the various achievements of his Board during the...

Last Saturday night Australians bet around $2.5 million on greyhound races, half of which was at the premium tracks of Wentworth Park, The Meadows and...

This is the last of three articles on the future of the code. The others were Racing’s Corporate Challenge (30 Dec) and The Triple Whammy...

Over the last 15 years wagering in all forms in Australia (leaving out gaming, casinos and poker machines) has doubled to its current total of...

Top of my New Year’s wish list is an appeal to a few mug gamblers – possibly eight people in NSW and six in Victoria....

Minister for Racing Denis Napthine today welcomed the signing of the wagering joint venture agreements between the Victorian Racing Industry (VRI) and Tabcorp. Dr Napthine...

Given comments earlier this week about the conflicted board of the NSW racing authority, it is only appropriate to look at the future. A new...

Amongst a few others, a blogger, obviously one of AGR’s wide spread of readers, took issue with a point made here a while ago that...

I may not be the first to bring this up, but I certainly will not be the last. Betting controls are getting out of hand....

There might be a thousand of these stories out there, even a million. These are just two of them. Down at the club, I went...

A diary on Tabcorp over the last three or four years would make interesting reading. It might show its poor turnover growth record is due...

Both GRV and GRNSW claim the current increases in betting turnover show the world things are fine in greyhound racing. Well, it’s nice to start...

The SKY announcer was amazed. “The First Four has paid over $10,000”, he trumpeted, talking about the second race at Albion Park last Thursday. Actually,...

Ballarat should be a pretty good indicator of the state of the nation. A sizeable town with lots of tourist attractions, it’s well served by...

It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry. With audacity that would make a snake-oil salesman proud, Tatts-UniTab boss Dick McIlwain has announced that...

The Graeme Bate-trained Up And Away ($4.20) continued the outstanding start to her career with an all-the-way victory in the Group 2 Great Chase over...

Victoria’s wagering licence is on track to be awarded later this year, with three candidates moving to the next stage of the process. Gaming Minister...

Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) today confirmed that it would increase the number of TAB meetings conducted in NSW by eight meetings per week...

Earlier today at The Meadows Scope Bendigo won $5000 and a percentage of the future race winnings of budding greyhound Sheoak Ian as part of...