Track Design

Gilding the lily on greyhound tracks

NSW track improvements are well on the way, according to three recent media announcements by GRNSW, one with the Racing Minister in tow. The last...

Traralgon a risky guide

It's early days at the new Traralgon track but we need to talk about it for a few reasons. First, how is the new track...

Greyhounds Victoria is kidding us – right?

Maybe there's a bit more to the GRV experiment with 6-dog races for Maidens over 12 weeks or so later this year – quite apart...
Sandown

It’s time to grasp a greyhound nettle

I am going in here where angels fear to tread. But somebody has to do something about this. There's no more room left under the...

Old times – New times

The novel nature of The Phoenix has to be a major highlight of the year, not just because of the cash but due to the...

Greyhound Racing Victoria mishandles a PR j-curve

The GRV publicity machine has been working overtime in recent months in an effort to counter past and possible future criticism of industry performance –...

Somersaults continued ….

It seems that my recent article (Olympic Standard Somersault) crossed in the ether with an informative item from GRV containing more details of the upcoming...

Greyhound transparency lost in translation

Just a couple of weeks ago I highlighted the reluctance of state authorities to tell the public and industry participants what was going on. They...

Do greyhound fans need to know?

Here's something from an editorial in The Australian on 7 June 2021. “The essential work of journalism at its very best, and its most important,...

Greyhounds working in the dark – mostly

The NSW Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission (GWIC) is not responsible for everything that happens in a greyhound race but it is influential and has...
Angle Park

Angle Park greyhound racing to close for over four months

South Australia's home of greyhound racing, Angle Park, will close in early April for a period of approximately four months to allow for track and...

Greyhound Tracks Are Money Makers – Or Not?

Australia's most controversial greyhound commentator Bruce Teague takes another look at the track design of our major city greyhound racing tracks and wonders how much...

To A Greyhound, Turns Ain’t Turns

A reader asked what I thought about the “J-track design”. A good question for all of us, of course. I guess he is talking about...