Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Stavros Kipirtidis is an old Greek dog trainer from Melbourne. He is a bit of a rogue, but this is racing, aren’t we all? One of Stav’s dogs threw a positive swab to hydrocortisone, which is a steroid but nothing like stanozolol or big time performance enhancers like that. It’s the medicine my daughter takes […]
Greyhound Racing NSW have made some baffling decisions lately, headlined by their knockback of am ex-gratia $10 million compensation package when their lease on Wentworth Park expires next year. Today’s announcement that GRNSW has signed a contract with the company Jetpets Australia to delivers its International Pet Placement Program is another howler. https://www.thegreyhoundrecorder.com.au/news/jetpets-unveiled-as-grnsws-new-travel-partner/ The International […]
Greyhound Racing NSW seem to be acting a bit silly by refusing the NSW State Government’s $10 million compensation offer when its lease on Wentworth Park expires next year. After all, what tenant in the world gets paid a 7 figure sum by their landlord when their tenancy agreement ends? Most people struggle just to […]
Graham James is a Victorian greyhound, owner and breeder. He bred, owned and trained a slow dog named Baba Bear. It has one start, in a maiden at Ballarat, and finished a well beaten sixth. James claims he was contacted out of the blue by a bloke from South Australia named Shaun Ciavarella, an unlicensed […]
When you can. How hard is it to prepare a sand dog track properly? Especially on a long established course. Rockhampton’s failure to do so is a disgrace. If they don’t lift their act the Rocky club’s license is surely in danger. This just ain’t good enough. At all.
You all know my opinion of the city of Rockhampton in general. This just confirms it. Licensed race clubs have an obligation to make sure their tracks are suitable to race on. The dog club in Rocky didn’t meet that obligation. How ordinary is this? It is just not good enough. Shame, shame, shame.
As far as I am aware my childhood mate J.Catton didn’t have a cent on Lucky Hero that night. My other lifelong friend M. Cranitch didn’t either, despite me both telling them to. They were the owner and trainer. What would I know though? Only how to work out greyhound form. And how to get […]
Ron O’Regan is veteran Kiwi greyhound trainer, who works out of Paeroa – home of L&P soft drink – with his daughter Naomi. Ron is a dodgy bastard. In 2o22 the Stewards rocked up at his kennels to do a without notice out of competition inspection. They found a dead rabbit in his fridge. O’Regan […]
Cash Manager wasn’t injured at all, it was just very slow dog. It hadn’t won or even run a place for almost a year, and the minimal appearance money it had collected weren’t enough to pay for its feed. So after it ran last twice in row in very slow times, the greyhound’s trainer Rhonda Essery […]
Queensland greyhound racing participant Barry Taylor (who is not the Townsville lawyer Barry Taylor who owned the Group 1 winning galloper Merchant Navy) has been warned off for failing to front a Stewards inquiry. The Stewards called the inquiry in an attempt to ascertain the current status – i.e. whether they are still breathing – […]
