Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How many of the animal activists who hate greyhound racing and want to shut it down actually keep a retired dog as a pet do you reckon? 2/3rds of 1/5th of SFA is my guess. Not knowing and loving the breed is no impediment to the vegan’s crusade though, it continues on apace. It’s not […]
STEWARDS REPORT – RACE 8 8 There’s A Shadow – Shortened stride and appeared injured in the back straight. and lost ground around the second turn. A post-race veterinary examination revealed a nearside front stopper bone injury and stood down from racing for 42 days and will need to perform a veterinary clearance trial. This will […]
Greyhound breeding, training facility proposed near site of major racing centre A 125-dog breeding and training facility has been proposed by a power force pair in the greyhound racing industry, as a huge new racing centre nearby takes shape. – By Ayla Connolly Queensland trainer Ned Snow with Pocket Money. A 56-acre property south of […]
Last week leading NSW greyhound trainer Allan Ivers – who is a damn fine trainer indeed – was thrown out of the sport for two years. His crimes? Scratching 3 dogs and copping a sling for the expenses, and putting a few bets on for a kid. If the former is a crime punishable by […]
Trainer Ray Burman is one of the most loved men in greyhound racing, a fella admired and respected by one and all. Ray’s been having a few medical issues lately, but as he proved at Ipswich on Monday night, they aren’t going to keep him down. Even his dogs love Ray, one called Blue Hornet […]
Just take a look at the replay of the 4th race at the Rockhampton Greyhounds on Wednesday night, and keep your eye on 4 the the blue. Comical Travis it’s name. It’s the $2.60 favorite, and probably the biggest heart breaker that you’d ever see. Some dogs were just born to be rehomed as a […]
John ‘JC’ Catton is well known to readers of this site as my favourite greyhound trainer. He’s not really, but his brother’s a big bastard and doesn’t like me after a wee story I wrote about his close friend Desleigh, and wouldn’t mind giving if pressed (and fast enough), so I suck up JC to […]
A terrorist cell of four vegan fascists who want to force their personal ideology chained themselves to the rail at the Cannington dogs last night, disrupting the activities of tens of thousands of ordinary Australians who’d had a recreational bet on the race they stuck up like armed bandits. If you think I am exaggerating […]
Now I am not a registered lawyer, so I can’t give you legal advice, and won’t. But I can give you a couple of important tips. In the course of doing something recently, I had cause to look very closely at the Rules of Greyhound Racing, and their interaction with the law prescribed in the […]
We told you yesterday about the joint GWIC/NSW Police raid on the veterinary clinic of Dr Matt Kwong at the Richmond dog track. Since then more information has come to light. It appears that the operation was initially aimed at finding out how a bunch of dogs died, and who killed them with a poison […]
