Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Champion greyhound trainer Ron Ball has today won his appeal against the Stewards decision to restart his 10-year-disqualification imposed during the live baiting scandal of the mid-2010’s. QRIC Stewards had previously determined that Ball had breached the terms of his DQ by attending the property of his partner and then licensed trainer Serena Lawrence in […]
There are very disturbing rumors emanating out of greyhound racing circles about the state of health that one of the QLD Cup runners was presented to the later abandoned race meeting in. The greyhound – whose name we know but at this stage will not print – turned up at the track unsteady on its […]
At a time when Queensland’s new 3 track greyhound complex The Q is under attack from animal activists who allege than 10 dogs have died at the various circuits since its opening three months ago, the last thing the industry needed was a catastrophic breakdown in the home straight of a race in full view […]
Dylan Bartolo is an Investigative Steward employed by Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV), or at least he certainly was as of a fortnight ago. He shouldn’t be. Bartolo is a predator who while a Victorian police officer misused his position in the Family Violence Unit to target vulnerable women with whom he would form sexual relationships. […]
What the hell is going on with the new Q2 greyhound track at Purga? Last nights big Flying Amy Classic heat night had to be called off after just three race because of water pooling on the track. The track surface is sand. Do you ever see water pooling on the beach? No, because sand […]
The human face of the greyhound industry In all the fervor about the NZ government shutting down greyhound racing there is one important statistic that many seem to have missed. Thoroughbred racing is more dangerous to racing animal’s welfare than greyhound racing ever is. The numbers of annual racetrack fatalities in each sport tells the […]
Greyhound Racing New Zealand has applied for a judicial review of the Government’s December decision to ban greyhound racing. It’s also seeking interim relief, in the form of a court order to stop the Crown working on the ban while the review is under way. Last year Racing Minister Winston Peters said the Government intended […]
Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) has today applied, through its Counsel to the High Court, for a Judicial Review of the Government’s decision to ban greyhound racing from 31 July 2026. The statement of claim made to the Court says the decision broke fundamental rules of law, being inadequately informed, prepared and consulted on. There were only […]
Racing Queensland has spent $44 million building the State’s new greyhound complex the Q. Somehow it appears there wasn’t enough cash left to buy a set of scales that work. Weight is an integral factor in greyhound racing. Under the rules every greyhound competing at a race meeting must be weighed, and the stewards must […]
I didn’t realise they ran the Gawler dogs at the Birdwatchers Bar. This appeared in the state-wide South Australian newspaper. Cracker.
