Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Leading Queensland greyhound trainer Tony Zammit (pictured above) has been disqualified for 12 months after his star dog Valpolicella returned a positive swab to the permanently banned steroid Methandienone when finishing 5th in the 2023 edition of the Group 1 Top Gun Stayers at the Meadows. Nine of the twelve months disqualification has been suspended, […]
Welfare groups outraged after dogs die at The Q, Ipswich’s new racetrack By Judith Kerr Despite promises of safety, two dogs have died, with others injured, in trials before Queensland’s new state-of-the-art greyhound track officially opens, prompting fresh calls for tougher controls. The launch of Queensland’s new $86 million greyhound racing facility, The Q at […]
The new 2 turn track at the Q is touted as being a state of the art design to maximize the safety of greyhounds and reduce or prevent injury. Most injuries in greyhound racing occur on the first turn, so from a design point of view getting that section of the track right is an […]
Capalaba – Queensland’s new 366m duck racing track The Capalaba Greyhound Club has been drowned again by a big Brisbane storm, this time by Cyclone Alfred. It happens every time there are flooding rains in the Brisbane area, like it did in 2o22 and again in 2011 before that. On each of these occasions the […]
Pikelet Spirit wasn’t a very fast dog and didn’t win many races, just 4 from 59 starts. She tried hard though, which is shown by the 12 placings that she ran during her short life. It’s over now. Pikelet Spirit is dead. Just before the little bitch’s fourth birthday the killer first turn at Ipswich […]
In the wake of Peter Gleeson’s resignation this week as CEO of the Queensland Greyhound Racing Club, a surprise new name has emerged as the front-runner to take over the reins at the Q. Jason Scott. We have always known that the outgoing Racing Queensland CEO – who in his short time with RQ has […]
Archie. I read your piece on Kim Kelly. He may be a great steward (just ask him), but in my view he is a terrible Deputy Commissioner. Mr Kelly appears to have zero interest in the greyhounds. We had a Group 1 meeting during the week that you’d expect the most senior QRIC integrity official […]
Before the sun rose on Wednesday morning we published an article highlighting the absence of any published Stewards reports from greyhound meetings run over the previous 5 days, and in it questioned whether the reports were being vetted prior to publication. By 10.00am that morning all the Stewards Reports went up. Funny that isn’t it?
There have been 7 greyhound meetings since last Thursday. As of 5.00am today there has been no Stewards Report published for any of them. Stewards Reports have been published for every gallops and thoroughbred meeting held during the same period. And someone people try to tell you that the greyhound reports are not being vetted […]
Good morning Archie I have been watching with interest at what is unfolding in the greyhound industry both here & afar. I can say without any doubt, there needs to be some serious conversations had by Racing Queensland in numerous areas but one in particular, trainer education, they are the reason why dogs are being […]
