Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
QLD Racing Minister Tim Mander came to the job with a track record of honesty and integrity, and was widely regarded as a man who could be trusted to keep his word. That reputation of Mander’s was exploded when he cheated on his wife and mother of his children by commencing an affair with his […]
The Crisafulli Government has secured the future of greyhound racing in Bundaberg with the delivery of a new sand track for the community. Local participants have been left without a place to race since September last year after the grass track at the Bundaberg Greyhound Racing Club was deemed unfit for racing. Under the former […]
Queensland greyhound racing trainer Kevin Forrester – not the former jockey of the same name – has been disqualified for 21 months after being found guilty of improper conduct, misconduct, assault and threatening behavior toward a female QLD Greyhound Racing Club employee. And so he should have too. Forrester was found to have harassed the […]
Story by Michael Morrah, NZ Herald A charter plane is being “covertly” arranged to send 70 greyhounds to Australia to continue breeding and racing as the deadline for shutting the New Zealand industry looms. Information about the flight was sent by Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) to trainers and owners on a private Facebook group […]
Hi Archie Just finished reading my morning’s news regarding Q and the tracks. You’ve listed the injuries in the past few days. Go back for months, you will see over and over back muscle injuries. This is a career ending injury, they never come back from it. The giveaway if not actually described is the […]
The Q tracks were supposed to be the safest in the Southern Hemisphere, the panacea to cure all ills in greyhound racing. Sadly they have turned out to be anything but. More dogs are getting hurt and/or dying at the custom designed ‘safe’ circuits than were ever injured at Albion Park or Ipswich or any […]
As most people know the NZ Government, under pressure from the Greens, animal activists and shifting public sentiment, has made the decision to shut down greyhound racing in the Shakey Isles. That is all well and good, but as we have repeatedly pointed out it leaves the problem of rehoming 1700 dogs with no-one wiling […]
Greyhound trainer Cameron Scott has been fined $1500 by the NSW Greyhound Welfare Integrity Commission (GWIC) for sending Greens MP Abigail Scott a message telling her exactly what he thinks of her anti-dog racing policy position, in no uncertain terms and in language spoken and understood by those of us who go to the track. […]
Luckie Karabitsakos in a Melbourne Cup winning greyhound trainer who has had an enormous amount if success. He is also a performance enhancing substance cheat and a personal user of illicit drugs, which when added to his already volatile character makes him a hothead and a quite difficult cat to deal with. Justice John Bowman […]
A question has recently arisen about whether every greyhound trainer in QLD who employs staff are paying the requisite workers compensation premiums to ensure that these low paid workers are covered by insurance for lost wages, medical bills and possible disability payouts in the case of injury. The answer as far as we can ascertain […]
