How the Hell Did That Just Happen?
Watch the 4 in the race below, the dog in the blue rug. It can’t win can it? Wrong. Bugger me. How the hell did that get up?
QRIC Step Over the Mark With Outrageous Interim Suspension of Prominent Greyhound Trainer Peter O’Reilly
The QRIC have placed an interim suspension on the trainer, owner and breeder licenses of prominent QLD greyhound identity Peter O’ Reilly after his greyhound Get Carter threw a positive swab to the banned substance Hydrocortisone when running third in a heat of the Queensland Sprint Championships at Albion Park in August. It’s an outrageously […]
The End is Nigh – Greyhound Racing in Victoria is on Life Support – Within 3 Years it Will Die
Unless a miracle happens greyhound racing in Victoria as we know it will be dead in 3 years time. The sport’s already on life support. Its only a matter of time until the doctor turns the machines off. Spending has outstripped income by $30 million in the past two years, and if continues at that […]
A Grisly Tail of Drugs in Racing, Dogs Maimed For Life, Rule Breaches, Undue Suffering and Stewards Who Just Aren’t Doing Their Jobs
Hey Archie Help a bloke out here & tell me how a trainer charged with animal welfare breaches can be given a stay of proceedings that allows them to continue to train? The parasite I refer to is Nicholas Howlett (pictured), the same trainer who raced a dog with cocaine in it’s system and tried […]
Welcome to Queensland – The Racing Integrity Capital of the World (First Published 15 October 2020)
I never cease to be astounded about the massive contradiction between the devout faith in racing integrity espoused by the people who run the three codes in this State, and the records of people employed or licensed in Queensland under their rigorous regulatory watch. Here are just a few off the top of my head. […]
An Absolute Fruit Loop
Now we’ve got an absolute fruit loop on the track. Someone get rid of him. I’ll get him myself! – Albion Park race caller If ever there was a case to make for live baiting it’s made by this imbecile who ran shirtless down the straight during race 8 at Albion Park last night. Not only […]
Is That a Testosterone Filled Rocket in Your Pocket Pretty Boy? – Or Are You Just Pleased to See Me?
In June last year GRV Stewards conducted a without notice visit to the kennels of Victorian greyhound trainer Raymond ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd. They wanted to talk to Pretty Boy about a positive swab that one of his dogs had thrown to Testosterone Propionate, a banned anabolic steroid. Pretty Boy feigned shock when told about the […]
Idiot of the Week
The Idiot of the Week award goes to NSW greyhound trainer Jason O’Malley. O’Malley was called in by the GWIC to answer a charge that he had made a false statement to Stewards about not having a criminal record. Any person with half a brain would have known that the stipes wouldn’t have charged them […]
Bundaberg Dog Track Deemed Unsafe
For the past few months we have been telling anyone who will listen that the Bundaberg greyhound track is unsafe and presents a danger to racing animals, and backed our assertions up with facts and figures about injuries sustained by dogs at the course, particularly on the turns. Racing Queensland and the QRIC agree, and […]
GRV Demands Every Dog Owner, Trainer, Catcher, Kennel Attendant and Breeder Provide a Fresh National Police Check by 1 December – Merry Xmas
In a highly unusual move, Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) is requiring every registered participant in the State to undergo a National Police Check (NPS) and provide them with the results. Of particular note is that owners have to provide one too. That might stir the possum a bit, for there are more than a couple […]