Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There is one question every racing fan in Queensland is asking aloud this morning, and it is a simple one. How f**king hard is it to build a race track? In every State of Australia bar Queensland the answer is it’s not hard at all. But up here in the Sunshine State the answer to […]
STATEMENT BY RACING QUEENSLAND Racing Queensland advises that Saturday’s tentatively rescheduled Brisbane Cup feature meeting has now been abandoned. On Monday, the Queensland Greyhound Racing Club oversaw the refurbishment of the track which was graded and power harrowed to a depth of 150mm. This evening, Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Stewards conducted an inspection with an independent […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
