Good On Ya Boys
I dunno who these lads at the Grafton dogs tonight are, but they made effort to give us a smile and a wave so I thought we’d give them one back. Good on ya boys. I hope you are backing a winner.
Why is the Q2 So Stuffed? – Who Dunnit?
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 […]
Q2 Unsafe to Race – Brisbane Cup Abandoned
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 […]
Ron Ball Wins Appeal Against Restart of 10 Year Disqualification – Stewards Evidence “Impossible to Believe” Says Judge
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 […]
The Doped Dog and the Dud Vet Inspection
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 […]
The Last Thing the Q Dog Track Needed Right Now Was For the Activists to Get a Free Kick
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 […]
The Predator Within – How GRV Continued to Employ a Senior Steward Charges With Criminal Offences Involving Women
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. […]
Epic Fail
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 […]
A $44 Million Spend, Yet Still No Scales That Work – Welcome to the Q
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 […]
Tony Zammit Disqualified for 3 Months Over Steroid Positive
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, […]