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Zambora Brockie’s Winter Cup win allows for momentary celebration

July 11, 2016 Comments Off

By Katherine Ernst ZAMBORA Brockie provided some momentary joy for heartbroken greyhound racing enthusiasts on Thursday night when taking out the Group 1 Winter Cup (520m) at Albion Park. Hours after the NSW Premier Mike Baird announced the state government ... Read More »

Reason to smile as Adoption Day goes ‘Silke’ smooth

July 11, 2016 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria Look how happy Silke is having just been adopted and being driven away to her new loving home. Read full article Source:: http://gap.grv.org.au/2016/07/11/adoption-day-smiles-31-greyhounds-find-home Read More »

Welfare groups call for horse racing inquiry after greyhound ban

July 11, 2016 Comments Off

By AAP AN animal welfare group has called for an inquiry into the horseracing industry, saying like greyhound racing, thousands of animals are killed because they are deemed uncompetitive. The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) says about 10,000 ... Read More »

New blood is answer to reclaiming greyhound ‘social licence’

New blood is answer to reclaiming greyhound ‘social licence’
July 10, 2016 Comments Off

By Kevin Pitstock It was an ordinary Sunday, July 10, 2016, but a meeting of a few hundred people in Warners Bay may have been the final nail in greyhound racing’s coffin in NSW. It confirmed everything right and wrong ... Read More »

Leading trainer Dean Swain stunned as drones invade his property

July 10, 2016 Comments Off

By Katherine Ernst LEADING NSW greyhound trainer Dean Swain has spoken out in shock after a drone was pictured hovering above his Western Sydney training establishment on Saturday morning. Swain, who has been very vocal against the NSW state government’s ... Read More »

Sale Trackstar Challenge

July 9, 2016 Comments Off

By Greyhound Racing Victoria The Feature event today at Sale is the Sale Trackstar Challenge. It’s an Invitation only race for the greyhounds with the best records from January to June of this year. With a field of 6 to ... Read More »

The rocky road to Sydney more evident after NSW greyhound ban

July 9, 2016 Comments Off

By Dr Des Fegan AS I drove back through New South Wales last Friday morning it was obvious to me that great hinterland outside the Sydney CBD has been a long neglected part of the state. The backblock roads of ... Read More »

Greyhound racing in NSW hoisted on its own petard

July 9, 2016 Comments Off

By Duncan Stearn The announcement by the Baird government that it will ban greyhound racing in New South Wales starting from the beginning of July 2017 is yet another reminder of how the sport/industry failed over a long period of ... Read More »

Mike Baird defends his decision to shut down NSW greyhound racing

July 9, 2016 Comments Off

By Katherine Ernst NEW South Wales Premier Mike Baird has bitten back after being lashed with criticism since announcing the greyhound racing industry would be shut down within the state as of July 1, 2017. Baird listed 10 points on ... Read More »

Greyhound racing in NSW to recommence this Wednesday

July 9, 2016 Comments Off

By Katherine Ernst GREYHOUND Racing NSW (GRNSW) announced on Saturday morning that racing will recommence at TAB tracks across the state from Wednesday July 13, 2016. The authority made the call to suspend racing on Thursday following the State Government’s ... Read More »