NSW greyhound shutdown will massively affect Victoria

By Katherine Ernst

GREYHOUND racing in Victoria has a problem it has barely acknowledged. A big problem.

The announcement by Premier Mike Baird that greyhound racing in NSW would be shut down from July 1, 2017, casts serious doubt on the status quo continuing in Victoria with many of the dogs racing in this state being bred and reared in NSW.

Consider this, a small sample yes, but on Wednesday’s mid-week meeting at The Meadows, the heart of Victorian greyhound racing, in race 11, five of the seven dogs nominated are from New South Wales.

In last Thursday’s Group 2 McKenna Memorial heats at Sandown Park, Read full article

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