The nature of the greyhound industry has changed

By Bruce Teague

It’s a different world today to that of 20 years ago, or even 10 years or five. While live baiting caused enough disruption itself, it also gave reason to look behind the curtain and see what else has been going on. For a supposedly modern business like racing, the picture is murky.

Inefficiency, inaction, mug gamblers, incompetent stewardship, ineffective bureaucracies, disruptive tracks, poor public image, falling real income, radical trends in breeding and dysfunctional management systems are all symptoms of an industry which has lost its way – if, indeed, it ever had a “way”. Yet, despite some current efforts to Read full article

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