Australian Racing Greyhound News
Ruetschi’s trio all in the running for National Championships
By Katherine Ernst PETER Ruetschi rates front running sprinter Sheza Keen Size as his best chance of qualifying for a group 1 National Championship in 2016. The leading Queensland conditioner has three runners engaged in the Queensland Sprint and Distance ... Read More »
Speed may become an irrelevance in racing’s future
By Duncan Stearn WHILE greyhound people in NSW are effectively labeled by the state premier and much of his ruling party as being incapable of following animal welfare laws, the state government of Victoria has taken an entirely different view ... Read More »
Industry’s guarantees four commitments to Premier at meeting
By Katherine Ernst THE New South Wales greyhound industry is continuing its fight for survival following a meeting with Premier Mike Baird and Deputy Premier Troy Grant on Tuesday morning. Representing the industry was NSW Greyhound Breeders Owners and Trainers ... Read More »
Follow the money: is ban more about finances than welfare?
By Brad McGrath As the truth is slowly but surely teased out of the Gordian knot of lies weaved into the fabric of the McHugh Special Commission, it certainly looks as though animal welfare is not the real issue at ... Read More »
Baird continues misinformation and deflection campaign
By Duncan Stearn In an interview with the Daily Telegraph newspaper published on August 3, NSW Premier Baird restated the reasoning behind his unilateral decision to shut down greyhound racing as of July next year. So, let’s look at his ... Read More »
Misleading greyhound figures still being fed to NSW public
By Katherine Ernst THE New South Wales Government is spreading an anti-greyhound racing campaign across a variety of media outlets, leaving participants angry about ‘not getting a fair go’. In a blatant attempt to justify shutting down greyhound racing to ... Read More »
Talking Breeding: regally bred litter look to be a bit magical
By Roger Clark THIS week’s review of litters selected from the Victorian Litter Registrations list for the week ending July 5, starts with a nice litter of eight pups by the 2013 Melbourne Cup winner, Black Magic Opal (May 2011 ... Read More »
Burn One Down could be Australia’s next top stayer
By Katherine Ernst BURN One Down stamped himself as Australia’s most promising stayer with a scintillating victory in a heat of the Victorian Distance Championship at Sandown Park on Thursday night. The talented chaser only began fairly from box seven ... Read More »
Sidrak family face uncertain future due to greyhound ban
By Katherine Ernst SYDNEY trainer Frank Sidrak doesn’t know what he’ll do if the state government’s proposed greyhound racing ban is passed by the NSW Parliament. Sidrak, who trains from his Catherine Field property, says the decision to outlaw the ... Read More »
Ray Hadley says Newson-Baird alliance is a disgrace
By Katherine Ernst RAY Hadley has slammed the interim CEO of Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) Paul Newson for leaking a report to Premier Mike Baird and Deputy Premier Troy Grant. The report was in relation to a phone conversation which ... Read More »
