Australian Racing Greyhound News

News wrap: Newson says animal cruelty will be stamped out

April 7, 2015 Comments Off

By Katherine Ernst THE stand-in CEO of Greyhound Racing New South Wales, Paul Newson, has received an interim report from Deputy Police Commissioner Dave Madden into claims that greyhounds had been shot in the head for $50 and dumped into ... Read More »

What you may have missed: GRNSW taking best practice submissions

April 6, 2015 Comments Off

By Dimity Maher GREYHOUND RACING NEW SOUTH WALES (GRNSW) are calling for submissions from qualified organisations and/or individuals for a project proposal focusing on identifying the best practice methods in the areas of rearing, socialisation, education and training of greyhounds. ... Read More »

2015 Golden Easter Egg: Rolling coverage from Wentworth Park

April 4, 2015 Comments Off

By Katherine Ernst 10:15PM AEDT: Fernando Bale has become just the second greyhound to win the National Derby – Golden Easter Egg double after a terrific victory in the Group 1 feature tonight at Wentworth Park. The son of Kelsos ... Read More »

Complex grading system is not helping

April 2, 2015 Comments Off

By Bruce Teague IF READERS’ comments are any guide few greyhound participants (meaning trainers) are happy with their grading system. It doesn’t matter which one you are talking about, it’s no good. More than that, state authorities and raceclubs must ... Read More »

2015 Group 1 Golden Easter Egg tips & betting preview

April 2, 2015 Comments Off

By Katherine Ernst THE stage is set for a superb showdown between some of the sport’s most sensational stars, with the running of the Group 1 Golden Easter Egg this Saturday night at Wentworth Park. After three rounds of gruelling ... Read More »

Brett Lee and Awesome Assassin lead the charge on Egg breeding

March 31, 2015 Comments Off

By Duncan Stearn WITH the 26th running of the Golden Easter Egg set down for this Saturday night, I thought it worth looking back at the breeding lines of the winners of the great race to see how much influence ... Read More »

The Meadows greyhound tips & betting preview March 28 2015

March 28, 2015 Comments Off

By Bradley Bugeja WHILE most of the greyhound racing action will centre around Wentworth Park tonight for the Golden Easter Egg Carnival, there is still a terrific card of racing being run at The Meadows. Best Bet: Race 4: Lunar ... Read More »

No Donuts sets the pace in New Sensation semi-finals

March 27, 2015 Comments Off

By Katherine Ernst THE 2015 Group 3 New Sensation final is shaping up as arguably the best edition of the race in its short history after three thrilling semi-finals were held at Wentworth Park on Friday night. 

 The first ... Read More »

The top dogs in Queensland just don’t get it

March 27, 2015 Comments Off

By Bruce Teague ONE sentence tells all. On Tuesday in Brisbane, Michael Byrne, Chairman of the Queensland Greyhound Racing Board, and Darren Condon, CEO of Racing Queensland, conducted a formal meeting with a large number of greyhound people. The aim ... Read More »

2015 Group 2 Ipswich Auction series semi-final tips

March 27, 2015 Comments Off

By Bradley Bugeja FOUR semi-finals of the 2015 Group 2 Ipswich Auction series will be run on Saturday night over the 520-metre trip. First at second from each semi-final will progress through to the $40,000-to-the-winner feature which will be conducted ... Read More »