Logan is a step closer to becoming a major Greyhound Racing hub, with the sport’s peak control body commissioning a survey of Slacks Creek’s Cronulla Park.

Greyhounds Queensland general manager Darren Beavis said his organisation had hired engineers Sinclair Knight Merz to undertake a geotechnical survey of the former dump site to determine whether it would suit Greyhound Racing.
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Waikato Classic Court Injunction Hearing Adjourned

Court proceedings filed against the Waikato & Districts Greyhound Racing Club by prominent Tirau greyhound trainer Gary Harding were yesterday adjourned at the Hamilton District Court to next month.

Earlier this month Mr Harding successfully applied for a district court injunction to postpone the $30,000 First Sovereign Trust Waikato Classic greyhound race at Cambridge.
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GRV Respond To Heat & Cancel Traralgon

The weather must be playing on the minds of those at GRV HQ as only minutes after we published our observations on their leadership with regard to greyhound racing in hot conditions, they have announced that today’s Traralgon Greyhound Racing Club’s twilight race meeting has been cancelled.

Today’s Wangaratta meeting has gone ahead though with temps in the 35C’s and rising rapidly.
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GRV Court Disaster With Non Existent Heat Policy

In contrast to the GRSA who have given clear and early advice of meeting cancellations due to extreme heat, the GRV have clearly failed to deliver the same kind of leadership on an issue which cuts to the heart of Animal Welfare in the greyhound industry.

While cancellations have been the norm in the thoroughbred codes for the past few days, and GRSA have cancelled three meetings due to temperatures being forecast to go past the 40C mark; Greyhound Racing Victoria seems to have adopted a “turnover at all costs” attitude.
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Friday 30th January 2009

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Kennels Will Open Early At Sandown Tonight Due To Heat

A contingency plan has been put in place to accommodate greyhound trainers arriving early at Sandown Park tonight in order to get greyhounds out of the heat as early as possible.

In short, the kennel block will be open at approximately 5.00pm and kennelling will commence five minutes earlier at 5.45pm.

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Angle Park Cancelled

Tonight’s Angle Park race meeting has been cancelled due to the continuing extreme heat conditions in Adelaide.

GRSA officials had hoped to run the meeting, however following yesterday’s extreme conditions it was considered dangerous to the welfare of the greyhounds.
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