Crown Hi Impressive In Casino Blue Paws Maiden

A smart beginning allowed maiden greyhound Crown Hi run a fast 27.58 in winning his heat of the Blue Paws maiden last Friday.

The Jason Fredericks trained galloper had been tardy at box rise in his previous two starts, but the improvement in box manners showed his true ability.
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Greyhound Adoption Program Christmas Party On November 16th

Free entry & car parking plus free entertainment are expected to attract a record number of locals to the Greyhound Adoption Program Christmas Party in Seymour on Sunday November 16.
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Bunyip Gawler Gold Cup Heats Draw Hot Fields

The focus of racing shifts to Gawler next week for the running of the Bunyip Gawler Gold Cup.

At close of nominations, GRSA had received fifty nominations and will be running six heats. The heats will be run next Tuesday (11th), with the $25,000 Group 3 Final on Sunday the 16th November.
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Wednesday 12th November 2008

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Size Can Matter All The Way Platinum Paws Winner

The biggest stake in the history of NZ greyhound racing in Australasia is heading to Queensland. Race favourite Size Can Matter comfortably won the $250,000 Platinum Paws final at Addington Raceway Friday night, and the $NZ135,000 first-place cheque.
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Rob Britton Magic In Sir John Dillon Memorial Heats

Robert Britton enhanced his reputation as a master conditioner of stayers when Kulu Spirit ($4.30) and Gunnadoo Magic ($3.60) each won heats of the Group 2 Sir John Dillon Memorial at Sandown.
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Greyhounds As Pet Program Finds First Foster Home

She raced 28 times in her career as the greyhound Bay Flyer. She wasn’t the fastest going around but good enough to win four times and rack up almost $3,000 in prize money. But her biggest prize, in retirement, is being the first greyhound to be placed in a foster home as part of Greyhound Racing NSW’s new Greyhounds As Pets program.
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Saturday 20th September 2008 Qualifying Heats

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Chinatown Lad Is Australia’s Best Stayer

On a night when we were supposed to crown Australia’s National Distance Champion as Australia’s best stayer; Chinatown Lad stole the limelight and Mantra Lad’s thunder in a devastating record breaking performance in the very first race of the night.
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Wizard Kennels Takes Advantage Of GAP Days

The Greyhound Adoption Program’s (GAP) recent introduction of FREE Pre-Assessment Days are a terrific initiative according to Michelle Westerveld.
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GRV Respond To Lewis Report’s Attack On GAP

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has responded to the Lewis Reports findings that the GAP Program is “too limited” and that almost half the greyhounds bred in Victoria are euthanaised “despite strong demand to adopt dogs”; by claiming Judge Gordon Lewis has “clearly stepped outside the terms of reference of the report”.
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Lewis Report Finds GRV Adoption Program Too Limited

The Lewis report in to Victorian Racing has found that almost half the greyhounds bred in Victoria are euthanaised despite “despite strong demand to adopt dogs”.
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WA Nat Distance Heats Signal Changing Of The Guard

West Australia’s heats of the Rapdivite national Distance Championship, although few in number, were stacked with ability.
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GRV Commit To Animal Welfare

Greyhound Racing Victoria’s (GRV) priority on animal welfare was projected louder than ever before at yesterday’s official opening of the redeveloped Greyhound Adoption Program’s (GAP) base in Seymour.
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GRNSW Launch Greyhounds As Pets Program

Greyhounds across New South Wales can now embark on a ‘seachange’ following the launch of Greyhounds as Pets, an initiative of Greyhound Racing NSW.
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Hulls Officially Opens New Seymour GAP Facility

Greyhound adoptions will increase to more than 500 in five years thanks to a refurbishment of Seymour’s Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP) facility, Deputy Premier and Minister for Racing Rob Hulls said today.
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Fahey Continues Last Season’s Form

Punters might have thought it was the dogs standing on top of the victory dais at Addington that heralded a new wave of stars from the Fahey team. But really it was the pups that Dave Fahey found standing on top of their flooded kennels the following morning that signal the best is yet to come from Canterbury’s million-dollar man.
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Sky Hazzard Makes An AWM Double

One year on and many things can change certainly finalists in Group race final usual change from year to year, however in the staying ranks class will prevail and if a stayer can maintain their form plus fitness they often are seen in the same races in consecutive years.
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Thursday 24th July 2008

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Sunday 20th July 2008

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NZ GAP Program Slammed For Sub Standard Care

A Christchurch woman says she is horrified at the poor condition of a greyhound kept in kennels as part of a retirement scheme for racing dogs.
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Sunday 20th July 2008

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