Great Chase Finalist Disqualified Due To Positive Swab
Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has just notified Australian Racing Greyhound.com that one of the 2008 Great Chase Finalists has been disqualified from its semi-final win due to a positive swab and will not contest this Wednesday’s Great Chase Final held on Wednesday, 26th November, 2008 at the MGRA’s Meadows track..
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El Galo Returns A Postive Swab On Top Gun Win
Greyhound Racing Victoria has been notified by Racing Analytical Services Limited (RASL) that analysis of the preliminary urine sample taken from the greyhound El Galo following its win in the Group 1 Topgun, Race 8 at The Meadows on 25th October, 2008 indicates the presence of the drug N-butyl-hyoscine.
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2008 Group 2 PETStock Ballarat Cup Moves To Blind Draw
The Group 2 PETstock Ballarat Greyhound Cup has been set down for December 10th 2008 and will carry close to $60,000 in stakemoney.
And following on from the popularity and success of the Geelong Cup precedent, all heats will be random blind draws, meaning no trainer or greyhound will get a free ride in to the $30,000 to the winner final as occurs with seeded heats.
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Warrnambool’s New Greyhound Track Officially Opened
The brand new track at the Warrnambool Greyhound Racing Club was officially opened last night by Greyhound Racing Victoria’s (GRV) Chairman, Mrs. Jan Wilson.
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Tabcorp Contributes $18,000 To Great Chase Series
Tabcorp CEO Elme Funke Kupper Launches 2008 Great Chase
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Owners & Greyhounds Set To Be Real Victims Of GRV’s Drop In Standards
Owners, those new to the greyhound industry, and the greyhounds themselves, will be the real victims from Greyhound Racing Victoria’s new trainers competency test, which seeks to dramtically decrease the standards required to be recognised as a public greyhound trainer in Victoria.
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Healesville Greyhound Club Thriving On Community Effort
Greyhound racing, cricket and football are not sports you would automatically link together, but at Healesville, links are being forged, and paying dividends.
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Victorian Greyhound Trainers Shun Platinum Paws Series
Victorian greyhound trainers have demonstrated their disatisfaction with the Platinum Pawes Series by voting with their feet and not nominating for the series.
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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 Calls For Single Disciplinary Tribunal
Judge Gordon Lewis has called for a new body, based on the structure of the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board, to become the sole appeal and disciplinary body for all codes.
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Victorian Racing Industry Support Integrity Report
The Victorian racing industry has issued a positive response to the Victorian Integrity Assurance Report completed by Judge Gordon Lewis and released today the Minister for Racing Rob Hulls.
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Working Party To Implement Integrity Report
A working party made up of representatives of the three racing codes, Victoria Police and the Office of Racing has been set up to oversee the implementation of recommendations of the racing integrity report by retired Judge Gordon Lewis.
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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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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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Brisbane Release 2009 Group Racing Calendar
The Brisbane Greyhound Racing Club today announced that it will continue the tradition of the Gold Coast Cup, with the Club to stage the Group Two event in 2009.
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Vic Metro Clubs Launch Mini Carnivals Stakes Increases
An innovative five-year Group Racing proposal put together by Victoria’s two metropolitan clubs has been approved by the Board of Greyhound Racing Victoria. As a result the Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (MGRA), which races at The Meadows, and the Sandown Greyhound Racing Club will each introduce annual mini-carnivals.
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Tri Star Series Continues At Ballarat
Dancing Lights and Trainer Alisdair Armstrong
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GRV Address Lack Of Staying Depth
In attempt to bolster the dearth of low grade events for stayers in the state of Victoria, the GRV have today announced the $20,000 Vic Breeders (VBIS) Distance Series.
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Former Ministerial Adviser Appointed To GRV Board
Late Friday afternoon Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) announced the appointment of former ministerial adviser and former journalist, Ms Sandra McKay, to the board of the GRV.
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Betty’s Angel Misses To Spiral Nakita
Former speed queen Betty’s Angel – rated Australia’s greatest female sprinter of the noughties – has failed to conceive following a frozen semen insemination to Irish stud sensation Spiral Nikita.
Betty’s Angel was due to whelp today, but a recent ultrasound revealed she wasn’t carrying any “little angels” – a term of endearment for the highly anticipated litter considering each pup would have commanded a $20,000 price tag.
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VCAT Hearing Finds Code Of Practice Flawed
A recent Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) hearing has found the Victorian Code Of Practice for the Greyhound Industry “perpetuates misconceptions”, ” contrasts markedly with The Environment Protection Authority’s Noise Control Guidelines”, adopts baseless standards in its objectives; and “has no standing in the Planning Scheme”, even though the ambition contained in the Code’s Foreword is for statutory recognition of the Code in the Victoria Planning Provisions (VPP).
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GRV Announce GOTY First Round Nominee’s
Greyhound Racing Victoria have today announced the first round of nominee’s for their prestigious GRV Greyhound Of The Year award.
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GRV Announce Travel Subsidy Increase
Last night at the Warrnambool Classic Carnival, the Chairman of Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV), Mrs. Jan Wilson announced the receipt of tenders for the Warrnambool Track redevelopment. Planned between June and October this year, the re-designed track at Warrnambool will include a new 390 metre start thus improving on the short run to the first turn from the current 332 metre start.
In addition Mrs. Wilson announced a 25% increase in the travel subsidy from $40 to $50, effective from 1 June 2008.
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GAP Program Expands In To Jails
Retired greyhounds are being prepared for life as pets by in-mates at the minimum security Dhurringile Prison in Victoria’s north.
The Prison Pet Partnership, an extension of Victoria’s Greyhound Adoption Program, is an Australian first and was officially launched by Deputy Premier and Minister for Racing, Rob Hulls yesterday.
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GRV Respond To Sun Herald “Dog Killer” Claims
Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) categorically denies providing any greyhounds to The University of Melbourne Faculty of Veterinary Science for use in the teaching of surgical procedures as insinuated in the article “Dogs Operated on then Killed” in the Sunday Herald Sun - Sunday April 13th, 2008.
For some five years now, greyhounds have been used at The University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinic and Hospital strictly as blood donors. This is the only registered blood clinic of its type in Australia and the blood products generated from these special dogs are used to save the lives of around 1,000 dogs each year. The lives saved include all breeds of dogs - not just greyhounds.
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GRV Encourages Gaming Reform
The Premier, John Brumby yesterday announced a new structure for Gaming in Victoria beyond 2012.
Also resulting from these reform initiatives is a single, stand-alone license which will be offered for Wagering post 2012. The current Wagering license is run by Tabcorp.
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