October 30, 2020

By TERRY WILSON MERV Page has seen a lot in his time involved with greyhound racing. But as the now 80-year-old eases into his twilight years there is no suggestion of the trainer-official slowing down. Page recently stepped down as manager of the Ipswich Greyhound Racing Club, allowing Narelle Long to take command, although the […]

By Greyhounds Australasia CEO Cherie Nicholl As an industry we are constantly looking at ways to enhance our processes to enable best practice and the optimum experience for the greyhounds, participants, and stakeholders. Greyhounds Australasia (GA) and its member bodies are committed to minimising the negative animal welfare, emotional and economic impacts of reportable diseases,

Welcome to the Grader’s Corner. This section will be used by the Racing Queensland’s  Graders to answer FAQs from trainers, explain common grading misconceptions and discuss an array of other topics which can help trainers better understand grading, nominating, and race eligibility. Pathways Maiden Recently we’ve had several trainers ask why we’ve drawn a last

Racing Queensland advises stakeholders of changes to the Grading Procedures. Dropping A Grade: Greyhounds 48 months and older will be eligible to drop one grade at the class and distance of nomination if they have not won a race in the past three months. The purpose of this is to increase the longevity of greyhounds

Casino Cup 484m Group 3: $25,000 to winner Heats: November 20 Final November 27 By Mike Hill MITCH Northfield is hoping he can win this month\’s Group 3 $34,000 Charcoal Inn Casino Cup (484m) in his own right with track specialist Kooringa Lucy. Northfield shared in Cup glory way back in 1989 when Coomerang Chief

By Chase Editor Pat McLeod AS Peter Lagogiane collapsed to the Wentworth Park track in a ball of emotion, the two people most responsible for creating this epic greyhound folk story quietly chuckled to each other over the phone at opposite ends of the country. Lagogiane (trainer) and Shakeel Latimer (owner) deservedly sit centre stage

By DAVID BRASCH MEDIA legend Alan Jones still takes time out to contact Greg Board just to see how he is travelling, but the Christmas cards from Mike Baird and Troy Grant stopped coming a good while ago now. No, Baird and Grant, the front faces of the bid by the NSW Government to shut

Group 1 Topgun 525m and 725m Best 8 greyhounds selected. The Meadows, November 7 525m winner $150,000 725m winner $75,000 By David Brasch IT will be two decades exactly since rugby league legend Terry Hill was the toast of the greyhound world after his beloved Placard landed the Group 1 Topgun. Now Terry gets another

Many factors influence the temperament of adult dogs including genetics, whelping environment and the dam’s experience in the last trimester of pregnancy, but most importantly, experiences during the first year of a greyhound’s life can make all the difference to future temperament and character. We know that puppies go through a particularly ‘sensitive’ period between

The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission GAP is encouraging all greyhound owners and trainers to retire your retired racers with us. The COVID-19 period has been a boon for adoptions leaving us needing more dogs to adopt out to loving Queensland homes, both in South East and in North Queensland. In particular, there has been a