Peak national greyhound racing body Greyhounds Australasia (GA) today published its final report into Australian greyhound export welfare standards, with the GA Board accepting each of the report’s 12 recommendations including maintaining GA’s suspension of the issuance of passports to Macau. GA CEO Scott Parker said the final report confirmed Australian greyhound welfare standards were […]
In a first for greyhound racing in this country, and possibly the world, the general public will have full access to live grading at The Meadows this Wednesday. The recently announced GRV Strategic Plan identified the need to improve member education and communication of grading, with the ultimate goal of providing a transparent, fair and […]
The illustrious race calling career of Paul Ambrosoli will come to an end at Wentworth Park next Saturday night when the voice of greyhound racing calls his last event. Ambrosoli has grown to become synonymous with Sydney greyhound racing after taking his first broadcasting steps in the late 1960s calling Richmond and Goulburn meetings. Ambrosoli’s […]
On this week’s Friday Follow, GRV’s Rick Durham speaks with RSN’s John Thwaites about the magnificent Xylia Allen, Ricky Ponting’s Rumbling Rick and provides tips for Geelong, The Meadows and the Group 1 Peter Mosman Classic at Wentworth Park. [soundcloud soundcloudurl=”https://soundcloud.com/greyhoundracingvic/friday-follow-segment-200614″ ][/soundcloud]
The Melbourne Cup final – already the world’s richest greyhound race – will get even richer in 2014 with total prize money in the race jumping from $500,000 to $600,000. This is one of a number of exciting announcements by the Sandown Greyhound Racing Club, including a radical change to the format of the Launching […]
The latest news in the world of Victorian greyhound racing Ponting on Track to Cheer his Greyhound To Victory Australian cricketing legend Ricky Ponting was on hand to celebrate his greyhound Rumbling Rick’s exciting win at Sandown Park on Thursday night. “Really happy with the run,” the former Test Skipper said after the win in […]