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its only a matter of time before this happens in NZ, the antis have already started to target Victorian Greyhounds. Lets hope the GRV have their act together unlike GRNSW because if greyhound racing is banned in Victoria, its only a matter of time before they come after NZ greyhounds, we will all be lucky if we still have an industry here in 5 years and if NZGRA acts the way they did last time, than I can see no way around this as they have proven in NSW that greyhound racing can be stopped, even if it means a huge dent to the economy and countless people that live of off the industry losing their jobs. I also find it interesting how ALL greyhound breeding in NSW must be stopped, does this mean that no one in NSW is allowed to breed a greyhound? https://www.change.org/p/daniel-andrews-ban-greyhound-racing-in-victoria?source_location=petition_footer&algorithm=curated_trending&grid_position=2

Cawbourne cooks he's talking about

Have you seen the dogs Ahern races and the dogs Fredrickson races? Its hard to compare the two as trainers and I think this thread is ridiculous and stupid

Boy they gave your dog a hard semi (looks a lot better than the other three). if you get through to the final, no one can say you didn't deserve to be their

Nothing to chear about. One nz bred dog in the final when the heats were dominated by them. Should be a cracker though, never been much of a fan of the dog but top prosecutor just keeps proving me wrong and with the splits he ran last week (which were phenomenal being as quick as the likes of caw crouch, brick and nangar star at their beat early and his run home being as good as dyna vikkers) will be hard to beat in the final, the only question being box draw. I think there won't be more than a head between opawa shackley and top prosecutor in the final and I'll chuck kava blue in for third

Probably the same reason why above alls been injured for 2/3rds of its career aye?

Aren't males usually physically stronger than females? Its no different in any sport, whether the animal is a dog, horse or human, you get the odd female of that sport that can compete at the elite level with males, but not even numbers

I don't think box 5 is such a bad box the way that field has drawn, you should get some clean running air from there

So Mcinerney does this and everyone is against it but when Adcock does this, hes praised as a top trainer. Double standards aye?

Anyone who got 18 on Zipping Sasha would be happy, will only improve

Zipping Sasha, Opawa Shackley, Cawbourne Kristy or Cawbourne Clover for me

I geuss Elizabeth Whelan and Peter Early are next on your hit list after Peter Fenemor

More of these nz bred champions we love to see go around every week. And people want to get rid of imports XD

Go watch Dyna Vikkers replays and the dogs he was running behind and tell me if you do not think he stood up in AUS when 80% of dogs would not be able to get within 5L of the likes of DDO and AA. He was running 5L of a Dyna Villa who was dominating at Group level at the time (after winning the Melbourne cup and running third in the hobart thousand and ran second in the silver chief final two races later), he ran just under 3L behind Astronomize and AA (who had won the hobart thousand and went on to win the Silver Chief final in that series and was arguably a better dog than DV ) and was within 3L of DDO with DDO getting a clear run (and he has shown ability since day one). Im baffled at you people who do not believe he did not stand up in AUS when 80% of the dogs in NZ and AUS wouldnt be able to get that close to any of those dogs at that age.

But most tracks vary from race to race,water volumes, lure distance, preparation between races, weather, even what type of dog is in each race can change, comparing times on the same night to one another simply doesnt work, there are too many uncontrolled variables, why you see dogs that ran slower in the heats win the final, because track conditions change. The only relevant way to look at a dog like this is to see the dogs around them and the performance they put in. An avg. dog can run time and look like a champion if the other 7 dogs are slow. He was obviously going to be (at the very worst) a dog that would make plenty of group one races (he was even only running 2 lengths of Above All, I wouldnt mind a dog that was 2-3L of dogs like DDO and AA)

At the same age, he was running just under 3L behind DDO in a race and looked stronger than him, I don't deal in what ifs but most group one dogs in aus cannot get within 5L of him now, I geuss bearville azza is another scrub aswel now, I also geuss the golden easter egg winner isn't worth using either as DDO beat him by 5L You must have had plenty of champions, how many dogs have you had that are good enough to compete in the silver chief heats let alone run in the money of them? He ran quicker in his heat than three or four of the dogs that made the final that year

Hes only been out of the money once in AUS at city tracks (running decent seconds and thirds to some of the best dogs to race in Australia) thats hardly nothing (alot more than what 80% of the dogs do in AUS). If you want to say that, you must have high expectations of your own dogs

No, I questioned the sports integrity, it was directed at everyone in the sport. Not just you mmyb or houndfan as it seems most people are not worries about the rules whatsoever. I just do not understand how all of these rules are put in place, yet no one seems to actually have to follow them unless it is for aesthetic purposes like your shirt being tucked in or your pants are not to tight. I just feel as though this needs to change somehow (Also dont know what you are talking about, the last time I was at the track was Auckland cup night) Dear I say it but if this were Mcinerney or Ahern, I'm sure most people would have been all over it, Ive had said all I need to really, so ill just shut my mouth now as most people seem to be critical of this, sorry if I offended anyone with my comments as a few of them were rather rude and I have asked for the moderators to remove them out of respect

At the end of the day, rules are rules, what ever the opinion on this is, yankiwi has pointed out that they have been broken, don't know why you need to take everything so personally. When small issues like these are not sorted out, how are the real issues in the industry meant to get solved

I'm not gary1, why do you get so angry over nothing. I'm not surprised you condone this though as it always seems to take you or your workers 10-20 second s longer to box your dog than anyone else, now I'm sure that is against the rules, don't throw rocks in a glass house mate

Wow, people condoning the breaking of rules, what a bunch of cowboys, no integrity at all

I can tell you I voted for the old flag not because Im against change, but because the new flag design was so damn awful, an eyesore that only got in because John Key liked it

no need to get angry over the truth and start making false accusations, the only reason why your dog beat 2 home was because the 2 dogs were tripping over one another, im sure the two dogs on the res bench could have been alot more competitive in that race