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Condolences to the Family of the young apprentice jockey killed yeterday at Ashburton

Condolences to the Family of the young apprentice jockey killed yeterday at Ashburton

May be we need to cut back on our breeding  ,we cant be complacent as there are people looking at our industry wanting to shut us down,  we all have to be carefull..

Beat this,,8 7 7 76 6 6 8 7 6(1) 8 6

Beat this,,8 7 7 76 6 6 8 7 6(1) 8 6

It was a good Go Lumpy Race as he has come backfrom a bad injury and 4yr old.

So lets a Revolution.On a Funny thought moment WHY do we need a CEO.we arent a company,,why cant we just have a Racing Manager? 

My Grandaughter works for the Coles,and i assure you ,she wouldnt work there if any off the above was going on /

My Grandaughter works for the Coles,and i assure you ,she wouldnt work there if any off the above was going on /

My Grandaughter works for the Coles,and i assure you ,she wouldnt work there if any off the above was going on /

My Grandaughter works for the Coles,and i assure you ,she wouldnt work there if any off the above was going on /

My Grandaughter works for the Coles,and i assure you ,she wouldnt work there if any off the above was going on /

And what do we do with our dogs .,stuff them away ..and as for our Track  stutter and chch is great'''no casualties ever/ my hubbie has to travel up to chCh /////.And doesnt moan about it.

Give Andy time and he will be A1

what a Bloody cheek????;;
 

Dont be so nit picky,we will never have another Dog like our Boy,
 

Dont be so nit picky,we will never have another Dog like our Boy,
 

The Greyhound Industry is constantly under fire re the welfare of these lovely creatures, this is greatly due to the so reported high injury/euthanasia numbers and people like Mr. Cross and his small posse of sheep.
I believe that we can reduce the Injury numbers on our race tracks with a simple yet affective change in the way Greyhounds are allocated their box draw.
 
Let's be a bit proactive instead of waiting for a repeat of NSW.
 
The number one concern for Greyhound Racing is for the Greyhound's Welfare, this is after all what drives the negativeness and also the abandoned Race Meetings, so I have a proposal I'd like to share with you all and hopefully get a lot of support so we can submit it to the association.
 
99% of Races are decided at box rise, why is that ?
 
Correct, quick out means out of trouble, trouble ? What trouble, oh you mean the 3 dogs crashing to the rail from out wide and the dog in box 2 crashing to the outside, that doesn't happen that often does it ? I watched the last 7 race replays of my own dogs and it happened in each and every race, so why hasn't this been addressed ?
 
I have a solution, as I see it there are 8 types of dogs that come out of the boxes, Fast, average & Slow are 3 of them, what of the other 5 ?
1 – Rail Crasher
2 - Railer
3 – Holds it's own line
4 – Wide Runner
5 – Wide Crasher
 
So why would you put a rail crasher into box 7 or 8 ?
Because it is a random box draw (Don't get me started on the so called random box draw)
 
Surely most of you can relate to me when I say that it is sad to watch a straight running dog start shying off the first bend as during it's races it has constantly been bashed from box rise to the first corner, I know of such dogs been questioned by the stipes for failing to pursue the lure, no, it's scared of been checked.
 
Solution is that each and every dog is assessed by the Stipes and allocated a Race Behaviour based on the 5 I listed, then when it comes to “Box Draw” those Greyhounds allocated a class 1 would be drawn to the inside boxes and those with a Class 5 to the outside boxes, this would depend on how many of each Class there was, example would be if you had 2 x Class 1, 1 x Class 2, 2 x Class 3, 2 x Class 4 & 1 x Class 5 allocated for a race, the Draw would look like this :-
 
Box 1 – Rail Crasher
Box 2 – Rail Crasher
Box 3 - Railer
Box 4 - Holds it's own line
Box 5 - Holds it's own line
Box 6 – Wide Runner
Box 7 – Wide Runner
Box 8 – Wide Crasher
 
 
The 2 Rail Crashers would be Random Drawn Box 1 or 2, the Railer the next available Box which in this case is Box 3, etc...
 
That is an example but hopefully you can see the picture, This would GREATLY reduce the un-required thumping and banging immediately on box rise not to mention it would put the Greyhound in it's preferred position for the first corner thus reducing it's chances of been injured or falling.
 
The draw back you say is what about the reserves ?
That is true but that would have to be the exception.
 
A lot would still have to be looked at like the allocation, it would have to have some input from Trainers and the Stipes and not necessarily the Trainer of the Greyhound, other Trainers should be able to nominate a dog for a class but after consideration and video footage etc... the Stipes would allocate the Race Behaviour.
 
This type of change would greatly benefit Greyhound Racing :-
 
1 – Reduce the risk of Race Injury
2 – The Greyhound's Form maybe be greatly improved
3 – The Race Results would be more predictable
4 – The Trainer would benefit from having the dog race from a favourable draw
5 – The Punter would be more inclined to place bigger/more bets on the Greyhound's
6 – It would be a positive move towards the public and Owners
 
I welcome all thoughts, comments and even criticism, I don't imply that this will stop the checks & injuries that happen in our races but it would greatly reduce them.
Thanks for reading this far

we are all Doomed if Clinton and Trump ,are the Best they can put up

was still there hovering in not far from winning post

WhoKnows you'll get your wish but maybe do it with a little more tact.
Bright Star tore a grassilis hence the reason for her poor run today and that that has certainly bring brought about her retirement. 
Compassion and dignity go hand in hand.

Have a look at our GRNZ web site and they have a love,ly  piece on Paul Newson, What he says is the Truth ,and all the Trainers in NSW must be liars

its nothing to do with democracy or animal welfare WENTWORTH PARK is wort$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Dont no who Random is but he needs a boot some times

Dont no who Random is but he needs a boot some times