the greyhound game is done in england

been going downhill for years

To be honest I'm surprised its still going after the pandemic and everything else.  Just a matter of time I suppose.

49/1 winner of a graded race at Romford

Ffs...what is the world coming to ?

with no print made available, if they cdont produce a clear photo finish print, they should declare the race void. Its fraud...

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Try googling it

its different and different for mainly bad reasons but as long as principal tracks produce graded cards there will always be greyhound racing and it will probably outlive most of us with many still playing those cards and nicking a few quid until we fall off the perch........

a few simple things could improve the game so easily though, first up in graded racing a trainer cannot have more than one dog in the race. No reason why they have to have multiple dogs in each race. Each contracted trainer at a track should have equal numbers in kennels. If they need to have a system where dogs need to be moved around to balance it up then so be it. Its not going to affect ¨owners¨" as such as nearly all the graded dogs are now trainer owned..

Not as easy as that switch with regard equal numbers. Trainers have different kennels which can accommodate different numbers. Fwiw, I don't mind a trainer having 2 in a a race. Would draw the line there though.

impossible to have equal numbers unless having exclusively on-track (permanent) kennelling

problem with 2 in a race is could realistically have just 3 trainers represented

ideally 6 different trainers

That would be a sensible approach Wonders, or trainers all told as part of their contracts they are required to have room for x amount of dogs. That number should be equally spread between those trainers being paid by the track.

this forum has seriously become a whingers paradise i recently due to a situation in the kennels where my dogs are had to pay over a grand in vet bills for two of my hounds 2 hounds died as a result of the situation mine were fortunate they have not run for 3 weeks have had to re grade feck me i love the game had 2 of mine same trainer run against each other recently did i moan no thats the graders perogative it happens

The game is in terminal decline wedge.
The bookmakers are responsible .
They control their puppets the racing managers, the gbgb , the rpgtv etc
Its not like it wasnt predictable
As a profitable sport on its own it no longer has the spectator pulling power
Its not seen as P C in the UK
I accept we can all look at the brightside
....but do you think the bookmakers would care about the sport ,
if the profit went out of it ?


Kinky was right years ago on here when he said the gbgb had sold out to the bookies

The Jockey Club/BHA  must be next on the list.

Although I am as critical as most about the present state of Greyhound Racing in this country I have to say that trainers having two in a race goes back as far as I can remember. I remember complaining about it at my local track Clapton in the 1960s.

Two meetings off this morning

Fwiw, I don't mind a trainer having 2 in a a race. Would draw the line there though.

Sorry if not clear wonders but when I say draw the line there, I meant just the 1 trainer with 2 dogs.