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Incentive schemes
Bobby Scullion United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 377 Dogs 13 / Races 0 08 Aug 2019 11:04
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The IGB have announced they are paying 1 million euro into a new care fund.... But it looks like we the owners and trainers are the ones footing the bill.... They have taken prize money from the restruction of SIS prize money. Also the discontinuance of incentive schemes. ie..... Breeders 15 euro for having bred winner of a race 800 euro for having reached 100+ runners in a year 100 euro for greyhound that have started racing before the age of 19 months... This would add up to a large slice of the new care fund so we are paying for care fund... They have reduced the money for Lifford so they are to run 10 races... this looks like the final nail in the coffin for this track and also Longford is finding it tough as so many of the tracks.. The new care fund could be very busy over the coming weeks and months if these tracks close and a lot of dogs need rehomed.... Where is the 16.5 million gone that they get every year...
Peter Davis United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 195 Dogs 0 / Races 0 08 Aug 2019 14:39
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Changed its name to pension fund I breeds couple of litters per year not had a lot out of these funds but what other breeders have had possible help some keep going but it will not be long befor more of the small broader stop all breaders should be help as much as possible
Will Berry United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 248 Dogs 8 / Races 0 08 Aug 2019 18:36
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Thats right bobby the small man get hit again last me and my brother took the step to breed 2 litter and same this year and to keep them and race them too last year we got the 100 races = 800 and 100 each pup that race before 19month so it all add up all we get is 2 weeks notice to end it should have stop on the 31st march end of the year but the igb dont care about the small man in the street it sad news about lifford and it will not be the last track to shut this year
Bobby Scullion United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 377 Dogs 13 / Races 0 09 Aug 2019 12:55
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Two days later Longford announce they are to close end of August... Where will this end....
Thomas Light Ireland (Verified User) Posts 181 Dogs 3 / Races 0 09 Aug 2019 13:03
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Games finished said it after they let harolds cross close that was the end they want shelbourne, limerick and cork nothn else need greyhound people that know our sport inside out running our sport not someone. Who hasnt got a clue infact after the bad publicity of rte program and silence of igb then these 2 privately owned provincial trcks closing maybe its what the board qanted secretly if u ask me get Pascal Taggart asap before there's nothn left
Jim Erskine United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 115 Dogs 0 / Races 0 09 Aug 2019 20:38
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Thomas, I think in five years time, there will be 6 or 7 tracks, shelbourne, tralee, Waterford, dundalk,Cork, clonmel, thurles or limerick, I'm only talking about southern tracks, drumbo will still be going I hope, all the other tracks I mentioned, are all igb tracks, funded by grant from the Irish government
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