It makes sense if true because if they are talking about all of the integrity regarding rehoming (which is obviously only good), why not prove all dogs are racing clean and silence a lot of whispers?

No, TJ, I'm with you brother but this is what it is and the fight for welfare and 1000 other improvements will go on long after this race, as it has been long before this race.

Most would agree what should have happened but it hasn't and it won't, not this time.

The bell has already rung, the fight for what's right on this occasion is over and the show rolls on with the world watching...

Only two choices mate...
1. Watch it and enjoy the Greys.
2. Turn off the TV.

After all is done...keep fighting.

BTW. $5,800 for a City heat win! $60 entry
$1,700 for a Provincial heat win! $60 entry. Level playing field?

1.7 mil would never have been there in the first place had it not been for shakey political knees.

Your second part...could not agree more, but that's what you get when the feet are faster than the brain.
Ill thought out, incompetence, egos before ability.
Not to mention desperation.
As I said, it is what it is...what's new?

Hi Bob

I have no influence on GRNSW and how they programme racing

The AWC may not be the most appropriate platform for participants to voice their concerns on the value of this race to NSW participants

Perhaps direct emails to Tony Mestrov & whoever is deciding programming at GRNSW may be more appropriate

I really really hope she does, Hatty.
I love that bitch.

Immade this comment on greyhound aussie forum and got shot down,Go figure some thinking out.

You're right - it's not logical at all, although a good slice of the cash is going to GAP etc.

I suggest when the government gets involved in creating voting incentives the best thing is to relax and think of mother England. Whether GRNSW is any better is another subject

Meantime, the overall question of state rivalries is not a goer. People have been moving their dogs back and forth for yonks, and will continue to do so. SO they should - it promotes efficiency.

What I don't like is the principle of restricting any races to local dogs, as is common in Vic and sometimes elsewhere. It is always poor policy to discriminate that way. Currently, it also serves to make it even tougher to maintain full fields.

Whatever they are supposed to achieve - eg more breeding - practice shows they do not work. They are just "feel good" efforts by people who should know better. The same goes for direct breeding incentives. Once one state does it, they all follow so there is no competitive advantage and you are back where you started.

If you have a problem, attack it directly. Two wrongs never make a right.

One Million could have gone to setting up GAP centres. Desperately needed North, West, & South in this State.
Who will remember? Who won the Million Dollars in 6 months?

GRNSW and the ABC have a lot in common! Full of Directors with no vital Knowledge of what they are actually paid to do! Other than to kowtow to Publicity seeking Pollies. JMO

Terry,

Assessing the industry on the basis of the current race mix is pretty pointless, other than to say it is messy. It was allowed to get there because administrators failed to work out what was happening, or what was likely to happen, and therefore took no corrective action to right the ship. So much for 5 year plans.

Equally, the Million Dollars was obviously a political exercise, not an initiative of GRNSW. Further, the cash came from outside sources - the Minister grabbing half out of unclaimed dividends and Ladbrokes hopping in for some worthwhile publicity. So it was not really available for normal purposes but some is going to the GAP program you called for (more votes?).

Similarly, the Masters program, where NSW has been a latecomer, is in my view a good thing for two reasons: first it takes a little pressure off re-homing and, second, it is an economic incentive for owners and trainers to get more reward for their investment. The racing life of a greyhound is fearfully short on average (around one year) and can be over in a flash unfortunately.

All this fades into insignificance when you consider the totality of the racing scene - too many races, too few dogs, many incapable of running longer trips. It's a national problem which needs to be attacked nationally. More Masters racing will help that a little.

Even so, if the Million Dollars does not encourage more breeding, nothing will.

PS: the ABC does not kowtow to the present government (quite the reverse), only to Labor and Greens.

Should be Blood testing & hair samples taken from all runners if they were fair dinkum if they can afford the massive prize money shouldn't be a problem with the swabs guess we will wait & see.

Some of the unplaced from last week's heats are reserves.
Surely she advances to the next round?