Greyhound racing in Australia explained

Greyhound racing in Australia
Date Start:28 May 1927
Epping Racecourse
(later known as Harold Park)[1]

Greyhound racing in Australia is a sport and gambling activity. Australia is one of several countries with a greyhound racing industry.[2] The industry laws are governed by the State Government but the keeping of greyhounds is governed by the Local Authority.[3]

Regulation

Each Australian state and territory has a greyhound racing body that regulates the racing, training and animal welfare of greyhounds in that state or territory. Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) and Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) are the two largest authorities, governing over 40 racetracks. The Queensland Greyhound Racing Authority (QGRA), the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association (WAGRA), Tasracing, Greyhound Racing South Australia (GRSA) and the Northern Territory Racing Authority all contribute to running and monitoring of greyhound racing and animal welfare of greyhounds in Australia.

Australian Capital Territory

There is currently no racing in the ACT following a territory ban in 2018. The Canberra Greyhound Racing Club (CGRC) is still active using their Symonston track as a training facility but the club races at Goulburn in New South Wales.[4]

Venues

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Canberra Greyhound Racing Club1979–2018[5]

New South Wales

In 1927 Frederick 'Judge' Swindell established the Greyhound Coursing Association and the first meeting was held using a 'tin hare' (mechanical lure) at Epping Racecourse (Harold Park) on 28 May 1927. From 1928 until 1931 betting was banned. Harold Park continued to be the only venue to have a licence until July 1938 when the government granted a second licence (consisting of 26 fixtures) for Wentworth Park.[6] Although the licence was granted in July 1938 it was not until Saturday 28 October 1939 that the new track opened. The opening had been delayed due to the construction of the track taking longer than expected.[7]

In 1939 the NSW Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers Association was founded. In 1979, live hare coursing and other similar activities, including live baiting, was banned in NSW under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and in 1985 Wentworth Park became the racing headquarters of NSW. In 2009, the government formed a new legislation, known as the Greyhound Racing Act 2009 which made provisions in regards to the control and regulation of the industry and the Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) then became responsible for the regulatory affairs of the sport in addition to the commercial aspects.[8]

In February 2015, the industry came under severe scrutiny following the airing of the ABC program Four Corners.[9] A series of media reports called the Australian greyhound racing live baiting scandal detailed the use of live bait animals in the training of racing greyhounds.[10] In June 2016, Australian former High Court judge Michael McHugh conducted a Special Commission of Inquiry for the Australian state of New South Wales where key findings in the report included a high death rate with uncompetitive greyhounds being euthanised over a twelve year period and the under-reporting of greyhound deaths and injuries.[11] Despite self-regulatory efforts to address the issue of live baiting and other animal welfare issues,[12] the investigation led to suspensions, inquiries, condemnation of the practice and the banning of greyhound racing in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory from 1 July 2017, [13] [14] [15] following the passage of legislation.[16] [17] However the ban was repealed by Mike Baird[18] on 11 October 2016. The appointment of the NSW Greyhound Reform Panel made 122 recommendations to the NSW government, of which 121 were adopted.[19] Victoria commissioned the Perna Report[20] and Queensland the MacSporran report.[21] As part of the NSW government recommendations, it created GWIC (Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission), which is a taxpayer funded, non-industry regulator of the greyhound racing industry.

The NSW Greyhound Welfare Code of Practice came into effect on 1 January 2021, with 58 code practice standards (out of 124 in total) relating to retired greyhounds. The code is the benchmark for expected conduct and behaviour and has an Enforcement Protocol.[22] In 2022, Lismore was forced to close following flooding and the inability to widen its track as per the code of practice.[23]

Venues

There are 27 current venues in New South Wales [24] [25] of which 16 are Totalisator Agency Board (TAB) operated. Active tracks are highlighted in blue.

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Albury Coursing Club1935–2003[26]
Appin Way Straight1975–2013[27]
Armidale Greyhound Racing Club1934–2018[28]
Bathurst Greyhounds Kennerson Park, Upfold Street, Bathurst[29] 30 November 1935-2022[30] [31]
Beaumont Park Greyhound Raceway1953–1997[32] [33]
Broken Hill Greyhound Racing Clubopened 28 March 1949 (new track 1971)[34] [35] [36]
Bulli Greyhounds +opened 4 November 1950[37]
Casino Greyhound Racing Club +opened 19 March 1936[38] (new track 2015)[39]
Cessnock Greyhound Club1927–2006[40]
Coonabarabran Greyhound Racing Clubc.1970
Coonamble Greyhound Clubopened 1933?[41]
Cootamundra Greyhound Club1930s?–1980s?
Cowra Greyhound Club
Dapto (South Coast Greyhounds) +opened 25 February 1937[42]
Dubbo Greyhound Racing Club +opened 23 March 1974[43]
Forbes and District Greyhound Racing Club1970s–2012[44]
Gosford Showground +opened 18 February 1936[45]
Griffith Coursing Club (E.W. Moore Oval)1960s–1990s[46]
Goulburn Greyhound Racing Club +opened 20 October 1934[47]
Grafton Greyhound Racing Club +opened 1 April 1933[48]
Gunnedah Greyhounds +opened 24 March 1934[49]
Harold Park1927–1987[50]
Kempsey Forth StreetKempsey Sports Ground, Forth Street, Kempsey1934–1942[51]
Kempsey MacLeay Greyhound Racing Clubopened 1960s?
Lismore Greyhounds 1935–2022[52]
Lithgow Greyhound Racing Clubopened 14 April 1928[53]
Maitland Greyhounds +opened 12 November 1927[54]
Moree Greyhound Racing Club1963–2012[55]
Moree Taylor Oval1937–1963[56]
Moss Vale Greyhound Racing Club1935–2006?[57] [58]
Mudgee Greyhound Racing Club?–2011
Muswellbrook Greyhound Racing Clubopened 17 December 1955[59]
Muswellbrook Showgrounds1935–1955
Narrabri1935-?[60]
North Wagga Sportsground1947-c.1970[61]
Nowra (Shoalhaven Greyhound Racing Club) +opened 30 January 1976[62]
Orange Greyhound Racing Club1936–2005[63] [64]
Potts Park Greyhound Social Clubopened c.1970
Queanbeyan Showground1933–1990s[65]
Richmond Race Club +opened October 1955[66]
Singleton1932–2000[67] [68]
Tamworth Greyhound Racing Clubopened 19 May 1934[69] [70]
Taree Greyhound Racing Club +opened 1960s
Temora Greyhound Racing Club +opened 1957[71]
The Gardens Greyhound Club +opened 2014[72]
Tweed Heads Coursing Club1964–2016[73] [74]
Wagga Cricket Ground Kincaid Street, Wagga Wagga1935–1945[75]
Wagga & District Greyhound Club +opened c.1970s[76]
Wauchoupe (Hasting Rivers Greyhound Club) opened 3 July 1971[77]
Wentworth Park +opened 28 October 1939[78]
Wollongong Showground1934–1984[79] [80]
Wyong Straight1935–1998[81]
Young & District Greyhound Racing Clubopened 21 November 1953[82] [83]
+ TAB operated

Northern Territory

Greyhound racing in the Northern Territory (NT) is regulated by Licensing NT on behalf of the NT Racing Commission There is one active track in the NT.[84]

Venues

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Winnellie Park (Darwin Greyhound Association)opened 1960s

Queensland

There are six current venues in Queensland.[85]

Venues

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Albion Park Raceway (Brisbane Greyhound Racing Club)opened 11 February 1993[86]
Ayr (Lower Burdekin Greyhound Racing Club)?–2003?
Beenleigh Greyhound Race Club1949?–2003[87]
Bundaberg Greyhound Racing ClubThabeban Park, Maynard Street, Avenell Heights, Bundabergopened October 1977[88] [89]
Cairns Greyhound Racing ClubCannon Park Racecourse, Woree, Cairns1933–2018[90]
Capalaba Straightopened 1987[91]
Gold Coast Greyhound Racing Club1988–2009[92]
Ipswich Greyhound Racing ClubIpswich Showgrounds, Warwick Road, Ipswichopened 1973[93]
Lawnton (Metropolitan Greyhound Racing Club)1958–1995[94]
Mackay & District Greyhound Racing Club1984–2009[95]
Mount Isa Greyhound Racing Club?–2002?
Rockhampton Greyhound Racing Club opened May 1982[96]
The Gabba Greyhound Club1928 & 1972–1993[97]
Toowoomba Greyhound Racing Club1984–2000[98]
Townsville Showground (Townsville Greyhound Racing Club)Ingham Road, West End, Townsvilleopened 19 December 1936[99]

South Australia

There are four active tracks in South Australia.[100]

Venues

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Angle Park (Adelaide Greyhound Racing Club)opened 20 April 1972[101]
Barmera (Riverland Greyhound Racing Club)?–2011[102]
Gawler Greyhound Racing Clubopened 12 July 1971[103]
Glenburnie Racecourse1979–1996[104]
Kulpara (Northern Yorke Peninsula Greyhound Racing Club)-June 2008[105]
Murray Bridge Greyhound Racing Clubopened 19 December 2018[106]
Port Augusta Greyhound Club1972–2019[107]
Port Lincoln?–1990s?
Port Pirie & District Greyhound Racing Club1972–2011?[108]
Strathalbyn (Southern Greyhound Raceway)1971–2018[109]
Tara Raceway (Mount Gambier Greyhounds)opened 25 January 1997
Whyalla Greyhound Racing Club1970–2008[110]

Tasmania

Tasracing, which was established in November 2008, is responsible for the strategic direction and funding, while the Office of Racing Integrity Tasmania (ORI) is responsible for probity and integrity.[111] [24] [112] There are three active tracks in Tasmania.

Venues

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Devonport Showground (North West Greyhound Racing Club)opened 3 April 1952[113]
Elwick Racecourse (Hobart Greyhound Racing Club)opened 2 November 2006[114] [115]
Mowbray Racecourse (Launceston Greyhound Racing Club)opened 20 December 2004
Royal Hobart Showground (Hobart Greyhound Racing Club)1980–2006[116]
TCA Ground (Hobart Greyhound Racing Club)1935–1980[117]
White City (Launceston Greyhound Racing Club)1940–2004[118]

Victoria

See Greyhound Racing Victoria.[24] [119]

Venues

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Ballarat Greyhoundsopened 23 December 1978[120]
Bendigo Greyhound Racing Associationopened 1978[121]
Botanic Park1936–1978[122]
Broadway Park1938–1978?[123]
Canterbury Park1936–1978[124]
Corio Oval1956–1970s[125]
Cranbourne Greyhound Racing Clubopened August 1973[126] [127]
Geelong Greyhound Racing Clubopened 7 March 1980
Healesville Greyhound Racing Clubopened November 1989[128]
Horsham Greyhound Racing Clubopened 17 December 1973[129]
North Melbourne Oval1957–1962[130]
Olympic Park No. 21962–1996[131] [132]
Robinvale Greyhound Racing Club1980s?–1998?
Sale Greyhound Clubopened 6 Feb 1936 (new tracks 1963 & 1982)[133]
Sandown Parkopened 8 September 1956[134]
Shepparton Greyhound Racing Clubopened 10 December 2005[135]
Shepparton Showgrounds1973–2005
The Meadows Greyhoundsopened 8 February 1999[136]
Traralgon Greyhound Racing Clubopened 28 June 1973[137]
Wangaratta Greyhound Racing Club2002–2009[138]
Warragul Greyhound Clubopened 14 September 1956[139]
Warrnambool Greyhound Racing Clubopened 27 July 1978

Western Australia

In 1981, the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association (WAGRA) was established under the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association Act. Cannington Greyhounds was the first track in Western Australia, opening in 1974 and was consequently transferred to the WAGRA. This was later followed by the merger of the Mandurah Greyhound Racing Association.[140] [24] [141] There are three active tracks in Western Australia.

Venues

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Cannington Greyhounds (WAGRA)opened 23 March 2016[142]
Cannington Central (WAGRA)1974–2015[143]
Mandurah Greyhounds (WAGRA)opened 5 January 1979, (new track Nov 2006)[144]
Northam Greyhounds (WAGRA)opened 30 September 1996

Notable Australian greyhounds

Major races

The Melbourne Cup for greyhounds was previously the world's richest greyhound race, with a prize pool of 600,000 in 2015.[150] NSW hosts the world's richest race, the Million Dollar Chase in October at Wentworth Park. In Sydney, the 2013 Golden Easter Egg had a first prize of 250,000.[151]

Adoption

Many adoption programs have been set up throughout Australia. There are industry programs and non-industry rescue groups (which are usually charities).[152] Greyhounds are available for adoption in most parts of Australia.[153] Families that have adopted greyhounds soon discover that these dogs are naturally gentle, loving and, surprisingly, don't need a lot of exercise. The industry's Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP) operates in most states but does not re-home all ex-racing greyhounds. In 2018, 257 greyhounds (38%) failed the New South Wales rehoming test.[154] However the validity of this report should be questioned based on the fact that in the United States the estimated adoption rate is over 95% and in the United Kingdom the 2018 Greyhound Commitment has pledged to home 100% of all ex-racers under the Greyhound Retirement Scheme.[155] [156]

Adoption has been hampered in states and territories which cling to old-fashioned beliefs about the need to muzzle pet greyhounds.[157] Both the RSPCA and the Australian Veterinary Association recommend against muzzles for companion animal greyhounds.[158] Some states and councils still require greyhounds to wear a muzzle in public, while NSW, Victoria and the ACT have removed the requirement. Greyhounds are one of the most gentle breeds and highly suitable for adoption if properly socialised.[159]

Criticism

In 2013, ABC News revealed that some greyhounds were given to veterinary surgeons as blood donors and then euthanised.[160] [161] In 2015, the Australian Veterinary Association stated that all greyhounds bred for racing should be registered with an independent authority in order to track their lifetime movements.[162] In 2016, 179 trainers were charged with illegal exports to Macau, China, a practice that was banned in 2013.[163] [164] This led to Qantas announcing they would no longer transport ex-racers.[165]

Popular culture

In Australian slang, the term Dapto dog is rhyming slang for wog, a pejorative for a person of Mediterranean background,[166] active in greyhound racing in Dapto in the 1950s as represented on stage by the Griffin Theatre Company with the 2015 production of Dapto Chaser.[167] Dapto was also once home to Australia's largest greyhound pup auctions in Australia.[168]

Notable Australian owners of racing greyhounds include Tony Lockett,[168] Tim Cahill,[169] and Ricky Ponting.[170]

In Australian English, the term "plumpton" (named for the village in Sussex) has been used for an enclosed racecourse for greyhounds.[171]

External links

Notes and References

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