The first two in the ante post market, Brigadier Bullet (6-1) and Stardom (7-1) meet in the first round of the Ladbrokes Golden Jacket. Stardom wins, Bullet is eliminated and the Dimmock runner is promoted to 9-4 favourite. Heather Dimmock’s fawn duly goes on to win the competition, narrowly defeating Towcester Story (soon to become Antigua Fire).
Neil Parish, Chairman of the Select Committee on animal welfare, gave GBGB efforts to improve welfare a huge endorsement while criticising the contributions of the off-course betting industry http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/incredible-welfa…select-committee/
The betting shops are reliant on greyhounds after all horse racing is cancelled by the British Horseracing Authority due to an outbreak of equine influenza in Cheshire.
Anti racing campaigners sense a great opportunity when three Shawfield owner trainers face the stewards. There is a caution for a codeine positive but tests on Eskers Samuel (amphetamine and hydroxyamphetamine) and Gurtmullen Lucy (cocaine, benzoylecgonine and m-hydroxycocaine) sees both trained disqualified indefinitely.
Recently crowned Greyhound of the Year Dorotas Wildcat trials at Hove in preparation for a new Cat 1 event, the 490m Coral Winter Derby. Kevin Hutton’s dog clocks 28.16 on going rated -20. The track record, which was never beaten, is held by Trade Fudge at 28.24.
A study on this website suggests a breeding decline in the number of young greyhounds available to come to England as Irish tracks become increasingly dependent on older greyhounds http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/the-age-squeeze/
GBGB MD Mark Bird confirms that he intends to speak the directors of Greyhound Trust following their distribution of a leaflet which describes greyhounds needing “more safe places to go” and describes “have limited and sometimes lonely lives . . .from the kennel to the track and back.”
Meanwhile John Mullins, who runs a large homefinding branch for ex-racers reports a significant decline in enquiries since the Retired Greyhound Trust dropped the word ‘Retired’ from its title. He subsequently alters signs outside his kennel to reincorporate the word.
Graham Holland has eight winners and a second (sh) on a Saturday night meeting at Shelbourne Park. The following weekend, the favourites win all 12 opens at Central Park. Spokesman Barry Stanton describes the event as “a testament to the fairness and consistency of racing here.”
The first two in the ante post market, Brigadier Bullet (6-1) and Stardom (7-1) meet in the first round of the Ladbrokes Golden Jacket. Stardom wins, Bullet is eliminated and the Dimmock runner is promoted to 9-4 favourite. Heather Dimmock’s fawn duly goes on to win the competition, narrowly defeating Towcester Story (soon to become Antigua Fire).
