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How stupid could you be Mr Dore, I assume this is your captains call again. There was a 2 week window when no one was racing, 4-5 days before it resumed you could have tested a handful of dogs from every kennel to ensure there was no active virus circulating. It was always going to take time to infect an entire kennel especially one the size of Homebush. Now you have a dog turn up to the races Monday with the virus exposing every other dog in the kennel block to a path of transmission. If we were talking human terms they would all be labelled close contacts and forced to isolate. What now, continue to race and pretend it was just one case in one kennel hopefully and miraculously no other kennels picked up an infection they didn't already have. Pathetic.

Well the biggest loser in that little debacle is the head clown of GRNZ Mr Michael Dore. It's laughable really, ambiguous rules that could have been clarified years ago. Late night text messages from the non-trainer to the racing manager, advice sought from the legal qualifications of an accountant and just make up the rest as you go. By that crappy argument any final could be an invitational race, the club just invites the dog that qualified from the semi-finals. So many people listed in that decision that should be put out to pasture, if they were racing they would have been on the gap list years ago not that they would have found a home. Professionalism, sportsmanship and honour left the building many years ago to replaced by idiocy, corruption and selfishness.

I don't know how the sport can ever legitimately present itself as a well run respected business when it is dominated by people only too happy to try and cheat and steal from honest competitors. Start out as trainers of ill-repute then get yourself a prominent role in your local club, get yourself a stooge on the board and happy days. No idea why anyone votes for them, they need to be held to account or there is no sport. They don't care, made loads of money and be bragging for years about all of the money the got off the punt. Certainly don't care about the dogs either for longer than they can make a dollar from them which no doubt suits the grubby owners who support them.

1 Collision bitch and 3 Orson Allen bitches remaining..

Well I thought some of these might have moved by now but bar a few tyre kickers, they are still available. Will consider a package deal for multiple purchases. Without really wanting to pump up the tyres of these pups, Molly Paisley was a fantastic producer with her progeny probably winning close to $500k including some very fast dogs that unfortunately broke down prematurely. These 2 bitches are the only bitches I have bred with from this line. Reason being the cross with Fernando Bale produced not only a fast consistent litter (including $10k auction pup purchase Malaga Molly, Ketchikan Kim, Platinum Paisley etc) but they were also very durable which a lot of the other litters weren't. Specifically I went to Collision with Bahama Queen to replicate the cross that produced very fast dogs Boom to Boom. Dirk the Jerk and Fireman's Galaxy among others. She was a talented bitch winning in fast times over the sprint and middle distance making some group race finals including the NZ Oaks and Canterbury Futurity (unlucky 3rd). Pita Ramos was a quality sprinter who was durable and a tenacious chaser. She won the Canterbury Futurity sprint final on the way to nearly 50K in stakes. I went with Orson Allen with her because he was a freakishly fast dog holding numerous track records in OZ and liked the additional out cross through his US sire KC and All which I expect will add further chase, strength and durability to the line. They only reason I am only selling half of each litter is because they both whelped fairly large litters very close together and I haven't got the space available to keep them all until break-in etc.

Collision x Bahama Queen (Fernando Bale x Molly Paisley) Whelped 09/12/20, 1 dog and 2 bitches. $5k dog, $4K bitches. Smart bitch Bahama Queen, cross with Collision produced fast litter including St Ledger winner Dirk the Jerk, NZ Cup finalist Born to Boom, Galaxy finalist Fireman's Galaxy and others. Orson Allen x Pita Ramos (Fernando Bale x Molly Paisley) Whelped 28/11/20, 5 bitches $4k each. Pita Ramos won 24 races including Canterbury Futurity Sprint Final. Orson Allen pups just started breaking in with very good reports. Please contact via email mulberrymike@hotmail.com

Probably not, but I am not aware of how he had been trialing or general fitness. I would like to think if I was ever lucky enough to get a dog as good as Dyna Dave I would pull the plug a few months early instead of later but each to there own. The reverse in Austalia if you have a stud dog prospect and there is even a hint on injury they are retired immediately. I hope he gets a few bitches anyway, for mine I think he is the most complete 500m race dog we have seen. In another era he could have won close to 400-500k, his strength and tenacity was faultless and he was very durable. There have been a few others that could probably run similar times but they had flaws be it non chasers or injury prone.

Sad to see the former champ go amiss tonight but hope he gets a well deserved retirement. Although far from his best in his latest campaign he really was a phenomenal chaser at his peak, his ability to run sub 30 second times at Addington in virtually any track condition was second to none. It was certainly a golden period when we had Dave, his brother Elwyn and Bago Bye Bye all pushing the record steadily lower. NZ breeders looking for a quality local sire could do far worse than giving Dave a crack. Well done to connections of winners in the Cup and Galaxy.

My mistake when it said new endeavour, I assumed he was sailing on..

Great news and farewell, now if we can get someone genuinely interested in bettering the sport willing to commit their time and energy with passion and commitment then we will all be better off. No more musical chairs.

So the dystopia continues, we are managed by people incapable and uninterested who take these positions with a view to retirement. Hughes and Dore would be the latest additions. A dad's army of bluster and nonsense. Oh and that's before we even start on the board.. For the life of the sport can we get someone young, forward looking, passionate and keen to engage who would know what one end of the shit shovel looks like.

As a bit of self torture I read through the annual report posted on the grnz website, what a self congratulatory document. A lot of back slapping and virtue signalling about Mission statements, visions, purpose and values. The board are all there smiling like a bunch of Cheshire cats, with an average age looking well north of 50 you could hardly expect a progressive agenda. Lets just keep the status quo going of insiders gaming the system and the others entrusted to run the sport simply blind or indignant to anything.

I get the logic, though almost an open admission the dog would likely pick up a ticket if dropped back to a C1. (Had a few like that myself) So if it won today is it a C1 or C4? Seems a bit absurd it could win a C3 and drop back to a C1. I would have thought a 600m would be right up it's alley provided the race isn't too weak!

I must be missing something, how does Barrel Runner start in a c3 race today as a winner of 1 race?

Just frustrates the crap out of me, NZ being such a place that trades so heavily on our clean, green, progressive image that we could have a greyhound racing industry that could take advantage of that and present ourselves as world leaders in ethical racing, welfare etc. We are small enough that we could easily have world leading outcomes in re-homing etc with some changes to the way we produce and race our greyhounds. Being a greyhound owner or trainer could be a badge worn with pride both nationally and abroad. We could produce many more employment opportunities and attract many more owners eager to be involved with these fantastic animals. I feel for the people doing the real hard yards up at the crack of dawn in winter slogging away in their mud covered gumboots getting shafted by the way the sport is run. I would put a limit on race kennel sizes to say 20-30 race dogs, that's more than enough to keep yourself busy and allocate another half dozen to dogs transitioning from racing to gap or private adoption. Instead of a handful of kennels with hundreds of dogs we could have dozens of kennels employing people and producing better welfare outcomes. Unfortunately the puppy farmers paying scant regard to welfare concerns while maximizing revenue by exploiting a low marginal cost model have their fingers in many pies from clubs to the board and beyond.

This story was on ABC here in Sydney tonight and I have to say the Vic response was professional and first class. Nothing can move forward in NZ while this Cole saga hangs over the sport with a board and administration closing their eyes like there is nothing to see. Hardly surprising there is barely a post on these boards about actual racing just people frustrated by the ramshackle way this sport is run and governed. Time for a very large broom.

I don't really have a problem with very talented lower grade dogs having a go and this dog obviously has more ability than it's record suggests, but it rather sets a low bar. Personally I think there should be a specification that entering group race heats over middle distance all greyhounds must have at least won 2 starts over a middle distance or at least competed over a suitable distance in the 21 days proceeding the event. This would avoid this kind of situation or when we get sprinters lined up in races like the NZ Oaks which cause havoc on occasion. I am not knocking the trainer or connections, they have the right to nominate as the rules stand.

I see the fields are drawn for Thursday, anyone spot the odd dog out? Might need to remove the blinkers..

You have to wonder what exactly it would take to get a big fine and a disqualification as a trainer, we have seen prize money returned in the case of positive swabs accidental or otherwise but I can't recall many offenses that have brought substantial fines or disqualifications. To rort a race field, be found guilty of a fraud that strikes squarely at the integrity of the code and get a fine not much larger than a dress code fine or weight variation seems implausible. If a punter committed a fraud against the TAB they would be warned off and banned for life no doubt yet a trainer can commit a fraud against his fellow participants and the sport and he walks virtually unpunished.

Lets hope the next board members bring a bit of fight, we will see which way the clubs go soon enough. They will only have themselves to blame if they vote for self interest.

Unfortunately with outcomes like this trainers will just see these small fines as the cost of doing business, there is no real financial disincentive (for those with absent morals) to comply with the rules. If you can rort a race field and pick up a few thousand in prize-money your going to do it, firstly the cost of getting caught is minimal and unless your particularly sloppy like in this case it will always be hard to prove when you can roll out some nonsense excuse to vets and stewards.

What a thrill it would be to have one in, like to see one of the smaller trainers pick up the win so I will be cheering Pindari Express or Jimmy Casey. In reality if Black Opium begins like last week could be over at the winning post. Watching a couple of the other races so far, no shortage of dodgy chasers, the winner in race 4 seemed to have a big look half way up the home straight and the runner up in race 6 was worse.

Fair point.

If true just another example of the type of rorts we have all become accustomed too, I hope the RIU finally put a stop to this kinda stuff. It has an insidious effect that others think well if it's ok for this person or that person to push the boundaries then why not me and we are left with a sport full of rorters while honest folk feel left out and driven away.

If Dave runs up to his trial he will go very close on Saturday. http://www.greyhoundswa.com.au/20190820-trials-and-interviews/