BitofaLegend

Rejuvanating it in April, probably giving it time? Who knows with this lot. I imagine racing on it will have to stop shortly anyway going into winter.

Heard from a trainer. Turned out theyd heard wrong yes. Still. Theyd be better of resigning. 5 mths later and nothing done at all - GRNZ still havent tried to get the public on board at all, just raising stakes for trainers. Planning a "legal" challenge against something thats legal for govt to do is beyond stupid and holds no weight at all. Bigger industries have been made illegal in the past. May aswell just say the industries over amd time for everyone to either move to aus or retire from racing.

Turns out Boards to busy looking for new members to do anything about the ban - supposedly, a few of them have stood down - No surprises though. Great timing by the most useless board in existence 🫠

Goldstar kennels completely moved to Aus. Smart doing it now. Bet itll be more difficult in a years time - https://www.thegreyhoundrecorder.com.au/news/charter-flight-shifts-goldstar-racing-across-tasman/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJa6gVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdtdtfddvLhWSdZazB8K3Yiiie0gkR00dXl6CGfCsVZSeBSFzFftqgQlYw_aem_oSFi9xcd7_HwxixXpQiQ8g

Wont happen - Most trainers think its a minority that want the sport closed here.

Peters response to the protest - so it was heard. All in all though, doesnt seem like it was very successful with only 70 people attending - Only a handful of antis turned up though and supposedly, some were arrested. Peters has also called for the thouroubreds and harness to modernise themselves (although he says they are 100% safe) and mentions GRNZ are challenging the bans legality. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/racing/winston-peters-digs-in-for-battle-on-greyhound-ban/PTOE6XJRVNF4DEY6OQ2RG5GEPU/

What kind of banner is "you go woke, we go broke". Arent going to get alot of public support with banners like that

Beat me to it. Disgraceful.

They have about 15m in the bank 🤣 surely could take some of this and put it towards lawyer fees. Who knows what happens to the money once racing stops

Ive heard from a trainer theres been rumblings but these were just rumours so taken with a grain of salt. Spoke to someone else who owns 6+ dogs and has 2 brood bitches with litters on the ground today, said he was told last week GRNZ know as much as the public does at this point. Wont even offer him any gaurantees about anything. And theres nothing stated publicly either. So definetly another month without anything official happening. I take it your on the board or work at GRNZ to be this defensive about the lack of action.

Another month. Another month of no action. Heard GRNZ are officially challenging it legally but I doubt thatll hold up.

So you arent involved. PBD sprints were not compulsory for top grade or group features and only some tracks for lower grades. Atleast 1 of the board members opposed it, maybe more. As soon as the ban was announced, it was made widespread and mandatory. As for the RIB reports, ive seen it first hand. Anyone with a brain could.

Tbh, I would not pay much attention to these polls done by SPCA as they are npt a true reflection of the population. When NSW actually tried to ban Greyhound racing, the public movement was massive to the point that the party in charge started losing regions they held for 80+ yrs. NSW had no option but to overturn the ban and that is why they wont reconsider it now. Because itd be suicide for a party. NSW Greyhound racing has plenty of people backing it and they have done a good job keeping the grassroots in tact.

Last I checked, the association doesnt even have an idea on the amount of assets it owns. Or maybe we can ask there record keepers who still call about the same 5 dogs every year that raced 8 yrs ago. Still just as bad as ever. All of these actions you listed were a result of external pressures that forced them to make changes, even then, they were slow on the prounce which even RIB acknowledged on its reports. For example, it took the sport being banned to make every sprint race pbd when theres been strong evidence from NZ and Aus that sprint pbd decrese injuries. Same with 7 dog fields. I do agree the GRNZ has made plenty of changes the past 4 yrs but lets not pretend these were not driven by outside factors. The lack of action on their part recently has been truly pathetic. Its been 2 mths since the ban and theyve had no media presence, havent tried changing public perception, havent done anything at all except tell licensed ppl its business as usual. You wont turn this ban over with legal support. You need to do what they managed to do in NSW here.

Go talk to every day, non-racing people. Whether you want to admit it or not, public perspective on greyhound racing is awful. Some of it is based on lies, some of its based on truth to. But the reality is, people here do not have a good opinion on the sport. Everyone I have spoken to outside of the industry has similar opinions. The industry 1000% failed to adapt to modern society, let some mis-communication get a foothold here and took way to long to make the necessary changes it has made the past 4 yrs. In reality, these changes were needed a decade ago, back in 2014/15 when aus was under review. Seems to me the people in the industry still refuse to acknowledge the above. Even now, no ones tried address these concerns. Other then one or two people that have tried, most trainers seem to just believe everything will work out which has always been the biggest thing holding the industry back. On top of the above, it seems GRNZ is still a disorganised mess and cant get its ass into gear at all.