BitofaLegend

It's the same tactics time and time again. They do not care about welfare. The riu and grnz are just trying to save face and anyone who is up in arms about it or actually worries about animal welfare ends up losing there license. As for a fine? Is that a joke? A dog died in an unwarranted trailer that most likely would not have passed the test. Yet another animal welfare issue where the ball has been dropped.

I've seen some nutters get rehomed. I've seen some mild dogs get put down. every dog should be given a chance. No ifs or buts about it. You find many dogs change after retiring. No matter how bad they are. I for one do not think you should be putting down a dog for a fractured hock. One of the easiest injuries to bring a dog back from. If an owner or trainer can't afford to save a dog, than they shouldn't be allowed to race. This is another welfare issue in my honest opinion and does not hold well for us. I had a few people during the cup heats actually ask me about the dog and we're horrified to hear it was put down

Absolutely disgusted with the connections of this dog. Only fractured a hock and you could not save him even after making and placing in several group one finals? What's worse is that they expect people to feel sorry for them? What a disgrace. This is why so many people have a bad view of this industry. If you can't even save and re home the good ones, what hope is there for the rest?

I might be wrong but I assume he thinks G Bates is Graeme Bates. Honest mistake

I believe this is a different G Bate to the one you are referring to

Whether or not you agree with the rules is besides the point, yankiwi is right. What's the point of these rules if no one follows them? Just more Idiocracy from those in charge

I also hope all the witnesses complained to the police about his wife's threats. Attempting to manipulate evidence is against the law

There are 100s of incidents where this clown has been responsible for the injury of dogs trial day. I'm shocked the club have not sacked him after years of complaints

So why was the club found to be negligent? not the first time these useless people working at wanganui have made mistakes like this. I can remember a number of times myself. Seems like you have a scued view of the incident

And tbf, the wanganui club is not the only negligent club, auckland is just as bad. They think that by having a sign by the kennel block window saying you race and trial your dog there at your own discretion would mean they are not liable for any incident that occurs is laughable

Nzgra and riu have always considered themselves above the law. You would find the majority of the time, if more decisions were challenged, they would lose many cases. I'm off the opinion trainers should not have to put up with slack caused from those in power in the industry and it seems the court of law is the only place to get a fair trial as the riu and jca are incompetent. The clubs reply is what is really worrying. Instead of dealing with the obvious staffing problem at the track, They punish the trainers. A complete joke. Once again, this leaves me questioning the negligence of this industry and its professionalism. On a side note, shouldn't the club be insured for these situations in the first place? Or is this just more negligence on the clubs part?

Is not the first time the lure driver has failed to listen to instructions. Would be like a trainer asking for a run out of the Sprint boxes and going 720 instead. He's made the same mistake plenty of times. Good on her! Had a similar issue a few years ago when we had a dog go a miss first bend of a 520m trial and the same lure driver I assume just carried on the trial. The dog never raced again because of that. I hope these facts are not made up btw as I'm sure you know it's against the rules to trial a dog stood down

The club are obliged to uphold health and safety issues. From my understanding, there have been several complaints in the past and nothing was done to fix the issue. Going to court was the right decision as the club are 100% liable and in this instance, proved correct. There should be shelter where the greyhounds line up as well instead of leaving them in the sun for 5-10minutes. It's an animal and human welfare issue standing out in the sun. I remember discussing this issue with another a few years ago where the riu have highlighted running back at Cambridge a health and safety issue, but not at otago or palmy. If someone hurt themselves at palmy or otago running back and the club/riu we're sued or court action was filed, the question would be raised as to why it's an issue at Cambridge but not these other two tracks. It seems the greyhound industry is lacking on several fronts. Not just integrity

Good joke that one

The dogs a useless squib with 3 wins in 11 races.

Anyone who was on the industry back than saw it. The records prior to 2003 are not the best. As for the trainer. The system has a habit of making the person who trained older dogs last the trainer throughout out it's career. Nzgra did step in to stop this in the end as the dog collapsed several times. You obviously have very little experience if you don't remember this incident

And while you are at it, why don't you get them to look at the amount of dogs McInerney rehomes... Oh wait... ? Getting back to the subject on hand, was the dog put down? Or did he save it for rehoming? ?

It's not that the association can't stop these dogs coming in, they refuse to

The number of trainers with dogs on the gap list doesn't even surpass the amount of public trainers in the country, let alone all the owner trainers. Really shows how much of an issue this is

There needs to be monitoring of what dogs do after the line. A dog attacking another dog can ruin careers and I've seen a few nasty incidents where stipes have done nothing about it.

This clearly is not the case though. Very few trainers actually re-home their dogs when you go through and look at the lists. I'd be willing to say at least 40-50% of trainers re-home none of their hounds

I don't think anyone jealous of his success, the problem is he is breeding too many dogs. Anyone who thinks all of these dogs being bred and not rehomed is a good thing are daft. They are helping put the nails into the coffin of the sport

Which class a drug?

You will find the riu have a list of people they deem unfit to be in Greyhounds. They have been targeting this group for several years now waiting for 'slip ups' or 'accidents' to occur. I for one find it strange how some trainers rarely have kennel inspections while other have them frequently. I find it more strange how the stipes turn blind eyes to some kennels that I know for a fact don't meet the current welfare conditions. I.e. dogs being kenneled in trailers I would recommend taking action if that is the case as discrimination is illegal.

It's unprofessional that nothing was done about the dog. It has nothing to do with the trainer at all. If this was in Australia, the dog would have been blooded and pissed swabbed. All they are asking is why no questions were asked which is more than fair