Welfare Is Paramount

[Yankiwi]

So GRNZ has repeatedly said Welfare Is Paramount.

So how did the Cole kennel get away with throwing welfare under the bus & get fined only $400?

https://racingintegrityboard.org.nz/decisions/non-raceday-inquiry-written-decision-dated-20-december-2022-lisa-cole/

A dog faulters & pulls up in a race. It gets vetted after the race & the vet tells them it is possibly fractured, splinters the leg & instructs them to have it x-rayed within 3 days.

The Cole kennel found it was inconvenient to get this done, being it happened on a Friday afternoon & with the weekend coming 3 days isn't enough time to get it done, so they choose not to get it done at all. Steward rings them on the 3rd day & they didn't answer so he left a message. Coles never returned the call & they were approached on Wednesday at the track (5 days later).

It seems someone at the Cole kennel must have used their x-ray vision to decide it wasn't a break.

Welfare doesn't seem to matter when it comes to the Cole kennel. A $400 fine to a kennel that wins $2M a year isn't a deterrent to reoffending.

The investigation & hearing alone would have cost the industry more than twenty times the amount of the fine handed down.

I reckon MPI and/or the SPCA should investigate animal cruelty issues over this.

Edited January 18, 2023 by Yankiwi

[Honestjohn]

Nothing surprises me with the dishlickers!! 

 

Hj

[Yankiwi]

Welfare not top priority today in Cambridge.

https://www.grnz.co.nz/catch-the-action/15341/stewards-report.aspx

Before the 1st race - 1). It was brought to the attention of Stewards that the lure lost power during solo trailing prior to the meeting with this being investigated by the track curator Mr N Rugg and tested to the satisfaction of the lure driver Mr M Lozell prior to the running of the meeting.
 

Just prior to race 8 - SOLDIER BLUE was a late scratching on veterinary advice on retrieval from the kennel for muscle soreness. There was a delay to the start of this event due to a lure malfunction during stir ups. It was established part of the undercarriage of the lure had become detached and was rectified with the lure tested prior to the continuation of racing.

 

Carnage in race 11 - This race was declared a no race following a lure malfunction entering the first turn. Stewards, trainers and club officials could not be satisfied the equipment was operating at an acceptable standard and the remaining race was subsequently abandoned. All runners engaged in this event underwent veterinary examinations as below.
OPAWA LUKE (1) - referred to the Veterinarian where it was reported to have pain in both long head triceps with a 10 day incapacitation issued.
NEED PROOF (2) - referred to the Veterinarian where it was reported to have a possible right fore radius ulna fracture. The Greyhound was transported immediately to GRNZ's contracted Veterinary Clinic for treatment. A 42 day incapacitation has been issued and the Greyhound must trial prior to racing again. Following immediate X-rays it was established no fracture was present and a suggested return to racing plan put in place. Notwithstanding this the current official incapacitation period remains.
THRILLING FREDDY (4) - referred to the Veterinarian where it was reported to have a fractured left hock. The Greyhound was transported immediately to GRNZ's contracted Veterinary Clinic for treatment with this being followed up in the coming days. A 90 day incapacitation has been issued and the Greyhound must trial prior to racing again.
GEORGIA'S GIRL (6) - referred to the Veterinarian where it was reported to have pain on both long head triceps with a 10 day incapacitation issued.
SCOOBY BLUE (8) - referred to the Veterinarian entering the first turn and cleared of injury.

 

Video before it disappears - https://youtu.be/Nuus21PYvWY

[Guest CrossCodes]

I don't know why they are even persevering with racing in the Auckalnd and Cambridge area full stop.

 

Both tracks can't seem to be capable of consistently holding incident free meetings, the Auckalnd track is a write off, and Cambridge struggle to get through a meeting without the lids or lure failing.

 

Combined with the fact they cannot get full fields, and haven't for a long time, with no new trainers coming onto the scene, the bullet needs to be bitten and either one, or both of the tracks closed down.

Why they are wasting money on Wanganui is another mystery, it's not worth it for the small number of trainers and dogs either, they can't fill fields either.

The South Island is where the overwhelming greyhound population is based, if another track is to be built it should be there.

A one turn track should be built somewhere closer to Canterbury, and Invercargill possibly closed, there are only a handful of local trainers, and the McInerney kennel is the only one that fills the fields down there, and they will rave anywhere.

Facts have to be faced, in that the greyhound industry is fading away, and the resources we currently have need to be far better utilised than they are currently.

3 or 4 well maintained and well looked after tracks would be a much better than the current state we are in.

[Yankiwi]

And disappear it did.

https://www.grnz.co.nz/catch-the-action/15341/result-detail.aspx

When you click on the replay for race 11, it shows the replay of race 10. No one will ever work that one out, will they?

It was expected, as you can see from my previous post. More deception from GRNZ & they wonder why no-one believes what they say.

[Yankiwi]

Really Cambridge?

Can't even get the lure to work at the start of race #1.

Did the Stewards learn something last Thursday?

Doesn't appear so.

[Guest CrossCodes]

3 hours ago, Yankiwi said:

Really Cambridge?

Can't even get the lure to work at the start of race #1.

Did the Stewards learn something last Thursday?

Doesn't appear so.

It's just another day at the Waikato dogs with owners and trainers getting screwed over again, and they wonder why nobody wants to race there?

It's a bloody farce, and NZGRA clearly aren't holding the club to account

Edited February 5, 2023 by CrossCodes

[Yankiwi]

Where's the infrastructure manager/track specialist?

Why wasn't he all over this & get it sorted on Friday & Saturday after Thursdays fiasco?

Was it inconvenient for him to get to Cambridge? Was he busy in Auckland screwing that track further than he already has? Was he busy in Wanganui restoring the original & building the new track?

The guys probably on $80 or $100k a year for his services & this is what you get.

I simply cannot fathom the ineptness shown by GRNZ & the RIB revolving around welfare.

[Yankiwi]

Interesting to see 2 dogs that had their racing career & possibly life ended on Thursday scratched from race 11 today, the final race run today which was "voided".

Cambridge's lure is playing Russian Roulette with the dogs on its track.

How that sit with the trainers/owners?

Do they realize it will never improve unless they demand it & stick to their guns?

Owners/trainers have all the power if they've got the balls to use it. Just stop nominating & GRNZ's revenue stream halts.

[Nathanu]

😭

Edited February 5, 2023 by Nathanu

[racinggreys]

1 hour ago, Yankiwi said:

Where's the infrastructure manager/track specialist?

Why wasn't he all over this & get it sorted on Friday & Saturday after Thursdays fiasco?

Was it inconvenient for him to get to Cambridge? Was he busy in Auckland screwing that track further than he already has? Was he busy in Wanganui restoring the original & building the new track?

The guys probably on $80 or $100k a year for his services & this is what you get.

I simply cannot fathom the ineptness shown by GRNZ & the RIB revolving around welfare.

If you go back to last weeks report both rugg and the lure driver checked it out which surprises me given neither of them are electronic specialists! 
 

So under the watch of the new track infrastructure manager we’ve got lure failures breaking dogs, auckland track breaking dogs, CHCH track breaking dogs. Excellent record so far huh!

 

The management and board have their heads so far up their arses they obviously can’t see what’s happening, or care!
 

 

[Yankiwi]

Well well well, enough barking has got GRNZ to actually do something.

https://www.grnz.co.nz/News/2985/Cambridge-and-Manukau-Update

Hopefully they go one step further and can their infrastructure manager/track specialist while they are at it.

Track were on the decline prior to bringing him on. Since he's been onboard, things have only got worse at an increasing pace. Two further tracks have been shut down (Manukau & Cambridge) since he was recruited to sort out Wanganui, which still hasn't been claimed to be sorted.

 

[Jacob]

21 hours ago, Yankiwi said:

Well well well, enough barking has got GRNZ to actually do something.

https://www.grnz.co.nz/News/2985/Cambridge-and-Manukau-Update

Hopefully they go one step further and can their infrastructure manager/track specialist while they are at it.

Track were on the decline prior to bringing him on. Since he's been onboard, things have only got worse at an increasing pace. Two further tracks have been shut down (Manukau & Cambridge) since he was recruited to sort out Wanganui, which still hasn't been claimed to be sorted.

 

Only took them a decade to try and solve Auckland and Wanganui's injury problem's.

Whether Auckland's actually any safer would be a question only the trainers could answer as the stipe reports more often than not wont contain injuries picked up after a meeting in the coming days.

Edited February 6, 2023 by Jacob

[Honestjohn]

On 2/6/2023 at 12:49 PM, Yankiwi said:

Well well well, enough barking has got GRNZ to actually do something.

https://www.grnz.co.nz/News/2985/Cambridge-and-Manukau-Update

Hopefully they go one step further and can their infrastructure manager/track specialist while they are at it.

Track were on the decline prior to bringing him on. Since he's been onboard, things have only got worse at an increasing pace. Two further tracks have been shut down (Manukau & Cambridge) since he was recruited to sort out Wanganui, which still hasn't been claimed to be sorted.

 

So whats the rate now for a dog to line up for a race?   $60?

 

Hj

[Yankiwi]

The cost for nomination of a dog is $0 in over 99% of the races.

[Yankiwi]

Back to Welfare.

Not that long ago, GRNZ introduced new weight rules as one measure to increase welfare in the code.

One of those measures was given an emergency suspension today, as it was discovered to be inconvenient. 

https://www.grnz.co.nz/News/2994/Emergency-Amendment-to-the-Rules-of-Racing

Since this measure was unanimously put in place, it makes one wonder if, since 3 of those members are registered trainers, if they abstained from the vote due to conflicts of interest.

I'd sure like to get my hands on the minutes from the meeting to find out which members stood up for the welfare of the dogs by voting against the measure & which members voted with their wallet for the measure.

[Yankiwi]

So what's the GRNZ infrastructure manager been doing this last month or so?

 

https://www.grnz.co.nz/catch-the-action/15388/stewards-report.aspx

1). Following race 4 the lure arm was broken with a replacement lure required.

2). There was a lure malfunction during stir ups for race 6. Track staff identified the break and advised stewards the issue could not be rectified and, due to the lure arms not being transferable between lure carriages, no other replacement lure was available to continue racing with the remainder of the meeting subsequently abandoned. Track staff later identified an area of concern on the rail where the lure lost power. The club will undertake any repairs required prior to racing next.

3). Following the running of race 5 a mechanical failure was identified with the 318 metre boxes. The failure was unable to be rectified with all remaining 318 metre races to be hand started for the remainder of the meeting.

[aquaman]

13 hours ago, Yankiwi said:

So what's the GRNZ infrastructure manager been doing this last month or so?

 

https://www.grnz.co.nz/catch-the-action/15388/stewards-report.aspx

1). Following race 4 the lure arm was broken with a replacement lure required.

2). There was a lure malfunction during stir ups for race 6. Track staff identified the break and advised stewards the issue could not be rectified and, due to the lure arms not being transferable between lure carriages, no other replacement lure was available to continue racing with the remainder of the meeting subsequently abandoned. Track staff later identified an area of concern on the rail where the lure lost power. The club will undertake any repairs required prior to racing next.

3). Following the running of race 5 a mechanical failure was identified with the 318 metre boxes. The failure was unable to be rectified with all remaining 318 metre races to be hand started for the remainder of the meeting.

Errrr ummmm, collecting their paycheck.