The trainer I used who had plenty of Group dogs & Group wins to his credit, always pretrained his dogs at the Meadows and raced there regularly. Surely he wldn't have done that for almost the last 30 yrs there if he thought the track was unsafe. The simple fact is dogs will get injuries at every track and you have nothing to back up what you are saying. I don't know of a top trainer that will refuse to race there.

Kevin it was my punting knowledge and over 18,000 rated greyhound races at The Meadows and Sandown over a 10 yr period that backs up my opinion, so I totally refute what you are saying about that racing surface. Stop this ill-informed hysteria please for the sake of all greyhound participants.

If you don't like the place for whatever reasons you think you have, then just don't race there.

Seeing that you are a so called Guru of all things Greyhound tell us o wise one why do the Country Trainers stay away from Sandown The Meadows and Geelong tell me why old wise one ..

You talk out of your punting Ar$e you always have done it this why so to you Bud how dare you even tell me my facts are based on Hysteria once again Ryan you use Hearsay to back your facts up i use SCIENCE AND FACTS .

Please explain to me why Australian fast Dogs break down before they have 50 starts is it bad training PRACTICES or is it bad track design ..
Explain to me why so many Dogs in the USA race well past 100 starts ..

This is not based on the best looking facility this is based on track safety and welfare and the FACTS DON'T LIE

Why did Sandown have to close last year the track was it the sand or was it because of years of bad track design and you cannot tell me Sandowns and the Meadows inner rail in all early racers are not saturated to a point there is always a bias in early racers

i raced week in week out with the slowest bitch i have owned and trained was grade 7 so that meant i got into all early racers and i can tell you now that there is a BIAS in the early racers and this was happening for years and it is only NOW that they finally decide to change this approach to how they now prepare both surfaces at the Meadows and Sandown ON THE INNER RAIL ..

Oh Guru just answer me one thing and one thing only

Why do Fast Australian Greyhounds fail to reach 50 starts and why do these same fast dogs fail to reach it to 100 starts is it bad Training or bad track design and as i say i have the USA facts thats tells me scientifically that our tracks are not safe the USA track is the safest in the World and has been for the past 50 years but then again you are telling me we must have such bad trainers in Australia because they cannot keep their dogs sound that's dumb to think that way ryan and its dumb to think Australian racing is the best and we do it better than every where else in the world you live in a bubble Bud

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In a nut shell
You are telling me Australian Trainers are no good with welfare of a racing greyhound because its not the tracks that break Greyhounds down it sole blame you say then must be with our training practises ...

I am telling you factually and Science based fact that Australian Greyhound tracks are some of the most UNSAFE TRACKS IN THIS WORLD

This is no diatribe this is 100% fact based on Aussie Dogs cannot reach 50 starts let alone 100 starts OVER 500 METERS its not weak dogs its unsafe tracks that have decimated our Industry for years and it still goes on today nothing has changed as far as why Aussie Greys dont reach 50 starts very often ..

Us the Trainers do everything we can to ensure our Greyhound race for as a long as possible it is the tracks and trial tracks that cripple 80% of Greyhounds now tell me have you done your math in regards to how many Greyhounds reach 50 starts when racing at both Sandown and the Meadows week in week out i bet those facts and FIGURES are well and truly hidden why .

I still can't use the site on my iPhone. it gets stuck on the Star kennels ad. I can't click yes or no as I can't scroll down.

Just for your own information a friend of mine with an I-Phone had a similar problem with the Starr pop-up

Android is fine

Cheers Sandro

Keep up the great work Tony and Team.

Good job Paul, keep it up :)

What happened with that ?

Did loads of mating plans, but was a waste of time in that trying to get people to go with the sire choice was the difficult part. People will do what they want and good luck with that their brood their choice. I lost interest and gave it away. Focused more on my own success as Scott posted. About $400,000+ and counting in that lot alone.

I know this will not be a popular post and for new people in the sport breeding experts can be a big help, but what I do not like is saying thing about what they should of done with the wisdom of hindsight. Each and every person that breeds a litter does their best and backs their judgement with their hard earned money. These people should be congratulated for keeping the sport alive and not criticised because someone believes they chose the wrong sire.

Long live the breeder who is prepared to back their judgement.

Ok well was that a software based pedigree analysis program like Tesio Power ?

Scott stop being a "Paranoid Pygmy" !!!
I had a 14 year break from Greyhounds !

Thanks again to Greyhound Data for this wonderful site.

Lookout Graham, youve brought David Brasch into the topic. And we all know Paul loves bringing up my MLadys Fool. Im sure hes going to bring up David Braschs Group 1 National Futurity winner Tar Dinn and tear strips off David Brasch for never breeding anything from her, yet charging people for mating plans, hmmm. And I bred a Group class dog from MLadys Fool, still to no relent, lookout David!

Good luck to David! At $150. I wouldnt be doing it for that little amount anymore. Even what Im asking for the time and effort, is still on the cheap. So, again, good luck to David! If I cant get any interest at the price Im asking? Then Ill just be sticking to breeding good dogs for myself and mates!