Sorry. But thats not a realistic answer

THEY need MORE!! (Smiley face)
Poor ol'Vic doesnt have bloody any! (Sad face)

the thing that hasnt been thought of , when we place a dog into gap,

witch in return adopt them out, but there only so many people who can

adopt a dog,

most dogs retire at four years so for the new owner dosnt wont another

dog for about twelve years,

and with cost of thing today most owner and trainers can only afford so many dogs.

gap is not working , or not able to take dogs in.

the rules have force most into a corner, nowhere to go'

so with in two years there wont be enough dogs to fill meetings,

look here in vic small fields now.

and on top of that we have council regulation. how many dog one can have on your property.

so it that easy is it victor

City, you mean Richmond?

They have been closing tracks since 2017 and before that date, and under the plan (forget the name they used) they only want fourteen tracks (120 t'bred tracks in NSW and not one has closed) and made into Centres of Excellence. Some so far have not satisfied the criteria the industry has used to make them such. Instead, they have done makeovers for some of those tracks.

I guess the Orange proposal will have the land to actually make it a genuine Centre of Excellence which will probably start operating in 2027.

A retirement farm at the industry's and individual's (discounted) cost is the way to go. The Denman project was too good to be true. Did they do their due diligence for it?

Governing bodies/owners/trainers/breeders all in this together

Lol. You are funny. We have been in it together for at least seven years. Some would argue since 2012 or even the early 1990s.

You have to be accountable for your actions and see where you went wrong or right. Otherwise, youre destined to make the same mistakes. The industry cant keep on making the same bad decisions at a major cost to it. You got to call it out instead of sweeping it under the carpet.

I gave you a solution. Ive given many solutions.. on other threads. WP will be gone by 2027 if not sooner.

But what is the right decision?
How do we get out of this mess

Reduce the number of stewards at meetings to two instead of three to four at a cost of $120k each steward p.a.. However, keep a few casuals and use them when needed or available.

Reduce the Deputy Commissioners from two to one at a cost saving of approximately $250k p.a.

Where possible, use local workers instead of bringing them up / down the highway to meetings (I'm told kennel staff get paid to travel e.g. two hours each way at a rate of $60 p/h). Surely there are some locals who can do the work? I note there isn't any problem with them and I have seen a reduction in the number of the out of towners coming to meetings.

Provide trainers with appearance money at a rate of $80-$90 for first dog and $60-$70 per dog thereafter. That way, it helps the hobby trainer with one or two dogs (petrol is a minimum $1.98 per litre and won't be coming down any time soon).

Keep decent country tracks open for slower dogs. Put more masters races on at non-TAB tracks and deliberately not schedule many of them at TAB tracks, but increase the p/m for non-TAB to make it suitable. Have match races at these tracks, etc. Wauchope could have held Heat and Finals this month (increased p/m for final), but for some reason they never did.

Keep grass tracks open for racing because not all dogs like racing on loam. If the footy can have Magic Round and flog a field then why can't we have grass tracks that are sustainable in colder months? It used to happen before without many cancelled meetings.

These are just a few. Look at my other thread as many ideas have been recorded by trainers, owners, breeders, etc over seven years.

At least they're following this site; even if they don't have a clue how to fix this HUGE problem.

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I understand about those injuries but surely these days we should be able to create a good grass surface to race on. and then you have loam. I have noticed serious injuries (fractures front n rear) on both surfaces lately. More on loam tracks because we race on them more often.

They (grass tracks) should not be a thing of the past trainers want and need them to race their dogs. Most trainers love trialling at Cessnock and Wauchope and both are grass tracks.