OUR GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS GREYHOUND RACING... OUR POSITION WILL NOT CHANGE.

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1 ISSUE 21 NOVEMBER 2017 OUR GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS GREYHOUND RACING... OUR POSITION WILL NOT CHANGE. Victorian Premier - The Honorable Daniel Andrews, at the 2017 TAB Great Chase Grand Final

2 CONTENTS ISSUE 20 NOVEMBER CEO S UPDATE 4-25 ARTICLES FANTA FEVER HITS THE MEADOWS UP HILL JILL SHEDS BRIDESMAID TAG IN TOPGUN SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SHARE IN THE EXCITEMENT PERFECT STRIKE RATE FOR GAP ADOPTION DAY GRV SEEKS INDUSTRY EXPERTISE BREEDING REGISTRATION FEES WAIVED GRADER ON THE GROUND NEW PRIZE MONEY PACKAGE FINALISED QUEENSLANDER S GOLD CLASS RETURN COMPULSORY TRIALS FOR UNRACED GREYHOUNDS DISCUSSED RACE CLUBS TO HOST PLANNING SUPPORT SESSIONS GREYHOUND RACING FAREWELLS A LEGEND GOTBA REPORT GREYHOUND QUIZ MIATA PUPS CLAIM A TRIFECTA PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS & INTEGRITY REPORT ANNUAL REPORT: STELLAR YEAR FOR VICTORIAN GREYHOUND RACING A GREAT FINISH FOR THE 2017 TAB GREAT CHASE GAP TESTING DATES FORMER TRAINER S GENEROUS BEQUEST GRV WELFARE REPORT TRIPLE GROUP 1 WINNER RETIRED TO STUD GEELONG TRACK TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE FOR REPAIRS DANE SWAN S TIGER DUSTY TWEET LATEST LITTERS & MISSES FAREWELL TO A LEGEND SEE PAGE RACING CALENDAR GIPPSLAND SET FOR SHORTER AND MORE DYNAMIC CARNIVAL DIRECTORY & TRIAL INFORMATION The information in this publication is correct at time of printing Cover: 2017 TAB Great Chase winner, Despacito with (from left) GRV Board member Peita Duncan, trainer Seona Thompson, Premier Daniel Andrews, Sophie Thompson and GRV CEO Alan Clayton. Do you have a story idea or feedback to make Greyhound Monthly even better? Let us know by ing lholmesby@grv.org.au or by calling (03) Heats twilight SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER First prizes: $5,000 Final twilight SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER First prize: $47, GROUP METRES BALLARAT CUP Other features on Ballarat Cup night: Ballarat Cup Consolation Final 450m, Special Event 390m, Special Event 545m & Special Event 660m. Please refer to the Racing Calendar for prize money & conditions NOMINATIONS CLOSE TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER AT 11AM via Fasttrack.grv.org.au

3 CEO s Update Greyhound Racing Victoria s Annual Report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on 19 October 2017 and it, along with a short video of the year in review are available online at grv.org.au/annualreport. It provides a comprehensive overview of the progress GRV and the industry have made on its reform journey over the past financial year and highlights two key points. The first is that there has been a real and measurable cultural change in how racing greyhounds in Victoria are managed and cared for from rearing to racing to retirement and re-homing. This change is reflected by a 57 per cent increase in re-homed greyhounds with 1314 placed through GAP and a further 1379 through third-party adoption agencies, the RSPCA and industry participants. There has also been a 54 percent reduction in euthanasia rates, overbreeding is now no longer occurring and sustainable breeding options are being developed. GRV also achieved 3964 kennel inspections in , a 191 per cent increase on the previous year and it is anticipated that before the end of 2017, all properties with racing or breeding greyhounds will have been visited by a welfare inspector. Secondly, the report also shows that GRV now has the capabilities and resources to act as an effective, accountable and proactive regulator and in some areas, is now a leader among all Australia s racing codes. Inspection, investigation and prosecution functions are now fully integrated, there has been a 56 per cent increase in swabbing for banned and controlled substances, new professional career paths and training for stewards is now in place and, from 1 July 2017, all key race day staff now report directly to GRV. The Report also details the progress of GRV s five-year infrastructure program to improve animal welfare, enhance racing and visitor experiences at clubs and support industry development. Speaking of infrastructure, the new Horsham track is attracting much interest and GRV is planning to use the University of Technology PROUDLY delivered by Greyhound Racing Victoria General Enquiries Greyhound Racing Victoria Chetwynd Street West Melbourne, Victoria, 3003 Hours: Monday to Friday: 8.30am pm Phone: (03) Fax: (03) / (03) ABN: Member Services Phone: (03) memberservices@grv.org.au Sydney data modelling in its design for future upgrades which also points the way towards developing national standards for greyhound track design. In other news, GRV is working with the recently formed Victorian Greyhound Racing Clubs Association to hold information Q&A sessions on the new Planning Guidelines. It is expected that about four of these sessions will be held across Victoria, with the first session to be held at Geelong. These sessions will provide an overview of the new planning scheme, detail on key issues and advice on the planning applications process. Dates and times for these sessions will be announced shortly. Following valuable feedback from participants, GRV s Industry Consultative Group, the clubs, GOTBA and other stakeholders, GRV has revised its proposal to provide for a more equitable distribution of the increased prize money and additional funds to stimulate breeding. The new proposal will increase the yearly minimum prizemoney pool in a full year by $3.25 million including up to $1.4 million for a new Sustainable Breeding Support Package of prizemoney and bonuses for owners and breeders of VicBred greyhounds. For those of you looking to buy a good Victorian racing greyhound, a reminder that the Ready 2 Race annual Auction will be held on November 18. Also coming up is the Hume Cup on 6 November which is always a great family event and of course on 24 November, there s the world s most prestigious greyhound race, the Melbourne Cup and I hope to see you all there. Alan Clayton Chief Executive Officer Greyhound Racing Victoria Nominations Phone number: (03) Mon to Fri: 7.30am - 12noon On-line Nominations (24 hours a day - 7 days a week) Scratchings Phone: (03) Weekdays: 7.30am pm Saturday & Sunday 7:30am - 9:00am & 3:00pm-4:30pm NOVEMBER

4 43 HERALDSUN.COM.AU FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 TOPGUN Top Gun stayers 8.58pm, 725m Tomorrow 9.40pm, 525m AFL games record holder Brent Boomer Harvey meets Fanta Bale, the $2.20 favourite for the Group 2 Topgun Stayers (725m) at The Meadows tomorrow night. EASY AS SHE GOES Million-dollar mark on line for Fanta Bale CHAMPION Victorian greyhound Fanta Bale will join retired superstars Fernando Bale and Dyna Double One as Australia s only million-dollar greyhounds if she wins the Group 2 Topgun Stayers (725m) at The Meadows tomorrow night. Having earned $964,835 on the racetrack, Fanta Bale is a hot $2.20 favourite to claim the $75,000 first prize on a night of racing that also INSIDE ANDREW COPLEY includes the prestigious $214,500 Topgun (525m) for sprinters. When it comes to versatility, Fanta Bale is in a league of her own, being the only greyhound to have won at Group 1 level over the sprint, middle and staying distances. She has won six Group 1 races in total, and given that she only turned three in August, she could have another months of racing ahead of her. Away from the track, however, she is just like any other greyhound, according to trainer Robert Britton. She s friendly, laid back and she loves a scratch behind the ear, he said. She s probably a little more subdued than most other greyhounds, THANKYOU GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING PAGE 44 but the thing that sets her apart is that she has so much ability. The Lara trainer said Fanta Bale s relaxed personality was on show when she caught up with AFL games record holder and new Victorian greyhound racing ambassador Brent Boomer Harvey. She s always pretty low key and relaxed and not really the playful type, Britton said. FRIENDLY, BUT FURIOUS RIVALS PAGE 45 She had no interest in chasing the footy Boomer was kicking around when they met, whereas one of my other greyhounds, Bruce Tycoon, was loving chasing the ball. Fanta prefers to save her energy for her races. Britton said Fanta Bale s determination and consistency were the keys to her success. CONTINUED NEXT PAGE THE TOPGUN CONTENDERS PAGE 46 V0 - MHSE01Z01MA Fanta Bale leads her rivals in the early stages of the Topgun Stayers before Bogie Bekim (4) reeled her in. Above: Fanta Bale and AFL games record holder Brent Harvey appeared on the front page of the Herald Sun Topgun liftout. Pictures by Clint Anderson. FANTA FEVER HITS THE MEADOWS By Andrew Copley Fanta fever hit The Meadows at the Sky Racing Topgun on 28 October, just hours after Winx captured her third W. S. Cox Plate at nearby Moonee Valley. Adding to what is always a major event on Australia s greyhound racing calendar, Fanta Bale s appearance in the Group 2 Topgun Stayers (725m) made it all the more interesting, with the versatile stayer needing to win to join Fernando Bale and Dyna Double One in greyhound racing s million-dollar club. Despite getting off to a brilliant start, Fanta Bale couldn t hold Heats twilight out the fast-finishing South Australian Bogie Bekim, with her second placing seeing her finish the night on $986,170. TAB was certainly on board, opening a dual-code Winx A Million market (Winx into Fanta Bale) on the day at the inflated odds of $3.50. The pool held a whopping $31,695 despite being opened just seven hours before the jump of the Cox Plate. While many attended Topgun night in the hope Fanta Bale would crack the million, it s likely another opportunity is just around the corner, with the Group 1 Bold Trease (715m) at Sandown Park a likely target. Final SUNDAY 17 DECEMBER First prizes: $5,000 night TUESDAY 26 DECEMBER First prize: $75, GROUP METRES SALE CUP Other features on Sale Cup night: DUNKLEYS MACHINERY VIC BRED RISING STARS FINAL (440M), SALE MOTOR GROUP SUMMER CUP (520M), GIPPSLAND CARNIVAL LAUNCH (440M) 4 Please refer to the Racing Calendar for prize money & conditions NOMINATIONS CLOSE WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER AT 10AM via Fasttrack.grv.org.au

5 Up Hill Jill, Rose and David Geall enjoy their Sky Racing Topgun win. Below: The eight contenders exit the boxes in the Topgun before (further below) Up Hill Jill skips clear. Pictures by Clint Anderson. UP HILL JILL SHEDS BRIDESMAID TAG 8. Mister Twister 7. Up Hill Jill 6. Lightning Frank 5. Aqua Cheetah 4. Raw Ability 3. Striker Light 2. Aston Dee Bee 1. Ando's Mac By Gerard Guthrie & Andrew Copley Victorian star Up Hill Jill claimed a thoroughly deserved and overdue Group 1 breakthrough on one of Australian greyhound racing s greatest stages, with a brilliant all-the-way victory in the Group 1 Sky Racing Topgun (525m) at The Meadows on 28 October. After winning the Group 2 Sandown Laurels last December, the ultra-consistent speedster has been a regular in feature events throughout 2017, but frustratingly for trainer Dave Geall and owner/breeder wife Rose a second Group title has proven elusive. Prior to exiting box seven in the star-studded Topgun, the Gealls home-bred daughter of Premier Fantasy and Where s Demonica had contested seven Group events this year, agonisingly finishing runner-up on six occasions. She ran second in three Group 1 events, (in order) the National Futurity, Sapphire Crown and Peter Mosman Classic, while she also found one better in the Richmond Oaks, Warrnambool Classic and Bob Payne Spring Sprint, all at Group 2 level. Up Hill Jill s other Group appearance came when sixth in the Golden Easter Egg. But all that disappointment was forgotten on Saturday when she overcame a testing outside draw to produce a flawless front-running exhibition against the best sprinters in the land. It has been a frustrating run and I was starting to think she d never win a Group 1, said a jubilant Geall, celebrating Group 1 glory for the first time. I certainly didn t think she could win tonight. Not from box 7 against the best dogs in Australia, but she has and it is a huge thrill. Up Hill Jill ($13) flew out and after turning for home with a commanding lead, she defeated Aston Dee Bee by 3.43 lengths in 29.89sec, with Temlee and Silver Chief winner Lightning Frank in third place. Just the third female greyhound to win the Topgun since the race was first run in 1993, Up Hill Jill took her record to 27 wins from 50 starts, with the $150,000 winner s purse extending her earnings beyond $400,000. NOVEMBER

6 2017 READY 2 RACE FORMAT LOCATION Bendigo Greyhound Racing Association. Lords Raceway, McIvor Highway, Junortoun. HEATS Monday 13 November Morning Session - 10am start Afternoon Session - 2pm start All greyhounds trial once in a four-dog field. It is not essential for potential owners to attend the heats, as the replays will be uploaded to ready2race.grv.org.au by Tuesday 14 November. FINALS & AUCTION Saturday 18 November The Ready 2 Race auction will commence at 3pm with greyhounds auctioned inside the venue in lot order. All greyhounds will compete in six-dog fields prior to the auction with racing concluding at 2pm. Please visit grv.org.au for all the latest GRV news 6 Share your knowledge and share in the excitement By Andrew Copley Greyhound Monthly Victoria readers are generally experienced greyhound racing participants, and we imagine that you have been approached by a number people over the years wanting to buy into a greyhound. GRV s Ready 2 Race Greyhound Sales provides a platform for people to buy greyhounds with a level of confidence, as the dogs trial twice before going to auction. Furthermore, as the greyhounds are at least 16 months of age, most are only a few weeks or months away from beginning their racing careers. Annual prize money in Victorian greyhound racing has just climbed to $46 million (up from $43 million) and with fewer dogs in the racing system the time has never been better to own a race dog. GRV invites you to bring potential buyers to the Bendigo Greyhound Racing Association for the finals and auction on Saturday, 18 November. Your knowledge and expertise could help new owners snare a bargain buy that you could train or part-own with them, and together you could share in the excitement of racing a greyhound. We are even putting on a complimentary afternoon tea to be held immediately prior to the auction on Saturday 18 November where guest speakers will provide an insight into successful greyhound ownership and tips on building fruitful owner/trainer relationships. AFTERNOON TEA Saturday 18 November A complimentary afternoon tea will be provided from 2pm with a guest speaker/s providing a valuable insight into greyhound ownership and tips for successful relationships between trainers and owners. Go to ready2race.grv.org.au after Wednesday 15 November for more information including kennelling and racing times. BONUS RACES The top eight prize money earners from the 2017 Ready 2 Race Sales will be eligible to compete in a $7,250 Mid Year Final (425m) at Bendigo in July 2018 and an $18,000 R2R Final (515m) at Sandown Park in November Some of the success stories from GRV s 2016 R2R Sales include: NAME SOLD FOR PRIZEMONEY (as at 17 October 2017) Bumble Bee Bolto $11,000 $26,945 Santa Claws $8,900 $17,504 Sisco General $4,000 $17,010 Lainey s Fortune $5,000 $13,510 Cosmic Evolution $3,750 $14,190 Peter Yap $4,100 $8,465 Nolen s Fortune $4,800 $7,935 Barra Johnson $2,000 $6,585 Son Of Don $4,000 $9,005 Our Gal Livy $4,500 $7,290 Sisco Sizzle $4,500 $6,550 Hawk $5,000 $8,640

7 PERFECT STRIKE RATE FOR GAP ADOPTION DAY By Suzanne McKenzie It was a clean sweep at GAP s penultimate Adoption Day for 2017 which was held at Sandown on 21 October, with all 32 greyhounds walking out the door to new homes. A terrific crowd of about 400 people turned up to meet the greyhounds. Many were ready to give a dog a new home, for others it was an opportunity to find out more about the breed. The dog trailers will make their next trip down the Calder Freeway to Geelong on Sunday, 3 December, for the final adoption day in While most of the dogs at Sandown have racing backgrounds, there was one that stood out among the crowd due to his stellar performances on the track. Danny, formerly known as Dublin Bull, accrued $156,811 in prize money during his racing career, winning 21 from 69 starts, plus 13 minor placings. GAP manager Larissa Darragh said GAP has re-homed many prizewinning greyhounds, and Danny is up there as one of the most successful in terms of career prizemoney. He is a good example of how all kinds of greyhounds can be transitioned to a new life away from the racetrack. It s all about their temperament and what s been done to prepare them for rehoming. It s important that they spend at least one to two months away from the track ideally in a backyard with some supervised access inside the house to acclimatise them to unfamiliar sights, sounds, smells and floor surfaces. They need to be able to walk on a lead and must be well-socialised with people and other breeds of dogs. Danny s owners did a good job getting him ready for GAP. Trained by one of Victoria s best-known trainers Jeff Britton, Dublin Bull saved his best til last when he took first place and $40,000 in his last outing in the Group 2 Summer Distance Plate in Sydney back in January. Unfortunately, Danny subsequently sustained an injury during trackwork, according to his previous owner Steve Hynes, and the decision was made to retire the dog and prepare him for rehoming. Danny was a ripper. Jeff encouraged us to try the GAP program are we are glad we did. There is a bit of attention needed to help the dogs adjust to their new lives. It took Danny about a month of living away from a traditional kennel and I understand that not every dog is able to adjust but Danny got into the GAP program the first time. Steve co-owned Danny with two former school mates and together they have been racing greyhounds with Jeff since the 1980s. It s a good way to stay in touch with each other, Steve said. Jeff suggested placing Danny with someone he knows who prepares greyhounds for the wind-down into retirement. They need to be out of the kennel environment and away from the track before they go to GAP and I think this woman does it as a labour of love. We are happy that Danny is living comfortably and happily somewhere and credit should go to her and any other volunteer who helps make that adjustment happen. On Sunday Danny walked away from Sandown to his new home in Koo Wee Rup. Dublin Bull, who defeated Burn One Down in the Group 2 Summer Distance Plate in January, was one of 32 greyhounds re-homed at the Adoption Day on 21 October. Picture by Clint Anderson. GRV SEEKS INDUSTRY EXPERTISE Greyhound Racing Victoria is working with the recently formed Victorian Greyhound Racing Clubs Association to establish a Breeding Reference Group and a Racing Reference Group. Industry workshops conducted in 2016/17 highlighted the need for GRV s Management team to obtain specific feedback on racing and breeding issues, as well as a need to enhance means of communications and information sharing with participants on key topical issues. The establishment of these reference groups is intended to complement the Industry Consultative Group (ICG), a sub-committee of the GRV Board which has a formal role in providing advice to the GRV Board in relation to issues of significance affecting the sport of greyhound racing. The Reference Groups are being established as practical working groups that will work with and provide advice to Management. The Breeding Reference group will be Chaired by Gavin Goble, General Manager Animal Welfare, while the Racing Reference Group will be Chaired by Scott Robins, Acting General Manager - Racing. The two reference groups will include representatives from Victoria s 13 race clubs. GRV looks forward to finalising and announcing group members in the coming weeks. NOVEMBER

8 NEW PRIZE MONEY AND BREEDING SUSTAINABILITY PACKAGE APPROVED Please visit grv.org.au for all the latest GRV news The Board of Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has approved increases to minimum prize money and the introduction of a breeding sustainability support package to commence from 15 November, The total package equates to annual increase of up to $3.95M - comprising $2.55M in additional prizemoney and up to $1.40M available to be won in the new VICGREYS program to be shared between owners, trainers and breeders. The package, which has been modified as a result of feedback received from industry stakeholders, focusses directly on increasing prize money to be shared between owners and trainers at the lower levels of racing whilst maintaining Metro Level 1 (Meadows Saturday night and Sandown Thursday night meetings) prize money at current levels. Minimum prize money will increase by $1.18m (+6.1%) across the bottom two tiers of races at Level 2 (Provincial Full Stakes) meetings, whilst Level 3 prize money (Tier 3, Healesville, All Maiden, Rankings) will increase across the board by $1.37m (+21.6%) The original proposal was to increase trainers Starters Fees to $80 per runner, however this has been removed from the package. Travel and Starters Fees remain at their current levels of $70 per trainer and an additional $10 per starter at all meetings. The VICGREYS package will be implemented in December 2017, with an exact date to be confirmed. VICGREYS Package The approved package also focusses on supporting and rewarding sustainable breeding in Victoria, by allocating up to $1.4M in annual VICGREYS payments available to be won on around 1,900 selected Victorian races for owners and breeders of Vic Bred greyhounds in a new Breeding Package. All Vic Bred greyhounds of all ages will be eligible for the VICGREYS program immediately with no nomination fees payable to be eligible and no restrictions applicable on the location of the owner or breeder of the greyhound. EVENT TYPE ANNUAL RACES TO BE PROGRAMMED MAX RACE BONUSES AVAILABLE TOTAL ANNUAL AVAILABLE BONUSES Selected Metro Races 24 $2,400 $57,600 Selected Provincial Races Super Metro (1st, 2nd, 3rd) Super Provincial (1st, 2nd, 3rd) ALL Metro Race (winners) 624 $1,000 $624,000 2 $17,000 $34, $5,000 $55,000 1,248 $500 $624,000 TOTAL 1,909 $1,394,600 EXPLANATORY NOTES If winner is VicBred $2,400. If not the highest placed 2nd or 3rd VicBred greyhound receives $1,200. If the winner is VicBred $1,000. If not the highest placed 2nd or 3rd VicBred greyhound receives $500. Races exclusively for VicBred greyhounds. Money shared between 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed. Races exclusively for VicBred greyhounds. Money shared between 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed. If the winner of a Metro Race is VicBred $500. If not the highest placed 2nd or 3rd VicBred receives $ per cent of the bonus applicable to the winning greyhound will be paid to the breeder, and the other 50 per cent will be paid to the owner. The trainer does not receive a share of the bonus money.

9 Prize money Package - The prize money increases are to be implemented for races held from 15 November 2017 onwards. Level 2 Minimum Prize Money Structure 1. Increase Maidens to current Grade 5,6 & 7 level; 2. Increase Grade 5,6 & 7 to current Grade 4 & Mixed 4/5 Level; and 3. Remaining races remain the same as current minimums. Level 2 (Prov. Full Stake) Min Prize Money CURRENT 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL Starters Maidens 1,415 1, ,890 Grade 5,6,7 & Restricted Win 1,890 1, ,005 Grade 4, Mixed 4/5 2,005 1, ,005 Rest Win Final, FFA, Spec Event, Gr5 Final, Mix 3/4 2,360 1, ,360 The prize money increases are to be implemented from 15 November Avg. travel & starters per race Level 3 Minimum Prize Money Structure Entire prizemoney schedule is consolidated into a single amount for all grades, equivalent to the current top tier (i.e. $1,180 per race). This means Maiden races will be at 63% of Level 2 Maidens. Level 3 (Tier 3/Half Stk) Min Prize Money CURRENT 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL Starters Maidens 710 Grade 5,6,7 & Restricted Win 945 Grade 4, Mixed 4/5 1,000 Rest Win Final, FFA, Spec Event, Gr5 Final, Mix ¾ 1, ,180 $420 Avg. travel & starters per race $468 Fees waived and flexible registration requirements implemented as GRV supports SUSTAINABLE BREEDING Greyhound Racing Victoria has listened to feedback from Victorian greyhound participants who have identified breeding fees and delays in the return of DNA analysis prior to a greyhound being registered for breeding as important factors that may contribute to, or delay, a participant s decision to breed. GRV has recognised participant led solutions to encourage sustainable breeding and, for the period 15 November 2017 to 30 June 2018, the GRV Board has determined to: Waive registration fees related to registration of breeding females ($150), registration of results of mating ($50) and application to register service ($40) Reimburse fees paid to Greyhounds Australasia during that period for greyhound DNA analysis fee ($180) for named female greyhounds Introduce an alternative process for pink card registration where a DNA analysis of that greyhound has been taken, but not yet received. To be eligible for this alternative process that participant must sign and return a GRV approved waiver. A copy of this waiver can be obtained by phoning GRV s Advisory Services & Registration Team on For information on pink card registration see Page 25 of this magazine. Full details on these initiatives will be published at grv.org.au/breeding in early November. NOVEMBER

10 QUEENSLANDER S GOLD CLASS RETURN By Andrew Copley Queensland superstar Thirty Talks ($4.80) won the 2017 Group 2 Pet Panels Geelong Gold Cup (460m) on 27 October with a brilliant come-from-behind performance against all odds. As he did in his heat, Thirty Talks stormed over the top of his rivals in the home straight to snare the win, and his campaign was particularly satisfying considering he had endured a dropped back muscle in January, keeping him sidelined for six months. It s a very sweet victory to win a big race like this against some of Victoria s best greyhounds on their home soil, Brett said after the race, in which Bewildering ($2.90Fav) ran second and Aston Miley ($4.40) third in the time of sec. Thirty Talks (June 2014 Where s Pedro Unfinished) was bred by George Kairouz and is owned by Leonard Antonio. He took his record to 29 wins from 47 starts and $366,127 in prize money. A Sports Club Challenge was run as part of the night, with the Drysdale Football Club the biggest winners, collecting $1,000 cash for having the most representatives on course, while the Corio Cricket Club collected $500. Tony Brett embraces Thirty Talks after his thrilling Geelong Gold Cup win as Geelong GRC Chairman Mark Pearson looks on. Picture by Clint Anderson. Please visit grv.org.au for all the latest GRV news DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RULE CHANGES WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT 1 OCTOBER 2017? These new and amended rules cover: Health of a racing greyhound Minimum age of nomination Notification of retirement Transfer of a greyhound Re-homing and Notice of Intention Minimum Age of breeding Exports 10 For further information please visit greyhoundcare.grv.org.au

11 ICG members (from left) Marg Long, Tracey Corneille, Sheldon Hamilton, Dr. Barbara Backhoy, Peter Craig, Judith Bornstein (Chair), Nicole Lund, Sandra Reed, Deborah Churchill and Brian Jones with GRV CEO, Alan Clayton. Picture by Clint Anderson COMPULSORY TRIALS FOR UNRACED GREYHOUNDS AMONG DISCUSSION ITEMS By Andrew Copley At its most recent meeting on 21 October, the ICG was presented with detailed research on the attitudes of participants, and the general public, towards greyhound racing, as well as an update on the state-wide planning scheme. The ICG s opinion was sought on two alternate options regarding a prize money and breeding sustainability package for Victoria, which is coming into effect on 15 November. The potential introduction of compulsory trials for unraced greyhounds in the hope of reducing racetrack injuries was discussed at length, while ICG members were also asked to outline the advantages and disadvantages of introducing short course races at Victorian metropolitan tracks, Sandown and The Meadows. Items for discussion at future ICG meetings include the role of muscle manipulators (greyhound chiropractors) and the scope for greyhound syndications. In 2016, the Board of Greyhound Racing Victoria appointed an Industry Consultative Group (ICG), with members having appropriate experience and diversity across a number of areas. The ICG meets every six weeks to discuss major issues facing the industry, out of which suggestions are forwarded to GRV s Board for consideration. RACE CLUBS TO HOST PLANNING SUPPORT SESSIONS Four greyhound racing clubs around Victoria will be conducting sessions next month to help participants with the Victorian Government s planning amendments for greyhound facilities, which reduce the requirements for planning permits. Independent planning experts will facilitate the sessions to provide information to participants and answer questions or concerns they may have around permits in their areas. The sessions will be held at Geelong, Cranbourne, Bendigo and Traralgon (pictured), with dates to soon be announced at grv.org.au. WHAT IS THE ICG? The ICG panel comprises of Judith Bornstein (Chair), Dr Barbara Backhoy, Deborah Churchill, Steven Clarke, Tracey Corneille, Peter Craig, Sheldon Hamilton, Brian Jones, Marg Long, Nicole Lund, Daniel Nugent, Sandra Reed and Tom Welsh. Read more about the ICG at grv.org.au/icg The new planning measures that took effect in August streamline planning approval processes for new or existing greyhound facilities providing a much-needed set of consistent and measurable requirements. It is important to note that a facility with an existing permit may continue to operate in accordance with their permit without having to obtain a new permit or comply with new requirements. More information about the planning requirements and exemptions can be found by searching for 'greyhound' at: planning.vic.gov.au NOVEMBER

12 George Hector Schofield OAM 16/04/ /10/2017 Please visit grv.org.au for all the latest GRV news DOGS COME INTO OUR LIVES TO TEACH US ABOUT LOVE, THEY DEPART TO TEACH US ABOUT LOSS. A NEW DOG NEVER REPLACED AN OLD DOG; IT MERELY EXPANDS THE HEART. IF YOU HAVE LOVED MANY DOGS YOUR HEART IS VERY BIG. 12 Words from the late George Schofield s Order of Service funeral booklet:

13 GREYHOUND RACING FAREWELLS A LEGEND IN OLD MAGIC HANDS NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS: GOTBA Executive (32 years) Greyhound Racing Control Board (now known as GRV) Member (16 years) Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association Director (8 years) Ballarat GRC Committee (10 years) Ken Carr Medallist (2006) OAM in 2009 for services to Greyhound Racing (2009) GRV Hall of Fame inductee (2009) Australian Greyhound Racing Association (AGRA) Hall of Fame inductee (2015) George Schofield was one of nature s gentlemen, and despite being raised in tough times, family members insist he led a fortunate life. Fortunate, too, were the many people who came to know and love George, and when he passed away on October 2, 2017 aged 99, he left Victorian greyhound racing with a legacy that may well be unrivalled. In recent times he was best known for his work as an animal chiropractor, and while he specialised in greyhounds, people would bring their lame dogs of any breed from as far as South Australia and New South Wales to George s humble old tin work shed at his home in the outer northern Melbourne suburb of Yuroke. For half a century he worked six days a week from 10am-4:30pm, having Tuesdays off, right up until the ripe old age of 97, before spending his final two years in an aged care facility. George refused to charge owners for treating adopted greyhounds, and he took great satisfaction when helping paralysed dogs to walk again, of which there were many. One of George s mottos was to never give up on healing a dog in need, but there was so much more to this great man s story. Not long after leaving school at the tender age of 12 to milk cows for a living to help support his family (he was the third eldest of six siblings), George was introduced to greyhound racing, an industry he eventually dedicated 85 years of his life to. He started in the sport in his early teens by helping out a trainer at night after a full day s work, and he d do it 'for love - not money, before later becoming a trainer in his own right. George was also a prominent greyhound racing administrator, including spending a remarkable 32 years on the board of the Greyhound Owners, Trainers & Breeders Association, where he fought hard for the betterment of the sport during some testing times. This was one of his great passions, and George, while a friend to all Victorian greyhound clubs, also served on the boards of the MGRA, Sandown GRC and the Ballarat GRC (he is a life member of all three clubs). He was also a prominent stud master, with his acquisition of the greyhound Shan s View forming a legendary tale. At the time Schofield was 41, and living in Coburg with his young family, working around the clock as a bookmaker, trainer and stud master just to make ends meet. He put everything on the line to purchase a young NSW race dog named Shan s View, a decision that initially aggrieved his wife, Marie. After some back-and-forth negotiations with Shan s View s owner, Schofield eventually bought the greyhound for an unheard of sum of 2,000 pounds in the days you could buy a house in Richmond for 800 pounds. A short time, and just a handful of race starts later, Shan s View broke down while competing in the 1960 Waterloo Cup series, never to race again. Fortunately, the dog had shown enough in his brief racing career to warrant going to stud, where he initially received limited support from breeders before becoming a stud sensation, winning six Victorian sire premierships. George and Shan s View are both inductees in GRV s Hall of Fame, while George is also a Ken Carr Medallist and the recipient of an Order of Australia Medal as well as an inductee into the Australian Greyhound Racing Association (AGRA) Hall of Fame. Greyhound racing aside, George was a jack-of-all-trades during his lifetime, spending time working as a chef, a selftaught barber and a baker. Legend says his needling of dough in making bread gave him the strength in his fingers that helped him to later become an animal chiropractic doyen. He was also in the army and served in Papua New Guinea in the 1940s worked with the Victorian Police Dog Squad, the Australian Customs Drug Detector Dog unit, the Office of Corrections Dog Squad and with Dogs from the Security & Emergency Services Group. He was a staunch family man, growing up particularly closely with brother Ralph, and was a much-loved father (of four), grandfather and great grandfather. Three of George s children Maureen (wife of former GRV CEO, John Stephens), Peter and Greg are registered greyhound trainers. George believed there was no need to swear and he was renowned for treating women with the utmost respect. His grandchildren loved a flutter on the dogs with their Pop, because he d cover the losses and go halves in the winnings. George s final act of generosity came at his funeral at The Meadows on 10 October - where hundreds of his home-grown lemons were provided for people to take home. And, as his son Peter pointed out - the good news for all the dogs in heaven with a sore back, neck or shoulders is they now have the great George Schofield to fix them up. NOVEMBER

14 News By Sandra Reed, GOTBA President Please visit grv.org.au for all the latest GRV news 14 Your GOTBA is now being called upon to help the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR) in revamping the draft Code of Practice for the Keeping of Racing Greyhounds, so that it is workable and affordable. We have been assured by DEDJTR and the politicians that they do not want greyhound racing to close because of a Code that is unable to be complied with. Consequently, we have had three meetings with them in Melbourne and also two full days hosting them around greyhound properties to point out what works in the best interests of our greyhounds welfare and how the proposed Code could be adjusted. We have been advised we will be invited to a further meeting before the code is released and hope by then the revised code will have addressed our many concerns about what was originally proposed. We are hoping the new code will be released by the end of the year or January at the latest, so that participants can move forward with confidence knowing what is expected in planning for their future. On a positive note there has been overwhelming support for option 1 of the new proposed prize money increases and breeders incentive scheme. GOTBA has worked hard to ensure owners, trainers and breeders all benefit from this package and that there is a better distribution over first, second and third place money. We have recommended that future increases go to second and third placings until the percentage distribution is 65 per cent for first, 20 per cent second and 15 per cent third, and after that a payment for fourth could be considered. The new breeder bonuses will greatly assist in the current expenses to help breeders carry pups that they have been WHAT IS THE GOTBA? Website: gotbavictoria.wildapricot.org General enquiries: gotbav@gmail.com TRIAL YOUR KNOWLEDGE GREYHOUND QUIZ Go to page 34 for the answers! unable to sell. But rest assured there are other measures in place to create syndicates that will open up more opportunities for selling your pups. If you know of people who would like to have a share in a greyhound, then take the time to form your own syndicate and manage it yourself to give your dogs the best opportunity. We all need to be working to get new owners into the sport so while waiting for others to do their job it would be great if we could all promote the value of owning a greyhound. With more money on offer and our market share continuing to increase, and the reduced number of dogs, it has never been easier to win a race. There is now work to be done on the new Victorian Planning Scheme for the keeping of racing greyhounds. GOTBA have been working with GRV to get clarification on what this scheme means to councils. How will they interpret it? It is vague in some parts and open to interpretation. Fortunately, we can lobby to have it altered and are hoping this scheme will eventually make it easier to get council permits for the keeping of greyhounds. We will certainly try to achieve this through our consultations. There are many exciting moves within the industry to bring people together for a sustainable future. However for this to happen successfully you must take an active part in the social aspect of the sport. Talk to the GOTBA committee and bring your concerns and ideas to us so that we can inform you of the best plan of action - it might be we need to act on your behalf. We cannot assist you if you don t ask. Come along to our AGM at the Sandown Greyhound Racing Club on Sunday, 26 November at 6pm to hear what we have done this year - you might be surprised at what we do to ensure our sport continues to successfully move forward. We would also like to hear your ideas on how you would like us to represent you into the future. Light refreshments will be provided. So please make the effort to support us by attending. The Greyhound Owners, Trainers and Breeders Association (GOTBA) of Victoria is a notfor-profit incorporated association, run by a committee of volunteers who work towards the constant improvement of the sport on behalf of member and their greyhounds. Current members are Sandra Reed (President and Treasurer), Robert Britton and Lynton Hogan (co-vice Presidents), Gayle Osbourne (Secretary), John Reid, John Cheeseman, Karen Leek, Geoff Miles and Brian Selleck. If you are interested in nominating for the GOTBA Committee, please contact us to request a nomination form. Nomination forms must be lodged no later than Sunday, 5 November point Q. Name the 2016 TAB Melbourne Cup winner. Q. GRV s Ready 2 Race Greyhound Sales are held each November at which track? Q. True or false? Three greyhounds Mr. Boswell, Sargent Major and Fallen Zorro have won the Hume Cup and Bold Trease Carnival Cup? 2 points Q. The late George Schofield served for 32 years on the board of which greyhound racing organisation? Q. True or false? Neither Brett Lee or Fernando Bale won a Melbourne Cup? Q. Kiss Me Ketut, a greyhound purchased at the 2012 Ready 2 Race Greyhound Sales who earned more than $250,000 in prize money, won which Group 1 event? 3 points Q. Name the only one female greyhound (pictured) to win the Melbourne Cup in the past 10 years. Clue: She was bred in Queensland.

15 Former West Australian sweetheart, Miata. Picture by Clint Anderson. Charge to the first turn: Miata trio Loch Tight (6), Loch Freddie (7) and Snap Loch (2) went on to fill the Trifecta, while a fourth pup from the litter, Mia Brae (red rug) ran sixth. Picture by Paul Munt. MIATA PUPS CLAIM A TRIFECTA AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME By Andrew Copley It was a big day for Miata at The Meadows on Wednesday 4 October when the champion former Western Australian pin-up girl produced the first three placegetters in Race 3 - with Loch Tight, Loch Freddie and Snap Loch combining for a $ Trifecta payout. I was confident one of them would win the race but you never expect to train a Trifecta, said Samantha Ferguson, who co-trains the litter along with Correy Grenfell. They all try their hearts out and it s great that they re winning races, and the exciting thing is that they re learning all the time. Miata was a drawcard front-running stayer who won an incredible 42 races from 51 starts all over Australia including four Group 1s and $715,508 in prize money. The litter is showing a bit of strength like their mum and I think we re yet to see the best of them. Hopefully they eventually get a bit more ground, Ferguson added. A total of six pups from the 22-month-old Kinloch Brae litter Miata s third which was bred by the Stuart Wheeler Syndicate raced at the meeting, with the mating also producing the winner of Race 1 (Loch Mac) and the runner-up in Race 9 (Tahleia Brae). NOVEMBER

16 From time to time the GRV Integrity department releases important information in relation to new policies, guidelines and any other Steward related matters. This information can be found on the FastTrack website under the Stewards tab and then selecting the General Alerts page Professional Standards & Integrity report Swabs taken RACING STATISTICS - SEPTEMBER 2017 Marring: 14 Fail To Chase: 34 Satisfactory Trials Cleared: 40 Satisfactory Trials Not Cleared: 7 Swabs Taken September 2017: 1110 Positive Swab Results: 5 RADB Conclusions Ronald Dunne - RADB Hearing 13 October Failed to present the greyhound Rosie s Gift free of any prohibited substance (Pentobarbitone) for an event at the Warragul meeting held on 25 May The RADB determined the appropriate penalty to be 6 months suspension with 5 months of that period suspended. In addition, the greyhound is disqualified from the race. Calven Russell - RADB Hearing 12 October Failed to present the greyhound Soeztoc free of any prohibited substance (Salbutamol) for an event at the Healesville meeting held on 2 June The RADB determined the appropriate penalty to be 4 months suspension fully suspended and a fine of $ In addition, the greyhound is disqualified from the race. Keith Kelly - RADB Hearing 10 October Failed to present the greyhound Podium Express free of any prohibited substance (morphine and codeine) for an event at the Geelong meeting held on 23 May The RADB determined the appropriate penalty to be 3 months suspension wholly suspend. In addition, the greyhound is disqualified from the race. Kerrie Smyth - RADB Hearing 9 October Failed to present the greyhound Guns Ablazing free of any prohibited substance (Meloxicam) for an event at the Shepparton meeting held on 20 May The RADB determined the appropriate penalty to be a fine of $1,500 with $1,000 of that amount suspended. In addition, the greyhound is disqualified from the race. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT NEW REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS WHAT S CHANGED FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS? From 1 October 2017 all registered participants have to notify GRV if they are convicted of a criminal offence or if they have been the subject of disciplinary action in any state or territory racing code. 16 For further information please visit greyhoundcare.grv.org.au

17 2016/17 Annual Report: Record number of greyhounds adopted out in stellar year for Victorian Greyhound Racing Greyhound Racing Victoria has set a new record for greyhounds rehomed in with 1314 dogs adopted out through the organisation s Greyhound Adoption Program. It is the first time the program has adopted more than 1000 dogs in a financial year, smashing the previous record of 812 set in The 65 per cent increase in adoptions is one of many statistics revealed in GRV s annual report - which was tabled at Parliament on 17 October - that show a significant cultural improvement in Victorian greyhound racing over the past two years. In addition to the 1314 greyhounds to have been adopted out through GRV s Greyhound Adoption Program, a further 1379 were rehomed through other channels such as third-party adoption agencies Gippsland Greys, Greyhound Safety Net and the RSPCA. A significant cultural change in how racing greyhounds in Victoria are managed and cared for from rearing to racing to retirement and re-homing. 57% increase in re-homed greyhounds 54% reduction in euthanasia rates Overbreeding in Victoria addressed and sustainable breeding options being developed 3,964 kennel inspections - 191% increase Building GRV s capabilities to achieve its goal of establishing a strong, proactive regulatory capability 56% increase in swabbing for banned and controlled substances Inspection, investigation and prosecution functions fully integrated New professional career paths and training for Stewards All key race day staff now reporting directly to GRV Other key findings announced in the report tabled in Victorian Parliament were: A 15 per cent reduction in track injuries thanks largely to new measures implemented to improve track safety. A 53 per cent reduction in euthanasia numbers (1473 down from 3140 in ). A 35 per cent reduction in breeding of pups and litters. A 56 per cent increase in swabbing with 16,137 swabs conducted during resulting in only four more positive and irregular swabs (98) than in National turnover on Victorian greyhound racing increasing by 11.8 per cent to a record $2.03 billion. Read GRV s 2016/17 Annual Report at: grv.org.au/annualreport NOVEMBER

18 TAB s Adam Rytenskild, Minister for Racing, Martin Pakula MP, Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association Chairman Eddie Caruana, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, Member for Broadmeadows Frank McGuire, GRV CEO Alan Clayton and GRV Board member Peita Duncan with retired greyhounds from the Greyhound Adoption Program. Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association Chairman Eddie Caruana with Victorian Premier, the Honourable Daniel Andrews. Please visit grv.org.au for all the latest GRV news Despacito leads True Talent and Hasten Slowly (8) into the first corner during the TAB Great Chase Grand Final. 18

19 GRV Board member, Peita Duncan (centre) with representatives from the Endeavour Foundation, which received $2,000 after being drawn a greyhound (Nike Viper) in the TAB Great Chase Grand Final. Pictures by Clint Anderson. Inset: Member for Broadmeadows, Frank McGuire with Minister for Racing, Martin Pakula. A GREAT FINISH FOR By Suzanne McKenzie Despacito led all the way to claim the $47,000 winner s cheque in the TAB Great Chase Grand Final on 25 October at The Meadows. The Premier Daniel Andrews and Racing Minister Martin Pakula were in the winners circle to deliver the TAB Great Chase Cup to the Pearcedale based trainer Seona Thompson. Despacito wasn t the only winner on the day Autism Plus from Melton took home a $10,000 cheque to bolster programs and activities for clients. The group was one of 45 disability and aged care organisations invited to The Meadows to enjoy an afternoon of racing, hospitality, and the chance to share in $24,000 cash prizes. Autism Plus Disability Support Worker Carmel Grogan, said the prize made a huge difference to the organisation. It s better than Christmas. It means we ll be able to provide so many more programs, go out on more outings. It will be so beneficial for our guys, Ms Grogan said. Thank you so much, we ve enjoyed the day, even if we hadn t won anything it still would have been great. It s so nice to feel so welcomed, to be embraced like we have. Mr Andrews personally thanked GRV CEO Alan Clayton and the Board for the work they have done with participants on a journey of reform over the past two years. He announced a $43,000 grant for shade sails at The Meadows, which will be matched by GRV. Our government supports greyhound racing, Mr Andrews said. Our position will not change. He said the sport was about enjoyment, jobs and prosperity and the community was very much focused on animal welfare. Mr Pakula said it was wonderful the way the TAB Great Chase combined with the disability community to raise funds: Our community benefits greatly, he said. The Grand Final wraps up this unique combination of racing and community events which began in August. The series was spread across 13 Victorian racing clubs. This year 1440 guests from 135 organisations attended the series to enjoy a great day at the races, entertainment, meals and giveaways and to share in cash prizes. Since 2003, GRV has donated more than $500,000 to participating organisations through the series, which is organised in partnership with Tabcorp. TAB Chief Tabcorp Operating Officer, Wagering and Media Adam Rytenskild said: Tabcorp has been a proud supporter of the TAB Great Chase for the last decade. It s a fantastic initiative and we re pleased to partner with Greyhound Racing Victoria to help contribute funds to community groups and to bring communities together to share in the joy of greyhound racing. Despacito, who was also bred by Seona Thompson, made it four wins from six starts when scoring by a length over Hasten Slowly and Nike Viper in 30.06sec. The son of Black Magic Opal and El Brooklyn is owned by the Unique Syndicate, which comprises Thompson and Julie Stockdale of Gippsland. NOVEMBER

20 GAP Testing Dates NOTE: The entry fee for greyhounds into the GAP has been waived permanently Please visit gap.grv.org.au for all the latest GAP news 20 Re-homing of all greyhounds is a key goal for GRV. To assist owners with re-homing their greyhounds, GRV made some changes in October 2016 to the GAP pre-entry assessment testing booking process, which is working very well: Spaces in the pre-entry assessment sessions are now booked through Member Services during office hours on or by ing gapbooking@grv.org.au All sessions for November 2017 to January 2018 are listed on this page, with later dates released each month. To be eligible for a pre-entry assessment your greyhound must: have a current C5 vaccination; and not have been trained, trialled or raced for at least one month (preferably two months) prior to the testing day ( winddown period ). This will increase the likelihood of your greyhound passing the temperament test. A new Racing to Retirement information booklet is available through Member Services or at: greyhoundcare.grv.org.au/retirement-from-racing. Only three greyhounds per connection can be booked in each pre-entry assessment session. Participants must provide a good quality, well fitted wire muzzle when entering a greyhound into GAP. Pre-entry Assessment Booking Number: Pre-entry Assessment gapbooking@grv.org.au Please Note: Status of sessions marked as FULL are as at the time of final proofing and may change prior to publication. Testing dates and times are subject to change. LOCATION TESTING DAY TIME Geelong Thursday, 2 November 2017 (FULL) 9.00am to 12.00pm GAP/Seymour Monday, 6 November am to 12.00pm Warrnambool Wednesday, 8 November 2017 (FULL) 10.00am to 1.00pm Sandown Monday, 13 November 2017 (FULL) 10.00am to 1.00pm Meadows Tuesday, 14 November 2017 (FULL) 9.30am to 12.30pm Cranbourne Tuesday, 14 November 2017 (FULL) 10.00am to 1.00pm GAP/Seymour Monday, 20 November 2017 (FULL) 9.00am to 12.00pm Sale Tuesday, 21 November am to 12.00pm Ballarat Wednesday, 22 November 2017 (FULL) 9.00am to 12.00pm Bendigo Monday, 27 November 2017 (FULL) 10.30am to 1.30pm Meadows Tuesday, 28 November am to 12.30pm Geelong Thursday, 30 November am to 12.00pm Sandown Monday, 4 December am to 1.00pm GAP/Seymour Tuesday, 5 December am to 12.00pm Geelong Thursday, 7 December am to 12.00pm Shepparton Monday, 11 December am to 12.30pm Meadows Tuesday, 12 December am to 12.30pm Cranbourne Thursday, 14 December am to 1.00pm Sandown Monday, 18 December am to 1.00pm GAP/Seymour Tuesday, 19 December am to 12.00pm Warrnambool Wednesday, 20 December am to 1.00pm Geelong Thursday, 21 December am to 12.00pm GAP/Seymour Monday, 8 January am to 12.00pm GAP/Seymour Tuesday, 9 January am to 12.00pm Sandown Monday, 15 January am to 1.00pm Meadows Tuesday, 16 January am to 12.30pm Geelong Thursday, 18 January am to 12.00pm GAP/Seymour Monday, 22 January am to 12.00pm Sale Tuesday, 23 January am to 12.30pm Ballarat Wednesday, 24 January am to 12.00pm Shepparton Monday, 29 January am to 12.30pm GAP/Seymour Tuesday, 30 January am to 12.00pm

21 FORMER TRAINER S GENEROUS BEQUEST By Suzanne McKenzie Barbara Perry was a successful owner-trainer who loved dogs, which is not unique in the world of greyhound racing. However, her level of devotion was recently revealed when her son Paul Perry notified the Greyhound Adoption Program that Barbara, who passed away last year, left a generous $45,430 bequest to GAP. Barbara raced and trained greyhounds in Melbourne and regional Victoria throughout the 70s and 80s. She found success with one dog in particular, her champion stayer Tammy Shanta who broke track records in the early 70s, won the 1975 Sandown Cup and was a Greyhound of the Year finalist in In all she clocked up 23 wins from 55 starts, 10 seconds and five thirds. She won nine at Olympic Park (732m) and nine at Sandown (718m). The gift has been gratefully received by the GAP team who are considering the best way to use it to benefit greyhounds while commemorating Barbara s generosity and devotion to the dogs. GAP manager, Larissa Darragh, said options include constructing an enrichment yard at GAP s centre in Seymour to help prepare dogs for re-homing, building a test yard at a metropolitan racing club to make GAP more accessible to participants or a large trailer to transport the dogs to adoption days and GAP s centre at Baxter. From what Paul has told us about Barbara, I know that she would want us to do something that directly benefits greyhound welfare and their chance to have a good life when they finish racing. We feel honoured to have received this gift, and we would like to thank Barbara s family for their support and kind wishes. Paul says he has good memories of growing up with Barbara s greyhounds. Besides training and racing greyhounds she had many as family pets once their racing careers had come to an end. Greyhounds gave my mother, her partner and myself many great memories and we were fortunate enough to see what beautiful-natured animals they are, he said. One newspaper report of the day referred to the greyhound as the current pin-up girl with punters as she was lining up to win her fifth consecutive race at Sandown Park. The article mentions the stayer s devastating and brilliant form, but notes that punters were inclined to regard her earlier starts at Sandown as a fluke, but she proved them wrong when she came home from a seemingly hopeless position to take first place. Barbara s success as a trainer was no fluke either. She experimented with different training formulas before she discovered the right one to bring out the best in Tammy Shanta. Barbara and her husband Bill bought land in Longwarry in Gippsland to establish themselves as greyhound trainers, where they worked for 14 years before retiring. Bill sadly passed away in Barbara was diagnosed with brain cancer last year and spent the remaining three months of her life moving between hospital and a nursing home, but greyhounds were never far from her mind. In fact, one of her last outings was to the greyhound races in Warragul. Memories have faded since the 1970s but there are still people in the Warragul racing community who remember Barbara; now she will be remembered for her generous gift to GAP. WELFARE REPORT By Gavin Goble General Manager Animal Welfare From 1 October 2017 new re-homing rules were implemented through changes to Local Rule (LR) GRV attended one race meeting at every track during October to familiarise participants with the new rule and provide them with supporting documents and checklists, and to answer any questions. Club managers offered significant support in our endeavours, for which GRV is very grateful. The LR 42.6 amendments gave GRV an opportunity to trial a new form of education seminar during race meetings. The seminars started with a short 10-minute video presentation held between the end of kennelling and the commencement of the first race. The video was then left available to view, or playing on loop, for participants to drop in and catch up on anything they had missed. GRV staff were also available for four hours from the end of kennelling to answer questions and offer support, with factsheets and other supporting documents provided. Feedback from participants on the presentation style and format, and the supporting documents was positive. As such, GRV will now commence a series of these types of seminars at race meetings throughout the year. An upcoming seminar series will be held from mid-november to mid-december 2017 on Hot weather, transport and emergency preparedness. Dates and locations for the seminars will be published on FastTrack and at grv.org.au by the end of the first week of November. We would appreciate your input into the content of our seminar series for If you have any suggestions for topics please Hugh Robinson at welfare@grv.org.au. GRV has also developed a new initiative to fully review all incidents that result in the death of a greyhound at a race meeting. The data collected as part of the review process will be collated and reported on to help improve track safety and animal welfare, and reduce the number of deaths of greyhounds at race meetings. Owners, trainers and handlers of deceased greyhounds, or witnesses to the incident, may be contacted by animal welfare staff to seek information on the incident or any other relevant information to support the review. GRV would like to thank those people who have been assisted us so far. NOVEMBER

22 Dundee Osprey winning the 2016 Sky Racing Topgun. Inset: Geoff Scott-Smith with the Topgun trophy. IT MAKES YOU REALLY PROUD WHEN PEOPLE SAY HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY SEEING HIM RACE. Please visit grv.org.au for all the latest GRV news TRIPLE GROUP 1 WINNER RETIRED TO STUD by Mick Floyd Dundee Osprey, one of the most consistent and brilliant chasers this decade, has been retired. The 35kg son of Fabregas and Dundee Rose departs the track with $538,600 in prize money next to his name after winning a number of feature events, including the Group One Topgun, Harrison-Dawson and Sale Cup. It s been a really good ride with him for sure, said his trainer Geoff Scott-Smith. He s my best mate. We kind of feed off each other. I d take him to the track and it was like he was trying to win for me. I don t really have a need for the money, I m retired now and own my place. Don t get me wrong, it s nice but it s not what I do it for. It (training greyhounds) gives you a purpose, a reason to get out of bed each morning. Getting a dog into tip top condition to be the best they can be is very satisfying. Dundee Osprey s racing career began in unconventional fashion. His first race was in a coursing event at Lang Lang as an 18-month-old pup where he reached the semi-final of the Derby. Two months later he won on his race track debut in a heat of the Vic Bred Maiden at Warrnambool, but despite the early success, he had given no indication of the success that lay ahead. The whole litter chased straight away. Early on you knew he was a good chaser but at that stage you never thought he d be a world beater, Scott-Smith said. After a couple of impressive wins at Cranbourne, Dundee Osprey made headlines at his 14th start when he blitzed his rivals to win in a stunning at Sandown Park, a time that even amazed the man who knew him best. Dundee Osprey contested an amazing 18 group finals throughout his decorated career and would finish with a record from 61 starts, including multiple wins over each distance. It makes you really proud when people say how much they enjoy seeing him race. He was such a competitor, just loved being at the track and racing, I can t remember a single race where he didn t try his hardest. I ll never have another one like him, Geoff said. Dundee Osprey is standing with Scott-Smith for $1,500 a serve. TRACK TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE FOR REPAIRS 22 By Luke Holmesby Geelong Greyhound Racing Club will temporarily close its track as repair work commences on the track s lure system. After experiencing ongoing mechanical faults with the lure system and the catching pen gates, a decision was made to close the track immediately and transfer all remaining meetings in November 2017 to other Victorian tracks. The twilight meeting that was scheduled for Tuesday, 31 October was unable to be transferred due to short notice and was subsequently cancelled. The meeting scheduled for 3 November will now be held at the Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club. GRV s Acting General Manager Racing, Scott Robins, said the decision to temporarily close the track was made with animal welfare front of mind. Participant safety and greyhound safety is paramount and while we understand temporarily closing a track does cause inconvenience for some people, we will not potentially compromise the welfare of the greyhounds or people who make up our sport, Mr Robins said. GRV will now consider options for the Geelong track to become operable again as soon as possible and an announcement will be made in the coming weeks around this in consultation with the club.

23 Tiger Dusty wins at The Meadows just four days after Richmond won the 2017 AFL Grand Final. Below: Tiger Dusty with trainer Fred Malloy (sporting a Richmond cap), and Dane Swan s headline-making tweet. DANE SWAN'S TIGER DUSTY TWEET By Andrew Copley Greyhound racing had its own slice of Dustin Martin fever when Tiger Dusty won at The Meadows on 4 October, just four days after the AFL superstar added the Norm Smith Medal to his CV as part of Richmond s historic grand final win. The greyhound s victory prompted a tweet by Martin s good mate, fellow Brownlow medallist Dane Swan, and also received national news coverage. I can t believe the coverage his win received. It made the news in Adelaide and in NSW. Dusty s horse (Main Stage) won a few days later as well, said trainer Fred Malloy of Heidelberg Heights. I ve been a Richmond member for 35 years, and my mum (Norma), who is 89, has been a member for 68 years. Norma joined Malloy at The Meadows for Tiger Dusty s win, his third from 26 starts. Fred trains one other greyhound, Tiger Girl, both of which were giveaways whom he walks through his local streets for four kilometres at 4:30am each day. Incidentally, Malloy was a handy footballer himself, playing in the 1970 Australian Army team which contained numerous VFL footballers including Rex Hunt, Barry Round and Kevin Sheedy. NOVEMBER 2017 EXPORT OF GREYHOUNDS TO USA SUSPENDED On the back of a GRV investigation, Greyhounds Australasia has suspended the issuance of greyhound passports to the USA pending a six-month review beginning October The suspension follows the discovery of a former Victorian-trained, Queensland-owned greyhound which was exported to the USA and later on-sold to China. As part of Victoria s reform agenda, GRV has recently introduced strengthened Rules regarding exporting and is continuing to strengthen its integrity capability, including investigating any Victorian owners/trainers that may be involved in the unauthorised exporting of greyhounds from Victoria. However, GRV s efforts to eliminate the inappropriate export of greyhounds are made harder by the fact that such exports are not illegal under Federal law. GRV has written to the Federal Minister asking for an amendment to the Commonwealth Export Control Act To read Greyhounds Australasia s Media Release go to grv.org.au/gapassports 23

24 LATEST LITTERS 1 AUGUST - 1 OCTOBER 2017 Please visit grv.org.au for all the latest GRV news 24 SIRE DAM WHELPED DESCRIPTION BREEDER SUBURB TELEPHONE FS FACILITY ALLEN DEED LEPRECHAUN BETTY Sep 02, Males 4 Females CRAIG TREHERNE LARA SCARLET MAID Oct 01, Males 2 Females RAYMOND HENNESS HEATHCOTE DYNA SHINKO Sep 05, Males MARGARET BREALEY EXFORD SANDOWN VETERINARY CLINIC BANJO BOY HAWKEEN Sep 25, Males 3 Females LYNETTE ANSTEE HUNTLY KAYMAC MAGIC Sep 10, Males 1 Females ADRIANO MORO KANGAROO FLAT MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE SOMMA STORM Sep 25, Males 1 Females GAYLE ELSTON SALE MAFFRA VETERINARY CENTRE LOLLIPOP BLING Sep 06, Males 5 Females TRISTAN DALES DROUIN WALNUT VETERINARY CLINIC BARCIA BALE PARIS VALENTINO Aug 16, Males 1 Females STEPHEN MAINS DINGLEY VILLAGE MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE TEAR AWAY MOON Aug 15, Males 4 Females DUANE DALTON LARA SANDOWN VETERINARY CLINIC BELLA INFRARED MEPUNGA MOSS Sep 24, Males 3 Females GARY WEBB WHITE HILLS MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE HOUNDOG (SYN) BLACK MAGIC OPAL SHANLYN LUCY Sep 04, Males 4 Females SHANNON LARSEN GARFIELD WALNUT VETERINARY CLINIC BUCK FEVER PHRYNE Sep 15, Females RAYMOND HENNESS HEATHCOTE MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE CLAPPIN THUNDER OLIVE'S GIFT Aug 25, Females DAVID TRAYNOR BALLIANG EAST MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE COSMIC RUMBLE LAURA ALLEN Aug 26, Males 2 Females FAY RIDIS MICKLEHAM CRAIGIEBURN ANIMAL HOSPITAL MICHU Sep 03, Males 3 Females MATTHEW EVANS MONTMORENCY WALNUT VETERINARY CLINIC DON'T KNOCKA HIM AS SWEET AS Aug 26, Males 4 Females MAGPIE BLUES (SYN) CRAIGIEBURN ANIMAL HOSPITAL BROADFORD PHILLIP SCHULTZ DYNA DOUBLE ONE CALABRESE GINA Sep 07, Males 3 Females LOUIE BICCHIERI FAWKNER CRAIGIEBURN ANIMAL HOSPITAL NAYLA SWIFT Sep 04, Males 3 Females ADAM MCNAMARA MOUNT WALLACE MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE FLORENCE ROSE Aug 14, Males 2 Females BEV AND DANIEL (SYN) MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE FABREGAS BEVERLEY PELL TOOLLEEN SWEET SHINE Sep 18, Males 2 Females SONIA DAVIS MURRABIT MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE FERNANDO BALE PARIS SPARKS Aug 01, Males 1 Females BRONWYN PULIS MOE SOUTH SANDOWN VETERINARY CLINIC TEARS SIAM Sep 01, 2017 MICHAEL IVERS CROWLANDS Colyton Veterinary Hospital FLYING PENSKE ZOLA ICON Sep 26, Males 4 Females Sullivan Sullivan (SYN) SIRES ON ICE ROBERT SULLIVAN EAST SHEPPARTON JUST THE BEST WADELOCK WILLOW Sep 08, Males 2 Females ROBERT CONWAY bunyip SANDOWN VETERINARY CLINIC KAYDA SHAE FOUR SECRETS Aug 01, Males 4 Females HARRY MANOLITSIS LYSTERFIELD SOUTH WALNUT VETERINARY CLINIC KEYBOW SHIFTY MIFTY Sep 03, Males 2 Females STEFANO CASSAR CRESWICK CRAIGIEBURN ANIMAL HOSPITAL ANDREA DORIA Sep 07, Males 4 Females GEORGE FARRUGIA ESSENDON SANDOWN VETERINARY CLINIC KINLOCH BRAE EVIE'S ENTITY Aug 23, Males 3 Females JAMES VANDEMAAT HEALESVILLE SANDOWN VETERINARY CLINIC UNTIL DAWN Sep 18, Males 3 Females VINCENT DAFFY EUMEMMERRING SANDOWN VETERINARY CLINIC JAMES FAMILY (SYN) KNOCKA NORRIS PAUA TO EXCITE Sep 23, Males 4 Females CASSANDRA JAMES CRIB POINT WALNUT VETERINARY CLINIC MAGIC SPRITE BOLD DESERT Aug 05, Males 4 Females DES DOUCH MAFFRA MAFFRA VETERINARY CENTRE DYNA ALINE Aug 10, Males 1 Females FAY RIDIS MICKLEHAM CRAIGIEBURN ANIMAL HOSPITAL MOREIRA SOMEDAY LADY Sep 21, Males 4 Females MICHAEL LEWIS LANGWARRIN OAKS ROAD TOTAL BLONDE Sep 17, Males 2 Females ADELE POWELL STANHOPE COLYTON VETERINARY HOSPITAL TONK JANRAY ARCADIA Aug 25, Males 2 Females JANINE WALKER ARCADIA SOUTH CRAIGIEBURN ANIMAL HOSPITAL UNLAWFUL ENTRY FOXY NAKITA Sep 21, Males 5 Females GEORGE FARRUGIA ESSENDON SANDOWN VETERINARY CLINIC VELOCETTE GRACEFUL SKY Sep 10, Males 2 Females THOMAS WELSH HIGHETT MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE STRAIGHT RACING (SYN) WALK HARD SUPER LEGGERA Aug 01, Males 8 Females SHERYL THOMAS NEWSTEAD MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE

25 RECENT MISSES SIRE DAM SERVICE DATE FACILITY BANJO BOY ALL TO WELL Jun 10, 2017 MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE AEROPLANE CINDY Jul 08, 2017 WALNUT VETERINARY CLINIC CONFIDENT RANKIN BAMBI BOUCHEAU Jun 19, 2017 MCIVOR ROAD VET CENTRE FABREGAS WHODAT LASS Jul 04, 2017 WALNUT VETERINARY CLINIC FERNANDO BALE LAMBDA BALE Jul 18, 2017 SANDOWN VETERINARY CLINIC HOTSHOT UNTIL TUESDAY Jul 11, 2017 WALNUT VETERINARY CLINIC MAGIC SPRITE GOOD SIZE Jul 25, 2017 WALNUT VETERINARY CLINIC MY BRO FABIO WATCH THIS SPACE May 31, 2017 CRAIGIEBURN ANIMAL HOSPITAL MY BRO FABIO TINKABELLA ROSE Jul 20, 2017 CRAIGIEBURN ANIMAL HOSPITAL STAGGER DEADLY BIG BIRD Jul 31, 2017 DON'T WAIT APPLY FOR DNA TODAY! GRV would like to remind participants of the requirements to register females for breeding. While GRV has implemented a short-term initiative which may assist participants who are under time pressure to get DNA results back, this involves additional steps (including a participant signing a GRV waiver) and can be avoided if DNA is done early. For a female to be eligible to breed, participants must ensure their greyhound has DNA results registered with Greyhounds Australasia. Steps how to do this are as follows: 1. Contact GA and apply for a DNA kit 2. Take the kit and the greyhound to your vet 3. Vet will complete the sample and post to the lab 4. After processing, the lab will inform GA and DNA number will be attached to the greyhound s record via FastTrack 5. If all other requirements have been met (see right for PINK CARD registration) the greyhound will be ready to complete the registration. GRV recommends applying for your DNA kit as early as possible to allow sufficient time for DNA results to be returned to Greyhounds Australasia and recorded before the greyhound is in season. The turnaround of the DNA result can be somewhere between two and six weeks, dependent on the Lab. For more information please contact Greyhounds Australasia at admin@galtd.org.au or To find out more about registering for a Pink Card, including fees, exemptions, stud masters and FSI technician responsibilities, go to: grv.org.au/pinkcard NOVEMBER

26 november RACING CALENDAR RACING CALENDAR 26 Scratchings - (03) Weekdays: 7.30am pm Saturday & Sunday: 7:30am - 9:00am & 3:00pm - 4:30pm Nominations - (03) Mon to Fri: 7.30am - 12noon On-line Nominations - 24 hours a day - 7 days a week Calendar is subject to change Visit fasttrack.grv.org.au for the latest GRV Racing Calendar DATE TIME SLOT TRACK TITLE OF EVENT DISTANCE WINNER Day MEP Restricted Win 525 (1-3 Wins)(250+ Ranking) Maiden Heats Grade 5 Final 410 (Final HOR 1/11) Twilight HOR Grade 5 No Penalty 410 (250+ Ranking) Wed, 1 Nov Grade 5 Final BAL Maiden Final S/E Veteran CRN Mixed 6/7 Final Day WGL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) Twilight SHP Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Full Stakes) GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Final 515 (Vic Bred Only) SAN Thu, 2 Nov Grade 5 Final GDR Restricted Win 650 (0-4 Wins) WBL Special Event Maiden Heats Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) Day HVL S/E Veteran 300 (250+ Ranking) Fri, 3 Nov Sat, 4 Nov Sun, 5 Nov Mon, 6 Nov Tue, 7 Nov Wed, 8 Nov Twilight BEN Restricted Win Final 500 (1-4 Wins) BAL Provincial Full Stakes GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Final 525 (Vic Bred Only) TRA Maiden Heats Twilight WBL Mixed 6/7 Heat 390 (Final WBL 9/11) Grade (Bitches Only) Northern Districts Cup - S/E Final 450 (Less Than $25000)(No City Wins)(Vic Bred Only)(At Least 2 Starts At Shepparton) Dash For Cash - Special Event SHP Presidents Trophy - Restricted Win Final 650 (0-4 Wins) GDR Special Event Maiden Final Grade (Bitches Only) HOR Day Restricted Win Heats 485 (1-4 Wins)(Final HOR 14/11) HVL Mixed 6/7 Final Twilight SLE GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Heats 440 (Vic Bred Only) Day BAL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Twilight TRA Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Hume Cup - S/E Group MEA RSN Silver Bullet - S/E Group Restricted Win Final 525 (1-4 Wins)(Final MEA 6/11) Grade 5 Heats 525 (No City Wins)(Final MEA 11/11) Twilight SAP GDR Novice Grade Restricted Win Heats 515 (1-4 Wins)(Final SAP 12/11) SLE Grade 5 Heats 440 (Final Sale 12/11) Restricted Win 440 (1-3 Wins)(250+ Ranking) CRN GDR Restricted Win 699 (0-4 Wins) GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Heats 520 (Vic Bred Only) Day MEP Grade 5 No Penalty 525 (250+ Ranking) Mixed 6/7 Heats Twilight BEN Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes)

27 DATE TIME SLOT TRACK TITLE OF EVENT DISTANCE WINNER GDR Special Event BAL Wed, 8 Nov Mixed 6/7 Heats SHP Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) Day WGL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Twilight SHP Shepparton To The Meadows - Grade 5 Heats 450 (No City Wins) S/E Veteran 450 (250+ Ranking) Thu, 9 Nov SAN Ready 2 Race Championship Race - Special Event 515 (Top 8 Greyhounds With Highest Prizemoney Since 2016 Auction) Melbourne Cup Prelude Series 4 Special Event RACING CALENDAR november Mixed 6/7 Final 390 (Final WBL 9/11) WBL Maiden Final Sam Barbie Grant Memorial - Restricted Win Heats 450 (1-3 Wins)(Vic Bred Only) Day HVL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) Fri, 10 Nov Sat, 11 Nov Sun, 12 Nov Mon, 13 Nov Tue, 14 Nov Twilight BEN Maiden Heat BAL Provincial Full Stakes TRA Maiden Final Twilight WGL S/E Veteran Maiden Heats 400 (Final WGL 21/11) MEA Grade 5 Final 525 (No City Wins)(Final MEA 11/11) Maiden Final HVL Top Cat Video Puppy Championship - S/E Heats 350 (Whelped on/after 1 Nov 2015) GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Heats 300 (Vic Bred Only) Day Restricted Win Final 515 (1-4 Wins)(Final SAP 12/11) SAP Grade 5 No Penalty 595 (250+ Ranking) Grade (Bitches Only) Twilight SLE Grade 5 Final 440 (Final Sale 12/11) GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Semi Final 440 (Vic Bred Only) Day BAL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Twilight TRA Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) Restricted Win Qualifying Heats 311 (1-4 Wins) CRN Maiden Qualifying Heats Restricted Win Qualifying Heats 520 (0-2 Wins) SHP Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) WBL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) Twilight Restricted Win Final 485 (1-4 Wins)(Final HOR 14/11) HOR GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Heat 410 (Vic Bred Only) WGL GRV VIC BRED Series - Restricted Win Heats 680 (0-6 Wins)(No City Wins)(Vic Bred Only) GRV VIC BRED Series - Mixed 6/7 Heats 460 (Vic Bred Only) LEGEND CLUBS BAL Ballarat BEN CRN GEL HOR HVL MEA SAN SHP SLE TRA WGL WBL MEP SAP Bendigo Cranbourne Geelong Horsham Healesville Meadows Sandown Park Shepparton Sale Traralgon Warragul Warrnambool Meadows (Provincial) Sandown Park (Provincial) 570+ DISTANCE RACING Day MEP Grade 5 No Penalty 525 (250+ Ranking) Restricted Win Heats 525 (1-4 Wins) VICBRED Wed, 15 Nov Thu, 16 Nov Fri, 17 Nov Sat, 18 Nov Twilight BEN Provincial Half Stakes (Preference Given To Maidens) BAL Mixed 6/7 Final CRN GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Final 520 (Vic Bred Only) Day WGL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Twilight SHP Mixed 6/7 Heats TRA Mixed 6/7 Heats WBL Sam Barbie Grant Memorial - Restricted Win Final 450 (1-3 Wins)(Vic Bred Only) Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) Day HVL S/E Veteran 350 (250+ Ranking) Twilight BEN GDR Special Event Maiden Final BAL Provincial Fuill Stakes TAB Melbourne Cup - S/E Heats 515 (See sandowngreyhounds.com.au For Full T&C's) SAN Bold Trease Cup - S/E Heats 715 (Best 32) Twilight CRN President's Cup - Mixed 4/ Casey Sprint - Special Event Twilight CRN Cranbourne To Sandown - Grade 5 Heats 520 (Must Be Grade 5 At SAP)(Final SAP 26/11) MEA City Country Middle Distance Series - S/E Heats 600 (No City Wins 570m+) RANK LIMIT VETERAN RACE VICTORIAN BRED DEFINITION Greyhounds whelped prior to January 1st 2015: any greyhound that was whelped in Victoria, and in turn, has an earbrand beginning with a "V". Greyhounds whelped on/after January 1st 2015: any greyhound that was whelped in Victoria and bred by a Victorian registered Breeder. 27

28 november 28 RACING CALENDAR Scratchings - (03) Weekdays: 7.30am pm Saturday & Sunday: 7:30am - 9:00am & 3:00pm - 4:30pm Nominations - (03) Mon to Fri: 7.30am - 12noon On-line Nominations - 24 hours a day - 7 days a week Calendar is subject to change Visit fasttrack.grv.org.au for the latest GRV Racing Calendar RACING CALENDAR DATE TIME SLOT TRACK TITLE OF EVENT DISTANCE WINNER Shepparton To The Meadows - Grade 5 Final 525 (No City Wins) Sat, 18 Nov MEA Mixed 6/7 Final Grade (Bitches Only) Top Cat Video Puppy Championship - S/E Final 350 (Whelped on/after 1 Nov 2015) HVL GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Final 300 (Vic Bred Only) Day Restricted Win Heats 350 (1-4 Wins) Sun, 19 Nov Grade 5 Heats SAP Restricted Win 515 (Bitches Only)(1-4 Wins) Twilight SLE GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Final 440 (Vic Bred Only) Restricted Win Heats 440 (1-4 Wins) Day BAL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) Mon, 20 Nov Twilight TRA Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) SHP Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) GEL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Twilight GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Semi Final 410 (Vic Bred Only) HOR GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Heats 485 (Vic Bred Only) Tue, 21 Nov GRV VIC BRED Series - Restricted Win Final 680 (0-6 Wins)(No City Wins)(Vic Bred Only) WGL GRV VIC BRED Series - Mixed 6/7 Final 460 (Vic Bred Only) Maiden Final 400 (Final WGL 21/11) Day MEP GDR Novice Grade Grade 5 Heats Twilight BEN Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) BAL Restricted Win Heats 390 (1-4 Wins) Wed, 22 Nov Restricted Win Qualifying Final 311 (1-4 Wins) Restricted Win Qualifying Final 520 (0-2 Wins) CRN Maiden Quali Final S/E Veteran GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Heats 520 (Vic Bred Only) Day WGL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) Mixed 6/7 Final Twilight SHP Thu, 23 Nov S/E Veteran 390 (250+ Ranking) GEL Maiden Heat BEN Grade (Bitches only) Day HVL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) Twilight BEN City Country Middle Distance Series - S/E Final 660 (No City Wins 570m+) Mixed 6/7 Heats TAB Melbourne Cup - S/E Group (See sandowngreyhounds.com.au For Full T&C's) Bold Trease Cup - S/E Group (Best 32) Fri, 24 Nov Cup Sprint - Group Listed SAN Sir John Dillon Memorial - S/E Group Grade 5 Final Grade 5 Heats 515 (Maximum 4 Heats) TRA Special Event Mixed 6/7 Final Restricted Win Qualifying Heats 450 (1-2 Wins) Morning SHP Maiden Qualifying Heats Restricted Win Qualifying Heats 390 (1-2 Wins) Sat, 25 Nov Maiden Qualifying Heats Twilight HOR Grade (Bitches Only) MEA Restricted Win Final 525 (1-4 Wins) Grade 5 Heat Sun, 26 Nov Day HVL Restricted Win Final 350 (1-4 Wins) S/E Veteran SAP Cranbourne To Sandown - Grade 5 Final 515 (Must Be Grade 5 At SAP)(Final SAP 26/11) Restricted Win 515 (1-3 Wins)(250+ Ranking)

29 DATE TIME SLOT TRACK TITLE OF EVENT DISTANCE WINNER Day SAP Maiden Heats Sun, 26 Nov GDR Special Event Twilight SLE Restricted Win Final 440 (1-4 Wins) Day BAL Provincial Half Stakes (Preference Given To Maidens) Mon, 27 Nov Twilight TRA Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) SHP Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) GEL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) RACING CALENDAR december Tue, 28 Nov Twilight HOR GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Final 410 (Vic Bred Only) GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Final 485 (Vic Bred Only) Mixed 6/7 Heats WGL Simon Benson Memorial - Restricted Win Heats 460 (1-4 Wins) Day MEP Grade 5 Heat Grade (Bitches Only) Wed, 29 Nov Twilight BEN Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Restricted Win Final 390 (1-4 Wins) BAL S/E Veteran CRN GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Semi Final 520 (Vic Bred Only) Day WGL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) GDR Restricted Win 650 (1-4 Wins) LEGEND Maiden Quali Final CLUBS Thu, 30 Nov Twilight SHP Restricted Win Qualifying Final 450 (1-2 Wins) Maiden Quali Final Restricted Win Qualifying Final 390 (1-2 Wins) BAL BEN CRN GEL Ballarat Bendigo Cranbourne Geelong Day SAN Grade 5 Final 515 (Maximum 4 Heats) Maiden Final WBL Maiden Heat Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) HVL S/E Veteran 350 (250+ Ranking) HOR HVL MEA SAN SHP SLE Horsham Healesville Meadows Sandown Park Shepparton Sale Fri, 1 Dec Twilight BEN TRA GEL GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Heat 425 (Vic Bred Only) Mixed 6/7 Final GDR Restricted Win 665 (1-4 Wins) Restricted Win Heats 525 (1-4 Wins) GDR Special Event Maiden Final TRA WGL WBL MEP SAP Traralgon Warragul Warrnambool Meadows (Provincial) Sandown Park (Provincial) Sat, 2 Dec Twilight BAL Ballarat Cup - S/E Heats Grade 5 Final MEA Grade 5 Final DISTANCE RACING Sun, 3 Dec Day Twilight HVL Maiden Heats SAP Laurels Classic - S/E Heats 515 (Maidens Ineligible)(Bitches Only)(Whelped on/after 01/09/2015)(Best 64) SLE Sale Distance Championship - S/E Heats 650 (Maidens Ineligible) Grade (Bitches Only) VICBRED RANK LIMIT Mon, 4 Dec Tue, 5 Dec Wed, 6 Dec Thu, 7 Dec Day BAL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Twilight TRA Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) SHP Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Full Stakes) Twilight HOR Mixed 6/7 Final GEL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) WGL Simon Benson Memorial - Restricted Win Final 460 (1-4 Wins) S/E Veteran 400 (250+ Ranking) Day MEP Maiden Heats Grade 5 No Penalty 525 (250+ Ranking) Twilight BEN Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) CRN GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Final 520 (Vic Bred Only) Mixed 6/7 Heats SLE Maiden Heats 440 (Final Sale 16/12) Restricted Win 440 (1-3 Wins)(250+ Ranking) Day WGL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Twilight SHP GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Heats 450 (Vic Bred Only) VETERAN RACE VICTORIAN BRED DEFINITION Greyhounds whelped prior to January 1st 2015: any greyhound that was whelped in Victoria, and in turn, has an earbrand beginning with a "V". Greyhounds whelped on/after January 1st 2015: any greyhound that was whelped in Victoria and bred by a Victorian registered Breeder. 29

30 december 30 RACING CALENDAR Scratchings - (03) Weekdays: 7.30am pm Saturday & Sunday: 7:30am - 9:00am & 3:00pm - 4:30pm Nominations - (03) Mon to Fri: 7.30am - 12noon On-line Nominations - 24 hours a day - 7 days a week Calendar is subject to change Visit fasttrack.grv.org.au for the latest GRV Racing Calendar RACING CALENDAR DATE TIME SLOT TRACK TITLE OF EVENT DISTANCE WINNER Twilight SHP S/E Veteran 450 (250+ Ranking) Maiden Final Thu, 7 Dec WBL GDR Special Event Mixed 6/7 Heats SAN Special Event Restricted Win 515 (1-4 Wins) Day HVL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) Twilight BEN GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Final 425 (Vic Bred Only) Restricted Win Heats 425 (1-4 Wins) Fri, 8 Dec Special Event TRA Restricted Win Final 525 (1-4 Wins) GRV VIC BRED Series - S/E Heats 680 (Vic Bred Only)(Less than $25,000) GEL Mixed 6/7 Heats Ballarat Cup - S/E Group 2 Final Ballarat Cup - Special Event Consolation Final Sat, 9 Dec Twilight BAL Special Event Special Event Special Event MEA Grade 5 Final HVL Christmas Cup - S/E Heats Maiden Final Day Laurels Classic - S/E Semi Final 515 (Maidens Ineligible)(Bitches Only)(Whelped on/after 01/09/2015)(Best 64) Sun, 10 Dec SAP GRV VIC BRED Series - Restricted Win Heats 515 (1-4 Wins)(Vic Bred Only) GDR Restricted Win 715 (1-4 Wins) Sale Distance Championship - S/E Final 650 (Maidens Ineligible) Twilight SLE G. J. Gardner Homes - Grade 5 Heats Valda Clavarino Memorial GDR - Mixed 4/ Day BAL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) Twilight TRA Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) SHP Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Mon, 11 Dec Maiden Qualifying Heats CRN Restricted Win Qualifying Heats 311(1-4 Wins) Restricted Win Qualifying Heats 520 (0-2 Wins) GEL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Twilight Tue, 12 Dec HOR Restricted Win Heats 410 (1-4 Wins) WGL Warragul To Sandown - Restricted Win Heats 460 (1-4 Wins)(No City Wins) Day MEP Grade 5 No Penalty 600 (250+ Ranking) Mixed 6/7 Heats 525 (Final MEP 20/12) Twilight BEN Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Wed, 13 Dec Mixed 6/7 Final CRN GDR Special Event BAL Summer Classic - Grade 5 Heats Day WGL Provincial Half Stakes (Preference Given To Maidens) Twilight SHP GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Semi Final 450 (Vic Bred Only) Thu, 14 Dec WBL Mixed 6/7 Final Laurels Classic - S/E Group 2 Final 515 (Maidens Ineligible)(Bitches Only)(Whelped on/after 01/09/2015)(Best 64) SAN GRV VIC BRED Series - Restricted Win Final 515 (1-4 Wins)(Vic Bred Only) Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) Day HVL S/E Veteran 350 (250+ Ranking) Twilight TRA Maiden Heats Fri, 15 Dec BEN Restricted Win Final 425 (1-4 Wins) GRV VIC BRED Series - S/E Final 680 (Vic Bred Only)(Less than $25,000) GEL S/E Veteran Mixed 6/7 Final Sat, 16 Dec Twilight SLE Rising Stars - Restricted Win Heats 440 (1-4 Wins)(Vic Bred Only)

31 DATE TIME SLOT TRACK TITLE OF EVENT DISTANCE WINNER Summer Cup - S/E Heats Twilight SLE Sat, 16 Dec Maiden Final 440 (Final Sale 16/12) MEA Maiden Final Christmas Cup - S/E Final HVL Mixed 6/7 Heats Day GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Heats 515 (Vic Bred Only) SAP Sun, 17 Dec Restricted Win 515 (1-4 Wins)(Bitches Only) RACING CALENDAR december Twilight SLE Sale Cup - S/E Heats Gippsland Carnival Launch - S/E Heats G. J. Gardner Homes - Grade 5 Final Day BAL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Mon, 18 Dec Twilight TRA Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) SHP Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) GEL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) Tue, 19 Dec Twilight HOR Restricted Win Final 410 (1-4 Wins) Maiden Heats Wed, 20 Dec Thu, 21 Dec WGL GDR Special Event Restricted Win Heats 600 (1-4 Wins) Day MEP Restricted Win 525 (1-3 Wins)(250+ Ranking) Mixed 6/7 Final 525 (Final MEP 20/12) Twilight BEN Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) S/E Veteran Restricted Win Heats 520 (1-4 Wins) CRN Maiden Quali Final Restricted Win Qualifying Final 311 (1-4 Wins) Restricted Win Qualifying Final 520 (0-2 Wins) GRV VIC BRED Series - Restricted Win Heats 450 (1-4 Wins)(Vic Bred Only) BAL Summer Classic - Grade 5 Final GRV VIC BRED Series - Restricted Win Heats 660 (0-6 Wins)(Vic Bred Only)(No City Wins) Day WGL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Final 450 (Vic Bred Only) Twilight SHP S/E Veteran 390 (250+ Ranking) Restricted Win Heats 390 (1-4 Wins) WBL GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Heats 450 (Vic Bred Only) LEGEND CLUBS BAL Ballarat BEN CRN GEL HOR HVL MEA SAN SHP SLE TRA WGL WBL MEP SAP Bendigo Cranbourne Geelong Horsham Healesville Meadows Sandown Park Shepparton Sale Traralgon Warragul Warrnambool Meadows (Provincial) Sandown Park (Provincial) SAN Grade 5 Heats GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Final 515 (Vic Bred Only) DISTANCE RACING Warragul To Sandown - Restricted Win Final 515 (1-4 Wins)(No City Wins) Fri, 22 Dec Sat, 23 Dec Sun, 24 Dec Day HVL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) Twilight BEN GDR Restricted Win 660 (1-4 Wins) Maiden Heats TRA Maiden Final GEL Restricted Win Heats 400 (1-4 Wins) Twilight SHP GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Heats 450 (Vic Bred Only)(Final SHP 28/12) MEA Silver Chief - S/E Heats 525 (Dogs Only)(Whelped on/after 01/09/2015) Day HVL Mixed 6/7 Final S/E Veteran SAP Maiden Heats Grade 5 No Penalty 515 (250+ Ranking) Twilight GEL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes)(Beckley Park Members Bonus Available) HOR Maiden Final VICBRED RANK LIMIT VETERAN RACE VICTORIAN BRED DEFINITION Greyhounds whelped prior to January 1st 2015: any greyhound that was whelped in Victoria, and in turn, has an earbrand beginning with a "V". Tue, 26 Dec SLE Sale Cup - S/E Group 1 Final Rising Stars - Restricted Win Final 440 (1-4 Wins)(Vic Bred Only) Summer Cup - S/E Final Gippsland Carnival Launch - S/E Final Restricted Win Heats 440 (1-4 Wins)(Final Sale 31/12) Greyhounds whelped on/after January 1st 2015: any greyhound that was whelped in Victoria and bred by a Victorian registered Breeder. Wed, 27 Dec Day MEP GDR Novice Grade Grade 5 Heats

32 december 32 RACING CALENDAR Scratchings - (03) Weekdays: 7.30am pm Saturday & Sunday: 7:30am - 9:00am & 3:00pm - 4:30pm Nominations - (03) Mon to Fri: 7.30am - 12noon On-line Nominations - 24 hours a day - 7 days a week Calendar is subject to change Visit fasttrack.grv.org.au for the latest GRV Racing Calendar DATE TIME SLOT TRACK TITLE OF EVENT DISTANCE WINNER Wed, 27 Dec Thu, 28 Dec Fri, 29 Dec Sat, 30 Dec Sun, 31 Dec DAY TWILIGHT NIGHT Twilight BEN Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(300+ Ranking) CRN Restricted Win Final 520 (1-4 Wins) BAL GRV VIC BRED Series - Restricted Win Final 450 (1-4 Wins)(Vic Bred Only) GRV VIC BRED Series - Restricted Win Final 660 (0-6 Wins)(Vic Bred Only)(No City Wins) S/E Veteran Day WGL Provincial Non-Penalty - Tier 3 (Half Stakes) Twilight SHP WBL SAN RACING CALENDAR GRV VIC BRED Series - Grade 5 Final 450 (Vic Bred Only)(Final SHP 28/12) Restricted Win Final 390 (1-4 Wins) Flying Star Sprint - Restricted Win Heats 390 (1-2 Wins) Warrnambool Fence Rising Star - Restricted Win Heats 450 (1-4 Wins) Grade 5 Heats Grade 5 Final Maiden Final Day HVL Rank Limit (Half Stakes)(250+ Ranking) S/E Veteran 300 (250+ Ranking) Twilight BEN Maiden Final TRA Mixed 6/7 Heats GEL Restricted Win Final 400 (1-4 Wins) Twilight WBL GRV VIC BRED Series - Maiden Semi Final 450 (Vic Bred Only) Warrnambool Summer Cup - S/E Heats 450 (Vic Owned Last 60 Days) Silver Chief - S/E Semi Final 525 (Dogs Only)(Whelped on/after 01/09/2015) MEA Damsels Dash - Grade 5 Heats 525 (Bitches Only) Restricted Win Final 600 (1-4 Wins) Day CRN Grade 5 No Penalty 520 (250+ Ranking) Grade 5 No Penalty 311 (250+ Ranking) WBL Restricted Win 390 (1-4 Wins)(250+ Ranking) Grade (Bitches Only) Twilight SLE GDR Restricted Win 650 (1-4 Wins) Restricted Win 440 Final (1-4 Wins)(Final Sale 31/12) Upcoming Events November 6 th - Hume Cup 13 th - Ready 2 Race Heats 18 th - Ready 2 Race Final & Auctions 24 th - Melbourne Cup December 9 th - Ballarat Cup 14 th - Laurels Classic 26 th - Sale Cup GRV WEEKLY RACE MEETING SCHEDULE JULY ONWARDS MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY BALLARAT MEADOWS (MEP) WARRAGUL HEALESVILLE SANDOWN (SAP) TIER 3 PROVINCIAL TIER RANK PROVINCIAL HEALESVILLE PROVINCIAL H/S TRARALGON HORSHAM BENDIGO SHEPPARTON BENDIGO ROTATE SALE TIER 3 PROVINCIAL TIER 3 PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL GEELONG TIER 3 SHEPPARTON WARRAGUL BALLARAT SANDOWN GEELONG THE MEADOWS TIER 3 PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL METRO PROVINCIAL METRO CRANBOURNE WARRNAMBOOL TRARALGON PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL

33 GIPPSLAND SET FOR SHORTER AND MORE DYNAMIC CARNIVAL Leg 1 - Sale Heats: 17/12/2017 Finals: 26/12/2017 Leg 2 - Warragul Heats: 5/01/2018 Final: 13/01/2018 Leg 3 - Traralgon Heats: 20/01/2018 Final: 27/01/2018 Leg 4 - Cranbourne Heats: 03/02/2018 Final: 10/02/2018 By Molly Haines SALE CUP (650m - 1st prize - $75,000) GIPPSLAND CARNIVAL LAUNCH (440m - 1st prize - $15,000) WARRAGUL CUP (460m - 1st prize - $47,000) TRARALGON CUP (525m - 1st prize - $47,000) CRANBOURNE CUP (520m - 1st prize - $47,000) Greyhound Racing Victoria is excited to announce the upcoming 2017/18 Gippsland Carnival, to be run throughout the summer period. This will be greyhound racing s second Gippsland Carnival, and will carry over $800,000 in prize money, incorporating Victoria s four country cups in the Gippsland region. However, an adjustment to the racing calendar will see the carnival condensed to eight weeks (down from 16 weeks), making it more dynamic. The Gippsland Carnival will kick off with the 2017 Group 1 Sale Cup, to be run on Boxing Day, with the Warragul Cup (13 January), Traralgon Cup (January 27) and Cranbourne Cup (February 10) to complete the carnival. Bonus prize money will again be available for the best performing greyhounds, albeit under a new format that will no longer include separate streams for sprint and staying events. Due to low nomination numbers in the first Gippsland Carnival for the staying events, outside of the Sale Cup, the risk of not getting enough nominations to conduct heats could have made the series unviable, announced GRV s Racing Manager, Scott Robins. The points system has also been altered to offer higher points for heats, which should encourage increased participation across what we expect to be a tightly contested Carnival program. The top three points scorers at the completion of the 2017/18 Gippsland Carnival will share in $20,000 bonus prize money, with the breakdown being $14,000 (1st), $4,000 (2nd) and $2,000 (3rd). More details about the bonus prize money stream for the upcoming Gippsland Carnival will appear in the December edition of Greyhound Monthly. GRADER ON THE GROUND GRV s Chief Grader Andrew Mills visited Victoria s 13 tracks over the past month to provide insights into the current grading and selection processes, as well as listening to feedback from participants. Mills said issues raised and suggestions were similar at each club. We found that there was confusion with Tier 3 versus Provincial selection procedures as well as the calculation method of a greyhound s ranking, Mills said. Participants also raised concerns regarding higher graded dogs being put into Mixed 4/5 events. Mills says that the issues and suggestions are being discussed by key GRV staff. We would like to thank the participants for their feedback. We are always looking at ways to improve our grading system to ensure all greyhounds are able to compete under fair and reasonable conditions. Mills said the track visits were a success and he is hoping to travel to the tracks to discuss grading every six months to ensure knowledge ofthe grading system is up-to date. NOVEMBER

34 CLUB DIRECTORY BALLARAT Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club President: Alf King Manager: Dan Verberne Tel: (03) Fax: (03) Website: ballarat.grv.org.au Address: Corner of Rubicon & Sutton Streets, Ballarat Postal: PO Box 175R, Reden, 3350 HORSHAM Horsham Greyhound Racing Club President: Ian Bibby Manager: Justin Brilliant Tel: (03) Fax: (03) Website: horsham.grv.org.au Address: Horsham Showgrounds, Horsham, 3400 Postal: PO Box 458, Horsham 3400 SHEPPARTON Shepparton Greyhound Racing Club President: Tracey Fothergill Manager: Carl McGrath Tel: (03) Fax: (03) Website: shepparton.grv.org.au Address: 7580 Goulburn Valley Highway, Kialla 3631 Postal: PO Box 7528, Shepparton 3632 Please visit grv.org.au for all the latest GRV news 34 BENDIGO Bendigo Greyhound Racing Association President: Robert Douglas Manager: Troy Harley Tel: (03) Fax: (03) Website: bendigo.grv.org.au Address: Lords Raceway, McIvor Highway, Junortoun, 3551 Postal: PO Box 7, Junortoun, 3551 CRANBOURNE Cranbourne Greyhound Racing Club President: Greg Carter Manager: Amanda Cameron Tel: (03) Fax: (03) Website: cranbourne.grv.org.au Address: Grant Street, Cranbourne, VIC 3977 Postal: PO Box 55 Cranbourne 3977 GEELONG Geelong Greyhound Racing Club Chairman: Mark Pearson Manager: David Hoey Tel: (03) Fax: (03) Website: geelong.grv.org.au Address: Beckley Park, Broderick Rd, Corio, 3214 Postal: PO Box 125, Corio 3214 HEALESVILLE Healesville Greyhound Association Inc. Administrator: Anthony Mitchell Manager: Cynthia O Brien Tel: (03) healesville@grv.org.au Website: healesville.grv.org.au Address: Healesville Sports Complex, Cnr Don & Donald Rds, Healesville 3777 Postal: PO Box 1170, Healesville 3777 THE MEADOWS Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association Chairman: Eddie Caruana Manager: Marg Long Tel: (03) Fax: (03) meadows@grv.org.au Website: themeadows.org.au Address: 80 Northcorp Bvd Broadmeadows Victoria 3047 Postal PO Box 103, Campbellfield, 3061 SALE Sale Greyhound Racing Club President: John Waugh Manager: Des Dooley Tel: (03) Fax: (03) sale@grv.org.au Website: sale.grv.org.au Address: Sale Showgrounds, Sale Maffra Road Postal: PO Box 44, Sale 3850 SANDOWN Sandown Greyhound Racing Club Chairman: Geoff Dawson Manager: Greg Miller Tel: (03) Fax: (03) sandown@grv.org.au Website: sandowngreyhounds.com.au Address: Lightwood Road, Springvale, VIC 3171 Postal: PO Box 13, Springvale 3171 TRARALGON Traralgon Greyhound Racing Club President: Don Haley Manager: Steven Clarke Tel: (03) Fax: (03) traralgon@grv.org.au Website: traralgon.grv.org.au Address: Glenview Park, McNairn Road, Traralgon Postal: PO Box 329, Traralgon 3844 WARRAGUL Warragul Greyhound Racing Club President: Phil Pryor Manager: Adrian Scott Tel: (03) Fax: (03) warragul@grv.org.au Website: warragul.grv.org.au Address: Logan Park, Warragul VIC 3820 Postal: PO Box 313, Warragul 3820 WARRNAMBOOL Warrnambool Greyhound Racing Club Administrator: Robert Lane Manager: Craig Monigatti Tel: (03) Fax: (03) warrnambool@grv.org.au Website: warrnambool.grv.org.au Address: Warrnambool Showgrounds, Koroit St, Warrnambool Postal: PO Box 115, Warrnambool 3280 QUIZ ANSWERS 1 Point - 1. Ando s Mac; 2. Bendigo; 3.True; 2 Points - 4. Greyhound Owners, Trainers & Breeders Association of Victoria; 5. True; 6. Brisbane Cup (2013) 3 Points - 7. Got A Moment SCORE 0-4 Still a maiden 5-8 Country class 9-11 City standard 12 Group 1 performer

35 TRIAL INFORMATION FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE RELEVANT RACE CLUB DIRECTLY BALLARAT Monday Afternoon - (Pen): Following the race meeting Tuesday - (Arm): 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. Bookings open Friday at 9.00am Wednesday - (Pen): Following the race meeting Thursday - (Arm): 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. Bookings open Monday at 9:00am Saturday (Pen): 8:00am to 8:45am. (Arm): 8:45am to 11:30am Bookings open Wednesday at 9:00am BENDIGO Monday - (Break In/Education): 8:00am Tuesday - (Arm): 8:00am - Until completion Wednesday - (Pen): Following the race meeting Thursday - (Break In/Education): 8:00am - Until completion Friday - (Pen): Following the race meeting Saturday - (Arm): 8:00am - Until completion CRANBOURNE Monday - (Arm): 2:00pm to 5:00pm, and must be booked by phone before 2:00pm Monday - (Pen): 6pm until completion, and must be booked by phone before 6pm Wednesday - (Pen): After the race meeting Thursday - (Arm): 7:30am to 1:00pm, and must be booked by COB Wednesday. GEELONG Monday (Hoop) 9:30am 1:00pm Inside Track Only (520m BTB, 596m) Wednesday & Saturday (Hoop) 8:30am 3:00pm Inside track (520m BTB, 596m) 8:30 am 10:00 am Outside track (400m, 460m, 680m) 10:15am 3:00pm Bookings online or via office from one week prior Tuesday (Pen) Pen trials are run on Tuesday after the races Pen trials booked by phone or office only from 12:00 pm on the day of the trial session. HEALESVILLE Daylight Savings Trial Times Wednesday - (Pen): 9:00am to 11:00am - (300m) 11:00am - 1:00pm (350m) Bookings open Monday at 10:00am and close at 4:00pm Tuesday. Cancellations to be phoned to office on and leave message. Race days: Half field trials only Satisfactory trials by arrangement must be booked with the club by calling the office on Trainers will need to provide 4 greyhounds where required. Dogs cleared at Healesville will only be cleared to race at Healesville. Please Note: No Satisfactory Trials will be conducted on a heat-affected meeting. Greyhound welfare is the full responsibility of the owner/trainer/attendant at all times on the grounds of the Healesville Greyhound Association. HORSHAM Tuesday - (Pen) Following the race meeting Saturday - (Arm Only) 9:00am - Until completion Bookings essential by phoning the club THE MEADOWS Monday - (Arm/Pen): Trials start at 5:30pm & work backwards. Bookings close 11:00am sharp Monday. Wednesday - (Pen) Trials start after the last race. Bookings from 8:30am Wednesday. Friday - (Arm) Trials start at 8:30am Bookings close at 4:00pm sharp on Thursday. SALE Tuesday - (Arm): 8:00am Until completion. Pen trials between 9:00am 9:30am. Wednesday - (Arm): 8:00am Until completion Saturday - (Arm): 7:30am Until completion Sunday (Pen): Following the race meetings The new training bullring is operational with sessions on Mondays and Thursdays at 8am. Bookings with the Club only. SANDOWN Wednesday - (Arm): 1:00pm Until Completion Saturday - (Pen, Field, Arm): 7:00am Until completion Sunday - (Satisfactory and Field): Following the race meeting SHEPPARTON Monday - (Pen): Following the race meeting Wednesday - (Arm): 8:00am Until completion Thursday - (Pen): Following the race meeting Saturday - (Arm): 8:00am Until completion TRARALGON Monday (Pen): Following the race meeting Tuesday - (Arm): 8:00am Until completion Thursday (Arm): 8:00am Until completion Saturday (Pen): Following the race meeting WARRAGUL Tuesday (Pen): Following the race meeting Wednesday (Arm): 12:00pm to 5:00pm Thursday - (Pen): Following the race meeting Friday (Arm): 8:00am to 1:00pm WARRNAMBOOL Tuesday - (Arm): 4:00pm - Until completion Thursday : After last race Pen trials only, 308M 390M 450M Saturday Morning: 8:00am start until finished Arm or Pen trials. Bookings are essential for all trial sessions conducted at greyhound tracks in Victoria. Bookings can be made in person, by phone or via FastTrack (except Cranbourne, Horsham and Warrnambool). Pen trials conducted after race meetings are required to be booked on the day by no later than race 8 via phone. Satisfactory Trials are conducted following race meetings. Trial sessions are subject to late change and weather conditions. NOVEMBER

36 927 AM Proudly sponsored by FEIKUAI GREYHOUNDS SILVER 2017 GROUP METRES CHIEF Heats Semi-Finals Final SATURDAY 23 DECEMBER FIRST PRIZES: $6,260 SATURDAY 30 DECEMBER FIRST PRIZES: $10,000 SATURDAY 6 JANUARY FIRST PRIZE: $100,000 Other features on Silver Chief Cup night: DAMSELS DASH FINAL (525M) Please refer to the Racing Calendar for prize money & conditions NOMINATIONS CLOSE TUESDAY 19 DECEMBER AT 9AM VIA FASTTRACK.GRV.ORG.AU