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Australian Trainer of the Year has history of convictions

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Greyhound Clubs Australia has chosen Queensland’s Tom Tzouvelis as 2024/25 Trainer of the Year at their Brisbane event on 29 August. Tzouvelis pleaded guilty to doping two greyhounds with cobalt at Ipswich in November 2021. https://qric.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Stewards-Report-Tom-Tzouveilis.pdf And then there’s this: https://qric.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Stewards-Report-Tom-Tzouvelis-2.pdf Another point to note was Geoff Rose being inducted into the GCA Australian Hall … Read more

GRV stands on the bodies of dead greyhounds

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Image shows Matchbox Flame suffering catastrophic injuries at Shepparton, 11 Aug 2025   While GRV Chair Peita Duncan was saying she would “stand side by side with our peers in Tasmania” on the proposed racing ban, Matchbox Flame was killed at Shepparton.  Six days earlier, Aston Amisha and Mickey Mouse were killed at Horsham.  With … Read more

Racing with terminal cancer – how can it happen?

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Even allowing for what the greyhounds racing industry stoops to, the latest story from an industry supporter is hard to believe. Apparently, two-year-old greyhound Irinka Lindsay has “a high-grade mast cell tumour, meaning his time with us will be tragically short.” He is still being made to race and urged to “Run your heart out, … Read more