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, Lindsay”.
Irinka Lindsay ran at The Gardens NSW on 1 August 2025. He has raced 22 times. On 29 March 2025, he fell in his race. On 16 April he finished a “distant last”, and was found to have an “upper respiratory abnormality”, with 14 days stand-down. He then raced on 5 July.
A vet with 40 years of experience says: “High Grade means the cancer has probably spread already and there is a poorer prognosis, often only months. However, there are various treatments that an owner would probably try – surgery, radiation, chemotherapy.
“If it’s high grade he is not a well dog and shouldn’t be racing. The focus should be concentrating on treatment, not racing him!”
We have reported this to RSPCA and GWIC and will be following up to find out the truth of this story.
No one would allow a dog with terminal cancer to race, would they?
Images above show Irinka Lindsay falling at The Gardens on 29 March 2025.
The image at the top of the page shows Irinka Lindsay on 16 April 2025 when he finished a “distant last” and was found to have an “upper respiratory abnormality.