Don’t do as I do, do as I say !
The principle that one is innocent until proven guilty certainly doesn’t apply to disciplinary hearings of the Greyhound Regulatory Board where naked prejudice seems to be alive and well. The implication of the Houfton enquiry that all dogs who vomit after a race do so as a result of an overwhelming inclination in owners and trainers to cheat may have its genesis in unbridled, unashamed naked loathing of greyhound practitioners born of ignorance. But accusations of cheating and impugning the character of individuals based on supposition without hard facts and evidence to support is unacceptable. One can only assume that GBGB aspires to standards of behaviour and governance which are on a different level to the rest of us. 
Kelly thinks Dee Jay will call the tune at Yarmouth Premier League supported by GOBATA Championship on Saturday LOCAL DEE JAY is “plotted up” to win his BETDAQ Premier League proper race at Yarmouth on Saturday where he runs in the final leg of the night over 462 metres - that’s the message from his ebullient trainer, Kelly Findlay! She says that a plum draw in trap one on the back of a sparkling trial at the Norfolk track on Monday (27.76sec.) should put him spot on and, such is her confidence, she will probably put him up as her joker chasing double points. “The dog is well in himself and in fact our team this time around has more strength in depth than in round one and I think we’ve a good chance of scoring well for the Dunham Devils. Local Dee Jay runs in the penultimate race of the night, which doesn’t bother the trainer too much. “All my runners are good kennellers but, having said that, I will get to Yarmouth on the back end of kennelling time, round about half past six, which will give them about half-an-hour less to spend locked away than the early arrivals.” Miss Findlay has confirmed that any ambitions Local Dee Jay had to become a hurdler are now dead in the water. “He got over the baby jumps fine when he was schooling but the proper hurdles freaked him out big time!” she said. “He ran a decent trial at Crayford first off, hit the fourth flight and fell in a subsequent trial there, and it was later at Wimbledon where he told us he wasn’t going hurdling any more, he jumped like an elephant there!” So much then for any Springbok aspirations. Miss Findlay says that the Premier League is a “very good concept and has brought trainers closer together. They’ve all entered the spirit of the competition and the points system is an excellent idea, it all adds to the excitement.” Read More. |
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Competition Races There are four Premier League Proper meetings to be decided which will determine the outright winning team, at Yarmouth on Saturday and back there on January 28, and then at Doncaster on February 10 and 24, grand finals night. Total Premier League prizemoney of £7250 is on offer at each of these four meetings plus a further £1,000 prize for each ‘bonus race,’ which will be drawn at random on the night and split equally between the winning owner and trainer. The 2012 BETDAQ Premier League champions will receive an additional £1000. *For clarification we would advise you that in the PL Proper points are accumulative, which is to say that points earned at Yarmouth on Saturday will be carried forward to the next round there and through to Doncaster next month for Grand finals night when the team with the most points over the four legs will be crowned BETDAQ Premier League champions. |
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Give an effective voice to all greyhound practitioners, owners, breeders, trainers, and ancillary staff with the aim of assisting the GBGB to: (A) Develop a commerical strategy for the greyhound industry that will halt its continuing decline and be capable of sustaining the long term success of the sport (B) Formulate policy on welfare and common issue interest GOBATA Priorities
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