👀 GENERAL NEWS in 2024 👀

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MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2024

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PARTNER WITH HOME RUN HOUNDS – ARC PRESS RELEASE
{TAKEN FROM THE GREYHOUND STAR — FEBRUARY 6, 2024}

ARC stadiums partner with Home Run Hounds as part of homing commitment

Claire Butler & Tracey Parbery

A partnership to help retired greyhounds find suitable and loving homes when their racing careers end has been created between Arena Racing Company’s Nottingham and Perry Barr Stadiums and a midlands homing centre.

Founded in 2022, Home Run Hounds operates three homing centres in Wombourne, Stourbridge and Shenstone with the support of a 200-strong volunteer network who share care, walking and public engagement responsibilities.

The three centres – capable of caring for up to 50 sighthounds in search of their forever home – have now teamed up with Nottingham and Perry Barr Stadiums, who will support 10 kennel spaces for greyhounds recently retired from the tracks.

The move forms part of Arena Racing Company’s commitment to ensuring greyhounds attached to its five UK venues enjoy a happy and healthy retirement with appropriate owners via its homing partners.

Tracey Parbery, Director of Home Run Hounds, hopes it will encourage more families in search of a four-legged friend to consider homing a retired greyhound.

“Greyhounds make the most wonderful pets in retirement,” said Tracey. “We find a lot of visitors misunderstand greyhounds by believing they require the levels of exercise associated with other working breeds.

“In reality, they are among the laziest breed you could wish to come across and will sleep for up to 20 hours each day requiring only two short walks.

“We’re really grateful to both Nottingham and Perry Barr Stadiums whose commitment to finding loving homes for these magnificent dogs by supporting our operation contributes to making our job finding appropriate owners easier.

“Last year, our team homed 40 greyhounds and have found homes for another 10 already in 2024. Much of this is thanks to the hard work of volunteers and donors who help organise monthly walks across the midlands, café visits and pitches at shows.

“Our first retired greyhounds from Nottingham have settled in really well and we look forward to finding their perfect homes very soon.”

In addition to finding homes for retired greyhounds, Home Run Hounds’ work also extends to several community services.

They include care home visits with retired greyhounds, community talks, engagement with local groups and helping those living with a disability to enhance their mental and physical experiences through spending time with retired greyhounds.

Claire Butler, Director of Home Run Hounds, has helped to organise several events through the year – including regular walks in the midlands and a presence at Uttoxeter Racecourse on Saturday, May 4.

She said: “We have greyhounds with all different types of personalities that will be loving companions for all different types of people – whether you are a family, an individual or the older generation.

“We look forward to matching the right dog to you – you’ll never look back.”

Home Run Hounds is an approved Homing Centre by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) – the regulator of licensed greyhound racing – and underpinning the partnership is the GBGB’s Greyhound Retirement Scheme.

This scheme helps with costs associated with a greyhound’s retirement via a £400 bond – paid jointly by its owner and the GBGB – which goes towards kennelling, feeding and caring for each greyhound whilst it awaits a suitable home.

David Evans, General Manager at Nottingham Greyhound Stadium, added: “We’re really pleased to enter a new partnership with Home Run Hounds whose outstanding work really aligns with our core greyhound welfare and care values.”

Chris Black, General Manager at Perry Barr Stadium, added: “Ensuring that greyhounds find suitable homes in retirement is one of our biggest priorities and thanks to our homing partners like Home Run Hounds with additional support from the Greyhound Retirement Scheme that we can help link our retired stars with their new owners in retirement.”

To find out more about Home Run Hounds or to arrange a kennel visit to one of its three homing centres, visit www.homerunhounds.co.uk.

Alternatively, you can contact the team via 07488 253537 or email [e-mail].

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INFORMATION VIA THE GREYHOUND STAR....

To date there have been 133 British bred 2023 litters registered with the Greyhound Stud Book.

This is not the final figure – breeders have three months to register their pups from whelping date. The final figure should be somewhere near the 2022 total of 168.

While the numbers are not huge, the quality continues to improve year on year. Among the Category One winning dams, there are young littes for Queen Beyonce, Queen Jessiej, Drive On Betsy, Fabulous Skylar and Banabane.

They are just the elite, there are a string of proven open race dams and maiden broods looking to build on successful racing careers. Among the surprises is a British bred litter for Gilbert Anderson’s outstanding open racer Singalong Sally. The Irish Derby runner-up has the only litter by Droopys Sydney on the list.

*Hiya Butt/Coney Cheam litter incorrectly transposed on graph below. Anniversary Girl litter whelp date subject to verification.

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TAKEN FROM THE RACING POST
SUNDAY 11-2-24

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Steeling the Gymcrack.....


Sheffield have announced that they have taken over the title of the Gymcrack and will stage the event in place of their Steel City Puppy Derby.

Sheffield RM Andrew Mascarenhas said: “We are advised by Kinsley that they would be unable to commit to the Gymcrack this year. Given the prestige and history of the event, we decided to rename our new puppy competition.

“It will go ahead as planned in April with the prize money structure already promised. It simply means that Kinsley’s event for May has been cancelled.”

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TAKEN FROM THE RACING POST
TUESDAY 13-2-24

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TAKEN FROM THE RACING POST
WEDNESDAY 14-2-24..

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TAKEN FROM THE GREYHOUND STAR
TUESDAY 13-2-24




No Rush Decision.......

GBGB are expected to announce the disqualification of the 2023 Oaks winner No Rush following the return of a positive urine sample from the Carol Weatherall trained bitch.

Rumours of the ruling have been in circulation of the ruling in recent weeks though no details have emerged of the prohibited substance contrary to rule 173 (ii) which states: “A Greyhound shall be Disqualified from a Race or Competition at the stage of the Race or Competition at which a Sample was taken and subsequently found positive. Rule 95 applies.”

In other words, the disqualification is automatic, notwithstanding the result of a stewards inquiry.

Under the Rules of Racing, the winner’s title and prize money automatically transfer to the runner-up, in this case, Kevin Hutton’s Jet Stream Angel.

Although these high profile disqualifications are rare, the unfortunate No Rush joins a list that includes Derby winner Droopys Hewitt and Leger winner Shelbourne Star.