![]() In the report, Greyhound Racing Victoria writes that the race was abandoned ‘due to the lure breaking down on the third turn’, before stating that ‘following an on-track collision’, the greyhound Krakatoa was ‘pronounced deceased by the On-Track Veterinarian, which will be the subject of further investigation.’ The only public record of Race 4 at Cranbourne published by Victorian racing authorities to date is a vaguely-written racing stewards report that disguises the details of what happened to each of the five greyhounds affected. He was owned by a gambling syndicate named ‘Hawks and Tigers’, and had been shifted between three trainers in Victoria: Maxwell Williams, Ian Hopper and Dennis Langley. The young greyhound that died was a 3-year-old male, assigned the racing name of ‘Krakatoa’. Sky Racing-the broadcaster that airs animal racing in Australia, owned by the gambling behemoth that profits from greyhound racing, Tab Corp-has also refused to publish footage of the race. Greyhound Racing Victoria announced the day after the race that the Cranbourne greyhound track would be “closed until further notice” and that “racing and trialling is currently suspended”, without providing further explanation.Īs part of their response to the equipment malfunction and greyhound death, Greyhound Racing Victoria are refusing to publish footage of the race in which the incident occurred. Racing authorities reported that the mechanical lure-which is operated by racetrack staff to entice greyhounds to chase around the track-broke down, but are yet to publicly clarify whether this played a role in causing harm to any of the dogs in the race, or whether the cause of the failure was mechanical in nature or due to human error. ![]() The incidents at Cranbourne took place during the fourth race of the day at a greyhound racing meet on Saturday, January 8. Dog racing at the Cranbourne Greyhound Racing Club has been suspended after a disastrous race over the weekend in which one greyhound was killed, four greyhounds were injured and racetrack equipment failed.
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