Industry updates / Finish-on-lure racing temporarily replaced by regular racing

The Greyhound Welfare & Integrity Commission and Greyhound Racing NSW have made the joint decision to immediately suspend finish-on-lure (FOL) racing at Richmond.

The FOL meeting scheduled for this Sunday 15 March will now be run as a normal race meeting without the use of the FOL.

Trainers who wish to scratch their greyhounds from this Sunday’s race meeting will be permitted to do so without penalty if their reason for nominating was specifically to compete in a FOL race.

FOL racing at Richmond will be replaced by regular racing in attempt to reduce the spread of Canine Infectious Diarrhoea. FOL racing likely increases the risk of spreading Canine Infectious Diarrhoea by potentially facilitating swapping of saliva between greyhounds.

With cases of Canine Infectious Diarrhoea in the Londonderry area currently awaiting testing results, the Commission will be working with the Richmond club to install a disinfection station at the track ahead of tonight’s race meeting.

The Commission continues to encourage trainers to isolate any greyhounds showing symptoms of Canine Infectious Diarrhoea and report cases to Commission vets so that further testing can be arranged.

You can contact the Commission vets on 13 49 42 or vets@gwic.nsw.gov.au.