Justice for Matt (Greyhound) - Update on Progress

[lemongrass 10]

So, the 'noise of the crowd' would be the yobs and neds that jeer when a dog falls?..good job for the kids eh? And no, I'm not familiar with Xbox games...but I bet if the games a kid was playing was real life then they would be scarred. Just cannot understand how you can be so blase about animal abuse? No wonder kids these days have no respect for anything..what about the teaching of values and caring about others and vulnerable creatures?

[eastbank 10]

So, the 'noise of the crowd' would be the yobs and neds that jeer when a dog falls?..good job for the kids eh? And no, I'm not familiar with Xbox games...but I bet if the games a kid was playing was real life then they would be scarred. Just cannot understand how you can be so blase about animal abuse? No wonder kids these days have no respect for anything..what about the teaching of values and caring about others and vulnerable creatures?

 

you will find the the racing industry is not classed as animal abuse......yobs do not attend the greyhounds...they live in squats and smash up tesco's...or throw paint at the police....

the sport loving punters are law abiding citizens....

[lemongrass 10]

I beg to differ..in ever increasing numbers the sport IS seen as abuse. Yobs don't attend tracks?..what is a 'six-packer' then? It's someone who goes out on a Saturday night to get plastered, have a bet, laugh at the dogs that fall and knows sweet FA about the dogs. If they are lucky then can do all this on a 1p meal deal..[yes, thats how desperate the industry is to get people through the turnstile]. As for 'law abiding citizens'..well, the industry itself is rotten to the core with the administration of drugs to dogs, dogs 'disappearing', etc. Anyway 'eastbank', I suspect you are not a hardcore fan of racing..as a businessman you will see you are forever dipping into your pockets with Molly. Pray she stays safe..I wonder how you'd feel if the worst happened to her? Interesting thought...

[eastbank 10]

I beg to differ..in ever increasing numbers the sport IS seen as abuse. Yobs don't attend tracks?..what is a 'six-packer' then? It's someone who goes out on a Saturday night to get plastered, have a bet, laugh at the dogs that fall and knows sweet FA about the dogs. If they are lucky then can do all this on a 1p meal deal..[yes, thats how desperate the industry is to get people through the turnstile]. As for 'law abiding citizens'..well, the industry itself is rotten to the core with the administration of drugs to dogs, dogs 'disappearing', etc. Anyway 'eastbank', I suspect you are not a hardcore fan of racing..as a businessman you will see you are forever dipping into your pockets with Molly. Pray she stays safe..I wonder how you'd feel if the worst happened to her? Interesting thought...

 

yes molly is priceless...but i can see why people get involved....some trainers have dogs running seven days a week....if you have 30 dogs and they all get 2 runs...not including prize money...that amounts to about...£1,800...thats not a bad earner for a sport that is on its knees....the vast amount of revenue comes from the bookies....so the tickets and freebies that the public enjoy are subsidised by the likes of ladbrokes and william hills....you try booking a seat in the resturaunt on a friday or saturday...

[lemongrass 10]

Two runs a week per dog!!! hilarious. Owners are leaving the sport in droves, at some tracks they are lucky to get one run a fortnight. Many dogs are now trainer owned [to keep up with their contract to supply BAGS dogs]. The Bookies are milking everyone involved dry. Even the Champion Trainer Mark Wallis cannot make ends meet [his own words] and he has the very best of dogs. No, the sport is dying ,thank goodness. As for the restaurant bookings ..well, speaks for itself, people are probably there for the food. Bet most of the patrons are oblivious to what is going on down on the track.

[eastbank 10]

Two runs a week per dog!!! hilarious. Owners are leaving the sport in droves, at some tracks they are lucky to get one run a fortnight. Many dogs are now trainer owned [to keep up with their contract to supply BAGS dogs]. The Bookies are milking everyone involved dry. Even the Champion Trainer Mark Wallis cannot make ends meet [his own words] and he has the very best of dogs. No, the sport is dying ,thank goodness. As for the restaurant bookings ..well, speaks for itself, people are probably there for the food. Bet most of the patrons are oblivious to what is going on down on the track.

 

 

owners may be...one trainer at owlerton has twelve dogs running tuesday....thats nearly four hundred in appearance money...he also races dogs on a mon/thur/fri/sat.....if he wasn't making money he wouldn't do it...how long they been racing at owlerton...well over 100 years...long may it continue....no people go for a good night out and enjoy the dogs...

we have got another night planned in june...for the matthew cryer trophy...shifted well over 200 tickets last time...nice earner for the lads trust..

[lemongrass 10]

Thought Belle Vue held the first race meeting in 1926? Anyway, I'm glad you are making a bit of money for Matthews trust..nobody else in racing is! In the 1990s seven US states banned racing..there will be many more. Many tracks in Britain are struggling to hold on. Well eastbank..much as I enjoy the banter with you got to take my 3 retireds [used, abused and dumped black bin bag fillers] out for a walk. Maybe you should try taking Molly home yourself and watch her personality develope, perhaps when you realise what gentle, loving dogs they are you will not want to be responsible for one going into the traps and risking death...

[vanman10 10]

lemongrass stick a cork up your ,well i dont no wich orrofice you should insert it. but stop being a plank

[lemongrass 10]

Jog On pratt lol!

[eastbank 10]

Thought Belle Vue held the first race meeting in 1926? Anyway, I'm glad you are making a bit of money for Matthews trust..nobody else in racing is! In the 1990s seven US states banned racing..there will be many more. Many tracks in Britain are struggling to hold on. Well eastbank..much as I enjoy the banter with you got to take my 3 retireds [used, abused and dumped black bin bag fillers] out for a walk. Maybe you should try taking Molly home yourself and watch her personality develope, perhaps when you realise what gentle, loving dogs they are you will not want to be responsible for one going into the traps and risking death...

 

 

molly seems to be one of the lucky ones....she wont be racing til she drops...and wont see a bin liner....in the racing game the dogs are a commodity....get the most out of them..then move on to the next batch....its all about the money....if the powers that be thought it was cruel...they would move to the virtual racing..the one they use when the weather is bad....never win when the big boys are in control....there must be thousands like your three...wanting a home....but wont get one

[lemongrass 10]

I'm not denying you are one of the better owners..sure you'll provide for your dog, as you should. Shame everyone isn't forced to do the same. Virtual racing is the future, people DO bet on it and thats all the bookies want. The powers that be will not ban racing outright as there would be a huge welfare issue [redundant dogs] and people without a livlihood. Better to let it die gradually. No point in arguing with you...do you read Greyhoundscene Forum? all gloom and doom on there..they know the sport is on it's last legs..and they are the ones who will know:)

[eastbank 10]

I'm not denying you are one of the better owners..sure you'll provide for your dog, as you should. Shame everyone isn't forced to do the same. Virtual racing is the future, people DO bet on it and thats all the bookies want. The powers that be will not ban racing outright as there would be a huge welfare issue [redundant dogs] and people without a livlihood. Better to let it die gradually. No point in arguing with you...do you read Greyhoundscene Forum? all gloom and doom on there..they know the sport is on it's last legs..and they are the ones who will know:)

 

maybe some tracks are run down....but owlerton provides jobs and incomes for staff, owners and trainers...also the owner has a casino on site...free admission for punters...virtual racing is ok...but you cannot beat the real thing...cannot really see it dying in my lifetime...maybe the kids coming through will swerve it but i doubt it...