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Greyhound racing in Australia is a sport and gambling activity. Australia is one of several countries with a greyhound racing industry. [2] The industry laws are governed by the State Government but the keeping of greyhounds is governed by the Local Authority. [3]
Here is a list of greyhound group racing in Australia. ... All 4 Paws & Claws Pet Resort Healesville Cup: 2 350 Healesville Greyhounds: 47000 Great Chase: 2 525
The Healesville Greyhound Racing Club also holds regular greyhound racing meetings at the Healesville Showgrounds and Sporting Complex on Don Road. [13] Golfers play at the course of the RACV Country Club on Yarra Glen Road. [14] Healesville has a soccer team known as Healesville Soccer Club that plays in the Victorian State League 4 East.
Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack has operated greyhound races in Wheeling since 1976, while Mardi Gras Casino and Resort, formerly known as Tri-State Greyhound Park, has operated in Cross Lanes since 1985. Delaware North has noted that they make very little profit on live greyhound racing, but turn a modest profit on simulcasting. [16]
In 1996, the Greyhound Adoption Program was founded by Mel Tochner and Anita Smith. [3] The Greyhound Adoption program works with trainers and owners to help adopt greyhounds to good homes after they have finished racing. The Greyhound Adoption Program is based in Semour, Victoria, and has a purpose built facility for re-homing greyhounds. [4]
The final of the Melbourne Cup involves the winners of eight heats conducted the previous week. In order for a greyhound to qualify for the heats, it must win an 'exemption race' - a Group 1 sprint race, a Victorian country cup (except the Healesville Cup) or a group race at Sandown Park 515m - in the 12 months preceding the Melbourne Cup final.
Greyhound racing is a popular industry in Ireland with the majority of tracks falling under the control of Rásaíocht Con Éireann (GRI) which is a commercial semi-state body and reports to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. [19] The vast majority of greyhounds racing in the UK are imported from Irish breeders (estimated 90%).
It is commonly billed as The race that stops a nation, but it is more accurately The race that stops two nations, [127] as many people in New Zealand, as well as Australia, pause to watch the race. "The Race That Stops The Nation" is a poem about Australia's fascination with the Melbourne Cup. Sydney born writer Vivienne McCredie wrote it in 1986.