NSW Premier Mike Baird's decision to close greyhound racing next year was predicated on animal welfare but there is a real danger that the animals the ban is intended to protect could end up becoming collateral damage in the rush to shut down the sport within 12 months.
The Grafton greyhound carnival is usually a celebration of the sport but on Wednesday, Cup night, the usual excitement and smiles were replaced by concerned faces about their futures.
Luck is a funny thing in racing when it's with you, it's great but it can quickly turn as jockey Tye Angland can attest in Grafton this week already.
The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) declaration that it supports the banning of greyhound racing in NSW is cynical.
Canberra's horse racing industries unconcerned over greyhounds ban, confident they don't have similar issues.
Greyhound racing returned to the nation's capital on Sunday amid protests against the government's decision.
A video of a leading thoroughbred racing administrator predicting the demise of the state's greyhound industry due to "intelligence from government circles" back in April has emerged online.
Greyhound Racing NSW will beef up integrity measures by swabbing all winners and tripling the number of stewards on the ground in a bid to prevent the industry descending into chaos when racing resumes on Monday.
Through the doom and gloom of a wet and cold Warrnambool day, trainer Paddy Payne still decided to leave the comfort and warmth of the Grandstand to remain 200 metres from the winning post to watch the $100,000 Thackeray Steeplechase.
Canberra Greyhounds are "not going to lay down and cop it sweet" and will join protests against the sport's ban in Sydney.
Jockey Craig Williams, who netted a remarkable five winners at Flemington on Saturday, has also managed to close the gap between himself and state premiership rival Dwayne Dunn to just one victory.
Goulburn trainer Emma Longmire had to get back to being mum straight after Thunder Road gave her a first Randwick win produce a storming finish to the Highway Handicap on Saturday.
The controversial whip rules have again been highlighted by a protest from second-placed jockey Jim Byrne against Jeff Lloyd for hitting his mount too often in the straight in a race at Doomben on Saturday.
Godolphin assistant trainer Darren Beadman thought he was taking the right horses to Randwick on Saturday with the boss away and he went home with a winning treble courtesy of Badajoz, Farolitos and Monogram.
Greyhounds, and those who love them, supersede recent turf issues after the former High Court Judge Michael McHugh, no wowser, has sent dog racing in NSW hot in pursuit of the extinction bunny.
Sam Clipperton, like most jockeys, dreamt of riding in Hong Kong but admits the speed at which he has achieved a three-month contract in the racing hub is amazing.
Canberra breeders concerned for those who will lose their livelihood and the thousands of dogs set to lose their lives.
Decades ago, a mate coaxed me into joint ownership of two racing greyhounds. Their breeding and talent was on a par with our budget, but for a while we had fun toddling around Victorian country tracks, winning and losing small amounts, doing a lot of passive smoking, but never having to wait in a queue for food, a beer or a bet.
Caulfield galloper By The Grace attempts his most important assignment on Saturday when he tackles the $150,000 Winter Championship at Flemington.
Graham Taylor allows his children to name the family's horses and it was son James that came up with Elemenohpee, which has been a winter revelation winning three on end.
Eliot Forbes arrives with greyhounds under scrutiny over cruelty.
Racing Australia on Thursday announced that the new threshold for cobalt was 100mcg\L – half the previous threshold of 200 – and will be introduced on September 1.
Thoroughbred and harness racing officials are confident the imminent closure of the greyhound racing industry in NSW won't adversely impact their revenue streams while defending their sports' animal welfare practices.
Edited extracts from the special commission of inquiry into greyhound racing.
William Inglis has announced an exciting innovation for its 2017 Classic Yearling Sale at Newmarket in February, with a $1million bonus for any book-one graduate who can win the world's richest two-year-old race – the Golden Slipper at Rosehill – in 2018.
Brenton Avdulla admits a couple of years back he was enjoying life too much. He has found this season that life is a whole lot more enjoyable when you're winning on the track.
Sam Clipperton will link with the two trainers who have supplied him with group 1 winners this season at Randwick on Saturday and is hoping for a winning double.
Joe Pride has a team of wet trackers ready to go to Randwick on Saturday.
Kris Lees is tossing up whether to run emerging talent Guard Of Honour at Randwick on Saturday.
Geoff Grimish has told a few war stories in his time but the popular owner has taken it to another level with horses on either side of the world called War Story.