Today, we are launching our new welfare strategy for licensed greyhound racing
This builds on our
#GreyhoundCommitment
to ensure the highest standards of care for our canine athletes throughout their lives [1/4] ⤵️
🗣️ "I hope I can encourage others out there to find out more about the sport and the thrill of greyhound ownership”
We are delighted to announce the appointment of World Darts Champion
@Gezzyprice
as a Greyhound Ambassador
➡️
#GreyhoundCommitment
🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉Happy 70th Birthday Steve Nash
@SteveNashPhotos
. The legend with a lens has been thrilling us all with his action shots down the years, and the sport salutes you “Nasher” on your big day. One of the best. Congratulations!🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳
Have you heard the news...? 👇
Today, GBGB has announced that greyhound racing will be back at Towcester, as promoter Kevin Boothby secures a new licence for the Northamptonshire racecourse.
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Greyhound of the Year Droopys Clue, aka Cluedo, saves the best til last
@TowcesterRaces
and sets a new track record of 28.58sec! Four bends or six, it doesn’t matter. He truly is a star of the sport. Well done
@CahillKennels
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With trials in sight, we wanted to say thank you to everyone across our sport for pulling through.
We're lucky to have such amazing trainers, kennelhands and owners working hard in service of our greyhounds.
👏 Thanks and let's get
#RacingAgainSoon
📽️
@kevhuttonracing
We are delighted to announce that the Greyhound Ambassadors, with support from friends, raised over £5,000 for retired greyhounds throughout the
#GreyhoundDerby2022
👏🐾
Read more⤵️
#GreyhoundCommitment
We are preparing for a safe and effective return to racing.
✅ Ensuring our racecourses are
#workingsafely
and COVID-secure so that our people and greyhounds can begin to get back on track.
📄Read our Operational Policy here:
#RacingAgainSoon
We are deeply saddened to hear that His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh has passed away aged 99
The Duke is pictured here with his greyhound Camira Flash, which won the 1968 English Greyhound Derby at White City
#RIPPrincePhillip
🏆Congratulations to the Rees family
@reesgreyhound
and owner Mr Evans who land the Cat One
@PremGreyRacing
Kent Derby with Churchfield Syd. off the track for four months, this pacey brindle has come back stronger than ever. superb!🏆
"Greyhounds are happy, healthy animals with different personalities - that’s our sport’s unique selling point”
In our latest blog
@Emilywalliss
talks about growing up in greyhound racing and celebrating the stars of our sport 🐶 ⭐️
#GreyhoundCommitment
Following a meeting of the Derby panel, GBGB is pleased to announce that not only will
@TowcesterRaces
host the Greyhound Derby in 2022 but they will also host it for the next five years – up to and including 2026
Read more here:
"Nathan and his peers are part of a new generation of enthusiastic young people who are playing a vital role in ensuring a bright future for our sport”
We wish the very best of luck to
@huntos67
in his new role
@RomfordDogs
🐾🏆
GBGB has announced today that its long-awaited Greyhound Retirement Scheme (GRS) will begin on 1st September 2020.
Read more here:
#GreyhoundCommitment
We are very proud that, with the support of our whole sport, welfare standards continue to rise under our
#GreyhoundCommitment
. Independently verified data proves this each year – and we are well on our way towards meeting even more ambitious welfare goals...
Following the announcement this evening from the Prime Minister, GBGB Managing Director, Mark Bird, has commented on the national lockdown. Racing to continue behind closed doors.
🏁 First out of the Traps! 🏁
🐾 Greyhound racing will be the FIRST sport to resume behind-closed-doors on Monday morning as our canine athletes get back to their starring roles.
📺 Follow the action on RPGTV featuring
@nottingham_dogs
&
@yarmouthstadium
GBGB announces Operational Policy fast-track following review:
🔹Success of Phase 2 paves way for racecourses to move straight to Phase 4
🔹Open racing permitted from Monday 29th June
🔹Face coverings are now required in all enclosed spaces
Super-brood Forest Natalee wins the Best Dam of British Bred Award for the 2nd year running thanks to her 2020 mating to Magical Bale – an exceptional pairing which picked up 4 Category One titles last year
Congratulations to the whole team at
@kevhuttonracing
👏
#GBGBAwards
It’s the one you’ve all been waiting for - GBGB’s Greyhound of the Year 2018 is DOROTAS WILDCAT! 🏆🐾’ ‘he’s a once in a lifetime dog - he’s just amazing’
#GBGBAwards
👀An historic moment for former independent circuit
@TheValleyTrack
who are set to race under GBGB rules for the first time today since opening in 1976. The 10-race card gets underway at 11.37am and features four opens
🏆🔥🏆Fantastic front-running performance from
@NHunt67
Nathan Hunt’s Droopys Fidget who clocks the fastest time of the year in winning the Steel City Puppy Derby
@OwlertonStadium
over 500m in 28.35sec. Owners Paul Allen and John Gilson have a proper dog on their hands.🏆🔥🏆
📣 Stadium News 📣
After 26 years, the voice of
@RomfordDogs
, commentator Steve Woodward, is leaving his role.
💬”I’d like to think I’m leaving at the top of my game.”
Take a look back at Steve’s final Category one commentry in the
@Coral
Cesarewitch final!
The Blue Cross will have you believe our sport does not take welfare seriously.
Let’s prove them wrong.
Share photos of the care, love and attention your racing and retired greyhounds receive each and every day.
#factnotfiction
#GreyhoundCommitment
Patrick Janssens crowned 2020 Trainer of the Year
@Patrick25719056
🗣: “It’s a great honour to be Trainer of the Year, we’re immensely proud – and will try to do it again in 2021!”
As anyone who has ever owned a greyhound knows, they are a breed that will quickly steal your heart ♥️
Which racing or retired greyhound are you sharing the love with this
#ValentinesDay
?
Post your📸 and stories below⤵️
#GreyhoundsMakeGreatPets
#ValentinesDogs
🏆Droopys Clue leads his rivals a merry dance again to land the Cat One George Curtis and Ballyregan Bob Memorial Final
@HoveGreyhounds
. Congratulations to connections and Team Cahill. What a joy he is to follow. CLUUUUUUUUUEDO🏆
🏆Congratulations to Team Wallis and the
@MWDpartnership
who land the Cat One
@PremGreyRacing
Eclipse with Newinn Syd - a model of consistency throughout the event and a worthy winner🏆
Do you have a retired greyhound?
Are you looking for information on your canine athlete’s racing career?
Join nearly 7,000 members on this special community page.
Be part of a memorable journey from track to sofa!
#greyhoundsmakegreatpets
Following last night's Conservative Pary leadership hustings in Leeds, we have written to
@RishiSunak
MP setting out the steps our sport takes to maintain the highest levels of greyhound welfare.
Read the letter here:
Congratulations to the Nathan Hunt Racing Club
@nhracingclub
who land the Peter Bussey Memorial Trophy
@CrayfordStadium
with the strong-running Allowdale Cazoo. superb!
🤞🇬🇧Wishing Team Fenwick
@HannahFenwick13
@fenwick_melanie
and sole English challenger Brookside Richie the best of luck tonight
@shelbournepark
in a super-hot Heat 15 of the second round of the Irish Greyhound Derby at 9.09pm. He will need to trap smartly. Come on Richie lad🇬🇧🤞
A huge thanks to everyone for attending our
#greyhoundambassadors
launch this evening. Enormous amounts of passion and a wealth of knowledge and experience in the room from representatives across our sport.
GBGB is today releasing its COVID-19 Operational Policy which would see a five-phase approach to a resumption of ‘behind closed doors’ greyhound racing as soon as the current government restrictions can be relaxed.
🏆🔥Swords Rex. The unbeaten ante-post favourite sailed through the
@StarSports_Bet
& TRC English Greyhound Derby quarter-finals in 28.93sec. What a picture he is🔥🏆
🎙️Nicky Holland, wife of Graham
@RiversideKenne
"He is getting stronger with each run"
🏆🇬🇧British breeding in the spotlight this afternoon
@Oxford_Stadium
with the semi-finals of the
@BGBF_UK
Puppy Cup. Phil Milner
@PhilMilner
and partner Keeley are immensely proud of their homebreds Keefill Maverick (left) and Goose who take each other on at 12.38pm. good luck🤞
In our latest owner's blog, syndicate head
@wiboyle
reflects on the impact of the temporary pause on racing, the cheer he has found from the greyhound community and the crucial role owners play within the sport 🐾🏆
#GreyhoundRacing
#GreyhoundCommitment
📽️ Inside Greyhound Racing: Life at a Racing Kennels
In our latest film, Derby-winning trainer
@kevinhuttonracing
and his team shine a light on how our canine athletes spend their time at home.
Find out more here:
We are thrilled to launch our inaugural
#NationalGreyhoundWeek
:
🔹 28 August - 3 September 2023
🔹 Celebrating British greyhound racing – from our canine athletes to our people, fans and partners
🔹Underpinned by the Owners' Bonus Series
#greyhoundracing
We are pleased to announce the dates for two major events in the 2021 open race calendar:
🏆 English Oaks -
@SwindonDogs
Commences: Thurs 7 Oct
Final: Sun 24 Oct
🏆 St Leger -
@perrybarrdogs
Heats: Thurs 16 Sept
Final: Thurs 30 Sept
#GreyhoundRacing
It was a pleasure to welcome the team behind 'Your Greyhound's History' to last night's
#GBGBAwards
as our special guests
Through their phenomenal Facebook group, Clare, Viv and Elaine work tirelessly to connect retired greyhound owners with their pet's racing history👏
The GBGB Best Dam of British Bred goes to FOREST NATALEE!
Signet Denver (60 points), Moments Of Magic (50) and Bernard (49), were her top offspring contributors during 2021
#GBGBAwards
#GreyhoundRacing
#BritishBred
As anyone who has homed an ex-racing greyhound knows, they make brilliant pets. However, only 20% of current dog owners would consider owning a retired greyhound. As part of our Greyhound Commitment, we are extending our work with
@greyhoundtrust
to promote greyhounds as pets.
We are pleased to confirm that, following the easing of lockdown restrictions, owners are now permitted to visit and walk their greyhounds at residential kennels
➡️ See here for more information and a copy of our safety guidelines:
#GreyhoundRacing
Greyhound Advent: 19 🎄🐾
🗣️ "He was the ultimate showman"
Born in 1982, Scurlogue Champ needs no introduction - a superstar who had 51 wins from 63 races and a grand total of 20 track records during his glittering career
➡️ Read here:
#GreyhoundRacing
🏆Sheer grit and determination sees Churchfield Syd home for Richard Rees
@reesgreyhound
in the
@Ladbrokes
Winter Derby Final
@Monmoredogs
. Leading early, he got out-middled by King Capaldi, but had enough left in reserves to overhaul him on the run in. a fine performance🏆
We are aware of race footage from Crayford Stadium yesterday which appears to show a greyhound becoming unwell during a parade before a race
We have launched an investigation into the incident
Please see here for full statement:
🏆Congratulations Norah McEllistrim on receiving the Greyhound Writers’ Association Lifetime Achievement Award 2023
A fitting and well-deserved award recognising over 50 years of service to licensed greyhound racing
@NorahMacKennels
#GBGBAwards
🎙️Fantastic to see
@BBC
Young Reporter
@WilsonGreyhound
speaking about her love of the sport in this recent interview
@OwlertonStadium
We also hear from Assistant Trainer
@RoseDraper
about the high standards of greyhound welfare upheld across the sport
🏆The brilliant Laughill Jess will bid to take her unbeaten record
@CrayfordStadium
to 17 in today’s final of the Gold Collar. Her trainer Dave Lee, 78, has never reached a Cat One final before. We wish him, and connections of all the other finalists, the very best of luck🏆
The best of luck to the whole team at
@RomfordDogs
on their grand-reopening tonight - the new facilities are superb.
We hope everyone attending has a fantastic evening🐾🏆
🏆What a night for members of the Bubbly Club
@bubblysteve
and trainer Paul Young who land the Stadium Bookmakers TV Trophy
@Oxford_Stadium
with the brilliant Bubbly Inferno at odds 16–1, setting a new track record in the process. Superb!🏆
Steve, aka Goldies Perryman, will have his army of followers
@DrSimonCMP
&
@FOBRacing
glued to the 4.54pm
@SwindonDogs
today. the Laurels runner-up has been in sparkling form in recent weeks, winning three from four, and will be looking to add to that tally again today. Go Steve!