Weekly Greyhound News
4 October, 2017
Greyhound
GREYHOUNDS AS PETS UPDATE
News: We are currently asking all trainers/owners who expect to have their greyhound accepted into the GAP program in the next month to make sure their greyhound is up-to-date with vaccinations. During this time the $55 entry fee into GAP will be waved to help cover the cost of the C5 vaccination. Please ensure your greyhound is vaccinated 7 days prior to entering the program (this does not include pre-assessments).
The increased quarantine measures are in place to protect a litter of puppies expected at GAP next week. GAP accepted a bitch into the program which was subsequently found to be pregnant.
Looking to retire your greyhound? Check out the chart below and start planning the transition.
Next available pre-assessment: Wait time from passed pre-assessment to entry into GAP:
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17 October, 2017 Approximately eight
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Please note: All greyhounds must be pre-assessed before entering GAP. A greyhound must not have raced 14 days prior to the date it is booked for pre-assessment.
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Want to skip the waitlist? Ask us about our Trainer/Owner Assisted Adoption Program
Essentially this program provides all the benefits of rehoming a greyhound through GAP without the wait. After a passed pre-assessment, if you have found someone interested in adopting your greyhound they will skip the waitlist. You get the benefit of freeing your kennel up quicker and the new owner gets access to all the resources a GAP dog is entitled to including; sterilization, a Green Collar assessment, food, bed, muzzle, lead and support from our Animal Behaviourist. Get in contact with GAP to see how the Trainer/Owner Assisted Adoption Program can work for you – 9445 5399.
NORTHAM START TIMES / KENNELLING TIMES IN OCTOBER
SKY Racing have scheduled some varied start times for the Northam Monday meetings in October.
Note that the Monday 9 October meeting is significantly later than the others.
Also on Sunday 15 October the popular Dual Code meeting is scheduled. Further details will be published next week once schedules have been confirmed.
They are summarised in the following table.
Meeting
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First Race
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Kennelling Times
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Monday 9th
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2:47pm
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1:15pm – 2:15pm
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Sunday 15th
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12:41pm
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11:15am – 12:15pm
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Monday 23rd
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1:02pm
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11:30am – 12:30pm
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Monday 30th
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1:16pm
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11:45am – 12:45pm
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NORTHAM DUAL CODE MEETING
The Northam Dual Code race meeting will be conducted on Sunday 15 October. At this stage the race meeting details are as follows:
Scratchings close at 8.00am
Kennelling between 11.15am – 12.15pm
First race approx 12.41pm
No Qualifying Trials are scheduled at this meeting.
Due to the length of the race meeting, it is highly recommended that greyhounds in the later races are kennelled last.
CHASING WA – GREYHOUND RACING INFORMATION
The October edition of Chasing WA – Greyhound Racing Information is available for download on the Programming Page of the RWWA website (https://www.rwwa.com.au/home/racing/greyhound-programming.html) and hardcopies are available for collection at Greyhounds WA venues.