Jonathan Kay

GIDDYUP ADELE was a five lengths winner the last time she tackled the grade so take the hint when Louise Whall's bitch lines up for Kilkenny's A7 opener over 525 yards at 10.57. That was back in July and she landed an A6 subsequently so...

KEVIN BOOTHBY has decided to end his association with Towcester and will leave at the end of November after more than five years running the track. Mike Davis took over operation of the whole Towcester site earlier this year with Boothby signing an initial short-term agreement to continue operating the...

SIR PHILIP DAVIES, who takes up the role as GBGB chairman today [1st September], has spoken of the need for greyhound racing to shout louder to the outside world. In an interview recorded at Star Pelaw, Davies said: "Greyhound racing is a fantastic sport but in any respects it&...

GBGB chief executive Mark Bird says Thursday's publication of a draft Senedd bill to ban greyhound racing in Wales is "hard to fathom" and indicates a determination to rush through legislation without proper assessment studies. Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate...

THE GBGB has announced a move to electronic registrations and transfer of ownerships as part of the wider Digital Transformation Programme. Following a successful trial period since the start of the year, as of Monday 6th October, all registration and transfer documentation must be sent to the GBGB Registry department...

LIFFORD, which joined the regular SIS greyhound service with a weekly Sunday evening meeting last November, is to re-intergate into the Greyhound Racing Ireland/Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) racing model as a privately operated track, under the remit of RCÉ. It will stage its first race meeting under this new...

MIKE DAVIS, the managing director of Greyhound Racing UK which he launched earlier this year, has warned that the operation will close down, and associated brands be mothballed, at the end of September in the absence of outside funding. In a statement to industry stakeholders which was also published on...

SUFFOLK DOWNS is set to take a big step closer to a racing return with news that a provisional inspection by the GBGB of work done to facilitate it is scheduled for this week. The track last raced on 29th July last year before a devastating fire 24 hours later...

THE International Canine Sports Medicine Conference 2025, hosted at University College Dublin, has been hailed as a major success, bringing together some of the world’s leading experts in veterinary medicine for working and sporting dogs. The conference offered a unique opportunity to attend expert-led lectures, participate in a dedicated...

GREYHOUND racing is mourning the death of Classic winning trainer Richard Yeates who passed away unexpectedly on Saturday at the age of 80.  A statement on the kennel's Facebook page read: “It is with great sadness that we need to inform you of the shock news of the...

THURLES made an impressive SIS debut on Tuesday 19th August with an eight-race programme producing winners from five different traps. Richard Brankley, head of greyhound operations for SIS, said: "I was delighted to see the pictures come through for our first meeting at Thurles. "The track becomes the...

COPPICE LOTTIE (9/1) proved best of trainer Kevin Hutton's five-strong team as she outstayed kennelmate Miss Kubelik to land the £3,000 BGBF British Bred Oaks final over 450m at Oxford. Miss Kubelik cut across favourite Signet Nayla to lead at the first bend and looked to...