The Racing minister has announced that the board at RQ will be redesigned. There is no mention on when this will happen and who will be included as part of the board.

QRIC has been issuing emails with a 7 day demand for Greyhounds listed as inactive for 6 months. As per our post this is not a GAR or LR mandated requirement.

The QGBOTA asked QRIC for the specific rule demanding a 7 day notification after inactivity. The response received today is listed at the bottom. Their reference is to GAR 22. The specifics are

1. Result of service notify in writing
   a. 10 days for retirement, to Adoption agency, exported or surrendered to another agency
   b. 10 days Euthanised
   c. asap prior to disposal of a greyhound when deceased including suddenly or unexpectedly. This includes where your 10 year plus retired greyhound passes away in their sleep you have to load your deceased pet into your vehicle for a vet to authorise the death and issue a certificate.
2. 24 hours to release a deceased greyhound to stewards on their demand
3. no time frame for a steward to demand information AS IT THINKS FIT relating to health, location, transfer, lifecycle and/or death. (All of these circumstances already listed in other rules)
4. Offence to fail to comply with this rule
5. Can return to racing after retirement
   a. Not raced or trialed within 28 days of retirement
   b. Certification from vet
   c. written reason for return to racing
   d. As completed a satisfactory trial
6. Fail to comply may
   a. suspended
   b. otherwise penalised

There is no rule stating that after 6 months of inactivity an owner and/or trainer must comply with paperwork within 7 days.

You may continue to list your greyhound as “racing” as long as you wish. You are under no obligation to retire, surrender to a rehoming agency, desex or change location any Greyhound in your continued care at your location at the demand of QRIC administration.

The QGBOTA continues to highlight that unless you are rehoming a greyhound to a member of the public (with all rehoming requirements) you are not required to notify QRIC if there have been no changes to circumstances. If your 6 year old greyhound is happy enjoying the pack family, there is no rules to say that must change.

Administration and integrity of RandLE

Statements of “periodically complete traceability inquiries, particularly in instances of extended inactivity” and “Traceability frameworks” are nothing more than invented QRIC jargon. The QGBOTA feels that this is a focus on forceful language designed to intimidate participants. All greyhounds in the custody of trainers or owners are listed and visible to QRIC at all times, with additional confirmations of kennel inspections. If additional “Tradability Frameworks” are required this questions the integrity of RandLE and the capability of office staff who maintain the systems.

All retired greyhounds in the custody of a licensed Owner and/or Trainer still require the same traceability procedures, including the keeping of a record health treatment Register and visibly listed on RandLE.

There is a rule for Thoroughbred’s relating to inactivity which has nothing to do with the Greyhound rules in any way. The QGBOTA encourages QRIC to understand the difference between all three codes of racing and stop transference of administration processes from one code to another when there is no such rule.

We can suggest that if you are contact by QRIC demanding an update for any greyhound that has been inactive (not raced), you may wish to say “It is our right for this greyhound to have a racing status and we will not be changing it”. You do not need to explain the circumstances of an injury recovery, a return to education training, or a spelling period. These are all valid situations that can take a period of 6 months or longer. QRIC administrators will never understand and it is not your role to explain the complexities of greyhound training to an office worker.

The QGBOTA has approached QRIC with every new Commissioner to foster a harmonious relationship with industry and alleviate confusion’s caused by QRIC relating to their internal processes and procedures. Barnett, Ainsworth (acting), Gillard, Brown (Acting) and Clark have all refused and dismissed any real collaboration with particpants. In this we welcome the review to transfer these matters to Racing Queensland.

If you have received this email from QRIC regarding the inactivity of a greyhound in the last 6 months, you are absolutely under no obligation to do anything within 5 business days.

Unless you have transferred ownership, re-homed (with all applied rules) or changed kennel you are not required to retired a greyhound from racing just because QRIC wants to reduce their mandated life to retirement obligations of traceability.

As a licensed owner and/or trainer all greyhounds in your care must have full record treatment books and be presented to QRIC inspections upon request.
If a Greyhound has been retired from racing and still in the care of a licensed owner and/or trainer; that retired greyhound must still have a record treatment book and be presented to QRIC inspectors upon request.

As an Owner and/or Trainer it is your choice to retire any greyhound from racing at any time. A Greyhound may have an extended injury and can return to racing after 6 months, or 2 years, with a return to racing stewards trial. You have the right to continue that greyhound to be listed for racing for as long as you wish. You have the right never to retire that greyhound from racing as the rules for record keeping and inspection presentations do not change.

QRIC are required to follow up on all greyhounds and there is no special requirements for “inactive greyhounds” as this demand suggests.

You have the choice to ignore this email or reply with a statement that may say “this greyhound’s racing career is still undetermined at this time and we may wish to return this greyhound to the track with a return to racing stewards trial when and if we see fit”.

The QGBOTA will ask which Greyhound Australia Rule or Local Rule that : “requires to QRIC to follow up on all inactive Greyhounds”

Email Sent to QRIC asking for GAR or LR

The QRIC Deputy Commissioner Mr. Kim Kelly has made several statements in defence of the QRIC Draft Licensing Scheme.

The QGBOTA takes these statement very seriously and has sent the minster the following letter. The QGBOTA has received several calls, emails and discussions from both members and the wider industry that they are fed up, frustrated and tired of always taking a self-defending stance against our own control bodies.

Participants are tired of being fobbed off and any “feedback” is ignored. There are no mechanisms for any real engagement from either RQ or QRIC with the abandonment of the RQ Racing Advisory Panel and the QRIC Quarterly Engagement meetings. Decisions are made and industry must comply or leave.

We will advise if/when we receive a reply.

QRIC issue the Greyhound breeding, race injury and retirement quarterly reports.

These reports are a vital tool to evaluate the Greyhound industry relating to whelping, retiring and injury statistics. We all use this report for various reasons, including the evaluation of track injuries to make informed decisions for nominations.

Members have been asking why these reports have not been updated since 2024/2025 Q4 June 2025.

We have sent the following request email to QRIC asking for them. We will advise when they are available.

** Update **

Q1 Jul-Sept 2025 reports are now available on the QRIC website as at 30Jan at approximately 9.45pm.

Email received from QRIC.