What the hell was going on at the South Tucson dog track on June 19, 2008 and June 20, 2008? Four dogs fractured body parts; three fractured ankles and one dog fractured a hock.  One had dropped shoulder and the sixth injury is conveniently vague. You can view the injury report here. The injury report is compiled from public records requested from the Arizona Department of Racing.

June 19, 2008
BOC’s Lil Boy
fracture, left hock
Notes: Est Recovery Time: “4-6 months or never” “I am seeing a lot of injury on far turn”
They tried to race him again on 6/24 but he wouldn’t run:  “no runner”
Lil Boy knew enough not to run. Career ending.
Owner: D. Sperry – Mr. Sperry: What happened to this little boy dog who raced 28 times?

RLM’s Elvira
fracture, right ankle
Went on to race until August 9, 2008  – Why continue to race a dog with a fractured ankle?
Adopted through GPA-AZ

RLM’s Majestic
dropped muscle, right shoulder
Tried to race him again on June 24, 2008  – “no runner”
Tried to race him again on Feb. 26, 2009
Tried to race him again on April 7, 2009 – He raced 25 times and won 11 times which is probably why they wanted him to run, run, run. From the photo on Greyhound-Data, it looks like Majestic went to a forever home but it’s not listed.

June 20, 2008

CL Code Red
fracture, right ankle
Career-ending
Greyhound-Data shows him racing only 3 races in Dec 2007 but here he is racing in June 08. Record keeping mishaps? Wow if the racing industry can’t manage their own record keeping, how do they expect us to believe that big number that they say gets adopted?
Adopted through Racing Home Greyhounds

Hollywood Shy
fracture right ankle
Career-ending
Greyhound-Data has her last race as April 2, 2008;  she ran a total of 128 races but here she is racing in June 2008.  More record keeping mishaps?
Adopted through Arizona Greyhound Rescue

RLM’s Bree
not provided, left foot, tendon
Career-ending, MIA, this poor girl raced 130 times if indeed the records are correct. What happened to Bree? The question is directed to RLM’s Greyhounds (owner).

The common thread here is  treatment “not provided” in each case. If it was provided, we’re the dark. Nobody at the state regulation level obviously cares if treatment was provided or not. There is a space on the form but it’s rarely filled in. Welcome to the world of lack of greyhound racing accountability.

All that bad news came from Tucson Greyhound Park.

but…

at Phoenix Greyhound Park on June 22, 2008…a dog fractured his or her right hock. No other information was provided. Nobody cared enough to enter the dog’s name. Nobody — not its owner, trainer, or track vet cared enough to enter the dog’s name.  Just another flagrant example of how disposable these dogs are to the dog racing industry and how unaccountable the system is and how unregulated the sport runs by the state of Arizona.

You can look up dogs to some degree by going to Greyhound-Data and entering the dog’s name and land of origin and gender if you know it.

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Two years ago today – June 13, 2008 – at Tucson Greyhound Park, four greyhounds were injured while racing, including one that was euthanized.

CL Noble Love bruised her right toe. If any treatment was provided, it’s not mentioned but the treatment recommended was 10-14 days off. Fortunately, Ms. Love has been adopted through Arizona Greyhound Rescue.

M’s Alice fractured her right ankle – If treatment was given, none listed. A comment was provided:  “Track surface needs more attention”   M’s Alice was adopted through Racing Home Greyhound. Greyhound-Data says no races for this dog but she raced on this day and fractured her right ankle. So much for the validity of industry records.

Phoenix Gunsmoke bruised his right toe. If there was any treatment, none is listed. It was recommended PG be off his feet for two weeks.  The comment area says: “Rocks, I think – his was cut and bruised”  PG went on to race and raced 150 times in his career. (poor dog). He was adopted through Racing Home Greyhounds.

With A Bang fractured his right hock. The treatment was euthanasia. With a Bang is just another racing statistic put to death for a common treatable injury. This poor hound never knew the kindness of an adopter’s soft bed. He raced 47 times, winning 10 races. The owner is George Fune.

Herein lies one of many problems associated with greyhound racing: “Owner requested euthanasia”

According to the Arizona Department of Racing regulations, he did what he is supposed to do. State regulation R19-2-329 states: “Every effort shall be made to adopt greyhounds not used for racing or breeding.” It’s the “every effort” part that kennel owners use as a free pass. When filling out paperwork, they may use the loophole by saying they tried to contact someone, but were unsuccessful.  Mr. Fune, who did you try to contact?

A few years ago another greyhound was euthanized even though two adoption groups were on their way to save the hound and a third group was already on the premises. It was confusing because the president of the group on the premises was/is also the track manager.

Two years ago tomorrow – June 14, 2008 – at Tucson Greyhound Park

BC Flashy Rocky suffered an abrasion on the “left neck” No other information was provided except “Recommend putting dog on antibiotics”  Check out Rocky’s photo, what ears!  Rocky continued to race a few more months; he raced 125 times and was adopted through GreySave in Southern Calif. I hope he’s a much loved couch potato.

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Partial list of Arizona greyhound racing injuries first week of June 2008.

June 1 – four injuries in one night at Phoenix Greyhound Park
Bella Alexandria – lame, info not provided, raced until Oct 2009 (34 races), what happened to this dog?   (owner: David Blair)
Bella Ionic – lame, info not provided, career-ending injury, MIA  (owner: David Blair)  This brindle female was the 2006 Tucson Night of Stars XVIII champ – BFD! Bella Ionic won 11 straight wins on 9/29/06, 10/4/06, 10/7/06, 10/13/06, 10/17/06, 10/21/06, 10/25/06, 10/30/06, 11/2/06, 11/11/06, and 11/16/06. On 10/25 the description says, “Just lsted, rail” – what the hell does that mean? Poor Bella Ionic, she raced 78 times. What happened to her?
Cedaran Camry – lame, info not provided, raced until 6/09, adopted through Ariz-Adopt-a-Greyhound rescue group

Savvy Single – lame, info not provided, almost 2 years after this injury- Savvy Single raced on May 27 at Tucson Greyhound Park.  (owner: Gregory Wood)

June 4- Tucson Greyhound  Park
Guan Jun – red male fawn, fracture, right tibia, EUTHANIZED (owner: Ten Anderson)  Why are dogs euthanized? What’s wrong with dog racing? Why do greyhounds have to die? Would people stand for pugs to die this cruel way?

June 7 – Phoenix Greyhound Park
Miss Big Bucks – fracture, left leg, EUTHANIZED (owner: Russ McIhenny)  according to greyhound-data the the last date was March 22, 2008 – Wrong! Who can trust this site when it’s wrong? What else is wrong with the racing industry?

Wildberry Luigid – fracture, right toes, career-ending, MIA  (owner: Geo. Petropoulos)
This is frightening as the dog fell 2x – once on Feb 7 2008 and March 5 2008 but according to the injury report he was still running on June 7. Where is this hound?

You can search Greyhound-Data by entering the racing name of the dog and the country of origin. The information is not always up to date even though it’s a racing industry website.

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