Location:  Newcastle, NSW

Club: The Gardens Greyhound Club

Track: Oval, loam surface, circumference 443m

Radius of turns: 50m

Local Federal MP: Sharon Claydon  (electorate of Newcastle)

Local State MP: Timothy Crakanthorp (electorate of Newcastle)

Local Mayor: Nuatali Nelmes

Supportive pro-racing media: Newcastle Herald (part of ACM partnership)

Number of racing deaths in 2020: 3

Number of racing injuries in 2021: 264  (including 48 major injuries)

The dogs lost in 2021 and 2020

12/03/2021, COSMIC WIND, fractured hock, catching pen, fall, slide into back gate

12/03/2021, FLAME OFFIAH, compound fracture of radius/ulna, collisions, back straight turn, fall

24/09/2021, PAPER KITE, compound + complete fracture of hock, home turn, collision, break down

25/09/2021, BINGO BALLS, compound fracture of radius/ulna, home turn, collision, fall

15/10/2021, WEFFALEE KELLY, collapse, collapsed in the catching pen post-race

19/11/2021, JILLIBY SKIPPY, compound + comminuted fracture of radius/ulna, collision, first turn, fall

4/9/2020, ARIA MULWEE, comminuted fracture of radius/ulna, carpus + metacarpus, collisions, first turn, break down

15/5/2020, CONIGLIO, severe lacerations to sternum, first turn, collisions, fall into rail

25/1/2020, SENOR MARINA, hock dislocation and fracture, back straight turn, break down

Scenes from the track