Greyhound racing deaths 2023
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Greyhound racing is legal in only seven countries: The U.K., Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, the U.S., Vietnam, and Mexico. This is not necessarily a definitive list. In most countries there is no requirement to report racing deaths making incidents difficult to verify.
List of known greyhounds deaths as a result of racing in 2023
| Name | Date | Country | Track | State | Cause of death | Incident | Injury | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Profiler | Jan 2 | Australia | Sale | VIC | Euthanized | Incident in the catching pen | Right hock fracture | [1] |
| Our Boy Rocky | Jan 3 | Australia | Grafton | NSW | Euthanized | Incident when entering the catching pen | Comminuted and compound fracture to the nearside tibia and fibula a | [2] |
| Refreshment | Jan 11 | Australia | Wentworth Park | NSW | Euthanized | Nearside distal compound fracture of the radius and an ulnar fracture | [2] | |
| Handsome Alert | Jan 14 | Australia | Richmond Straight Track | NSW | Euthanized | Came together shortly after the start. Came together in the latter stages. Involved in a collision in the catching pen | Compound fracture to the offside radius and ulnar and a fracture to the offside wrist | [2] |
| Nicko Ed | Jan 19 | Australia | Shepparton | VIC | Euthanized | Severely checked approaching the home turn and pulled up as a result | Fractured right femur | [2] |
| Peter Pan | Jan 21 | Australia | The Gardens | NSW | Euthanized | Checked by a runner shifting wide entering the back straight. | Compound fracture to the off side fore leg | [2] |
| Invictus Stella | Jan 27 | Australia | Healesville | VIC | Euthanized | [2] | ||
| Major Bandit | Jan 27 | Australia | Bendigo | VIC | Euthanized | Severely checked approaching the home turn | Right humerus fracture | [2] |
| Poppy's Pride | Jan 28 | Australia | The Meadows | VIC | Euthanized | Checked, contacted the rail and fell heavily turning out of the home straight | Fractured radius/ulna | [2] |
| Hot Fudge | Jan 29 | Australia | Warragul | VIC | Euthanized | Collided on the home turn and fell | Left foreleg radius fracture | [2] |
| Orson Katie | Feb 2 | Australia | Angle Park | SA | Euthanized | Lost ground appearing injured and as a result dropped back checking | Cardiovascular haemorrhage | [2] |
| Cupidity | Feb 3 | Australia | Richmond | NSW | Euthanized | Came together entering the turn from the back straight and fell | Compound fracture of left Radius & Ulna | [2] |
| Cheeky Willow | Feb 3 | Australia | Ipswich | QLD | Euthanized | Bumped in the 1st turn. Tightened for racing room approaching the turn into the back straight. Checked rounding the turn into the back straight | Offside shoulder and foreleg injury | [2] |
| Chicago Reign | Feb 7 | Australia | Casino | NSW | Euthanized | Came together heavily on several occasions with an inside runner that had marred it. As a result, was unbalanced, went amiss | catastrophic fracture of the nearside femur. Unstable, likely comminuted and accompanying massive haemorrhage and soft tissue damage | [2] |
| Sonny Daze | Feb 8 | Australia | Traralgon | VIC | Euthanized | [2] | ||
| Far From Shy | Feb 12 | Australia | Bulli | NSW | Euthanized | Galloped on by another runner in the later stages of the first turn losing significant momentum and coming to a halt shortly afterwards | Unknown | [2] |
| Garside | Feb 13 | Australia | Shepparton | VIC | Euthanized | Severely checked on the first turn, faltered and pulled up as a result | Fractured left radius and ulna | [2] |
| Audrey Zola | Feb 27 | Australia | Bundaberg | QLD | Euthanized | Fell and was galloped upon | Catastrophic offside leg injury | [3] |
| Black Roses | Feb 28 | Australia | Launceston | TAS | Euthanized | Collision, first turn, break down | Fractured right hock | [2] |
| Keep It Short | Mar 2 | Australia | Maitland | NSW | Euthanized | Collisions, first turn, break down | Compound and spiral fracture of the off side hind leg | [2] |
| Kingsbrae Flow | Mar 3 | Australia | Taree | NSW | Euthanized | Collisions, first turn, fall | Compound fracture of the offside wrist | [2] |
| Ten Dollar Slaps | Mar 7 | Australia | Horsham | VIC | Injury | Collision, first turn, fall, hit rail | Spinal fracture and fractures to both front legs | [2] |
| Mobile Doll May | Mar 10 | Australia | Goulburn | NSW | Euthanized | Collision, home turn, fall | Compound fracture to the near-side radius and
complete dislocation of the near-side wrist |
[2] |
| Pauline Keeping | Mar 15 | Australia | Cannington | WA | Euthanized | Ccollision, post-race | Open fracture to the R radius/ulna | [2] |