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christian louboutin shoes An assertion by Brent Hogan, chief executive of Greyhound Racing NSW, that he had never heard allegations of bikie involvement in the industry is surprising.

While The Sun-Herald acknowledges Mr Hogan may never have received official notification, surely a more plausible reply to our reporter's questions would have been that he was aware of media reports of such unwelcome involvement.

As uneasiness grows about the health and transparency of greyhound racing, the last thing the industry needs is a head-in-the-sand approach from its administrators.

Dog racing has been part of the Australian recreation scene for many decades. Its blue-collar roots are a far cry from horse racing, louboutins ?the so-called sport of kings, and it has a colourful past with great characters and great champions. Its affordability has been part of its attraction. ''The dogs'' have always been the target of healthy scepticism but that is the lot of any pastime that is primarily a betting medium.

Advertisement But, given the absence of riders and drivers, greyhound racing has been perceived by many punters as the form of racing least susceptible to untoward influences.

The people who run greyhound racing owe it to the 35 clubs, 8200 owners, 3925 trainers and the hundreds of thousands of punters to keep the sport's processes as crystal-clear as possible. The former ombudsman and chief magistrate David Landa says authorities should investigate any suggestion of criminal involvement in the sport. cheap christian louboutin shoes Landa lasted less than a year as the Greyhound Racing Integrity Auditor after his curiously low-key appointment in August 11, 2011. Landa's recruitment should have been a feather in greyhound racing's cap, but he quit in April, frustrated by his inability to make proper inquiries.

A problem facing greyhound racing is one of perception. Since 2009, the industry has been self-regulating, a delicate position for a gambling-based activity. Vets are worried by new, hard-to-detect drugs being administered to dogs and the lack of transparency and immediacy in the swabbing process. They claim that restructuring by GRNSW has meant there no longer are independent vets checking on dogs.

Positive swabs rose from 2010-11 to 2011-12 by 82 per cent, an increase that prompted GRNSW to double its swabbing budget so the number of swabbed dogs will rise from 2764 to 6750.

That is a commendable step in the right direction but, if the venerable sport of dog racing is to be saved from its former murky reputation, discount christian louboutin shoes and its devotees' good faith is to be retained, the authorities need to be relentless in their pursuit of clearly visible fair play.

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