According to some studies, there could be benefits for greyhound owners or trainers in giving their dogs some swabs to enhance their performance. Usually few swabs of certain drugs like Theobromine and Dexamethasone involve cases of positive swabs nowadays.

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Fine and Disqualification

From the notes of Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV), “Greyhounds must be allowed to compete on their merits. Trainers and owners must be allowed to compete in the knowledge that they will only be beaten on merit, and not by a greyhound which has been given a performance enhancing substance. Similarly people betting on greyhound races must be able to be confident that the greyhound they back will perform on its merits. There is no room in the industry for cheats. In addition, for animal welfare reasons, greyhounds should not be raced if they require pain killing or other drugs to optimize performance”.

Thus, although there is no clear, exact reason behind why trainers end up guilty to positive swabs, authorities has already done necessary actions by imposing a rule on positive swabs which could lead to a substantial fine for the trainer and a disqualification possibly for life for the trainer as well as to his or her greyhound.

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Monday afternoon, 24th of November, 2008, Chief Steward of Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV), Dr. Brian Williams, was informed that from the sample taken from Outa There, after competing in a Semi-Final of the 2008 Great Chase at Cranbourne last 18th of November, 2008, there was presence of the drug Dexamethasone.

Stewards then, pursuant to GAR83(5) and GRV LRR44.2, finally disqualified Outa There from the Semi-Final and subsequently from the Grand Final of the 2008 Great Chase.

There will be an inquiry into the sample taken from Outa There following the running of the relevant Semi-Final of the Great Chase at the Cranbourne Greyhound Racing Club. However, the date for the said inquiry is not yet finalized and will be finally known later.

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Quick Drink to Take the Place of Outa There

Stewards, acting under GAR22(7), decided to have Quick Drink as replacement for Outa There. Quick Drink is subsequently the winner of the relevant Semi-Final from the Great Chase. On the Grand Final, Quick Drink will race from Box 2.

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