Greyhound racing deaths 2023

Greyhound racing is legal in only seven countries: The U.K., Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, the U.S., Vietnam, and Mexico. In most countries there is no requirement to report racing deaths making incidents difficult to verify. If you know of a greyhound death at a race track please contact us.

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 1^st 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]