NO GREYHOUNDS LEFT BEHIND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE – American Greyhound Council

Even though all three New Hampshire greyhound tracks have now discontinued live racing, track and adoption officials expect to place all the affected greyhounds in good adoptive homes, thanks to close cooperation between the tracks and local adoption groups.

On June 28, the New Hampshire legislature passed a bill permitting simulcasting without live racing, and requiring tracks to pay all costs incurred by the state for racing regulation. The bill effectively shut down live racing in the state.

Belmont and Hinsdale tracks had not run live racing since last year, and Seabrook Greyhound Park had planned to start its live racing season on October 2.

Karen Keelan, Seabrook president, who also serves as president of the American Greyhound Track Operators Association (AGTOA), said that only four greyhounds remain at her facility. "These are last year’s racers," she said, adding, "They are recuperating from surgery and will be placed into adoptive homes when they are fully recovered."

Belmont had no greyhounds left at its facility, and the greyhounds displaced by the closing of Hinsdale Park last year have taken up residence with Fast Friends Greyhound Adoption in Hinsdale.

Fast Friends Sharron Thomas said, "We had more than 170 greyhounds last November, and we are now down to 79. They’ll all be placed into good homes eventually."