Syndication

FOUR LEGS GOOD - ONE LEG EVEN BETTER?

Watching your dog cross the line with his nose in front - Is there any better feeling? Well some might say that it improves if you are stood with several other 'owners' all jumping around on the terrace in unison.

You get to share the highs and lows and also the costs of kenneling your dog.

Droopys Marco

Milldean Clarky

How to get involved

There is no upper number on the people who can share an interest in a greyhound through syndication.

In 2004 the NGRC registered 551 syndicates.

Just as in sole ownership, the application of Rule 18 is just as relevant. In a syndicate one person will be the signatory on the registration paperwork and will be ultimately responsible for paying racing bills plus the future provision for the care of the greyhound when he has run his last race. Your syndicate should consider whether one of the group would be able to rehome the greyhound and perhaps set aside some money at the start of the syndication process to pay for the future neutering of your dog.

You might consider owning a greyhound among work colleagues - he could even help market your business and act as a truly original and rewarding way of entertaining your clients. Not only can they come greyhound racing and experience the corporate entertainment but they can watch your very own greyhound run.

Greyhounds will also help bound a sales team or office like nothing else. All sorts of people club together to form syndicates from taxi drivers to accountants.

If you like to join a more formal structured syndicate then there are many at most tracks. Contact the racing office at your stadium and they will be able to pass on contact details.

Some syndicates have several greyhounds racing and also have their own breeding programme so you can follow pups bred from your greyhounds from the early days right through to the race track.