Skip the Queue and Get Priority Access to GAP
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) reminds all owners and trainers that we offer a priority access service to fast-track getting your dog into the GAP program, called Skip the Queue.
How to Skip the Queue
For owners and trainers with retired racers you can skip the queue and get priority access to GAP and a guaranteed intake date, if your dog is de-sexed, vaccinated, dental checked, and heartworm and hookworm free.
The Queensland GAP has a growing waiting list of greyhounds ready to come into GAP and those that have fulfilled the Skip the Queue requirements are taken into GAP before those dogs that do not meet the Skip the Queue requirements.
The Commission is pleased that even more trainers are rehoming their dogs with GAP and consider GAP as their preferred rehoming option and we support the racing industry as best we can so if the dogs we receive have been de-sexed, vaccinated, dental checked, and are heartworm and hookworm free, we can rehome them faster which means the queue to access GAP is shorter!
Contact licensing@qric.qld.gov.au when your greyhound is ready to skip the queue and book your priority access ticket.
Preparing for retirement
Racing Queensland offers the Greyhound Retirement Readiness Scheme to assist you to jump the queue. The scheme supports participants by providing a capped amount of reimbursement, up to $800 per greyhound, towards the cost of de-sexing, dental treatment, vaccination and pre-anaesthetic blood tests for greyhounds that have been retired as pets.
Visit the RQ website to find out if you’re eligible and how you can apply.
How can I help the re-homing process?
It is important that once you have decided to transition your greyhound to retirement that you no longer train, race or trial them. This will assist the greyhound to adjust to its new life.
To maximise the opportunities for a greyhound to be suitable for adoption, you should proactively undertake activities that help to prepare the greyhound for transition to life as a pet.
At the conclusion of a greyhound’s racing career socialisation is very important, however this should build on experiences undertaken throughout the greyhound’s life and during a number of key periods.
Exercise remains an important part of your greyhound’s life. After racing their exercise regime should be slowly decreased until the regime consists of two twenty-minute walks on leash per day.
See the Racing to Retirement booklet for more tips on retiring your greyhound.
For more information contact licensing@qric.qld.gov.au.