Mr. Pat Herbert:

We would have somewhere in the region of 4,000 active owners. When I say "active" I mean registered in the last 12 months. Our racing pools indicate the number of greyhounds actively available for entry at any one time. The Deputy will appreciate that this changes. It is a very fluid thing when bitches come into season and greyhounds are laid off from the racing period. Our racing pools would fluctuate on a monthly basis from somewhere between 4,500 and 5,000 greyhounds that are actively available for race entry across our licensed stadiums.