Young’s band of greyhound trainers are still holding out hope the NSW government ban on greyhound racing next year may be turned around by a large campaign.
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The greyhound racing community says its building a bank of almost a million dollars to fight the ban.
It says the best legal people have joined forces with them.
A report commissioned into the sport had already indicated country tracks were set for closure even before the ban was announced.
NSW Greyhound Racing authorities were looking to close Coonabarabran and Mudgee to focus on making Dubbo a busier and bigger venue, Bathurst would also hold more meetings with the two tracks earmarked as centres of excellence.
All three greyhound tracks in Katrina Hodgkinson's electorate of Cootamundra, including Young, were earmarked for closure as part of a rationalisation plan before the Baird government's decision to shut down the industry in NSW.
Greyhound Racing NSW officials visited the track on Wednesday, suggesting upgrades which the local club are considering.
The three tracks in the electorate of Barwon, held by another critic of the shutdown, Nationals MP Kevin Humphries, were also flagged for closure, potentially blunting the MPs' criticism of the move that is focused on local job losses.
The tracks were among 19 non-TAB tracks likely to be closed in a rationalisation being considered by Greyhound Racing NSW to ensure the industry's long-term viability.
Under the proposal, by a working group commissioned by GRNSW, the number of clubs would be reduced from 34 to between eight and 14 "centres of excellence".
The two MPs have been leading critics of the announcement that greyhound racing in NSW would be shut down by July 1 next year.
The decision followed the report of a Special Commission of Inquiry by former High Court judge Michael McHugh, prompted by an expose of live baiting on ABC's Four Corners.
