The Otago Greyhound Racing Club has animal welfare at the top of its agenda for the next 12 months.
The club held its AGM on Sunday and announced an operating surplus of $49,000 for the financial year.
The result turns around a deficit of $25,267 from the previous year.
The turnaround is an essential boost towards the club investing in infrastructure, manager John Carlyle said.
The club started work on safety fencing at its Forbury Park track for its racing track three months ago and it has been so successful it wants to extend the barrier all around the track.
The safety fencing is to be installed on the inside of the greyhound track, where the lure runs.
As well as being a physical safety barrier, the fencing acts as a sighter to keep dogs who are speeding around the Forbury track on their proper course.
''Welfare is our major concern in this day and age,'' Carlyle said.
''We are erecting more safety fencing. We have already got a little bit done and it is working really well.''
The Otago Greyhound Club's track produces one of the lowest injury rates of any racing surface in the country and it is a priority for the club to continue to work on dog safety, Carlyle said.
The club also planned to invest in upgrading two of its most important race-day assets - its starting boxes and its lure.
The Otago Greyhound Racing Club, which is based at Forbury Park, sees its relationship with the Forbury Park Trotting club, which owns the property, as important.
Seeing a strong trotting club, that also produced a surplus at its recent AGM, was encouraging, Carlyle said.
Although the Otago Greyhound Racing Club was in a generally positive position, it has identified two work-ons for its next financial year.
It would like to encourage more membership and active involvement in its organisation and to try to stem the industry-wide trend of declining on-course turnover.
