Welcome to Harlequin Syndicates

Since our first runner on 12th September 2023 to 19th September 2025 we have had 211 Winners from 1143 runners with a 18.46% Strike Rate

Since 1st January 2025 to the 19th September 2025 we have had 105 winners, for current entries please click here 

Harlequin Syndicates : How our Syndicates work ?

Please read our easy to follow system which is set out below and guides you in how to join and get involved with Harlequin Syndicates, at Harlequin we have in excess of 220 individual members and we have a Whats App chat group for each individual greyhound where each owner of the dog can chat freely about the greyhound, we also have a Whats App information group where all the syndicate members are kept up to date.

If you are unsure of any of the details or possible costings in becoming a member of Harlequin Syndicates please give Dave Wilson a call on 07982932905 or email info@harlequinsyndicates.co.uk and your questions will be answered. Everything at Harlequin Syndicates is as transparent as we can possibly make it.

As well as Harlequin Syndicates we also run www.HarlequinRacingClub.co.uk which is a subsidiary part of Harlequin Syndicates. The Racing Club has been set up to give everyone the chance to become a Greyhound Owner and for everyone to experience the thrill of Greyhound Racing as well as becoming an owner of a winning greyhound. The racing club has 10 specially selected greyhounds that will give loads of excitement and pleasure to the members of the Racing Club and the dogs are very well spread around the country and are of all ability’s from unraced pups to open race winners.

The Racing Club purchased 33% in 10 Harlequin Greyhounds from 1st January 2025, the Racing Club is a separate business to Harlequin Syndicates and operates in a total different way to how Harlequin Syndicates is run. Please visit the www.HarlequinRacingClub.co.uk website to view how the Racing Club operates.

The shares owned by the Racing club have no effect on the shares individual members own in the 10 greyhounds that are dual owned by Harlequin Syndicates and Harlequin Racing Club, please read below for the way that Harlequin Syndicates operates, if you have any questions please email info@harlequinsyndicates.co.uk or call Dave Wilson on 07982932905.

Own a share in a racing greyhound from as little as £5 per month for a 1% share, with 1% of prize money paid back to you. 

Thank you for taking the time to view the Harlequin Syndicates Website and all details are listed below if you have any questions please contact info@harlequinsyndicates.co.uk 

Harlequin Syndicates

Harlequin Syndicates was set up in July 2023 with our first runner hitting the track on the 12th September 2023.

Harlequin Syndicates has been set up to give everyone a chance to become a greyhound owner at very reasonable costs by splitting the greyhounds ownership into 100 shares with 2 options of paying the monthly kennel fees, both options work out the same costing over the greyhounds racing career and onto the re homing system with the welfare of the greyhound paramount at all times.

With either option of the 2 systems (Both explained below) the kennel fees for each syndicate will end once a greyhound is either rehomed or sent to the breeding syndicate. Please note when a Greyhound is retired we still have a duty of care for the greyhound until a home is found and approved. The syndicate make a choice on the greyhounds future when it reaches 4 years old with the option of continued racing or retirement. If a syndicate retire a greyhound at 4 years old there are still costs involved in keeping the greyhound until its forever home is found. All syndicate members will still be charged the fees associated to the greyhound when it retires until its home is found. You as the owner can not just ask for a greyhound to be retired and then walk away we all have a duty of care to our greyhounds who give us the pleasure in racing for us and we need to take care of their needs after their racing days are finished. If the syndicate continue to race on after the 4th birthday all owners will need to pay their share of the continued Kennel bills each month.

So how does Harlequin Syndicates work ?

At Harlequin Syndicate we aim to give everyone the chance to own a share of a racing greyhound, in order to do this we syndicate each greyhound out with 2 ways of paying the kennel bills.

Each syndicate will be made up of 100 x 1% shares, some of the Greyhounds will be part owned by Harlequin Racing Club and the holding The Racing Club owns is deducted from the 100 shares available at Harlequin Syndicates.

The 2 Kennel Bill options we have 

Please note both systems work out the same costings in the long run, the only difference is the pay monthly kennel bills are a variable amount each month where the pay monthly all inclusive is a set amount each month. The pay monthly all inclusive is the most popular choice of owners.

Option 1 Pay Monthly Kennel Bills : is to purchase the amount of shares you require in the greyhound you choose, with a monthly kennel bill to be paid every month until the greyhound is rehomed or sent to the breeding syndicate that is equal to the share % you purchase. Each Kennel bill is split between the 100 share holders of that syndicated greyhound each month. Kennel bills are split bu Harlequin Syndicates and forwarded on to you for your monthly payment.

Option 2 All Inclusive fees : is to purchase the amount of shares you require in the greyhound you choose at an all inclusive price per month (Stated on the profile page of each greyhound) with no further costs to be added to that price, the price is capped at that price every month. Every 6 months there is a prize money pay-out which is paid directly to each owners account at Harlequin Syndicates on 1st June and 1st December each year. At no time will any owner be asked to pay more than the set capped monthly charge unless there are additional costings involved in the rehoming of the greyhound.

Please note that when buying a Pay Monthly share or shares you are purchasing a share in the greyhound until it is 4 years old or older, the figures involved are worked out so the Pay Monthly All inclusive shares are affordable to everyone but the costs involved in each dog are worked out until the greyhound reaches 4 years old, these are  purchase costs, transports cost, registration cost and GBGB bonds to be paid on all greyhounds as well as there kennel fees and any extras as needed. You as the share owner are expected to pay your monthly share price until at least the greyhound is 4 years old, this is covered in the Harlequin Syndicates terms and condition as item 16.

Each Greyhound has an initial cost to purchase as well as GBGB fees to register and a GBGB Bond to pay, these are all included in your monthly fee to pay per share. Each syndicated greyhound will be charged between £5 and £10+ based on initial costs of purchase plus kennel fees. As an example a greyhound that is £5 per month will have kennel fees of £4.15 to pay per month and the remaining £0.85 will be repaying the costs price of the greyhounds purchase. Every 6 months (1st June and 1st December) each owner will receive their % of the prizemoney the greyhound wins depending on share holding held. Any additional costs over the standard kennel bill will be deducted from the prizemoney pool, this gives the owner of the share(s) the knowledge of a capped kennel fee as well as a prize money pay-out every 6 months (1st June and 1st December) An example of this is Derby entry fees which are not included when the pricing is made but is a cost that the owners need to pay on top, these fees will be deducted from the prize money won and owners will not be asked to pay extra.

You can pre pay in advance as many months as you wish and you can purchase as many shares as you feel you require up to 49 in any greyhound if the shares are available on the website for sale.

The All Inclusive price banding is as follows

£5 per month per 1% share for Greyhounds valued up to £2,000

£6 per month per 1% share for Greyhounds valued up to £5,000

£7 per month per 1% share for Greyhounds valued up to £7,500

£8 per month per 1% share for Greyhounds valued up to £10,000

£9 per month per 1% share for Greyhounds valued up to £12,500

£10 per month per 1% share for Greyhounds valued up to £15,000

Please see each individual greyhound profile page for the cost per month of that individual greyhound If you have any questions please email info@harlequinsyndicates.co.uk or call Dave Wilson on 07982932905

Each syndicated Greyhound will undergo a welfare and fairness check aged 4 years old and the syndicate will agree the greyhounds future beyond the 4th birthday.  Please remember we all have a duty of care to the greyhounds we own until they have a forever home or they are moved to the breeding syndicates.

Purchasing your shares 

Please firstly select the kennel billing payment option that you require and once you have selected the option that suits you, you can then add the greyhound to your shopping basket, at this stage there is a counter that is set to 1 share / 1% of the greyhound, you can now change the counter setting to the % of the greyhound that you require to purchase. If you have any questions on the billing option of the kennel bill please contact info@HarlequinSyndicates.co.uk to clarify the situation.

Please see below for full details of how to make a purchase.

How to Purchase a Share in a Harlequin Greyhound

Step 1 is to choose the greyhound that you wish to purchase shares in by viewing the portfolio of each of the greyhounds. Choosing the greyhound that suits you is one of the most important parts of the selection and if you wish to meet the greyhound before making a purchase please contact us on info@harlequinsyndicates.co.uk and we can arrange for you to meet the greyhound Click here to view all the greyhounds we have available and to read about their backgrounds and the purchase costs and options available.

Step 2 is to add your selected greyhound to the shopping basket, at the end of each greyhounds portfolio and costings there is a click here to purchase a share. Please ensure you select the option that suits you best with the pay kennel bills monthly or the all inclusive kennel fees options available on all greyhounds unless they have sold out. (See above for Kennel fee details) When adding the Greyhound to your basket the counter is set to  1 or 1% share and you can at this point change that setting to your personal requirements. Maximum share holding in any syndicate is 49%.

Step 3 Once you have selected your purchase please click Proceed To The Check Out, here we take your personal detail’s which we need by law, as your are now  becoming a part owner in the greyhound. Once you have entered all your details please click the place order button, no payment is taken at this stage. The system will send you a confirmation email that you are making a purchase and the email will contain Harlequin Syndicates bank details for you to make the bank transfer payment too Harlequin Syndicates Bank Account.

Step 4 Once you have transferred the purchase cost amount to Harlequin Syndicates, you will be contacted by Dave Wilson to set up your owners profile and to add you to the selected greyhounds personal what’s app group and to give you the up to date information on the greyhound. You as the owner will receive in the post your ownership share certificate, photo of your greyhound and if you own 10% or more the owners badge details for your selected greyhounds home track along with the benefits available as an owner of the greyhound at that track.

Step 5 As the owner of the greyhound you are now responsible for your ownership % of the greyhounds monthly bill, unless you have purchased an all inclusive package. Each month the kennel bills are posted to the Harlequin Information what’s app group and everyone can see the charges from the trainers made to Harlequin Syndicates for the months training fees along with the prize monies won, along with the Harlequin management fee, any extras from the trainers will be listed in the extras column.

No matter when you purchase your share you will be responsible for the share of that months kennel fees for your greyhound. At the end of each month this charge is added to the purchase price of each greyhound, hence when purchasing you will be charged from the 1st of the month, this also includes any prize money won in that month. This means that every owner pays the same amount per share for each greyhound. No one pays a different purchase price as we do not re value the racing greyhounds. From time to time there will be sales offers that Harlequin offer to all members and no one person will be offered a discount that all members are not offered.

Step 6 Terminology and basic info for New people to the sport : Newcomers to Greyhound racing will often wonder what and why on a lot of different subjects. When a greyhound arrives to a track to race it must first have two qualifying trials with at least 2 other dogs to obtain its racing grade. Most Tracks grade the runners from A1 (Best) to A11 (Lowest) depending on the times achieved in the qualifying trials, this will determine which grade the Racing Manager of the track puts the Greyhound into. Greyhounds also tend to run from the same traps most of the time, an Inside seed will prefer traps 1 and 2, a middle seed traps 3 and 4 and a wide seed traps 5 or 6. The seeding a dog gets will also be determine by his trial runs and is also changeable depending on how he/she races. If a greyhound is lucky enough to be able to win A1 races this will open up the avenues to go Open Class racing and compete at other tracks against other open class runners. Big competitions are available for open class racers like the Derby, the St Leger and many other competitions put on at tracks all over the UK. This is a rough guide how greyhound racing works and if you have further questions please email info@harlequinsyndicates.co.uk

Kennel Bills

If you purchase an all inclusive package, all costs and kennel bills are included from the time of purchase until the Greyhound is rehomed or sent to the breeding syndicate. At the 4 years of age stage we have a syndicate meeting about the greyhound and at this point we have discussion on the future of the greyhound. Please see above for the options once a greyhound reaches 4 years of age. We all have a duty of care for the greyhound we own even if it retires from racing.

If you select the pay monthly kennel bills they can range from £3.81 per month per 1% (Dog on rest) to a profit if your dog wins races, depending on how many wins and what grade the races are. Prize money won is deducted from the monthly kennel bill and any surplus is paid to the owners. Unlike the pay out dividend that the all inclusive owners receive every 6 months (1st June and 1st December). Please remember that once a greyhound reaches 4 years old we all still have a duty of care to the greyhound and the greyhounds needs if we race on or if we retire the greyhound.

Kennel fees are charged by each trainer at roughly £10 per day per dog  plus VAT. Roughly £365 per month or £3.65 per 1% share. There may also be a few small extra charges like wormers, physio work and other small additional costs these are additional costs not kennel fees. A maximum kennel bill will be around £4.15 per 1% share for a month if no prize money is won. Extras that are invoiced by the trainers will be added to the kennel bill and all kennel bills are available to be viewed by any member who wishes to view any of the trainers bills.

Each Greyhound once purchased becomes the owners responsibility to pay their part of the Greyhounds up keep and management fees even after 4 years of age. We all have a duty of care to “our” greyhound. 

Harlequin management Fees

Harlequin charge a set fee of 50p per 1% share per dog per month.

This minimal charge covers the website costings, the website hosting charges, the initial owners pack which is posted out to each share holder and to manage and update the owners on a weekly basis via the Monthly email update and the day to day management of each greyhound under the umbrella of Harlequin Syndicates and Harlequin Racing Club. The unowned shares in each greyhound that is not fully sold out are not charged to the other owners, Harlequin management fees also go towards covering these costs which keep the members costings to a minimal charge.

Harlequin would like to think we give the very best information and updates to all our syndicate members and that we keep all owners fully updated with race plans or other information when received from our trainers. Harlequin Management fees are added to the monthly kennel bills if paying monthly or they are fully included in the all inclusive fee package.

Any questions on Harlequin Management fees please contact info@HarlequinSyndicates.co.uk