‘The world has gone mad. Donald Trump is president of the United States and now Reverend Fred Nile is strolling around Wentworth Park with a glass of Scotch in his hand!’

That was the quip from a wag at the greyhounds when Wentworth Park staged its ‘thank you’ night in recognition of media and political figures whose criticism forced the Baird government to ‘backflip’ on its proposal to ban the sport.