The owner of Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park, the most successful dog track in the state, has filed suit in the Supreme Judicial Court to prevent a ban on commercial dog racing from being placed on the November statewide ballot.

“My position is, we’ll be doing everything we can to keep it from going on the ballot in 2008,” said Brockton businessman George Carney. “If we don’t prevail in court, I plan to put on a very vigorous campaign to fight this in November. They’re not going to have an easy day with George.”

If the proposed ban, “An Act to Protect Greyhounds,” goes forward and wins voter approval this fall, dog racing would be banned in the state as of Jan. 1, 2010, putting an end to racing at the Raynham-Taunton track and at Wonderland in Revere.

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