Arlo
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If the contamination was thought to be in the hay,chaff or maize that was sourced locally, a question to be asked would be "do any of these suppliers harvest poppy seeds?"If the contamination was thought to have come from packaged feeds, have these …
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Some years ago there were 11 deaths in California, 7 of the under the same trainer.
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Ho Hum, we get politics all day from newspapers, radio and TV. Do we really need it on this forum?For those interested in racing discussions this political thread is a real turn off.
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It is time Stewards did something realistic about this rule, either get rid of it, or don't allow rule breakers to win.
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yep it's a great system, you can break the rules and still win. The penalties have no impact whatsoever!
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Last time I looked GHS has had 1 runner for two starts, and in one of those it was nearly forced over the fence. Would think it nis a bit early to make a judgement. Unless of course I have missed something?
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Isn't Prize Catch, another horse trained by Smith also with Jarrod McLean?
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In recent years there have been a number of Tall Poppies that have turned out to be artificial flowers.
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How is this an error with RWWA?
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Or maybe tell your jockey to overuse the whip. But guess what, that's against the rules of racing.
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So why can't we have a similar penalty of one length for abuse of the whip rule?
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Rodent, you are probably right. Sounds like we ahve already got a dogs breakfast.
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The only way to make the whip rule work is to not allow a horse to win if Jockey has broken the rule. It is totally unfair to owners,trainers and jockeys who don't break the rules to be beaten by a Jockey who does! Owners who could have won the race…
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The one rule all trainers know is the raceday rule. No excuses, particularly with the case of the foreman who wanted to "keep the flies away" fresh in everyones memory. If you want to run the risk, don't squeal when you get caught, especially when y…
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I seem to recall that subsequent testing of Bafferts horses showed a link to cobalt and something else. I did mention that on this forum a long time ago on a similar topic.
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Perfect summation!
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Maybe the Board needs to be closely examined with a view to their suitability for the job. What is their view of their role? Are they there to ensure fairness of penalties? If so, is it fair to the people in the industry that are not getting positiv…
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Goodbye Pete, don't slam the door on the way out.
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Sure is a tough punishment. Like being whipped with a lettuce leaf.
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I find it hard to congratulate the authorities. They have given a light sentence and then halved it. He has also been allowed to continue training for a very long time since the swab, whereas some trainers are stood down immediately. He definitely h…
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Break the rules and win, this is Australian racing when all is said and done.
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They obviously had too much money to query the cost of " vitamins".
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How can you prove Moody administered to gain an advantage? How can he prove he didn't? He has come up with an excuse however implausible. Kavanagh and O'Brien both denied knowledge of the administration. Do I believe any of them? The facts are all t…
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Really disappointed with this decision. For authorities to say the drug was not given to improve performance is ludicrous. The ruling for the acceptable level of cobalt has been established for some time. Moody's swab exceeded the level and should r…
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It obviously makes financial sense to break the whip rules. Perhaps they should have a system where the jockey advises the Stewards prior to the race that he will be breaking the rule and pays the fine up front. Would save a lot of messing about, an…
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The way to enforce the rule is surely, if the jockey breaks the whip rule and the horse wins, then the horse has the win taken from it and the jockey is fined. At the moment the best thing an owner can do is instruct the jockey to break the rule to …
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Not allowed to train.
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Bit of an integrity problem for Mark Reed.
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I was told fairly recently that Harper was back on his Capel property and doing remedial work with horses.
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Does that mean they weren't testing or couldn't test for cobalt? Surely if they could test for it they would. I can't believe that anyone ( even the integrity department in Perth ) could make a conscious decision not to test for cobalt given all tha…