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Dual grade 1 winner La Cara and multiple graded stakes winner Quietside have been retired from racing and will begin their next chapters as broodmares.View the full article

Canterbury Park announces that Jesse Sherwood has been named head starter for the 2026 race meet that begins May 23.View the full article

Veteran sprinter Tejano Twist has an opportunity to take another step toward the $2 million mark in career earnings when he faces an expected six other older runners in the $250,000 Whitmore Stakes (G3) March 14 at Oaklawn Park.View the full article

Sometimes a birthday turns out extraordinarily memorable. Case in point, the 34th birthday of Juan Hernandez at Santa Anita Park March 7.View the full article

Involuntary being the operative word, I'm assuming. I was going to point out that viewing porn would be unnecessary in the brothel scenario...but I suppose that a new employee might be given some pointers.....and this is getting ridiculous. Just get rid of the piece of shit.

Japanese Derby hero Danon Decile is the latest to skip the Dubai World Cup night at the end of the month in favour of the G1 Osaka Hai on April 5, Keiba Lab reported on X. He joins Masquerade Ball (Duramente) and Jantar Mantar (Palace Malice) in defecting from the March 28 meeting due to the ongoing conflict in Iran and surrounding countries. “Danon Decile, the 2024 Derby winner who dominated in last year's Dubai Sheema Classic, will skip this year's Dubai expedition and is being prepared with the Osaka Cup in mind, as announced by his trainer, Yasuda Shogo,” Keiba Lab reported on X late on Tuesday evening. Not only the winner of the 2024 edition of the Tokyo Yushun, Danon Decile, who races for Danox Company, claimed the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic over Calandagan (Gleneagles) last year. Two-time G1 February Stakes hero Costa Nova (Lord Kanaloa) was due to compete in the G2 Godolphin Mile. He has also been withdrawn and will instead aim for the Kashiwa Kinen by Shadai Group, according to Net Keiba. Owners DMM Banusy have also withdrawn Bidaaya (Real Steel) from the Godolphin Mile, citing the conflict in the Middle East. Also on Monday, Diktaean (King Kamehameha) was withdrawn from the G1 Dubai World Cup and will be rerouted for the Kawasaki Kinen on April 8, per Net Keiba. The 2025 G1 Tokyo Daishoten winner is owned by the G1 Thoroughbred Club, who announced his defection from the event on March 6. Another horse who was withdrawn from the Dubai World Cup is Mikki Fight (Drefong), as of March 7. A multiple group winner on dirt, he was runner-up in Diktaean's Tokyo Daishoten on December 29. Trainer Hiroyasu Tanaka told Net Keiba, “We had been preparing for the overseas trip, but we have decided to decline the invitation this time. For his next start, we will discuss with the ownership whether to aim for the Kawasaki Kinen or the Kashiwa Kinen [May 5, NAR Funabashi Racecourse].” Out of the G2 UAE Derby is Itterasshai (Mischevious Alex), owned by Takafumi Horie's SNS Group, as of Monday. the winner was third in the Listed Hyacinth Stakes at Tokyo. He currently holds nine points on the Japan's Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. Godolphin's duo of Hyacinth Stakes winner Lucky Kid (Discreet Cat) and Pyromancer (Pyromancer), who is the undefeated Listed Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun hero, have 30 and 20 points, respectively. Trainer Makoto Saito explained to Net Keiba, “We won't be going to Dubai. We can't send the horse, or our staff, to a dangerous place. The plan is to win the Fukuryu Stakes [March 28, Nakayama Racecourse] and then head to the [GI] Kentucky Derby [May 2, Churchill Downs]. Keita Tosaki is scheduled to ride.” Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs raised the travel risk level to Level 3 (reconsidering all travel) in response to the worsening situation in the Middle East on March 5. The post Danon Decile Leads Multiple Dubai World Cup Night Defectors From Japan appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

My opinion that you quoted didn't necessarily have anything to do with employment law. You seem to have drifted from supporting licensees with drug positives to now supporting those with a record of sexual abuse being employed in racing integrity. Not that it would be the first incidence of that.

Racing Australia has confirmed the formation of a Black Type Advisory Group (BTAG) in a statement published on Wednesday. The seven-member panel comprises Barry Bowditch, Sebastian Hutch, Antony Thompson, Andy Makiv, Adrian Hancock, Jon Freyer, and Duncan Grimley. Racing Australia said the group was selected to represent a broad cross-section of the industry and that none of the members serve on the board of Racing Australia, a principal racing authority or a race club. The BTAG will provide independent advice on the programming of black-type races and recommendations on potential upgrades, downgrades and additions to the pattern to both Racing Australia and the Asian Pattern Committee. Racing Australia chairman Rob Rorrison said the panel's expertise would be valuable “at this critical time” as Australia works to strengthen its black-type framework. Thoroughbred Breeders Australia and Aushorse chief executive Andrew Hore-Lacy welcomed the group's formation. “Black type is the recognised measure of merit in thoroughbred racing and breeding, and it underpins the value of Australian-bred horses in both domestic and international markets,” Hore-Lacy said. “Maintaining the credibility and integrity of Australia's Pattern is therefore critically important to the long-term strength of the industry. “It is encouraging to see experienced breeders represented on the Black Type Advisory Group, including Aushorse chair Antony Thompson and TBA board member Andy Makiv. Their involvement will help ensure the perspective of breeders is part of the discussion as these matters are considered with a national focus and with Australia's international standing in mind.” The advisory group was proposed after the Asian Pattern Committee informed Racing Australia last December that it would temporarily assume responsibility for black-type decisions in Australia under the authority of the Asian Racing Federation, following eight years without a meeting of Australia's Pattern Committee. The post Racing Australia Forms Black Type Advisory Group appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Perhaps you would enlighten us then, as to what the core issue is that we are missing. From your headpost to this thread, I assumed you thought it was a history of exposing others (employees) to porn and then being employed as a stipe and adjudicator by the RIB?

Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni signed the ticket on a Mo Town colt (hip 299) for $1.05-million early in Wednesday's second session at OBS March. “Beautiful, beautiful horse,” Lanni said after signing on behalf of Baoma Corp. “Breezed exceptional. Beautiful breeze. He came out of it really well. I think that's the toughest thing on these young horses, to come out of those breezes. He's going to go to Bob [Baffert], bought him for Baoma Corp. They've been very lucky here over the years, so glad we got him.” The colt, out of the Into Mischief Reckon, worked a quarter-mile in a sharp :20 2/5. He was bred in Kentucky by William Lussky and consigned Wednesday by Hoppel LLC, Agent V. Hip 299 was initially purchased as a weanling at Keeneland in November 2024 for just $40,000. The post Baoma Corp Adds Mo Town Colt For $1.05-Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Caspar Fownes extended his already significant lead in the trainers’ championship to five wins by replicating last week’s effort to score a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The three-timer boosted Fownes’ tally to 42 for the season, with nearest rival David Hayes on 37, as he chases a fifth championship success. “I’m happy, all I can do is present my horse well and you need a lot of luck in this game. I know how to win a championship, that’s one thing I can tell you; I’ve got my game...View the full article

Grade 1 winner Bottle of Rouge headlines a field of six in the March 14 Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs. View the full article

A ruling from the Supreme Court of New South Wales has found that Racing NSW acted outside its statutory powers in attempting to place the Australian Turf Club under administration. Justice François Kunc declared the proposed appointment of an administrator “invalid and of no effect,” concluding the regulator's decision was not authorised under the Thoroughbred Racing Act 1996. The court also ordered Racing NSW to pay the ATC's legal costs. The case, heard across three days in February, examined whether Racing NSW had validly exercised its powers under the Act to install an administrator to run the club. Justice Kunc relied on two principal grounds in dismissing the appointment. First, he ruled that Section 11 of the Act, which requires Racing NSW to “act in the public interest and in the interests of the horse racing industry as a whole in New South Wales”, is not separate from or additional to the function set out in Section 13(1). Section 13(1) specifies that Racing NSW's function is to “control, supervise and regulate in New South Wales the racing of galloping horses as referred to in the Australian Rules of Racing.” Justice Kunc found that the regulator's concerns about the club's financial position and corporate governance fell outside that function. As a result, the Act did not authorise the appointment of an administrator by Racing NSW, rendering the decision invalid. Second, the Court found that even if the Act had authorised the appointment, the decision would still have been invalid because it relied on a material misreading of accounting information provided by the ATC, amounting to a jurisdictional error. Following the ruling, ATC chairman Tim Hale said the decision vindicated the club's position and called for improved cooperation between the regulator and race clubs. “It is not in the interests of racing for Racing NSW and race clubs to be in conflict. We should be working together,” Hale said in a statement to members. Justice Kunc noted the dispute may not end the tensions between the two organisations but emphasised the broader significance of the case for racing governance in the state. “Horse racing is a very substantial part of the NSW economy,” he said. “This case has highlighted that Racing NSW's power to appoint an administrator is a drastic one which can have a very real impact on hundreds, if not thousands, of people.” The ruling comes amid continuing debate over the balance of power between Racing NSW and race clubs, a central issue in the ongoing review of the state's racing legislation. The post Court Rules Racing NSW Exceeded Powers in ATC Dispute appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

There’d arguably be few horses trialling better in Sydney in recent weeks than Group 1 winner Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) but co-trainer Mick Price is wary a drying track will make him vulnerable first-up at Rosehill on Saturday. A somewhat surprise winner of the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes back in the spring, Globe and stablemate La Fracas have been sent north in the hope Sydney has one of its wet autumn carnivals and they can strike. Price, who co-trains with Michael Kent Jnr, said all options are open for Globe beyond the Group 2 $300,000 Hyland Race Colours Ajax Stakes (1500m). “I haven’t got a specific race for him but he’s in Sydney to capitalise if you do get a wet track, somewhere between a mile and 2000m,’’ Price said. “I don’t reckon the Doncaster will suit him, unless it was a wet track. He’s going to be nominated for just about everything and we’ll think on the run depending on the weather. “He’s going super, he’ll give plenty of cheek but his chances improve on a wet track.” Globe, $4.80 with TAB on Wednesday, has won both his trials in Sydney in the past few weeks and put four lengths on Vivy Air (Hellbent) in the latest over 1200m last Thursday. He passed a stewards gallop on Wednesday morning, the result of some blood being found in a nostril after he hit his head when going into the barriers in that trial. The seven-year-old has come up with the outside barrier in the Ajax though that less a concern to Price than the track conditions. “He’s a good beginner, he’s a big 17 hand horse who propels himself forward out of the gates,’’ he said. “Being out there won’t harm him, he’ll work across, I hope they don’t keep him out. “If the track is a good 4 he’s probably going to be a bit vulnerable. “He’s no star but he’s in Sydney for the wet tracks and the right races and hopefully we can be right time, right place, which we have been with him in the past.” He was in the right place at the right time when winning that Caulfield Stakes, Price saying in the small field Blake Shinn was able to get control and caught the likes of Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) and Buckaroo (Fastnet Rock) off guard. Price is enthusiastic about how Globe is working and trialling and he can only expect a solid showing first-up noting he generally improves with a run. View the full article

Darn so we won’t hear about the Broadster dancing in his lounge as a dog hits front as of August.

what . There wouldn't be a paid job going where an employee could view pornography on work equipment. would be grounds for (summary) instant dismissal as is a case of serious misconduct. (yes the brothels get away with it I spose ) Of course a 'dismissal procedure' must be followed to avoid any 'Unfair Dismissal ' claims by some gold seeking lawyer , just as in other serious misconduct issues under employment Law such as Theft, physical violence, Gross negligence or serious insubordination. they are not worthy of keeping on staff at any business . unfortunately in this day and age the legal system is full of claims of serious Sexual harassment. It seems to come in all shapes and forms these days that lead to all sorts of issues. Staff seeing someone with pictures on a screen of a sexual nature, is not only Very poor taste, terribly poor ethically, but also a type of harassment to those that know it's going on, and would effect productivity and co-operation in the workplace. It is incredibly easy to prove from the hard drive. Dismiss them instantly.

You obvuously have no understamding of employment law.

Wrong on all counts. You are as bad as @curious reading what you want to read as opposed to distilling the facts. You make the assumption he tried to hide it. What if he wasn't asked? In any case what was he hiding? That he watched porn on his office computer? If you are talking about your post then not "clever" more salacious innuendo unbecoming of someone of intellect. Given both you and @curious haven't yet identified the core issue with the case I can say that neither of you would meet your expectations of an RIB Stipe. Now what does that highlight?

Chief Mickey Mouse?

Hahaha, and its name was Mickey

Fair point. I probably should have said that I don't think involuntary exposure such as this is fine in any avenue of employment.

Never heard it called a lizard before, maybe a chameleon lol

Managing a brothel?

I mostly agree but I don't think it is fine in any avenue of employment at all.

The indiscretion which was having porn on his computer that staff could see, but he has gone to great lengths to hide this to the RIB, by not raising it and continuing to try and get permanent name suppression. Now that is fine when it comes to many avenues of employment, but TOTALLY unacceptable for someone working judging others integrity. So not the indiscretion but that he tried to hide it, he never came clean Now apologies to anyone with a sensitive demeanour, but there are 3 somewhat clever but inappropriate puns in the post above lol