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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
We are back at Sha Tin again on Sunday, with a good mix of competitive races leading up to the feature Class Two Shing Mun Handicap (1,200m). Owen Goulding is back in the hot seat with an extended rundown of his selections. Race 1 – Class Five Chai Wan Kok Handicap (1,200m) Sky Song is yet to win at Sha Tin, but he ran well at the track last time out and now drops into a grade that he is unbeaten in. Race 2 – Class Four Kwok Shui Handicap (1,200m) – first section Circuit Victory has been...View the full article -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
@curious instead of counting whip strikes perhaps you should get onto challenging Nairn and her fellow nutters? -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BZ7jFk1cc/ Unlicensed Equine Dissections to be held at NZ Facility under the umbrella of Promotional Framing and Equi Ed Dear veterinarians, regulatory bodies and all equine professionals, and fellow thinking Equestrians An unlicensed equine dissections program, being carried out by a self-declared anatomical educator Becks Nairn, who is not a qualified veterinarian, is underway at a facility in New Zealand known as the Equine Research and Learning Centre . On 2 October 2025 Esme Whinray wrote on her Equine Sports Therapy Facebook page (shared with the Equine Research and Learning Centre) that the facility will at some point play a part in the post-mortem research Becks is conducting. It is a dated confession of being involved in operations. Why This Matters The plant boasts of self-reliance and practically facilitates the anatomical activity of Becks Nairn The results of Becks Nairn are advanced as educational reality, unqualified, unreviewed, and uncontrolled. Her set up was previously reviewed by MPI and approved by them - but this is a new piece of evidence of escalation and institutional shielding. Today her work is taught to professionals in NZ, Scotland and Ireland, with the support of Equi-Ed, which funds the Christchurch-based centre and is a Rural Scheme affiliate. What started as amateur workshops has been advanced as professional training- uncontrolled. This allows dissection to be a business of amateurs and possibly to inspire others to do the same . WARNING The Arcano Diagnosis A Solemn Infringement. Becks Nairn publicly reported on a podcast with Duncan Garner that she had done an autopsy on an Arcano, a grey Standardbred, and alleged that he had been fridge gassed. She made at least three such diagnoses, twice on her Facebook page, and she said she had forwarded supporting evidence to the CEO of Standardbred Racing NZ. So far, no pathology or peer-reviewed evidence has been demonstrated. This is not anecdotal, it is a publicly claimed medical assertion, and repeated by someone lacking qualifications. Conducting autopsies and making diagnostic statements are a grave violation of the standards of veterinary care and regulation Laundering through Dr. Carol Shwetz. The post refers to the relationship of Becks with licensed veterinarian, Dr. Carol Shwetz, as instrumental in the development of her anatomy. Nairn is using Dr Shwetz to promote herself and give her credibility . she does not have . This is non-formal supervision, otherwise known as rhetorical laundering. No record exists that Dr. Shwetz manages, verifies, or legally controls the dissections held at the NZ facility This is a call for transparency, oversight, and accountability. Those Becks results you heard about--who sanctioned them, who checks them, what are their qualifications. I have the post, the time stamp and the inconsistencies. In case you have seen such shielding somewhere, raise your voice. This isn’t education. It is official collusion. And it’s happening here Please Note if this is not the right place to post this information please remove it -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
An all-the-way victory in the A$1 million Gr.1 Might And Power Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday marked a career-defining triumph for New Zealand-bred gelding Globe. The weight-for-age feature was the first appearance at Group One level for the seven-year-old Charm Spirit gelding, who had previously won five of his 14 career starts headed by the Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m) last November. In his only previous attempt at the 2000m of Saturday’s big race, he had run third in the Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m). Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr threw Globe in at the deep end on Saturday, coming up against four-time Group One winner Treasurethe Moment and last year’s Gr.1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) winner and Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) runner-up Buckaroo. But Globe went to the front, dictated terms and that high-class pair could not catch him. Rider Blake Shinn took Globe to the front of the four-horse field and timed the race to perfection, upping the ante just before the home turn and pinching a break on his rivals. Globe held up his end of the bargain and kicked hard down the straight, keeping himself out of Treasurethe Moment’s reach and going on to score by three lengths. “I knew the tactics had to be right to beat Treasurethe Moment and Buckaroo, who I’ve got the utmost respect for,” Shinn said. “And realistically he wasn’t a proven weight-for-age horse until today, so we were going in as a bit of the underdog. “But as we’ve seen time and time again in these small fields, it’s quite tactical and an upset can happen more often than not. We went in there with no pressure as the obvious leader. Globe is a natural front-runner, and what a thrill to be able to pull it off. “Treasurethe Moment came up to us at the turn, but I knew I had saved something up for the last 300m with the run we’d had. I got him to change to his off side fore about the 250m, and then he went into overdrive. “Full credit to the horse, he gave me a lovely ride. Great work from the trainers, Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr. This is our second Group One winner together this season, and they’ve been great supporters of mine. “This ownership group, Roll The Dice Racing, they put a lot of people into the game with their syndication. They’ve been big supporters of mine as well and just great people. So it’s lovely to be able to reward the big ownership group here today.” Globe has now had 15 starts for six wins, four placings and A$1.21 million in stakes. “We get up every day and dream these dreams,” Price said. “This is fantastic for the owners, a big bunch of them. “And the horse has spent his whole life earning A$600,000, and he just earned another A$600,000 in two minutes. “At the start of his preparation, it was never in my mind that we would win the Might And Power with him. But these races can turn up funny results, and I thought, well, it’s going to be a small field. He did get beaten in a Ballarat Cup over 2000m as an immature horse. “It’s just one of those days where it’s not a mathematical formula – it’s a horse race.” Globe was bred by Barry Donoghue and is by Charm Spirit out of Bonnie Doon, who is a full-sister to dual Group One winner Booming. Globe was purchased at the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 2 Sale from the draft of Cambria Park for $22,000. A trial winner at Taupo in April of 2022 for the late Toby Autridge, Globe was later bought privately for Roll The Dice Racing by bloodstock agent Phill Cataldo. Donoghue will offer an Ace High half-brother to Globe as Lot 248 during the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka next month. View the full article
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