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By BitofaLegend · Posted
My guess is he/she is anti-greyhound racing. NSW report hasn't been released as it is currently not high on the agenda for them - Media release - GWIC issues clarification of greyhound mortality data.pdf The Greyhound Welfare & Integrity Commission (GWIC) has today issued an official clarification to address recent public commentary made in relation to data contained in its Greyhound Lifecycle Report. As part of its commitment to transparent reporting, the Commission’s Greyhound Lifecycle Report clearly details mortalities of registered greyhounds across both racing and non-racing contexts. The data includes mortalities brought about by illness, age, accident, natural causes and humane euthanasia. Contrary to claims, GWIC’s verified data demonstrates the NSW greyhound racing industry has significantly elevated greyhound welfare outcomes. The Commission’s official figures show euthanasia and sudden death rates on New South Wales greyhound tracks have reduced by more than 87% since 2017/18, with a decline from 1.4 per 1000 starts to 0.15 per 1000 starts. Further to this, the rate of injuries requiring euthanasia at the track or resulting in sudden death has declined by 29% over the past financial year following on from the 68% reduction seen in 2023/24. Of the mortalities which the Commission reported in 2024/25 as having occurred off track due to injury and accident, 90% were unrelated to racing. The Commission wishes to clarify that across the 1,269 race meetings staged in the 2024/25 financial year, which involved 103,641 starters, there were: • Two sudden deaths which occurred at a race meeting. • Fourteen greyhounds were humanely euthanised at the track following injury. • Forty-five greyhounds were reported as euthanised or deceased off-track following injury. In addition, the Commission has confirmed publicly made claims of a 79% increase in track-related mortalities are inaccurate. New reporting standards adopted by the Commission this financial year, facilitated by the world-leading eTrac database, systematically and more reliably identify track-related mortalities that are linked to injuries. As this is an enhanced reporting methodology, previously published data cannot be compared to the new figures. The Commission continues to publish comprehensive data to promote transparency and evidence-based discussion on greyhound welfare and racing integrity. GWIC remains committed to monitoring trends in injury and mortality and to working with industry participants to improve outcomes for greyhounds in New South Wales. -
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Group 1-winner Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) has been ruled out of Saturday’s Cox Plate. Racing Victoria stewards confirmed on Thursday morning that the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained galloper had been withdrawn on vet’s advice. “The horse was found to be lame in its off fore upon inspection by RV veterinarians this morning,” RV stewards tweeted. Speaking on SEN’s Giddy Up with Gareth Hall, Price backed the decision of RV’s vets. “I know the horse. We weren’t happy Saturday morning. We have done everything to get him through,” Price said. “That horse, definitely, was not right. He was not right for two reasons. One on the trot up. I know RV vets have called it, but there was absolutely no disagreement from myself. “That horse was not 100 per cent. Whilst it is disappointing for the owners .. the other side of that, you could multiply that disappointment by about 50 if you were to run that horse, see him go no good in the Cox Plate and exasperate a small injury. “It’s the correct decision. I was glad the decision was made. Absolutely the horse should not run.” Price said Globe had shown signs of cardiac arrythmia as well. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Blake Shinn says you need a champion to win the Cox Plate and is hoping Antino (NZ) (Redwood) is that horse. The Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday has long been regarded as Australia’s weight-for-age championship and Shinn believes he is on the right horse to give him his first win in the race, which will be run for the final time on the current Moonee Valley circuit. Shinn came close in 2017 aboard Humidor (NZ) (Teofilo), almost upsetting the fairytale fourth Cox Plate victory of the champion Winx (Street Cry). “This race really has everything year after year,” Shinn said. “There is always a great story about it and there is so much history about it. “It is what we call the weight-for-age championship of our sport at 2000 metres. It is the best of the best and hopefully me and Antino can come out on top. “I think he’s a horse that deserves all the accolades, but it won’t be easy with the reigning champion Via Sistina (Fastnet Rock), but I feel he’s good enough to do it.” The perceived lack of pace in Saturday’s race is of no concern to Shinn who said he would go out and ride his own race. One thing he knows is Antino can make a long-sustained run and keep going at the business end. “Antino, he is quite adaptable. He has got a turn of foot. He’s not a one-paced horse,” Shinn said. “He has that ability to make a mid-race move and he can sustain a really long run when I need him to do it. “He’s now at a fitness level where I can make two runs on him, if need be, but I won’t be able to assess that until I get out there and get the feel of the race.” Shinn said Antino had gone to new heights since his demolition in the Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield last year. While Antino has been winless this campaign, Shinn said the way the gelding has been racing shows he is right on target, especially after finishing second in the Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on October 4. “His run in the Turnbull, in my opinion was incredible,” Shinn said. “He had a kilo more than Sir Delius (Frankel), two, three and four kilos more than the opposition in that race. “He covered ground and was right there to the end. It was the run of a genuine weight-for-age horse and that’s set him up well for this test on Saturday. “It all comes down to luck in running, circumstances and hopefully we can give him a smooth passage, and he gets his opportunity and with a bit of luck he’s good enough. “You need a champion to win this race and hopefully Antino can prove to be one.” View the full article -
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Speed Demon (NZ) (Yes Yes Yes) will be given every opportunity to live up to his name when he makes his debut at Ellerslie. The youngster has drawn the ace in Saturday’s Eagle Technology 2YO (1100m) and tyro trainer Nick Kneebone is hoping the son of Yes Yes Yes can take full advantage of the coveted rails barrier. “He’s better out in front so he’ll jump and see if we can give him some clear running,” he said. To be ridden by Masa Hashizume, Speed Demon finished in behind the major players in his sole trial earlier this month on a heavy track at Te Awamutu. “He’s had three jump-outs here at Cambridge and pinged the lids every time and that trial was probably the slowest he’s begun,” Kneebone said. “The better ground will help him, and he gets around a right-handed bend better than the left, in his jump-out the other day he hit the bend at full pace and not many two-year-olds can take them like that.” Ability aside, Speed Demon is also blessed with an admirable demeanour. “He’s been very straight forward and that’s why he’s got through to where he is,” Kneebone said. “I’ve probably got bigger and faster two-year-olds, but his mind is what has taken him a long way.” Speed Demon was a $20,000 purchase out of Blandford Lodge’s draft at Karaka earlier this year and is out of the Proisir mare Devotioninmotion (NZ), a half-sister to the Gr.2 Hong Kong Sprint Cup (1200m) winner Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma). “I don’t know how we got him that cheaply, I really liked him and we snagged him out of Book 2,” Kneebone said. “He’s raced by an overseas syndicate from Hong Kong and Malaysia, they love the New Zealand racing.” Kneebone will also offer eight juveniles through the Phoenix Park draft at the upcoming New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale. “The Home Affairs is probably the stand-out, the Super Seth colt is a lovely mover, and there’s a Shamexpress and they sell themselves,” he said. The former, Lot 122, is a son of the High Chaparral mare Sopraffina (NZ), successful on four occasions, who is a half-sister to Group winners Supera (NZ) (Savabeel) and Eleonora (NZ) (Makfi) from the great Ethereal’s (NZ) family. The Super Seth youngster, Lot 305, is from the Pierro mare Drama Series with the pedigree featuring the Gr.1 Flight Stakes (1600m) winner First Seal. Lot 373 is the gelding by Shamexpress out of the High Chaparral mare High Tail It (NZ) and from the family of the Gr.1 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1500m) winner Ike’s Dream. View the full article
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