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How frigging more incestuous can this get? They're taking the piss now surely.

I'm not confused - there are 8 different B vitamins. So you can administer a "B Complex". I left a 2 off the B1 - which should have read B12. Which has Cobalt as part of its make-up. To confuse the matter further B12 can be part of a "Cobalt Complex". All very complex!

Harness Graham not guilty after six-year cobalt battle Harness trainer and driver Darrel Graham has beaten his cobalt charge. Picture: Patrick Woods — Gympie Times By Trenton Akers 03:11pm • 14 November 2021 Comments Top harness trainer Darrel Graham’s six-year battle with the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) is finally over after the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) found him not guilty of a cobalt charge. The popular trainer was originally charged after his horse Mafuta Vautin returned an elevated cobalt reading in May 2015 after winning a race. In what was Queensland racing’s longest-running saga however, Graham finally beat the charges last week in a draining legal battle both mentally and financially – costing his family almost $500,000 on top of the reputational damages caused. “It has been six-and-a-half years so it has been a fair while but at least we got the result which we knew was right,” Graham said. Graham was originally disqualified by QRIC stewards for 15 months over the cobalt reading. A drawn-out series of hearings and negotiations on the penalty were heard before QCAT eventually handed down its verdict on July 30 2019, changing the 15-month disqualification to a 12-month suspension, which started on August 15, 2019. “It took a fair while and it is probably a hollow victory to be honest because I have already done my suspension which is for nothing, I have been found not guilty,” Graham said. Harness racing trainer Darrel Graham with (from left) wife Linda and daughters Brittany and Stephanie. “The horses I lost, the owners I lost, the horses I didn’t get, it is a bit unfair I think. That is the system but. It has cost us about half a million dollars to fight it all. “What cost can you put on losing owners and having horses taken off you when you’re suspended? You can’t put a price on the sleepless nights and the trauma it has put the family through either. “My daughter (Brittany), she works for Sky Channel and the perception was there ‘your dad is a drug cheat.’ “I can’t get my 12 months back that I sat on the sidelines. I could go to the races but I couldn’t touch a horse so you could imagine how that felt when you’ve been around horses for 35 years.” Mafuta Vautin has gone on to win another 26 races since that fateful Albion Park win on May 30, 2015 and is still racing as a 10-year-old Graham said he would “let the dust settle” on the issue and talk to his legal team further before he considers chasing damages from QRIC over the saga. In a statement, QRIC would not acknowledge whether Graham had been found not guilty. “It is not for the Racing Integrity Commission to confirm a Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision, however the Commission received notification of the Darrel Graham decision (on Friday), a copy of which can be obtained from the QCAT website once published.”

Did the slipping occur on the "inside bend"? Which is the one that had all the problem and why they built the "outside bend"?

The rider of VISHAKHA, K Hercock, reported that her mount had slipped and lost its footing near the 600 metres and a short distance further lost its footing again when slipping and becoming unbalanced approaching the 400 metres. Stewards convened a meeting with riders and course staff and after deliberations the meeting was abandoned by the RIB due to the inconsistency underfoot following a heavy downpour.

MEETING NEWS Awapuni Races 7-10 Have Been Abandoned Today Due To State Of Track Awapuni Races 7-10 Have Been Abandoned Today

NZ Racing on a roll! Although suffering from the effects of abandonment.

You appear to be confusing a number of issues. The Cobalt episode was a debacle and is still playing out. The Feds got it all screwed up - still have. The term False Positives come to mind and Vitamin B1 complexes. So "THE INJECTION" is nothing you can put your finger on. Is the active ingredient "Myth"?

RaceInfo Meetings Meeting News Waverley Meeting Transferred to Awapuni MEETING NEWS Waverley Meeting Transferred to Awapuni Due to a Good2 track on Saturday morning and uncertainty around the amount of rainfall pending, there is potential for the track to be unsafe on raceday. Therefore, a decision has been made to move tomorrow’s meeting (Sunday) from Waverley to Awapuni. This decision has been made after talking to the RIB, both the trainers’ and jockeys’ associations and the Waverley RC. The race meeting will be conducted on the inside bend and the 1650m races will alter to 1550m. The fields will remain the same with scratchings re-instated as is practice in these situations. NZTR appreciates the co-operation of all parties in coming to this decision. This will be a closed door meeting.

Captain Black or Mac Baren.

Spectacular!

What is it? You say it is legitimate so no harm in posting what it is.

Done. Bloody predictive texting..... The floors yours or are you going to some more grammar checking.

Raid on Irish horse racing yard leads to seizure of banned animal remedies The raid took place on the same day as the report of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee into the IRHB’s anti-doping regulations was released, in which it was determined that the regulations did not fall below international standards /cms_media/module_img/5468/2734224_6_articlesmall_PA-7032050_1_.jpg File photo WED, 10 NOV, 2021 - 15:07 DARAGH Ó CONCHÚIR Irish racing is facing up to the possibility of a major scandal after a raid on a farm on Tuesday led to the seizure of animal remedies that are banned for use in racehorses. The raid, led by Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine officials acting on their own investigations and information received, and with support from Gardaí as well as Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board-authorised officers including head of anti-doping, Lynn Hillyer, took place at a premises in Co Kildare. A number of individuals were spoken to, among them a British resident, whose vehicle and phone were impounded as well as the banned substances. Racehorses in training with different trainers were at the premises. “On Tuesday, 9th November, 2021, authorised officers acting on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine carried out an enforcement operation supported by Gardaí attached to the Kildare-Laois drug unit and officers from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board,” said a DAFM spokesperson today. “This Department-led operation involved searches and seizure of products as part of an ongoing investigation into equine doping. As this is an ongoing investigation, it would not be appropriate to make any further comment at this time.” “An operation was led by DAFM and the Gardaí with IHRB officers in attendance, which led to a seizure of animal remedies,” an IHRB spokesman confirmed today. “This is an active Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine investigation so we will be making no further comment at this time.” The raid took place on the same day as the report of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee into the IRHB’s anti-doping regulations was released, in which it was determined that the regulations did not fall below international standards. The report did recommend that all favourites and the first five finishers in all races undergo mandatory testing using hair samples. The committee met originally on the back of allegations by respected trainer/breeder Jim Bolger that there was a considerable doping issue in Irish racing.

No evidence that doping rules in Irish horse racing are lower than standards in other countries The report, by the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, was prompted by allegations from trainer Jim Bolger that drugs are Irish racing’s number one problem /cms_media/module_img/5466/2733342_1_articlesmall_PA-7858587_1_.jpg File photo: PA TUE, 09 NOV, 2021 - 20:46 JAMES WARD A report into horse racing in Ireland has found no evidence that doping regulations fall below international standards. The report, by the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, was prompted by allegations from trainer Jim Bolger that drugs are Irish racing’s number one problem. It makes 11 recommendations, including that all favourites and those who finish in the top five of any race be mandatorily tested - using hair samples. At no stage was there any evidence found that the testing regulations in Ireland were anything but the highest possible international standards. It also calls for a review of the composition of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, to address concerns over a lack of independent membership and gender balance. The report, drafted by officials on behalf of Agriculture Committee chair Jackie Cahill, calls on the IHRB to follow governance structures similar to those in the United States. Cahill said: “We’re happy that the testing standards in Irish racing are of the highest possible international standards. “There was a lot of comments in the media and to restore public confidence, we felt that transparency was very important. That is coming out clearly in this report. The IHRB, there’s no question that they’re doing the testing to the highest possible standards. “But to meet the modern criteria that’s there, I think greater transparency was needed. “That’s where a lot of our recommendations are coming from. At no stage was there any evidence found that the testing regulations in Ireland were anything but the highest possible international standards” he added. Bolger, who first raised concerns about doping in the sport, did not appear before the Committee to give evidence during the research of the report. Cahill said the recommendations in the report will give “100% confidence” to the public that the highest standards of doping testing are employed in Ireland. Along with mandatory hair sampling of all favourites and top five finishers after each race, it also calls for facilities to allow for random testing to take place. An independent review of the industry by an outside body, including a full audit of all tests previously carried out, is also recommended to “ensure that Ireland’s drug testing procedures match international best practices”, along with the installation of CCTV at all Irish racecourses and a system of equine traceability. “For the public out there, whether it’s for the betting public or the general public, to ensure that that this kind of comprehensive testing will ensure that that everyone is fully convinced that there can be no wrongdoing involved in horse racing in Ireland,” Cahill said at the report’s launch. He added: “I think this recommendation would be a comprehensive testing post-race, will give the public in general 100% confidence that the highest standards are being employed and that there is a very comprehensive testing regime in place.” The report also calls for greater transparency on the wage structure at IHRB. Board members had declined requests to reveal their salaries at committee hearings investigating the claims made by Bolger. Cahill said it was appropriate the salaries are made public, given that the IHRB is a publicly funded body. He said the allegations about Irish racing had damaged the sport, and called on Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue to implement the recommendations as soon as possible. He said: “The comments that appeared in the media did do reputational damage to the sport. There’s no point in me denying that and that was the basis of why we initiated this report. “I think these changes to bring transparency to the IHRB would do an awful lot in restoring that public confidence.”

@Joe Bloggs can you write succinctly in one sentence what your point is?

Never lie. What shit are you smoking tonight or imbibing or injecting?

Case proven your honour.

You on another P bender?

On what basis do you say Frankel had a "turn of foot"? What was his fastest 200m sectional?