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Call Me Royal gave his trainer Tarissa Mitchell a perfect farewell to her northern training operatio… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Japanese apprentice jockey Taiki Yanagida may have some good-natured ribbing coming his way tomorrow… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Kevin Hughes has big plans for Speedy Jax following his victory in yesterday’s maiden steeplechase a… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Excellent Rhythm has given a dashing display of jumping to give trainer Rachael Cunningham the bigge… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Spring targets remain open for Le Romain, with the multiple Group One winner on track to make his se… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

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You are starting to sound like an activist now Tank - irrational, illogical and ill-informed. You are not doing racing any favours. When will you stop betting and stop being hypocritical?

Studies have shown that most horses bleed and that over time it progresses - some quicker than others. There is no evidence that conclusively proves a horse losing 10kg's of water makes them run faster. There is substantial evidence that a dehydrated athlete will not perform to their best. The topic of the thread refers to Waller who only uses Lasix on some horses in training. Not racing.

So no horse bled before Northern Dancer? Northern Dancer had quarter cracks did he pass those on? Are there horses with no Northern Dancer blood that bleed? Does the extreme physical exertion of racing push the physiology of horse beyond what it is really capable of? A horse's blood pressure increases 4 times or more when put under race stress. Naturally that sort of stress does not occur. How do you determine which horses to ban from bleeding? Those that bled enough for it to appear in their nostrils? Or them and the other 98% that bled? Or will you put a blanket ban on all horses with Northern Dancer blood? What about Bletchingly? The rumours are he was a bleeder. He has no Northern Dancer genes. A very influential sire in the Australasian breed. Do we ban all progeny that has his blood from breeding? Of course we will have to ban anything related back to Zabeel and his prolific sire sons as there is Northern Dancer blood in his pedigree. That will be a shame as it will blow your Zabeels with blinkers theory out the window. By the way ever since horses have been raced there has been an issue with bleeders well before Northern Dancer was a twinkle in the eye of the breeding barn. Perhaps it was one of those first four stallions that started it all?

It was third time lucky in the Gr. 3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup at Riccarton today for Pl… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Winx has made a cameo appearance at Randwick ahead of her return to the track to run in the race nam… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Multaja has stamped herself as a filly on the rise with a dominant win at Moonee Valley to remain un… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Strong rugby theme behind trebles for Jones and Ottley, Tomlinson also chipping in with a double. (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Pierata has vanquished his Kementari demons and staked a claim for a slot in the A$13 million Everes… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Masa Tanaka is fulfilling a dream on his return to race riding in Korea. (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

There was a ‘changing of the guard’ sense at Cambridge on Thursday night as Benjamin Butcher reined … (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Jo Gordon is used to the jibes about her no-rush approach to training but the Invercargill condition… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

The patience and perseverance of Matamata apprentice Tui Miles was rewarded at Hawera on Thursday wh… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Lisa Allpress believes Dez is the horse to put her back on the Winter Cup honours board. (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

72 hours is 3 days. What is the withholding period? Any trainer who races a dehydrated horse is only going to fail.

Tank. The only weight it loses during training while on a diuretic is water. The horse then puts that weight quickly back on by having a drink! Any trainer who sends a horse to the races dehydrated is not going to get maximum performance. Now knowing the weight of a horse is a different matter. The Hong Kong jurisdiction records training weights and race day weights. That may or may not be useful to determining the likely performance of a horse.

Rule Number(s): 638(1)(d)Following the running of Race 6, Financial Independence 1400, an Information was filed pursuant to Rule 638 (1)(d). The Informant, Mr Jones, alleged that Miss Fawcett permitted her mount to shift inwards when not sufficiently clear of VINCENTIUS which was dictated inwards resulting in SUN GENES being ... (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Matamata couple Ken and Bev Kelso have been joined in their training partnership by stable foreman M… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

Lightning Spear has claimed an overdue Group One success at his 16th attempt, taking out the Sussex … (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article

The Connors family is hoping the recipe to success in Saturday’s Gr. 3 Winning Edge Presentations Wi… (RSS generated with FetchRss)View the full article