Yankiwi

It surely wasn't "sweating" temperatures in Chch on 28 June 2019, especially for someone in the process of healing from a stab wound in the gut... https://www.accuweather.com/en/nz/christchurch/252473/june-weather/252473 Nice "excuse" from a current GRNZ board members partnership. Nice making the best of the situation by the RIU (prosecutors) who should be out for blood. Nice decision making by the JCA (The naive judge & jury). Farce.... Show some INTEGRITY R"I"U and appeal the decision...

This can only be explained in one possible way... You do not sweat Gambler.

Another prime example of it who's done it, not what's been done. Predictions verified... Codeine is a class 1 prohibited substance, which drew a minimal fine. The end result is laughable & a complete farce...

http://www.jca.org.nz/non-race-day-hearings/non-raceday-inquiry-riu-v-d-c-fahey-and-j-m-fahey-reserved-penalty-decision-dated-16-september-2019-chair-mr-r-g-mckenzie

Seems Cole isn't the only one being disdainful. https://www.grnz.co.nz/catch-the-action/13680/stewards-report.aspx 2). Trainer J T McInerney refused to accept the penalty under the Minor Infringement Table in that he allowed SOZIN'S OYNX to be drawn into the field at both the Southland GRC's and Christchurch GRC's Meeting today which necessitated it's scratching from the Christchurch meeting. This matter has been referred to the JCA Sine Die. It will be interesting to see what his defence will be & if he believes it was someone else's fault. Is there any doubt who the dogs trainer is? That'd open up a whole new can of worms. 19.3 (a) Only a Trainer who is Registered by the Association or an Approved Registration Authority shall enter or Nominate a Greyhound in any Race, Qualifying Trial or Satisfactory Trial conducted by a Club.

On second look, I believe you're right. J Mc was mid Jan. This case is mid Feb. Surely that'd mean the SPCA are still investigating the January case.

Here's the justice! https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115652794/man-charged-for-dogs-found-dead-on-cook-strait-ferry

https://www.grnz.co.nz/catch-the-action/13638/stewards-report.aspx "SHOOTERS HILL (6) - slow to jump. Collapsed and died at lure. Bloods were taken from this dog and will be sent for analysis. A post mortem will be carried out with the results reported in the coming days." They probably would have tested the blood at the RIU lab. I wouldn't expect the results of the bloods to be released to the general public. If they came back clean, then it'd be considered "not news worthy". If they came back positive for anything, the RIU would probably open up a full investigation on how to best cover up the dodgy result.

https://www.grnz.co.nz/catch-the-action/13644/stewards-report.aspx "Judicial report: 1) An autopsy conducted on SHOOTERS HILL conducted by Dr Lesley Roberts from Shirley Vets established that the dog died from a heart attack."

Well Glenda was to take over sometime during the month of July. https://www.grnz.co.nz/News.aspx?NewsID=3224 "Glenda will be joining the GRNZ team later this month." That means she has been in charge for the July - Aug month change & the Aug - Sept month change. What has happened to the CE update, which used to get posted on the GRNZ website. The history of it showed how little was being done by the top spot at headquarters. Are we now to believe even less is being done? C'mon out of your shell Glenda & begin to prove your worth to the code. You'll now be a couple of healthy pay-packets into your tenure by now & have had plenty of time to settle in. With the vast knowledge of the entire racing industry you brought with you, we'd expect your settle-in period to be minimal. Many participants & stakeholders are looking forward to all the positive changes your leadership will initiate.

If NZ breeding numbers are not some how controlled, then there will never be enough retirement homes in NZ for greyhounds, imports or not. It's been time tested that they wont restrict breeding numbers, so the plaster they were trying to put on the situation wasn't going to fix anything towards the biggest underlying problem, greyhound retirement. I know I've been on & on about bringing dodgy dogs over. We don't need them under the current model as we are currently breeding more than enough of them on our own.

If that's the argument, then they could end all breeding in NZ & import all greyhounds. Everyone seems to think imported dogs are so much better than domestic breeds. With that, no rehoming pressures if we only import as many as can be rehomed.

Fair enough. In Denis's case (and all other positive swab cases I'm aware of) the RIU investigate why a dog had been presented with something in the blood, urine or both that shouldn't be there. IF the three residents did give the RIU hair to test, four different results could have come back. All three showed historic meth use in their hair. Two of the three showed historic use in their hair. One of the three showed historic use in their hair. None of the three showed historic use in their hair. Regardless of what result might have been returned, it would not prove anything. Because someone used Meth say a month or two before the dog raced is not useful evidence as to why a greyhound raced with it in their system a month or two down the road. Furthermore, if subject "A" was the only one to have historic meth use in there hair, is doesn't mean that subject "B" (who had a clear hair test) wasn't ultimately responsible for the contamination. ie: "not all drug dealers test positive for the drugs they sell" or "my wife doesn't drink, but she buys beer at the store & brings it home for me to drink" So for mine, hair testing would have served no useful purpose in the Schofield case, nor would it of in Earls or the current case either. That said, the RIU set the precedent in the Schofield case to test those who live on the property & obviously work with the dogs, at least while the dogs are on the property, when a class 1 drug positive is being investigated. Meth is a readily available drug many people use for personal reasons. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12258850 Codeine is a readily available drug many people use for personal reasons. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/114340517/overthecounter-codeine-sales-are-booming-and-a-proposed-ban-has-been-delayed

No-one. That said, several have used the excuse (as if there is an excuse for a dog with morphine in it). In the McInerney case, he claimed that poppy seeds in bread could possibly cause a Codeine positive. http://www.jca.org.nz/non-race-day-hearings/non-raceday-inquiry-riu-v-jf-allen-written-decision-dated-9-september-2014 http://www.jca.org.nz/non-race-day-hearings/non-race-day-inquiry-riu-v-m-g-c-roberts-decision-dated-15-november-2012 http://www.jca.org.nz/non-race-day-hearings/non-raceday-inquiry-riu-v-ja-mcarthur-3-october-2011-decision-5-october-2011 http://www.jca.org.nz/race-days/dummy-location_2001-01-01/non-raceday-inquiry-nzgra-v-jt-mcinerney-1-september-2010

I don't believe hair testing is important to either case. The trainer of record at the time is the entity that will be held ultimately responsible. Exactly the same as the Schofield case, where hair testing was requested from the property residents. Why was the Schofield case a witch hunt trying to pin the blame on someone who wasn't even an LP? Why didn't they request the same from Earl & family? Why should this case be treated any differently than the Schofield case? The RIU were the ones to set the precedent. Maybe it's time for Denis & Co to file criminal charges against the RIU & the involved investigators because of discrimination.

For those who doubt my theory about it's not what my have been done, but who might have done it, think about this for a couple of minutes. Denis Schofield produced a greyhound with Methamphetamine in its system. Methamphetamine is a narcotic, which is a class 1 drug in the greyhound code. During the RIU's investigation, they requested hair samples from all the people that lived on the property which the greyhounds were kenneled. Funnily enough, since Denis didn't live on the property, the RIU didn't request a hair sample from him as the dogs trainer. Those that did live on the property denied the RIU's request, which was well within their rights to do so. Now before us, we have the Fahey kennel undergoing and investigation for Codeine, another narcotic, which is also a class 1 drug according to GRNZ rules. If rule enforcement isn't about who might have done something & it truly is about what has actually been done, the surely as part of the current investigation, everyone who resides on the property which the Fahey dogs are kenneled will be requested to provide hair samples for testing by the RIU. I look forward to reading the decision after the case has been heard & then finally published, to see if I'm proved wrong. I somehow doubt I will be. ps - I didn't use Earl's recent case in comparison, as there seemed to be some question whether the synthetic opioid was a class 1 or 4 drug, however I do note, there was no request for hair samples mentioned in the JCA's findings.

You win a family photo prize for doubting that I'm a Kiwi. However, my username makes it quite clear where I originally come from, Yank iwi.

Hope she goes well tomorrow night. However, what a shame it would be if she goes on to a tarnished win, when found out later that she had an unresolved positive hanging over her head back here. https://www.tab.co.nz/racing/meeting/16551/race/188930/all-new-sen-app

Hey Trevor, Is there some special drug down south which board members are made aware of, that the RIU can't or doesn't test for, that gives a dog proficiency on a keyboard? https://www.grnz.co.nz/greyhounds/profiles.aspx?AnimalID=29059 Well I know first handed that your current trainer wouldn't administer or use such a substance. However, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if your former trainer would, in fact I fully expect he does. It's no wonder why Sam fit in so well in your neighbourhood a couple of weeks back. Warm Regards, Charles (the keyboard warrior with the balls to put his real name to a post). ps - If you'd like to put your real name in a future reply, It could save you the shame of me posting it for you. Then maybe other site viewers/members will be able to put two and two together & find out why you have a fierce allegiance to the Codeine kennel.

I could be perceived as being negative. because I talk about what has/is happening within the Greyhound code. Top trainer caught live baiting Top trainer kills several dogs on the ferry Large percentage of Aussie imports carry marring/ftp charges That's not negative, it's the truth. Something you'd expect to come from what you title as "honest little kind well manered birds". Schofield's got disqualified for two years for cross contamination of a class 1 drug. If the code follows the same route it always seems to, "it's not what someone has done, it's who's done it", expect a petty fine handed down for Codeine, another class 1 drug because it came from a different top trainer. Protect the protected species, like little well mannered birds.

Words circulating. Seems a board member might have had a bit of false information. Codeine - Balcairn Expect the time tested poppy seed bread excuse when it gets to the JCA. Historic offence by another trainer. http://www.jca.org.nz/race-days/dummy-location_2001-01-01/non-raceday-inquiry-nzgra-v-jt-mcinerney-1-september-2010-decision/

I find most of Thomass's ellipsis's rather pleasing, in a rhythmic sense. They tend to lengthen the time I spend browsing galloping forum, all the while tapping my feet. Just last week, while reading one of his posts, I found my feet breaking out into a full waltz mode. One Two Three. One Two Three. One Two Three.

Maybe you're right Lad. I'll be looking for some big improvements under Glenda's leadership. We'll give it a year or so, as that seems to be about the length of time people last in the position. The benchmark hasn't been set very high by Mario or Phil.

The problem was identified quite some time ago. In their most recent decision, who was the better candidate for the CE position, Glenda or Greg? The answer is easy. If the Board wanted to industry to proceed & possibly prosper, Greg. If they want to run the industry in shut-down mode, Glenda. I don't blame him a bit for his choice to leave.