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Stating facts mate...even the owner said "she's needed Blinkers for some time" In the press..do I have to prove it again..wake up

Kakama, you just look stupid if you go off half cocked not gathering all of the facts...

Oh the Saudis...yea... wellll...what idjits for giving women the chance to drive! Everyone knows they're hopeless...especially at 3 point turns..oh and roundabouts...right hand rule...forget it...they have to hold up a hand to work out the left from right.. These dudes have the right idea From the very first day 31-year-old Salma Barakati got behind the wheel of her car after Saudi Arabia lifted the ban on women driving, the men in her village near Mecca would gather around her and unleash a torrent of insults. The insults soon turned to threats. Then, less than 10 days after women were allowed to drive, a neighbor woke up Barakati in the middle of the night: Her car was on fire.

Well done Reefer..but it's been very poorly trained... How it's taken sooooo long to realise she's a Blinkers neddy is remarkable Walker said she was so fired up to win he couldn't hold her.... ..finally got cover and pantsed a G2 field over a mile... ..5 career starts in Blinkers...2 wins and an unlucky 3 rd on an unsuitable track..

Even Irish rabbits love a bit of crack... https://mobile.twitter.com/kevinblake2011/status/1109169026285125633

And being in the land of the FREE..some think that means 'free' to do anything... The many Santa Anita deaths should have red flashing lights all over the Drug query...not so much the track

Sherwin's a GREAT internationally experienced caller who adds excitement and good form knowledge to his job.. Being a fill in these days when Gorgy Porgy goes to the Maldives...to dive... You surely have to forgive him being a tad rusty??

Certainly do von....then they'll provide Vella Fella with a golf vehicle upon embarkation and a travel escalator to the top of the Royal Box...with complimentary horse durves and schnapps chasers along the way...to keep him interested You flying in with J mak?

Always cut paste before you post mate.. or use the back button...The Chief can't afford to buy more bandwidth in times of need

Wtf is about the land of the free?? Free to use drugs in any way shape or form when it comes to Thoroughbred Racing it seems... The latest in a long line of Disgraceful Drug administration...in order to place an order for free money more like... come BIOPHOSPHATES Including Defrauding yearling buyers...how low do some go for a fix of filthy lucre?? Very f in low "“I've been Tildrened.” That's what a consignor of 2-year-olds said recently to a leading owner about a horse he purchased at a yearling sale with the intention of putting it in training and re-selling it as a prospective racehorse this spring. He was referring to the potentially negative side-effects from a drug called Tildren, one of two products – along with Osphos – approved in 2014 by the FDA to treat navicular syndrome in horses. The consignor was convinced that the horse he purchased had been treated with one of the two drugs, referred to generically as bisphosphonates, to be more presentable, both physically through its analgesic effect and in radiographs. Many veterinarians believe bisphosphonates provide short-term improvement to the radiographic appearance of the sesamoids in a young horse. In the case of the horse that had been “Tildrened,” it presented and X-rayed fine but could not handle the rigors of even light training a short time after purchase. Included with the information on bisphosphonates provided by the FDA to veterinarians is the following precaution: The safe use of either TILDREN or OSPHOS has not been evaluated in horses less than 4 years of age. The effect of bisphosphonates on the skeleton of growing horses has not been studied. Because bisphosphonates inhibit osteoclast activity and decrease bone turnover, these drugs may affect bone growth. The safe use of either TILDREN or OSPHOS has not been evaluated in breeding horses or pregnant or lactating mares. Bisphosphonates have been shown to cause abnormal fetal development in laboratory animals. The uptake of bisphosphonates into fetal bone may be greater than into maternal bone, creating a possible risk of skeletal or other abnormalities in the fetus. Bisphosphonates may be excreted in milk and absorbed by nursing animals. Increased bone fragility has been seen in animals given bisphosphonates at high doses or for long periods of time. Because bisphosphonates inhibit bone resorption and decrease bone turnover, the body may be unable to repair microdamage within a bone. That 2-year-old consignor who was “Tildrened” isn't alone in his concern over the use of bisphosphonates in weanlings and yearlings before sales. The Paulick Report recently received a message from a Florida veterinarian, who asked to remain anonymous, concerning the troubling increase in fatal injuries sustained by horses at Santa Anita, “In my opinion, Santa Anita's recent breakdowns may have less to do with the track and more to do with the rampant use of bisphosphonates,” the veterinarian wrote. “I am an equine only veterinarian and work primarily on Thoroughbreds in training. In our practice, we have seen an almost ten-fold increase in catastrophic breakdowns and large long bone stress fractures (humeral/femoral/physeal) in our 2-year-old in training horses (both sales and race-prepping clients). “These drugs are widely used prior to the yearling sales in Kentucky to supposedly decrease certain radiographic findings, despite these drugs only being FDA approved for the use in horses 5 years of age and older. The scariest part about bisphosphonates is that no one knows the half-life of the drugs in horses. In humans, the half-life can be up to 10 years. “Even if a horse has not been given a bisphosphonate as a yearling, there are still trainers/vets on the track that are giving this for its almost immediate analgesic effect. It can take a lame horse and make them sound the very next day. “Our surgeons are finding that horses with condylar fractures are not healing properly with screws and/or plates within the same time frame they used to be as it changes the bones' ability to heal. … “These drugs are not cheap and as such the population of horses they are being used on are also not cheap. I have no use for these drugs in my practice as I feel they are very dangerous and used inappropriately and people need to be educated as such.” There is research on the approved use of bisphosphonates but nothing on what is referred to as “off-label” use, prescribing the drug for reasons other than what is on the Tildren or Oxphos package inserts. There have been anecdotal warnings about bisphosphonates in articles published in Thoroughbred Racing Commentary and the Paulick Report. The potentially negative effects of the drug on young horses were discussed in the Association of Racing Commissioners International's Conference on Equine Welfare and Racing Integrity nearly a year ago, when former AAEP president Dr. Jeff Blea called bisphosphonates “a nuclear button right now, not only in the racing industry but in the breeding industry.” The American Association of Equine Veterinarians has issued a recommendation stating: “In the absence of research to refute the anecdotal observations of deleterious effects of bisphosphonates on immature skeletons, the AAEP recommends that veterinarians follow the manufacturer's labeling recommendations for administration, particularly with regard to age.” At its annual convention last December, Dr. Jonathan McClellan of Florida Equine Veterinary Association in Ocala compared the use of bisphosphonates in young racehorses to “Russian Roulette.” McClellan added, “Based on the existing knowledge, off-label bisphosphonate use in racehorses could be putting both the patient and the practitioner at risk.” Just this week, the Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association it reported to be pushing for rules that would partially ban bisphosphonates. The British are way ahead of us with their rules. According to a British Horseracing Authority rule adopted in 2017, bisphosphonates may not be used in horses until they are 42 months old. Horses who have been treated inappropriately with the drug will receive a lifetime ban from racing, presumably because of the inherent dangers of a drug that can be released over an extended period of time. From an ethical standpoint, there doesn't need to be any discussion until research proves it is safe to give young horses with growing bones (which seems doubtful, given the drug package warning and comments by such respected veterinarians as Dr. Larry Bramlage). Quite simply, when it comes to young racehorses, STOP USING BISPHOSPHONATES. Stop using it to defraud auction buyers and stop putting horses' lives at risk on the racetrack or at training centers. Now that we have that problem solved, there is one other small issue to consider: what to do with the hundreds or possibly thousands of Thoroughbreds that may have been treated with this drug in an “off-label” manner in recent years? Do we just allow potential carnage to continue at a time when racing – as a result of the spike in fatalities due to broken bones at Santa Anita – is under a national media microscope and public sentiment is almost certainly turning against the sport as a result? Or does the industry actually do something other than form committees and issue statements? Santa Anita, incidentally, is not the only place to have experienced an increase in fatal injuries. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission expressed concerns about an increase in 2018 fatalities, and the Paulick Report has received multiple calls from horsemen based at Oaklawn Park this year saying there has been an increase in catastrophic injuries during racing and training at the Arkansas racetrack. (Oaklawn Park does not provide statistics to the Equine Injury Database, so there will be no way to confirm those suspicions). One trainer who called the Paulick Report said he has witnessed horses suffer a kind of injury this year unlike anything he has seen in a half century on the track, and he does not attribute it to the racing surface. In the world of air travel, when Boeing manufactures a new jet that sustains not one, but two, unexplained crashes, the Federal Aviation Administration grounds that jet – until it can confirm there is no safety issue. Horseracing has no Federation Aviation Administration. Racing does have a collection of state regulatory agencies, some with more enforcement powers than others. Those agencies would be derelict in their duty if they did not set forth emergency rules on the “off-label” use of bisphosphonates and demand veterinary records of all licensed veterinarians practicing on racehorses in their state. Young horses treated with bisphosphonates must be identified and placed in an “at risk” category. In states where public auctions of weanlings, yearlings and 2-year-olds in training occur, there is little to no regulatory oversight. In those states, but particularly in Kentucky where the highest number of horses are raised and sold at public auction, it would not be inappropriate for attorneys general to use their authority, subpoena veterinary records and identity horses that may be at risk of suffering potentially fatal injuries as a result of the “off-label” use of a drug to obtain financial gain. It's not good enough to just say, “We won't use it any more.” No one has any idea how many horses treated with this drug are now engaged in the game of Russian Roulette referenced by Dr. McClellan at the AAEP convention. That's my view from the eighth pole. Ray Paulick... The Paulick Report

And the Oz media are going nuts over Sir His Eminence...Toddy Lets hope they're not asking too many curlies And where will Vella Fella stand E when he spanx Winx??

And this is Toddy's and the Vella Fella's secret recipe They toped in Bruce Herd...ex dope smoker who roped in Opee to pee for him so he could escape a pesky dope test...but that's bygones be bygones... He can still ride...Lisa will be missing him

Godolphin will probably win the Slipper tomorrow... ..but one question you won't hear put to Cummings is his boss's treatment of 2 of his daughters.. ...both imprisoned against their will..one Princess Latifa claims she was drugged in Hospital....unable to travel since 2000...unable to drive and continually monitored ..the other abducted in the U.K....brought back to the UAE...supposedly due to psychiatric problems...yea right... So while the Racing Industry continually turns a blind eye to 'other' pesky 'sideshows' like basic human right violations... ...and the appalling treatment of at least 2/30 children from 6 Wives of Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum ..the show must go on...monies collected..and ignore the big Elephant in the room

So now the Irish have jumped on board...and were still allowing Parkes to bash a neddy 40 times...win by a nose...and keep the race...ffs The Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board (IHRB) have confirmed significant changes to whip rules which will come into effect next month. Irish stewards previously used their discretion in determining misuse of the whip with no numerical limit enforced. However, the IHRB released information earlier this month showing a 26 per cent increase in whip rule breaches during 2018 - a total of 213 - from the previous year. The IHRB proposed an eight-strike limit which was passed by their board of directors on Tuesday. “The changes were approved on Tuesday and we'll be publishing the amended rules in the calendar next week. The rule change will be brought in on April 8,” IHRB chief executive Denis Egan told Racing Post. The first Irish meeting under the new rules will take place at Gowran on April 9. The decision of the IHRB to restrict whip usage follows the move of France’s governing body, France Galop, which reduced the permitted level of whip strokes from six to five from March 1.

If that was the case they wouldn't have "reprimanded" him would they...and should have reprimanded themselves! Starter to obtain at the start of the day. The Starter shall obtain the following: - Official racebook - Starters Card. The Starters Card is to include the following details: Name of the horse, Number of horse Name of jockey, Draw of horse taking into account scratchings at official scratching time Abbreviated comments on horse’s pre-race behaviour/barrier manners/specific requirements. - Scratchings/rider changes received after printing of the Starters Card. The Starters Report must be updated upon receipt of these changes. - The official race time. The Starter’s watch (and those of all other relevant staff) should be synchronised with the time shown on the on- course Teletext racing system. - A two-way radio or walkie talkie allowing direct contact with the Stipendiary Stewards and club staff. The Starter shall ensure they have a cell-phone available as a back-up. - Brands and Marking Report, if the Starter carries out these duties. Besides that...they have a starters card they organise with all information listed...and this horse was 6 times Barrier Blanketed Current Starter’s Information (Sample) 2 Hurricane Jack (NZ) 2003 3 Justahula (NZ) 2004 3 Reliance Lass (NZ) 2005 3 Anissina (NZ) 2003 3 Colonel Bill (NZ) 2005 4 New Yorker (NZ) 2003 4 Ooblix (NZ) 2003 4 Missdaflight (NZ) 2004 6 Colliseum (NZ) 2002 6 Colliseum (NZ) 2002 6 Colliseum (NZ) 2002 6 Nobel (NZ) 2002 6 Van Der Merwe (NZ) 2004 6 Missdaflight (NZ) 2004 6 Adelariva (NZ) 2002 6 Josie Rules (NZ) 2004 7 Lagerfeld (NZ) 2003 8 Le Thunder (NZ) 2003 9 Lady Classique (NZ) 2003 9 Tenshi (NZ) 2002 10 Lil' Monster (NZ) 2001 10 Ooblix (NZ) 2003 COMMENT Barred after rearing over backwards in stall-cleared to race after 2 trials. Man up Slow to load-load early. Reluctant to load-difficult in gates-man up. Man up. Difficult to load- held up start-straps up. Early-led to start-load early, slow to load. Blindfold to load-remove just prior to jump-Barrier blanket. Trainer to supply bum rope to load. Oamaru-Refused to load-late scratched-to trial. Barrier manners-slow to load -held up start-warning-SC. Early to start. Rug Blindfold to load-remove just prior to jump-Barrier blanket. Kicks-Birdcage and start area. Fractious in gates-man up. Led to start. Led to start. Led to start. Man up-fractious in gates. Led to start. Early-led to start-load early, slow to load.

Wtf!! A name change to HE'S EMINENT'S Makes no sense whatsoever!! The wag who changed it probably thought 'His Eminence' ...a Catholic with some standing...A Cardinal even Lord Eminent's...way better..lazy Arstrailians! Good walking walkout though...if it was a walking race he'd win hands down.. https://mobile.twitter.com/racing_nsw/status/1108475572286423040

Now look what you've started Freda...a constantly stalking troller who adds....zilch Not today though! You selling?

So Te Akau have issued a tweet... "The report states it was human error as we understand." So nothing controversial in that statement...understandable Whats more it was the ONLY horse in the field with a BB to start... Being a first time Jock...Bossy was oblivious to its gear obviously... The horse is seen being happily led into the stall SANS BLANKY... It then lays into the right hand side of the barrier...and bounds as the gates open...settling 13th instead of handy as it was the previous start so it wasn't a human error wrt it falling off or lack of being hooked up Simply an INEXCUSABLE Human Error by the Barrier Boys... no fine, no explanation...just a welly welly hard wist slap...and turn up again next week boys you've got a Job for life... ...any statement from the ARC or RIU making sure the Protocols change so that it never happens again?? yea na fair dinkum AMATUER HOUR

Crickey, stone the crows...a few Brits are hating on Arstralians again! May resonate with a few here... Nick Rust: competence for role as BHA chief executive called into question by trainers Dan Abraham 1 of 1 By Peter ScargillUPDATED 7:32PM, MAR 20 2019 An MP has called on racing to end a sequence of damaging public arguments and begin working together after three Cheltenham Festival-winning trainers launched a ferocious assault on the BHA on Wednesday. Laurence Robertson MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Racing and Bloodstock Industries Group, said such disharmony was deeply damaging to the sport. However, in a letter to the Racing Post, Henrietta Knight, Mick Channon and Charles Egerton lambasted BHA chief executive Nick Rust, criticising his handling of the sport and equine welfare and accusing the regulator of hiring too many Australians, who they claimed lacked an understanding of jump racing. The trio took aim at numerous decisions over the last three decades, blaming the BHA for increasing summer jump racing, producing an unnecessarily large programme of mares-only races and over the licensing of some trainers. They also derided Jockey Club Racecourses for making alterations to the jumps course at Haydock and for closing Nottingham to jump racing in 1996, a move they believe has made it more difficult to prepare horses for major fixtures at Cheltenham and Aintree. Henrietta Knight: one of three trainers to attack the BHA Hugh Routledge In the letter, the trainers labelled Rust as “clearly not qualified” for his role, and rebuked him for comparing horseracing to sports such as hare coursing and fox hunting when referring to the need to have a proactive approach to welfare during a recent interview. “The incumbent CEO is clearly not qualified to be involved in this process as he demonstrated by his absurd analogy on Sunday comparing racing with blood sports,” they said. “His inability to grasp the relevant welfare issues facing racing – precipitated by the greed of the racecourses – and by presiding over an expansion of an underfunded fixture list with a horse population which is staffed inadequately, moving fixtures out of the core season to summer jumping, the plethora of mares-only races that will weaken the breed and distort pedigrees, racecourses over-racing and racing on false watered ground, and licensing trainers with unsustainable businesses are some of the welfare issues of the time that need addressing.” This latest spat comes after an onslaught of criticism directed at the BHA, including a fallout with trainers over the directive for all jumps horses to wear hind shoes and controversy over bans handed out to jockeys following the running of the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, leading to accusations from trainer Henry Daly that the body was "sorely misguided and misrepresentative". Laurence Robertson: wants racing to work together and stop fighting David Pearce Robertson, the MP for Tewkesbury, urged the sport’s professionals and regulator to engage in constructive talks to find solutions to problems and cultivate a more positive image of the industry for those outside racing. He said: “There are so many disparate groups and it’s very unfortunate people feel the need to attack each other. It doesn’t help everything constantly spilling out into the open. “It can’t be good and it would be better if these matters could be resolved in a sensible way. Communication is a big thing. If you can communicate with the people you are working with better than how you are, then they are going to be less aggrieved. Fairness is another side to it as they want to feel they are being treated fairly. It can’t be good [for the sport] to see people so publicly falling out. “I am hopeful the BHA will improve and I have been fairly critical of it in some ways over the last few years, particularly around engagement on the funding issues. They are listening more now and are determined to move forward while taking on board some of the things that are said. I do have a lot of regard for Nick and [corporate affairs manager] Ross Hamilton, who seems a sensible voice too.” Sir Anthony McCoy: concerned by the staffing at the BHA Edward Whitaker The staffing of the BHA was highlighted as an area of concern by Knight, Channon and Egerton, particularly focusing on a belief that employing Australians was having a detrimental effect on jumping, views also aired by 20-time champion jockey Sir Anthony McCoy. The letter said: “It is also rather surprising that after a series of highly questionable appointments, we are still hiring people from the Antipodes, a region where they have successfully placated the ‘angry brigade’ and regulated jumping to near non-existence. Have we not got the necessary expertise nearer to home? “Due to the lack of leadership over the last two decades, the culture within the BHA and the lack of knowledge of the people they have chosen to employ, the BHA has become a liability and detrimental to the future survival of our industry.” The BHA received the backing of sports minister Mims Davies at last week's Cheltenham Festival, while Rust insisted on Sunday that the regulator's approach on welfare was driven by changes in public perception and the desire to keep control of racing in the sport's own hands. Nevertheless, the three trainers called on racing to work together to bring in a new BHA chairman to offset what they feel is the desire to put commercial opportunities over the best interests of the sport. "Nick Rust’s patronising interview confirms the urgency for the horsemen to start exercising their influence in the selection process of the new BHA chairman to avoid yet another disastrous period," they wrote. "If we do not implement what is best for the long-term interest of the horse, and not be swayed by the best commercial argument at the time, racing deserves everything it will get coming to it." Jockey Club Racecourses was unavailable for comment on Wednesday.

Crickey...Hugh seems suitably impressed with the Champion's state of fitness http://www.trentham.co.nz/committee.aspx

So this new Committee is simply OUTSTANDING...on paper... Never in the history of Racing Club commiteeeeees have Bios been so SUBSTANTIAL http://www.trentham.co.nz/committee.aspx Some of them then...need to get hold of the 'new track management heirachy' and tell them.. ...THE TRACK IS EVERYTHING ....and never again race a shitt meeting on a wet track...on the rail... ...the week before a Premier Oaks Day... that's called stupidity...ok new heirachy??

So I'm told TE AKAU don't want to be seen criticising anyone in the industry... Its good psychology really... Jealousy is a hoary old chestnut in Racing... "who do they think they are" etc...So forgetting that...although I'm betting they'll be fuming...especially being SLOW OUT ..it's simply unacceptable for the Feds to be suppressing the reason the Barrier Boys f'd up ..in the BIGGEST race of the season...yes a big field...but their SYSTEMS SHOULD COPE with anything thrown at them.. So Godber...what happened?

So another downgrade yesterday...retrospective ..with no rain involved The same as Trentham ffs Its a joke the suits, In cahoots with Track Managers..don't want any information released which would show what EXACT level the Pen readings are at... So Godber changed his tune yesterday....from "I think Punters should just have F, E, S,...they don't need any more information" to ." Any information out there should be made available" "and Oatham is going to the Track Managers conference soon, I'll ask him what he thinks" But Oatham told Rodley "Punters will get confused" yea na

It's ass to you... Are you and Kak on day release? Did you even realise that Mafeking's been relieved?

So I've heard Trentham has a new Track heirachy Maybe this person/s didn't take any advice as to either the rail position or how to take an accurate reading of the Course... Makes sense now... Rodley guessing the Track...Oatham to shy to come on and guess...the new heirachy too shy/ignorant to guess... Allpress knew...in the background dipping her stick...while Rome burned on the panel...but she walked straight past the panel....backs turned... ...but we saw her... ..what a flamin circus... Sherwin "my time synced with an S8...Not a D 6" And they wonder why Punters have buggered off