Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Dr Michael Henley Rewei Brown. Mobile equine veterinary surgeon. Rangiora. Just across the road from Woodend Beach. No office to speak of, but a great big back yard with a driveway that would fit a float, and brick walls all around. Presently in possession of the blood spinning machine formerly the property of Equine Blood […]
EFFECTS OF NICKEL ON EPO PRODUCTION Almost 40 years ago the group of Hopfer discovered that the intra-renal injection of nickel compounds (αNi3S2, NiO, NiS2, βNiS, Ni dust) produces an increase in circulating EPO and erythrocytosis in rats (6). The intra-renal injection of Ni3S2 was also effective in guinea pigs but not in in hamsters or […]
We all know who Anthony Van Dyck was. He’s the Aiden O’Brien horse that broke down and died in last year’s Melbourne Cup. His death became the catalyst for the introduction of widescale changes to the way international runners in the Cup have to be tested to ensure that they are sound, and that they […]
Equine therapist John Warwick admits he broke rules with possession of unlicensed medicines It is unclear when the outcome of test results on drugs seized at a property in Co Kildare last week will emerge. As part of an ongoing investigation, Department of Agriculture Food & Marine (DAFM) personnel and Gardaí removed prohibited medicines after raiding the […]
Irish horseracing is embroiled in a fresh storm after the swoop on a Monasterevin farm last Tuesday where equine therapist John Warwick was operating. Racing powerhouse Coolmore have denied claims the horse therapist at the centre of last week’s drugs sting in Kildare has worked regularly at their stud. A cache of medicines was impounded […]
You may be wondering why the Melbourne Cup death of the horse Anthony Van Dyck is all over the racing news again, and why trainer Aidan O’Brien has come out and pointed the finger of blame at the Racing Victoria vets. It is because of the unrelenting research and work of a former top journalist […]
Racing horses on the anti-inflammatory painkiller Phenylbutazone – commonly known as Bute – is both a serious breach of the racing rules, and highly dangerous. In 2002 Damien Oliver’s brother Jason was killed in tragic circumstances after a horse racing on Bute in a trial snapped its leg and collapsed under him. The horse’s trainer […]
Darrel Graham Darrel Graham is a 53-year-old trot trainer, driver and owner who has been involved in the sport as a licensee since his teens, which was in the 1980’s. In all of that time D. Graham has incurred a single minor substance rule breach, which was acknowledged as an error based on vets advice, […]
Yesterday morning we published a story about Altrenogest / Regumate / Readyserve / Ovumate/ Trendione/ Epitrenbolone/ Steroids – all the same horse, different jockey – and then guess what happens just hours later? A mare who had been banned from racing for 12 months after having thrown a positive swab to the stuff comes out […]
The official harness racing media is celebrating the fact that leading trainer Emma Stewart has qualified 9 of the 12 starters in Victoria’s richest and most prestigious 2YO race the Breeders Crown, which is run next weekend. They should be in mourning. What does it say about the Victorian harness racing industry that 75% of […]
