Tips and Rumors

The word is that Four Corners are doing a feature on Peter V’Landys. It’s not expected to be complimentary. Why do the ABC take such joy in cutting a bloke who should have a Group 1 named after him down? Is it related to V’Landys suing them for defamation over the knackery story? What’s the […]

EPO, No, No, No – Gotcha! – Part 1 – Aussie Scientists Work Out a Simple Way to Swab For EPO – Be Afraid Cheats, Be Very, Very Afraid

A quintet of Aussie scientists including Dr Adam Cawley from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory have cracked the Da Vinci Code. They’ve found a fast, cheap and accurate way to test swabs for EPO. Their test detects  follistatin (FST), growth hormone 1 (GH1), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1), and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN) too, which pretty […]

EPO, No No No – Gotcha! – Part 3 – You’re Sprung Slimeballs

The term ‘gene doping’ is used to describe the use of any unauthorized gene therapy techniques. We developed a test for five likely candidate genes for equine gene doping: EPO, FST, GH1, IGF1, and ILRN1. The test is based on real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and includes separate screening and confirmation assays that detect different unique targets in each transgene. For […]

EPO, No No No – Gotcha! – Part 3 – A Bit About the Science

The Australian horseracing industry is the second largest Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry internationally, contributing over $9.1 billion Australian dollars (AUD) value to the national economy [1]. At least one third of the contribution to this figure comes from wagering. For consumers to invest in wagering with confidence, it is essential to maintain a fair gambling […]

Tips and Rumors

What does Toowoomba trainer Kylie Geran’s FB post about Kobie O’Brien mean? Isn’t he only temporarily absent from everyone’s favorite racehorse syndicator while he deals with an emergent personal issue? Doesn’t read like it does it? Which 64-year-old trot trainer from Toolern Vale is said to be under investigation by HRV for sexual harassment of […]

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