Australia’s Most Over-Raced Horse Slips Up to Darwin, Steps up to the Mile, and Slips Under Our Guard

Regular readers of this site well know the story of the warhorse Masterati, the most over-raced galloper in Australia. (Those who don’t can click here to catch up on our stories about the horse who’s been flogged to death). Last Saturday we tipped you into Masterati at his NT debut over 1100 metres in Alice […]

Masterati Returns to the Track Just 72 Hours After His Last Run -Racing a Horse Until it Breaks Down Isn’t Animal Welfare – It’s Abuse

On Monday we told you the amazing story of how the most over-worked galloper in training Masterati – who has been racing non-stop since July, and had raced 22 times in just 29 weeks – was actually given a break of more than a fortnight in between races, which must have made the poor old […]

Flogging a Poor Horse to Death – Is Racing a Galloper 22 Times in Just 29 Weeks Really What Animal Welfare is All About?

At exactly what point does racing a galloper excessively become an animal welfare issue? Can owners and their trainer race an aged thoroughbred week in, week out in races held on professional tracks, and still be said to care for the best interests of their horse? Those are the questions that need to be answered […]

Are Aaron Bain and the Boys the Future of Aussie Harness Racing? -Suresoundslikealie to Me

https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/sa/GDC01022104.mp4 Arco stepped out for her new owners for the first time last weekend – attracting the biggest crowd seen at the Gawler trials in many years. “It was fantastic. There would have been 100 members there watching her trial, including Lorraine Coombes, from Mildura, who got up at 4am to travel over and get […]

How the Tasmanian Racing Minister Handles the Stand Down and Sacking of the State’s Racing Integrity Boss Will Determine the Future of Apple Isle Racing – And Perhaps Make Her the Premier Too

The Apple Isle racing industry is in shock today following the news that the chief of the Office of Racing Integrity has been stood down from his role. Or it would be if anyone still had any confidence in the integrity of Tasmanian racing anyway, but after a series of blatant rigs, pulls, fixes, hooks […]

The Mystery of SGF-1000, at Center of Indictments – Drug is Manufactured and Distributed by Two Companies in Nicholasville, Kentucky (First Published 24 November 2020)

An executive with a Nicholasville, Ky., company that sells “preventative and regenerative therapies” for horses was named in a federal indictment March 9 of 19 people involved in an alleged systemic and covert administration of illegal performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses. Michael Kegley Jr., director of sales at Medivet Equine, and veterinarian Dr. Kristian Rhein were […]

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