Archive for category: Horse Racing Industry

• Trainers seek audience over drug testing

  Horse Racing Industry November 21, 2011 4:16 pm

  Racehorse trainers would be subjected to drug testing and a 0.02 alcohol level under proposed amendments to the Australian Racing Rules.

   

• Sale trainer facing charges over swabs

  Horse Racing Industry November 18, 2011 5:43 pm

  Victorian country trainer Frank Doderico faces two charges following a stewards’ investigation into a positive swab returned by Speedy Emma after winning at Pakenham in August.

   

• Bonuses for Victorian bred thoroughbreds

  Horse Racing Industry November 16, 2011 4:54 pm

  Next season’s Victorian-bred two-year-olds will be the first to compete in a new multi-million dollar program designed to boost prize money and bonuses in the state.

   

• No industrial action by jockeys for now

  Horse Racing Industry November 13, 2011 5:07 pm

  Proposed industrial action by jockeys has been put on hold as the Australian Jockeys’ Association continues to lobby state governments for funds to help injured riders.

   

• Boost for drug testing in Victoria

  Horse Racing Industry November 11, 2011 5:51 pm

  Racing integrity in Victoria has received a major boost with the state government announcing $4 million in funding to detect performance-enhancing drugs such as growth hormones and EPO.

   

• Peter Moody escapes penalty for positive swab

  Cox Plate, Horse Racing Industry October 18, 2011 8:38 pm

  Black Caviar’s trainer Peter Moody has been convicted but escaped penalty over a positive urine swab taken from one of his horses in May.

   

• Date set for Peter Moody’s drug hearing

  Cox Plate, Horse Racing Industry, Melbourne Cup October 14, 2011 4:54 pm

  Black Caviar’s trainer Peter Moody will front the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board next week to defend a positive urine swab taken from one of his horses in May.

   

• Changes to board of Racing NSW

  Horse Racing Industry October 11, 2011 4:15 pm

  The board of Racing NSW is in caretaker mode with the announcement of new legislation to introduce reforms to racing’s governing body.

   

• Glen Boss to make his carnival presence felt

  Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Horse Racing Industry, Melbourne Cup September 28, 2011 4:51 pm

  The familiar sight of Glen Boss standing high in the irons celebrating a major win will be missing this spring but the injured jockey still plans to be a presence over the carnival.

   

• Black Caviar named 2011 Racehorse Of The Year

  Cox Plate, Horse Racing Industry, Melbourne Cup September 19, 2011 10:17 am

  Equine superstar Black Caviar was officially crowned Australia’s Racehorse of the Year on Sunday night.