Further Doubt Cast on Cobalt Case at VCAT: Racing.Com 8/10/16
By: Andrew Eddy Former high-ranking Victorian steward Kane Ashby added to the doubts concerning the cobalt testing process in the Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh appeal on Wednesday when he agreed that the rules of racing were not followed in their ‘entirety’ during the testing process. Ashby, who now works
Banned Vet Warned Racing Vic About Cobalt: Just Horse Racing 8/2/16
By: AAP+ Vet Tom Brennan warned Racing Victoria’s head veterinarian about cobalt being illegally used in the racing industry before being banned in both NSW and Victoria for the same thing, a tribunal has heard. After hearing RV head vet Dr Brian Stewart and chief steward Terry Bailey talking on
Evidence Unveiled at VCAT Cobalt Appeal: Racing.Com 8/1/16
By: Andrew Eddy There were so many folders containing past evidence in the long-running case, the legal representatives on day 1 of the cobalt appeal of trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh felt they had no alternative but to regret the fallen forests. But this was one of just a
Four People Handed Bans for Stomach Tubing of Horse in Northern New South Wales: ABC New England 7/28/16
By: Kerrin Thomas Racing New South Wales has handed bans ranging from nine to 15 months to four people found guilty over the stomach tubing of a horse before races in Tamworth and Gunnedah, in 2013. The bans follow a Stewards Inquiry on Wednesday. Chairman of Stewards, Mark Van Gestel,
RV Extends Moody Late Cobalt Appeal Offer: Racing.Com 7/14/16
By: Brent Zerafa Racing Victoria stewards have presented Peter Moody an opportunity to appeal his six-month suspension but the leading trainer is unlikely to take up the offer. Moody received a letter this week explaining that due to doubt over the accreditation of testing laboratories in the Mark Kavanagh and
Racing Australia Amends the Rules of Racing: Thoroughbred Daily News 7/12/16
By: TDN Racing Australia released amendments to the Australian Rules of Racing Tuesday. RA believes it is necessary for integrity and animal welfare purposes that unnamed horses and their owners be identified and subject to the Australian Rules of Racing, with traceability the cornerstone of the changes, in an effort
