Reply With QuoteMacau is 3 hours behind the East Coast
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and if you believe it was his wife's phone you will be happy because the Easter Bunny will be here soon.
Macau is 3 hours behind the East Coast
I was trying to work out your interest in Macau ... but I understand now its the Casino capital of the world apparently, so maybe you are off there to have a punt now you are sick of HRNSW.
It is a partly christian society so Easter Bunny might visit there as well..... perhaps you can catch up with him if you time your visit right.
If I had a licence I would understand I have to abide by the rules like it or not.
That is the one good thing to come from the swabbing scandal a lot more horses being tested for TCO2 across the state.
As I have said many times everyone wants integrity no one wants to pay for it.
I was thinking more like Boldenone, arsenic, methamphetamines etc etc etc!
TC02 Is for the apes and all the smart trainers have a blocker for it
Happy to pay for integrity any day, even happy to drop the prize money per race by$500 and have more horses swabbed per race, I have no problems with paying for integrity at all, but it needs to be done properly not only in swabbing but the stewards, hrnsw staff at all levels, the hrnsw vet,etc.
Agreed! But the damage is already done! Just when harness racing was recovering from Nabeur and Gleeson etc along comes this!! Game over
Sometimes you argue against yourself,I actually agree more money should go to integrity but in Harness in NSW it has been difficult to get the industry to see it that way.
Even when it was hinted at at the start of this scandal that more money would be spent on swabbing it was bagged by the states leading trainer in an article in a Sydney newspaper.
Recently HRNSW have at significant cost added a regulatory vet with over 30 years experience as both a clinical and regulatory vet in the racing industry to its integrity team.... common sense would tell you this has to be helping especially with the additional swabs they have been getting.
So where is the proof that it is not being done properly now, in fact all indicators are that it is, as you say more positive swabs.
The positive swabs are being found and people in the scandal are being investigated by HRNSW and the Police all be it slower than you would like.
It is clear to me at least HRNSW are now going to move after the police unless there is a guilty plea like Dean Atkinson where they sentenced first.
I am not going to bag HRNSW for being patient and I am also happy to let the appeal judge decide on the guilt or otherwise of Byrnes, because unlike you I do not take his "explanation" at face value but then again would a trotting driver tell a fib.... oh hold on HRNSW think the Sarina's have because they have been charged with just that.
Last edited by Thevoiceofreason; 03-07-2012 at 05:16 PM.
The whole industry is stuffed whilst ever there is a lack of transparency from the top to the bottom...............let me give you a few thoughts........on another thread, Karloo Kix, is allowed to race pending an enquiry, but mainly due to the time taken for the B sample to be tested overseas...........Do they think that because they fly it overseas it provides integrity, and a guilt edged decision.........not really.......why don't we get our own super duper testing equipment and speed up the process for instances like this when there is an urgent need for an answer, not just routine testing........"Get This One Done Quickly".....there is a flow on effect now that Karloo Kix is allowed to race...............all contributor's to this thread that have made comments about Boldenone have said that it remains in the horses system for months.......so if the horse tested positive previously, you would think it would be tested now prior to it being allowed to race.........there is no mention of it.......maybe Barry Lew has threatened HRNSW that they are depriving him of earning an income and "Lew will Sue" if not allowed to race...........if the horse now wins a race and is later found guilty of the original test..........some other poor owner will miss the opportunity to stand on the victory podium!........it is time for the racing minister to get off his arse and take control of this total mess!
There is a story in today's Daily Telegraph about the appalling coverage of Menangle's Oaks meeting last saturday night.......I think they were hinting at Sky Channel.....promoting the Cranbourne Cup of $25,000 over Menangle's two $200,000 races........perhaps it has something to do with Adam Hamilton being from Victoria and the connections he has to Vic! But the Telegraph should also look at itself and it's journalist's regarding the absolutely disgraceful coverage of the Inter Dominion Final, won by an outstanding horse.......yes the race was after midnight eastern state time on Saturday morning, so you would not expect Saturday's paper to have any coverage...that's OK...........Sunday's paper?...........No!.........Monday's paper?..........right again, NO!..............yet Jeff Collerson's greyhound report is in everyday!.....Harness Racing is heading for the scrap heap!
Perhaps, the best answer is to firstly not allow TCO2 thresholds at all for the time being..........or increase the penalty immediately!........so people don't take the chance, not only on the level or whether they get tested in the first place! More testing urgently........go and buy some extra freezers from Harvey Norman!
What has happened to the EPO irregularity that was mentioned recently..............another cover up or stuff up!............somebody, please wake up, before it is too late........Harness Racing has had too much bad publicity over the years.....they need to put things back on track urgently........change the rules now and change them again if required after these enquiries............let's get off this Carousel ride and go in a straight line for a change!!!!!!!!!!!!
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