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    The only non Yole runner is being driven by Mark Yole ?!!!!!!!!!!!
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    The Interim Murrihy Review has been released and can be found below

    https://nre.tas.gov.au/Documents/Int...ust%202023.pdf

    Near the start of the Executive Summary you will find

    From the outset, it is important to note that with regard to the governance of welfare conditions at Tasmanian harness racing establishments, the current situation is that:

    • the Rules of Racing prohibit the mistreatment of horses, however they are deficient in that they do not prescribe what is considered a minimum standard for horses and facilities at training establishments;

    • the Animal Welfare Act 1993 currently has no regulations to prescribe what welfare standards are required to be met for a horse training property; and

    • the Tasmanian Equine Welfare Guidelines 2008, which detail the humane treatment and welfare of horses, are not enforceable because they are guidelines and not supported by the force of the Rules of Racing.


    So what can be done?
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    Hobart racing this Sunday Ben Yole lobs on course with 59 horses, the most the other trainers could muster was 54. What a logistical nightmare floating 59 horses to the racetrack.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Messenger View Post
    The Interim Murrihy Review has been released and can be found below

    https://nre.tas.gov.au/Documents/Int...ust%202023.pdf

    Near the start of the Executive Summary you will find

    From the outset, it is important to note that with regard to the governance of welfare conditions at Tasmanian harness racing establishments, the current situation is that:

    • the Rules of Racing prohibit the mistreatment of horses, however they are deficient in that they do not prescribe what is considered a minimum standard for horses and facilities at training establishments;

    • the Animal Welfare Act 1993 currently has no regulations to prescribe what welfare standards are required to be met for a horse training property; and

    • the Tasmanian Equine Welfare Guidelines 2008, which detail the humane treatment and welfare of horses, are not enforceable because they are guidelines and not supported by the force of the Rules of Racing.


    So what can be done?
    Legislate. The only positive thing, if it is positive to expose slack political will, is to introduce legislation that addresses the shortcomings identified in the report.

    How fundamentally dumb is the Tasmanian Government to commission an enquiry based on non-enforceable codes of practice without the necessary acts of parliament and regulations to determine what is acceptable and unacceptable?

    The team driving allegations were never going to get up, based on weight of numbers. Had the necessary animal welfare legislation been in place then Yole was a goner. Animal activists should now focus their attention on ensuring the Tasmanian Government updates, amend or introduces acceptable standards through parliament and undertakes periodic reviews of it. In Victoria, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, under which I was once authorized as a General Inspector, has been revised over the past couple of years. Racing authorities have delegations and obligations to ensure compliance with the Act. Not so in the far-flung reaches of Tassie, which continues to lag behind other states and present-day expectations.

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    One of our very funny long time posters (it should not be too hard to work out who)
    noticed all the DBT's in the stewards column for R1 in Hobart tonight
    (We don't know that we have seen Driver Breath Tested before)
    and wondered whether the stewards thought the Yole stable had had their Christmas party today LOL

    https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...23#EHC01122305
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    No ben yole horses in at Scottsdale. Be interesting to see why.

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    Follow up story on PP re this.

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    PP is hypothesizing that the reason Yole did not nominate any horses for Scottsdale (a beautiful little place) is that he has a problem with the Scottsdale VP
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    12yo Modern Bliss pockets $82,500 for winning the Hobart Cup last night
    Before last night his best collects had been 2 x $11,400

    He spent quite a bit of time in the death but the win was a result of Ewa Justice knowing his capabilites and waiting for the inside run

    Makes for a nice change from the Stewart stable pillaging the big Tassie races although I am sure the locals would have loved a local victory

    https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...24#EHM02032410
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