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NSW harness facing fresh calls to review doping penalties
There are mounting calls for an independent review into doping bans handed to harness racing trainers in New South Wales who have all denied knowingly drugging their horses. SUBSCRIBE to find out the full story
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Australia’s black type system under fire amid threat of international downgrade
The peak breeding body in the industry’s heartland of NSW has called on the Racing NSW (RNSW) board to “stand down” amidst concerns that Australia could be demoted from Part I of the international Blue Book.
Thoroughbred Breeders NSW president Hamish Esplin made the call as Australia’s black type situation – a suite of NSW races given domestic upgrades that the Asian Racing Federation (ARF) has not recognised under the international pattern – continues to be at an impasse.
It comes as the ARF has also stated races including Randwick’s Sydney Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) and The Metropolitan (Gr 1, 2400m), and Perth’s Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) were eligible to be downgraded, based on ratings data.
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Pattern’s last chance looms as Racing Australia board meets
A Racing Australia board meeting on Friday looms as a possible last chance to remedy Australia’s Pattern protocols and guidelines and head off action from the Asian Pattern Committee.
Racing Australia potentially faces its last chance to remedy its Pattern protocols and guidelines at a board meeting on Friday otherwise the country’s thoroughbred industry risks having the pivotal black-type process taken out of its own hands.
The Asian Racing Federation had given Racing Australia a mid-November deadline to respond to a list of concerns it holds about a series of black-type races and why a process used to demote and upgrade Listed and Group races was not in place.
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