The Australian Racing Board (ARB) has released a number of Amendments to Australian Rules of Racing, effective from 1 February 2015. I encourage Members to take the time to review these Amendments. A summary is of each of the Amendments is provided below. To view the Amendments in full, please click on the relevant links.…
DetailsIMPORTANT NOTICE – Screening Limits for Therapeutic Substances / National / 20 Jan, 2015 The Australian Racing Board (ARB) has provided an Industry Notice, listing updated screening limits applicable to the following therapeutic substances – Dantrolene, Dexamethasone and Salbutamol. These limits will come into effect on 1 May, 2015. I encourage Members to take the time to review these…
DetailsThe ATA would again like to reiterate the importance for trainers to acquaint themselves with the Rules of Racing relating COBALT and the introduction of a threshold for the substance. We strongly advise trainers to familiarise themselves with the new Rule which the ATA has communicated previously and is copied below. If you are using…
DetailsViscount stayer Tick Tick Bloom is bred to win a Perth Cup and trainer Adam Durrant will head that way next season. “She’s tall and leggy and with a bit more maturity can be a carnival horse,” Durrant said after the mare won the Vale Elite Belle Hcp (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. “She will…
DetailsPunters couldn’t split Red Ora and Volkoff in the Westspeed 3YO Handicap (1200m) and they were spot on with the pair fighting out a stirring finish. The $2.40 favourites went stride for stride down the straight before Red Ora fought back after being headed to win by a half-head. The Due Sasso gelding, who gave…
DetailsTrainer Adam Durrant predicts a bright future for Tick Tick Bloom, a dominant winner of the Vale Elite Belle Handicap (1800m) at Ascot. Punters had little to worry about with the $1.30 favourite skipping away after taking the lead in the straight to score by 2 ½ lengths. Run For Rum sailed along the fence…
DetailsGreat Southern trainer Paul Hunter concedes the visiting raiders will be hard to toss in the Mungrup Stud Sprint (1300m) on Sunday, but he won’t rule out Le Sacre playing a part in the Mount Barker feature. The Oratorio seven-year-old, one of two entrants for Hunter, will have to shake a local hoodoo and defy…
DetailsCo trainer Clint Price considers fitness and reduced weight to be the key to Hop On Hop Off’s winning chances at Bunbury on Thursday. Price says he expects his mare to have improved after a first up third to Distant Memory at Bunbury when she carried a career high 59kg. Hop On Hop Off, who…
DetailsRacing and Wagering Western Australia and Perth Racing in consultation with industry participants have decided to bring forward the commencement time for Belmont and Lark Hill Trials from 9am to 8am between the months of December through to March. The revised starting time of 8am will be effective from this Monday, 19 January 2015 and…
DetailsWestern Power has advised that crews will be washing ash and dust off the power lines in Bullsbrook from helicopters on Friday. A Western Power spokesman said as there were many horse breeders and livestock holders in the area they advised owners to move animals from paddocks near power lines. Western Power has started rebuilding parts…
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