Taku Umanga 194 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 The Stewards have been advised by the Trainers M Purdon and N Rasmussen that the following horses may have been exposed to a possible contamination during their transportation to Cambridge for the Harness Jewels. Princess Tiffany Stress Factor Funatthebeach Sicario Winterfell Cheerful Bubbled Up Kayla Marie War Dan Delight . The Stewards have therefore ordered swabbing of the horses. The RIU has advised the New Zealand Racing Board, and they have agreed to suspend betting on the races the horses are engaged in. The results of the testing will not be available until after 4pm on Friday afternoon when a further announcement will be made. Mike Godber - General Manager Nick Ydgren - Chief Stipendiary Steward Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 253 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 9 Purdon runners were swabbed today. Could all be scratched from the Jewels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Piper 408 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 Do they know what substance they believe the horses are contaminated with ? If so how long does the substance remain in their systems? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevy86 2,707 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 Did they stop off for hydration from a trough in Matamata? Shad, hedley, Fartoomuch and 1 other 1 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 DRUG TESTING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Kirrama 1,513 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Taku Umanga said: The Stewards have been advised by the Trainers M Purdon and N Rasmussen that the following horses may have been exposed to a possible contamination during their transportation to Cambridge for the Harness Jewels. Princess Tiffany Stress Factor Funatthebeach Sicario Winterfell Cheerful Bubbled Up Kayla Marie War Dan Delight . The Stewards have therefore ordered swabbing of the horses. The RIU has advised the New Zealand Racing Board, and they have agreed to suspend betting on the races the horses are engaged in. The results of the testing will not be available until after 4pm on Friday afternoon when a further announcement will be made. Mike Godber - General Manager Nick Ydgren - Chief Stipendiary Steward Godber the uming and areing fool.of a man ...paid a salary of $390K was on Radio today. He never mentioned an umming aringg word about this. Leading into this weekends Jewells, I would have thought this was major news. Mike GODBER you fool !! Fartoomuch 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thejanitor 1,226 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, 2Piper said: Do they know what substance they believe the horses are contaminated with ? If so how long does the substance remain in their systems? https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/racing/104344720/harness-jewels-markets-suspended-as-nine-runners-face-potential-scratching Harness Jewels markets suspended as nine runners to undergo drug testing Betting on six races on Harness Jewels day at Cambridge on Saturday has been suspended by the TAB pending drug tests on nine leading contenders trained by Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen. The Jewels is one of harness racing's showcase events. The leading trainers advised stewards on Wednesday afternoon the horses may have been exposed to drug contamination during a float trip from Auckland to Cambridge. Stewards have ordered the nine horses be swabbed, but the results will not be known until Friday afternoon, the eve of harness racing's biggest event. It is believed the driver of the truck transporting the horses became concerned about activities of two workers travelling with the horses and reported their possible drug smoking. Rasmussen contacted head harness steward Nick Ydgren on Wednesday. "Natalie has phoned me concerned that some of their horses may have come in to contact with a contaminant which is prohibited under the rules," Ydgren told The Informant. "We have decided our best course of action, on what she's advised us is to swab all nine horses for that substance." The statement confirmed there was a remote possibility that contamination on the float trip could lead to irregular results in testing procedures during the Harness Jewels, so stewards were notified. "We have advised the appropriate bodies of the possibility and all our horses will be urine tested on Thursday. We are not expecting any adverse outcome from those but we just want to be sure and keep everything out in the open," Rasmussen said. "The incident goes back several days but we want to be absolutely sure there is no possibility of our horses being compromised as a result. We are not expecting withdrawals from any of the races. We are just taking every precaution," she said. The horses affected include some of the hottest favourites on Jewels day, including Princess Tiffany, Winterfell, Sicario, Kayla Marie, Funatthebeach, Stress Factor, Cheerful, War Dan Delight and Bubbled Up. The Informant has reported that Dibaba, from Terry and Glenys Chmiel's stable, will also be tested because she travelled with the nine Purdon-Rasmussen trained horses. If the runners return positive swabs when the lab results are returned on Friday, the nine horses will be scratched from their Group I races at Cambridge. Ydgren told The Informant closing the betting markets on five races was a tough decision but the only one that could be made. "It's not a decision we took lightly; we discussed it at length and felt it was the best course of action." The Purdon-Rasmussen stable has dominated harness racing in New Zealand for the last five seasons, winning nearly $20 million in stakes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangi 73 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 This is very amusing news Does anyone know what the so called contamination is to? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee270744 684 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 Could it be Electric Puha? Tauhei Notts and Iraklis 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Diceman Cometh 125 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 9 hours ago, Black Kirrama said: Godber the uming and areing fool.of a man ...paid a salary of $390K was on Radio today. He never mentioned an umming aringg word about this. Leading into this weekends Jewells, I would have thought this was major news. Mike GODBER you fool !! Funny you should mention that. I was listening to that same news item on CNN and Goooober was totally incoherent. Hardly surprising I suppose. It is the Cannabis News Network. Black Kirrama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 253 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 Could the horses return a positive for electric puha inhalation? Iraklis 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 253 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 Now its not only the drivers who could be stoned but now the horses. Where will this end up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kotare_Hunter 748 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 From All Stars website. "Possible contamination" affecting 9 All Stars horses a Safety precaution for All Stars Betting susspended on Harness Jewels A complication involving the oversight of some horses on their float trip from Christchurch to Hamilton which might result in a possibility of contamination of any tests likely to be conducted on All Stars horses at the Harness Jewels, has been quickly publicly confronted by All Stars stables. The contamination would have involved human contact with nine All Stars horses during their travels and the remote possibility it could lead to irregular results in testing procedures. Natalie and Mark have moved to cover this possibility, however remote. "We have advised the appropriate bodies of the possibility and all our horses will be urine tested on Thursday. We are not expecting any adverse outcome from those but we just want to be sure and keep everything out in the open" Natalie said. "The incident goes back several days but we want to be absolutely sure there is no possibility of our horses being compromised as a result. We are not expecting withdrawals from any of the races. We are just taking every precaution" So when did the Mark and Natalie become aware of the incident and when did they report it to the RIU? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 Just goes to show what a professional outfit they run. They leave nothing to chance in the run up to the biggest day of the year. All the AS conspiracy theorists of which there are many will be wrong again Thejanitor, Black Kirrama, Spikecity and 2 others 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 While that is a possibility i would not put any bets on it given all the information which is now available. The stable hands might not be feeling too chipper about their job security Black Kirrama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Diceman Cometh 125 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 Work all day long without hope, Stress makes it so hard to cope. So when I get home, I twist up a bone, And smoke the stuff not used for rope...........or leads, or reins or ????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamour 673 Report post Posted May 30, 2018 Does anyone know if the two smokers were Allstars employee's or employee's of the transport company? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max powers 12 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 Is it devils lettuce or is it a methed up situation? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,720 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 What is the withholding period for "weed" - All Stars site says "the incident goes back several days" so by the time the races are run, contamination would possibly be over 100 hours. Most medicines etc. have withholding periods of between 48 and 72 hours I believe, so is this a case of All Stars avoiding malicious rumours that they are "cheating" by getting the horses tested, and all the drama has been created by the RIU who have hit the panic button without consulting vets, experts, etc? I really see no reason whatsosever for suspending the fixed odds markets, and it would be over to the punter to decide whether he wants to invest over the period of testing. Fartoomuch 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee270744 684 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 Eljay google Chris Waller Meth and you will soon see why Purdon and Rasmussen did not want to find themselves in the same situation or ask owners that have lost races because of some stablehand contaminating horses. You can say they were extremely smart to check this out before Jewels day and not after. I think you may find this is a first and they have been to a few Premier meetings and they cannot avoid malicious rumors as long as there are bad losers. Maybe Pound4pound can tell you about cannabis returning a positive. Fartoomuch, Black Kirrama and Iraklis 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseacol 2,488 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 I think the stable has done the right thing here. The TAB had an opportunity here to keep the book open with an asterix next to the runners in question, or indeed to run a book without the purdon runners for a few days. To lose fixed odds betting markets on most of the Jewels races in the run up to the event seems crazy ! Fartoomuch and Black Kirrama 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim vince 985 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 who would be a trainer Iraklis, Black Kirrama and Fartoomuch 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevy86 2,707 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 More appropriate would be "who would be an employer?" Purdon/Rasmussen hardly on the bones of their arses but I guess even they are not immune from societal dysfunction. Fartoomuch, Kotare_Hunter and Value Bell 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iraklis 2,231 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 Hi guys, in herald news 2 staff members were involved both have since lost their jobs, they hadn't been employed by AllStars very long, both were asked to undergo drug testing one refused, the other tested and was found positive to at least 2 recreational drugs.....how bloody irresponsible of those two workers is all I can say... Cheers Iraklis john legend, Fartoomuch and Thejanitor 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 53 minutes ago, Iraklis said: Hi guys, in herald news 2 staff members were involved both have since lost their jobs, they hadn't been employed by AllStars very long, both were asked to undergo drug testing one refused, the other tested and was found positive to at least 2 recreational drugs.....how bloody irresponsible of those two workers is all I can say... Cheers Iraklis No loss to the industry, hope they are named and shamed Thejanitor and Iraklis 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...