MaggieS

Check the media later today.

Check the news today. Contamination from stables at Awapuni. Maybe you should do a bit of homework before you start throwing accusations around. Should never have been public knowledge until all testing had been done. Investigation to follow contamination

They do it in other workplaces and in the same industry overseas. Let's just hope that racing is going to improve with new management and our industry can get into this century.

From NZTR. Tests are entirely qualitative and no attempt is made to accurately determine the concentration of amphetamine or methamphetamine in urine samples as there is no requirement under the rules to measure the level of any substance other than those with a threshold limit. Sounds like it's a lot easier to test for quality not quantity

As one of the staff members I find your comment completely distasteful and uninformed. None of us do drugs and I don't think anyone snuck into a stable to have a bit of meth in the middle of the night. It's much more likely that someone who works at Awapuni has been urinating in stables and contamination has come that way. Or sneaking off to stables to have a pipe during work. All track riders and stable staff should be tested randomly all over NZ. But, as we all know the industry doesn't have the resources or money to do this and neither do the trainers. Sad really because this is going to keep occuring and disgracing good people and their staff who work hard everyday and to the best of their knowledge present their horses drug free. Furthermore, many tracks in NZ do not have enough tie up stall to accommodate all the runners, therefore there is no option other than a stable (which are generally dirty, dusty and delapidated) to put your horse. I worked in Melbourne for a decade and random drug testing was conducted at track work regularly. As were pre race bloods and urine.on raceway for horses. There were enough tie ups at every course and security present. Without implementing some of these practices other hard working trainers and staff are going to be dragged over the coals. It's bloody hard doing this job but to be labeled that we are on drugs is just a kick in the guts. Unfortunately you won't be the only one making these assumptions, and when we attend the races we will all have the cloud of doubt and suspicion over our heads. Nothing quiet like being a suspected Meth head

AS’s BS was spot on Be good if you can bag him again when Kawi races next

Where is our industry heading? The 10th abandonment in 23 days. It’s time for our industry to close down tracks. We don’t have the funding to maintain, upgrade or implement improvements on the tracks we have. How do we encourage our owners to invest in an industry that can not provide us with the facilities to support our product? Woodville today was a Good 2 five days out from Raceday. Showers of 3-5 mls were forecast 48 hours ago yet no provisions were put in place to transfer the meeting to an irrigated course. Furthermore, why is a Good 2 being presented in the first place? And why can’t a desision be made prior to 10:42? Basically going forward how do we encourage new clients into the industry? And how do we retain the existing base? It’s time to centralise racing. Build four strathair super tracks in strategic locations, close the rest.