Taku Umanga 194 Report post Posted December 22, 2018 I'm not a greyhound racer but can't understand how the welfare of the animal is a valid reason for withdrawal in one of these cases and not the other? Surely a 1.8 kg weight loss alone is a welfare concern and justifies withdrawal? http://www.jca.org.nz/non-race-day-hearings/non-raceday-inquiry-riu-v-j-mcinerney-written-reserved-decision-dated-18-december-2018-chair-prof-g-hall http://www.jca.org.nz/non-race-day-hearings/non-raceday-inquiry-riu-v-a-bradshaw-j-jopson-c-steele-and-a-lee-reserved-decision-dated-19-december-2018-chair-prof-g-hall Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rules For Some 163 Report post Posted December 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Taku Umanga said: I'm not a greyhound racer but can't understand how the welfare of the animal is a valid reason for withdrawal in one of these cases and not the other? Surely a 1.8 kg weight loss alone is a welfare concern and justifies withdrawal? http://www.jca.org.nz/non-race-day-hearings/non-raceday-inquiry-riu-v-j-mcinerney-written-reserved-decision-dated-18-december-2018-chair-prof-g-hall http://www.jca.org.nz/non-race-day-hearings/non-raceday-inquiry-riu-v-a-bradshaw-j-jopson-c-steele-and-a-lee-reserved-decision-dated-19-december-2018-chair-prof-g-hall People in charge don't know what they are doing. They make rules up as they go along. If a dog is down 1.8kg and the trainer believes the dog should not have lost that weight, than clealy something is not right. Gary Sharp and Emotive 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J May 19 Report post Posted December 22, 2018 Common sense decision made regarding the Otago scratching fiasco. Animal welfare activists would have had a field day should the ban be enforced. Unreal to think the four trainers had to prove that the safety of dog was important to them. Emotive 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emotive 306 Report post Posted December 23, 2018 10 hours ago, J May said: Common sense decision made regarding the Otago scratching fiasco. Animal welfare activists would have had a field day should the ban be enforced. Unreal to think the four trainers had to prove that the safety of dog was important to them. And the rules are different for the 3 codes. Someone spits on the track and thoroughbreds are scratched. A shower of rain, a horse slips on a bend and a gallops meeting is canceled. Track to firm, horse scratched because of potential jarring. We go out in torrential rain and are expected to do so. Thunder and lightning no problem. Example: A dog carded to race may have had a past injury that could be aggravated by a track surface that has been compromised by unexpected adverse weather conditions. Can the dog be scratched on welfare grounds without penalty, no? Why the double standards? Why is the welfare of a dog treated differently? The trainer knows their hounds intimately, if they have welfare concerns then they should be taken seriously. Taku Umanga, yorky, hedley and 2 others 3 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus stop 230 Report post Posted December 24, 2018 9 hours ago, Emotive said: And the rules are different for the 3 codes. Someone spits on the track and thoroughbreds are scratched. A shower of rain, a horse slips on a bend and a gallops meeting is canceled. Track to firm, horse scratched because of potential jarring. We go out in torrential rain and are expected to do so. Thunder and lightning no problem. Example: A dog carded to race may have had a past injury that could be aggravated by a track surface that has been compromised by unexpected adverse weather conditions. Can the dog be scratched on welfare grounds without penalty, no? Why the double standards? Why is the welfare of a dog treated differently? The trainer knows their hounds intimately, if they have welfare concerns then they should be taken seriously. Total agree with these comments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...