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Trainer Matt Laurie facing steroid charges in two horses

Mornington trainer Matt Laurie will face the Victorian Racing Tribunal to answer charges involving the presence of anabolic steroids in two horses. Racing Victoria stewards charged Laurie after finding the anabolic steroid Trendione in horses following race day, and out of competition testing. Trendione is a banned substance in racehorses at all times. Stewards charged

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Dead horses, scraps, leaves: Gaza’s hungry get desperate

Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is running out food with Unicef warning it could lead to an ‘explosion’ in child deaths. At the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, Abu Gibril was so desperate for food to feed his family that he slaughtered two of his horses. “We had no other choice but to slaughter

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No Bob Baffert horses will be running in 2024 Kentucky Derby

Bob Baffert and his owners have elected not to transfer any of their promising 3-year-olds to other trainers in order to make them eligible for this year’s Kentucky Derby. So, it’s not just Baffert who will be missing from the most well-known horse race in the world, there also won’t be any Baffert horses. “Nobody

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Monday Racebook: Gilbert Gardiner’s horses to follow, forgive

Gilbert Gardiner analyses Saturday’s Caulfield Spring Finale meeting, which featured huge runs by a couple of outsiders worth following this preparation. FIVE TO FOLLOW OUR REDENTE and SHOWMANSHIP (Race 10)Huge runs by the $31 and $17 outsiders to charge down the middle of the track and get within a head and half-length respectively from the

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Domestic horses look to continue home dominance

It’s the weekend of the Group 1 Japan Cup in association with Longines, when one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan, if not the world, will be run at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday. Having grown in stature over the past 40 years or so, the race has made a real name for itself

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Melbourne Cup likely field: 32 horses left in contention

A field of 32 stayers remain in contention for a start in Tuesday week’s $8m Melbourne Cup after third acceptances for Flemington’s showpiece closed on Monday. Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight heads the list of Melbourne Cup acceptors along with last year’s winner Gold Trip and the 2019 winner Vow And Declare. Gold Trip

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Australia to restart aerial shooting of wild horses

Australia approved on Friday the aerial shooting of wild horses in one of the country’s largest national parks, resuming a contentious practice that authorities described as “essential” to protect native wildlife. An estimated 19,000 wild horses — known locally as “brumbies” — live in Kosciuszko National Park. New South Wales state authorities want to cut

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