FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8th RACING POST 2013. RODNEY MASTERS AND GRAHAM DENCH BRING NEWS THAT SIMONSIG MISSES HIS ARKLE PREP AT NEWBURY TOMORROW

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RACING POST FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8th 2013

WEEK MONDAY FEBRUARY 4th TO SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1oth 2013

REVIEW YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

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PREVIEW TODAY'S CARDS

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CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2013
 

PUNTERS ZONE MEETS UP WITH EQUUS ZONE
Tuesday March 12 to Friday March 15

Cheltenham Festival Betting Odds

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"RACING POST ARKLE favourite SIMONSIG will miss his intended Cheltenham Festival prep at Newbury tomorrow.

 

"Henderson will have plenty of runners at his local track, having declared six for the Betfair Hurdle alone, including general 7-2 favourite MY TENT OR YOURS. Lightly weighted novice VILLAGE VIC was yesterday's principal market mover for that contest, from which there were no surprise absentees at the 48-hour declaration stage."

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HENNESSY GEM

Dunwoody, Geraghty, Johnson and Maguire on what made FLORIDA PEARL so special, Page 4. With tomorrow's Irish Hennessy at Leopardstown looking a hot contest. David Jennings gets pearls of wisdom from those who were closest  to the four-time winner of the race.

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EQUUS ZONE

 BLOODHORSE ILLITERATE NEWS FROM BHA

BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY GOVERNMENT

 Graham Green reports "No evidence of neglect of ex-racehorses says BHA.

Pic of veterinary Tim Morris: hit back at criticism.

"THE BHA has strongly repudiated claims by the operator of one of Britain's few abattoirs licensed to slaughter horses that the sport's efforts to prevent thoroughbreds entering the food chain are subjecting unwanted racehorses to unnecessary suffering.

J Margaret Clarke Turfcall Comment

THE BHA run an unbalanced government with no Equus Zone whatsoever. Bloodhorse illiterate neglect hardship on a horrendous scale is the order of each day ongoing over the last 6 decades.  A BHA with a blatant cruel uncaring attitude toward both the horses and the people who care for the horses every day, without which there would be no British horseracing.

"In Wednesday's Racing Post, Stephen Potter, of Bristol-based Lawrence J Potter,  said racing's antipathy towards the horsemeat industry had contributed to a glut of animals who "end up being passed from hand to hand in an ever diminishing spiral of poor husbandry, ignorant neglected and wilful mismanagement".  Potter also alleged that in many cases equine passports, which determine whether a former racehorse is fit for human consumption  on the basis of previous medical history - including whether the horse has had the medication bute, an anti-inflammatory drug - are inaccurate'
 

"Responding to the comments, Professor Tim Morris, the BHA's director of equine science and welfare, said: "There's absolutely no evidence that thorougbred racehorses are being presented with inaccurate passports or suffering neglect. If Mr Potter has evidence of this taking place he should contact the Food Standards Agency or the BHA.

The evidence is played out every day on racecourses around Britain, for all to observe. With three high profile race meetings soon the Cheltenham Festival, Doncaster Lincoln start of the Flat, and the Aintree National meeting. Regulation government who continue to ignore bloodhorse literacy and refuse to realise there is a very neglected and put upon Equus Zone  urgently needing attention. After 6 decades of dire neglect the danger levels have long since been on red alert.  A start to rectify this sad state of affairs needs to be sooner rather than later.
 

"Racing's charity, Retraining of Racehorses, has a specialist fund for emergency relief of neglect and we do not currently receive any significant calls for its use.

The whole BHA foundation structure is wrong,  horses rights and needs come first not last.
 

 

 

"Mr Potter is also misinformed about racing's position on the slaughter of horses for human consumption. The BHA's position is to realise that humane slaughter is a legal and appropriate alternative for horses." The BHA couldn't care less, they have got away with  their poor bloodhorse illiterate standards for so long why should they change anything now appears to be the general attitude.

 

 

"Morris added: "Racings work to prevent horses treated for bute entering the food chain is carried out simply because that is the law, and as such it's the only responsible course of action.

"The BHA, working with the British equine veterinary profession, has lobbied that bute is an important drug  and it is nonsensical to suppose it remains in the horse for extended periods. We've offered our considerable expertise  in medication analysis to show this. It is the European Commission which is not willing to alter its position."

 

BHA Weatherbys Racehorse Passport Department if it was being run properly should know exactly where every horse registered  is at any given time. They should most certainly be the first to know if and when any given horse is badly  injured, and how the injury  happened. If a horse is to be put down whether on the racecourse or at home in training. Weatherby's should be the first know, and have to hand the fully detail in this regard. At any given time.