NZTR Implements Revised Code of Conduct
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The RIB have now carried out thirteen announced audits of harness trainers facilities across both the North and South Island. The response to these audits has been excellent and we look forward to working with more trainers and HRNZ as the programme continues.
As the number of visits ...
The RIB has concluded its investigation into trainer Todd Mitchell and the horse Green Aeon which presented at racedays on 10th and 26th December 2022, and subsequently returned positive swabs for the prohibited Corticosteroid substance, Betamethasone.
On 26 February 2023 RIB Adjudicators ...
The Racing Integrity Board has reviewed and updated the Thoroughbred Racing Penalty Guide and Minor Infringement Schedule.
These documents are used to set starting points for penalties for offences set out in the Rules of Racing and takes into account previous cases.
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The Racing Integrity Board has reviewed and updated the Harness Racing Penalty Guide.
This is a document used to set starting points for penalties for offences set out in the Rules of Racing and takes into account previous cases.
See the link ...
GREYHOUND RACING NEW ZEALAND - Rule 145
GRNZ has reminded everyone that the new Rules of Racing come into effect on 1 February 2023.
GRNZ and the RIB are asking everyone to familiarise themselves with new Rule 145, which reads as follows:
145 Treatment prior to an Event
(1) An ...
The RIB is undertaking an investigation into thoroughbred racing trainer, Todd Mitchell, for allegedly presenting Green Aeon on 10 December 2022 at Te Rapa, and 26 December 2022 at Pukekohe, with the prohibited raceday substance, betamethasone. The investigation is ongoing.
The RIB carried out drug and alcohol testing of riders at the Wellington Racing Club meeting held at Trentham on Saturday 14 January 2023.
An apprentice jockey has been charged with careless riding as a result of a Racing Integrity Board investigation into Race 2 at the Ashburton thoroughbred race meeting on 15 December 2022.
This is the race in which a horse ridden by apprentice jockey Megan Taylor fell, resulting in Megan’s ...
A thorough investigation has been concluded by the RIB staff into the race day deaths of three horses, Cya Doit, Alta Debonair and Seasider.
There is no evidence to suggest that either Steve or Amanda Telfer, or any other persons associated with the horses prior to these races, have either ...
On October 1 2022 Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) introduced their Horse care regulations which set out the minimum standard of care that a person must provide to standardbreds in their care. https://www.hrnz.co.nz/assets/Horse-Care-Regulations-FINAL-31082022.pdf
The Racing Integrity ...
The RIB has concluded an investigation commenced on 8 November under HRNZ rule 213(1)(c) - a horse has had or may have had administered to it, a prohibited substance.
Two men have been charged with three infringements of the HRNZ rules of racing. Both will face charges of administration of a ...
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