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Twenty-one properties went under the hammer as council tried to claw back unpaid rates.

Twenty-one properties went under the hammer as council tried to claw back unpaid rates.

Twenty-one properties went under the hammer as council tried to claw back unpaid rates.

OPINION: FOR WELFARE’S SAKE, LESS IS MORE – MICK KENT July 21, 2021 6:46 am By Mick Kent We have a real problem. We are breeding 12,500 horses a year to fuel a racing industry that requires nowhere near that many. What happens to the ones who don’t make it? We have weakened the breed, leading to greater wastage. It is a myth that many can transition into equestrian, which is mostly populated by purpose-bred warmbloods from Europe. The warmbloods are better movers and clean-legged. They’re more powerful, shorter coupled and jump bigger. One of the only avenues for ex-racehorses is in...

RSN927 WELFARE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT July 21, 2021 8:45 am By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor Today, RSN will explore the elephant in the room. Horse welfare. Jo McKinnon, a respected racing media commentator and equestrian, this week penned a stark article in ANZBloodstock news that revealed the enormous difficulty of adequately re-homing the thousands of horses who slip through the racing cracks; the “wastage.” Referring to the much-publicised story of rising nine-year-old Pacodali, whose appearance at an online auction last week caused uproar, McKinnon said the feel-good story of Pac...