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www.sydney.edu.au
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| | | | | For horse racing fans around Australia, the biggest week of the year is about to begin. With this will come the usual protests from anti-racing campaigners, keen to highlight the perceived cruelties of the sport. I, too, used to judge the racing industry harshly, based on what I had seen on TV. This changed the day I set foot on a racetrack for the first time, when I fell completely in love with the industry. | |
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theconversation.com
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| | | | | Workers in the Australian racing industry allege horses are being routinely medicated for track work, at the peril of rider and horse safety. | |
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wcti12.com
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| | | | | WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approved a bill Tuesday to create national medication and safety standards for the horse racing industry to discourage use of performance-enhancing drugs that can lead to horse injuries and deaths. The "Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act" comes after the racing industry has been hit by a series of doping scandals and a rash of horse fatalities in recent years. | |
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cbs6albany.com
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| | | A Gloversville man was sentenced to 41 months in prison for conspiring to commit bank robbery in Johnstown, and for illegal gun possession. | ||
