Jumps Racing

[BEEJAY]

Tree huggers should stop trying to stop things they know nothing about. Those horses are well looked after and treated like kings.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Surely some of you betting folk believe there is a third option apart from either subjecting the horse to a high risk of injury or death or sending them to the knackers?

Maybe we could teach them to talk and make a TV show???

Get them multiple Uni degrees & they can lecture the great unwashed on the arts.

[Iron man]

Surely some of you betting folk believe there is a third option apart from either subjecting the horse to a high risk of injury or death or sending them to the knackers?

could re educate them to attack protesters

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More news on the proposed ban on jumps racing in SA

The Greens have launched a campaign against jumps racing in South Australia and will introduce a bill to State Parliament this week to ban the sport.

Greens MP Tammy Franks says members of both major parties have shown interest in a ban, with some attending a forum on the issue at Parliament House.

"We had members of all the political parties and the independents turn up to hear what we had to say. I think SA has never really debated this issue in our Parliament," she said.

"It's clearly been a point of contention in Victoria. We've got all of the research from Victoria that shows that this is not a sustainable industry."

The State President of the RSPCA Sheree Sellick agrees.

"Research that shows that people overwhelmingly are opposed to jumps racing and want it banned," she said.

"The industry itself is being threatened because people are stopping going to races because of the jumps racing component."

Thoroughbred Racing South Australia says there is widespread support for jumps racing in South Australia.

The organisation's chairwoman, Frances Nelson QC, admits the sport is risky but says the fatality rate is relatively low.

"We do our best to minimise that risk and it's constantly under review but the actual fatality rate since 2005 on our latest figures is 0.96 per cent," she said.

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Here is a link to the Animal Welfare (Jumps Racing) Amendment Bill 2011 , which looks like it proposes an amendment of The Animal Welfare Act (1985) by insertion of the following clause:

A person must not organise, promote or participate in, or participate in organising or promoting, jumps racing.

Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

[mighty_tiger_79]

watch the meeting from Perth tonight

[Iron man]

You still havn't answered my question fish ?

[fish]

You still havn't answered my question fish ?

I stated my opinion earlier in this thread.

[bayman]

More news on the proposed ban on jumps racing in SA

The Greens have launched a campaign against jumps racing in South Australia and will introduce a bill to State Parliament this week to ban the sport.

Greens MP Tammy Franks says members of both major parties have shown interest in a ban, with some attending a forum on the issue at Parliament House.

"We had members of all the political parties and the independents turn up to hear what we had to say. I think SA has never really debated this issue in our Parliament," she said.

"It's clearly been a point of contention in Victoria. We've got all of the research from Victoria that shows that this is not a sustainable industry."

The State President of the RSPCA Sheree Sellick agrees.

"Research that shows that people overwhelmingly are opposed to jumps racing and want it banned," she said.

"The industry itself is being threatened because people are stopping going to races because of the jumps racing component."

Thoroughbred Racing South Australia says there is widespread support for jumps racing in South Australia.

The organisation's chairwoman, Frances Nelson QC, admits the sport is risky but says the fatality rate is relatively low.

"We do our best to minimise that risk and it's constantly under review but the actual fatality rate since 2005 on our latest figures is 0.96 per cent," she said.

wont get through

[bayman]

while we're on this, how come some media are unfair with their reporting ?

fact a few weeks ago ch7 news (not in the sport section) led with a story on jumps racing because there was a fall......ok that's fine except the very next week there was a jumps race that didn't have a fall & not a mention of it.....to me that is one sided story....


also did you know that horses in recent jumps racing in adelaide have an 'f' in their form meaning they fell but actually it was they failed to finish because when the horses were tired the hoops retired them from the event, why ? because they love the aniMAL too much to punish them to finish

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For the record, here is the outcome on the proposed legislative ban on jumps racing.

A move to ban jumps racing in South Australia has failed in Parliament, after the Government and Opposition joined forces to defeat a Greens bill.

The defeat paves the way for jumps opponents to challenge the sport through the courts, after advice from the Law Society suggested the sport may already be in breach of the Animal Welfare Act.

Greens MLC Tammy Franks said the sport subjected horses to cruelty and should be banned.

"We no longer condone or accept animal cruelty as a legitimate form of entertainment in any other form of sport in Australia," she said.

"If Parliament does not have the fortitude to pass the bill, the courts may lead the way."

[mighty_tiger_79]

and I heard that apparently bendigo want to have jumps racing back, great news for the sport.

[Hefty]

and I heard that apparently bendigo want to have jumps racing back, great news for the sport.

MT it is Ballarat who are having jumps racing back....4 meetings scheduled for this season.

[mighty_tiger_79]

oopsy i was wrong, i thought it was bendigo - either way its a fantastic result