Nationwide News Pty Limited Copyright © 2020. “There is an incredible industry behind the scenes that very few people get to see – those who foal down the mares during the night, rehabilitate athletic injuries, those who get up at 3am to ride trackwork every morning and kiss the horse to sleep at night. The spotlight has been heightened by the recent ABC 7.30 exposé on the mass slaughter of horses that have outlived their racing days. Two foreign runners, Marmelo and Ispolini (Great Britain), were scratched from this year's Melbourne Cup after inspections by Racing Victoria veterinarians. Professor Paul McGreevy, from Sydney University's School of Veterinary Science, said the worst thing about the abuse was the horses were highly-trained animals that could easily be led peacefully to their deaths. Earlier, the VRC said it was “appalled” by the “horrific vision” in the ABC investigation. He said the drive to find the latest genetically-gifted horse racing was fuelling the problem exposed by the report and that 35 percent of the horses breed for racing never made it to the track. He broke down in the big race and was later euthanised. In 2014, the 'race that stops the nation' ended the lives of two horses. Picture: Peter LorimerSource:News Corp Australia, Trainer Charlie Appleby holds the 2018 Melbourne Cup with winning horse Cross Counter. "There are big forces at play who want to keep the breeding industry very buoyant.". Professor McGreevy, who has done extensive research into the treatment of racehorses over 25 years, said the ABC report had shocked both the industry and the nation to its core. She won’t be back for Melbourne Cup Day this week. Join the conversation, you are commenting as, news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site, retired thoroughbreds were being abused and slaughtered for pet food, Megan Gale has also announced a scheduling conflict means she won’t be making it to Flemington. He said there were invested interests keeping the numbers high, motivated by money. She’d put a cheeky flutter on her favourite. It’s a day when most of us leave work early for the track or to gather round the TV in pubs, clubs and restaurants. “There is a very large portion of the Australian population who would be happy to support racing if they were given the social permission to do so.”. “Australians are increasingly turning to other entertainment choices at the expense of racing,” Roy Morgan chief executive officer Michele Levine said. Verema and Red Cadeaux went straight into the 3200m Melbourne Cup without a tune-up run in Australia; something that seven foreign horses will do in this year's race, including last year's winner Cross Counter (Great Britain). A day at the races is usually cause for celebration, but over the years it has attracted increasing backlash from animal lovers and welfare groups who believe the event is cruel and inhumane. But being associated with horse racing is now in my past,” she said. Yet Freedman said that the inspections were a genuine effort to avoid further horse fatalities. He said the the government, and particularly the Green Party, was pushing for reforms and changes in attitudes, and that many people were now questioning the social merits of racing events like the Melbourne Cup. “I’ll use the Cup as an excuse for an extra long lunch. She told news.com.au the industry needed to move with the times. "It makes the form impossible to read and my attitude to this is well-known: I don't think it's a good thing for the Melbourne Cup, which is a very big thing for Australian racing. I loved it; it was a fun day out,” she told news.com.au. Freedman said that bringing so many foreign horses to Australia had created both animal welfare and punting issues, threatening the public's relationship with the Cup. "We were seeing images of horses that were not meant to be where they ended up, in abattoirs and knackeries," he said. A horse had died in the Melbourne Cup after being whipped to death — well at least that’s how she saw it — and she was in a right old state. Officially it was because of changes to her Asian tour, but it coincided with an increasing spotlight on the welfare of horses. The last Australian horse to die as a result of the Melbourne Cup was in 1979. 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Vicky Leonard, managing director of a marketing company focused on racing, said the industry needs to “fling the doors open” and highlight the positive aspects of racing as well as the work it was doing on animal welfare. The regular appearance of the dreaded green curtain has outraged many on recent Cup days, when millions of non-racing people are watching the sport. Racing bosses say they have heard the outcry and are listening. Last year only 83,000 went through the gates – a drop of almost a third. Previously on Cup Day you would find her in the office, donning a fascinator and drinking house sparkling as the horses lined up at Flemington. "They've been thick on the ground in Australia since about 2012," Freedman said on Nine's Sports Sunday. The racing industry has certainly stepped up and ensure that this never happens again.". Even seasoned racing supporters — trainers, jockeys and owners — found the footage confronting and called for changes in a bid to maintain the popularity of the sport. Dulcify had won the Cox Plate 10 days earlier in the 1979 Spring Carnival, by a record seven lengths, and also won the Mackinnon Stakes three days before the Cup. Picture: Jason EdwardsSource:News Corp Australia, Is this the image the Cup wants to beam across Australia? A furious Hayes insisted that the "best horse he had ever raced" was in fact buried on a farm at Werribee. And there was the year two horses died at the Cup. The first event on November 7, 1861, at Flemington saw three of the 17 starters fall during the race. “But we’re let down by the 1 per cent with a bad moral compass. They’re not a crowd we can win over,” Ms Leonard said. They point to the millions being ploughed into horse welfare initiatives. But for like Cook, it’s too late. “But then I had to ask myself, am I someone who in good conscience could be part of something like that? Who's responsible for the slaughtered ex-racehorses, and what can be done? Professor McGreevy said the shocking ABC report had come at a time when the government was already looking at a national core traceability register, in an attempt to keep every horse under a monitoring system to determine where they end up. The Herald Sun reported actor and Myer ambassador Asher Keddie had it written into her contract that she was under no obligation to attended the event due to her reservations about animal welfare. An anti Cup event is to be held at Sydney's Newtown Hotel.Source:Supplied. Then a colleague mentioned the horses’ welfare. AFL Finals 2020: Matthew Richardson torches bye week after B... AFL Finals 2020: Patrick Dangerfield throw outrage against B... Tennis news 2020: Roger Federer snubs Novak Djokovic, insult... NRL Finals 2020: Penrith Panthers into grand final, 17 strai... Cricket news 2020: Pat Cummins half century, IPL, Kolkata Kn... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. MARGARET was furious. “We want everyone to know that we are absolutely committed to the wellbeing of racehorses both on and off the track,” VRC chairman Amanda Elliott said. Red Cadeaux was the fourth horse to die in the last four years of the Melbourne Cup, Australia's famous - in some ways infamous - horse race, which takes place in November each year. They’re generally vegans and tend to also be opposed to pets and even service animals. They should be banned.”, Taylor Swift pulled out of performing at the Cup due to scheduling issues. US pop star Taylor Swift pulled out of performing at the event in late September. "The thing that there is a bit of negativity about is these FIFO horses that come in, they're foreign-owned, they're foreign-trained for one race and then they go home. And if they can avoid it by doing CT scans, that's great. “The industry must showcase the horses and their people, not just girls in pretty dresses or blokes on the punt,” Ms Leonard said. Punters also aren’t turning up to Flemington in the numbers they used to. "It's not just the vision we're trying to avoid; we're trying to avoid horses dying. In 2015, Red Cadeaux met the same fate. Picture: Robert Cianflone/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images. Just last week, Racing Victoria said betting turnover at the Caulfield Cup was down 25 per cent on the previous year. EVER since Archer won the inaugural Melbourne Cup, the race that stops the nation has been surrounded by controversy. And she warned if the industry didn’t pay attention sponsors could follow celebrities in shunning Flemington. Cliffsofmoher gets pulled up at the back of the field after breaking down at the Melbourne Cup 2018. No one wants to see horses suffer, no one wants to see it. The breeding industry supplies the animals for that spectacle and there are big dollars involved in getting foals onto the ground. It could highlight, for instance, that part horse ownership is possible for just a few dollars a month. This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission. Now, you're finding some problem that he doesn't have'. This year, 11 Irish horses will race in the Cup, with five from Great Britain, two each from New Zealand and Australia, and one each from Japan, France, Germany and USA. Held on the first Tuesday in November since 1861, it’s a day when non-punters become fervent readers of the form guide; TABs and betting agencies are packed to the gills; parents place bets for their tiny children and the every office in Australia runs a sweep. At the Cup’s peak in 2003, 123,000 people squeezed into the racecourse to see Makybe Diva sprint to the first of three consecutive victories. Then, in 2017, Regal Monarch. It's not a good thing and they are at the centre of that.".
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