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VLANDYS VERSUS LEONARD
WHEN RACING'S P.R. WORLD STARTS EATING ITSELFVicky Leonard — a public relations professional who has built a business around promoting and monetising pro-racing initiatives — has publicly confirmed she has received a formal legal letter (commonly referred to as a...
RACING YOUNG HORSES IS NOT GOOD
WHAT SCIENCE & EVERY OTHER HORSE SPORT TELLS US...The racing industry insists that starting horses young — and racing them at two years old — is not only harmless, but beneficial. According to this narrative, early racing “strengthens bones,” prepares horses for...
RACING INDUSTRY ADDICTED TO CLICK BAIT
THE RED FLAGS THE RACING INDUSTRY WANTS YOU TO IGNOREThe horse racing industry loves to paint itself as “tradition,” “sport,” and “heritage.” But online? It behaves like a bargain-bin influencer desperate to stay relevant. From Facebook to Instagram to TikTok,...
ELECTRIC SHOCK? COCAINE? FRAUD?
THE SHINE, THE SPIN & THE TRUTHThe Australian horse racing industry is desperately committed to polishing its image — and nobody illustrates that better than trainer Ben Currie, whose name has appeared recently again in upbeat feature stories promoting his...
FEMALE JOCKEY JAMIE MELHAM SUSPENDED
BLOOD DOESN'T MATTER?We are still left wondering: if a horse in any other equestrian sport had presented with a bleeding mouth, as Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours did, would they have been declared the winner?In show jumping, eventing, dressage — even recreational...
ROTHFURY A TRAGIC TALE
THE FORGOTTEN 4-YEAR-OLDWhile the party vibes rolled across Australia on #MelbourneCup2025, a young horse named Rothfury was dying on a racetrack in Queensland after suffering a catastrophic injury to his near fore carpus. We first learned about Rothfury’s death...
WHY WAS HALF YOURS NOT DISQUALIFIED?
WHEN BLOOD DOESN'T MATTER THE DOUBLE STANDARD IN HORSE SPORTSAs the crowd roared and the cameras flashed, Half Yours surged across the finish line to win the 2025 Melbourne Cup wearing a barbaric tongue tie and cross-over noseband. A triumph, they said. A moment of...
WINNER OF MELBOURNE CUP BLOOD IN MOUTH
YET ANOTHER HORSE RACING DIRTY LITTLE SECRET Melbourne Cup 2025: The winner, Half Yours came back to the stand with blood dripping from his mouth... Not a great look for Racing Victoria. Half Yours wore a tongue tie and a cross-over noseband... Tongue Ties Are...
HIDDEN COST OF THE MELBOURNE CUP
GAMBLING & THE DREAM THAT DESTROYSEvery year, as the first Tuesday in November approaches, Australia prepares to “stop for the race.” The Melbourne Cup — celebrated as a national tradition — is sold as a day of glamour, excitement, and easy wins. But behind the...
NUP TO THE CUP
JOIN US IN SAYING #NUPTOTHECUPAs the Melbourne Cup approaches on Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, Australia prepares once again for “the race that stops a nation.” But for those who love horses, this day has become a painful reminder of the lives lost, the injuries...
A BILL TO SLAUGHTER EVERY SURVIVING BRUMBY?
BILL PASSES FIRST STEPA Bill to repeal the Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act passed the Lower House – now the Bill will be debated in the Upper House brought on by the Legalise Cannabis Party. The repeal removes all protections for wild horses. Prior to this, the...
MAXINE FRASER HORSES SEIZED
AFTER 22 WEEKS OF PROTESTSSeptember 25, 2025: After 22 weeks of protests by a group organized by Carly Wines and referred to on Facebook as... "Peaceful Protest Mt Eliza Horses".After the Farm Transparency Project stepped in last week and documented conditions on a Mt...
VIDEO: MOUNT ELIZA NEGLECTED HORSES?
ANOTHER DEAD HORSE FOUNDAs reported by Farm Transparency Project: In September 2025, investigators entered the property of disgraced ex-racehorse trainer Maxine Fraser after hearing reports that a mare and her foal had gone missing. They found and filmed two dead...
A GAMBLING ADDICT’S PLEA FROM PRISON
AUSTRALIA IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST LOSERAustralia is the world’s biggest loser when it comes to gambling. Each year, Australians lose $31.5 billion—more than any other nation on earth. That’s $1,527 for every adult, more than double the US and four times New Zealand....
MP PETA MURPHY’S LEGACY & THE AMA’S WARNING
YOU WIN SOME - YOU LOSE MOREWhen Peta Murphy chaired the parliamentary inquiry into gambling, she called it what it is: a public health crisis. The late MP warned that gambling was destroying lives at a scale few Australians truly understand. Her report titled, 'You...
BY THE NUMBERS – AUSTRALIA’S GAMBLING SHAME
THE STAGGERING STATISTICSThe gambling industry loves to tell Australians it’s all just harmless fun. But the statistics paint a picture of devastation that can’t be ignored.Australians lose about AUD 31.5 billion per year to legal gambling. That amount is more than...
BELLA VITA EQUINE WELFARE AND HORSE SANCTUARY
AMANDA VELLA WEIGHS IN ON THE DARK SIDE OF HORSE RACINGAfter we published information about Melbourne Cup winning trainer Darren Weir including video of Weir using an illegal 'jigger' to shock multiple horses (read more here) -- Amanda Vella of Bella Vita Equine...
