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‘How can we know it won't again be this furtive and high-handed in its decision-making processes?’View quoted post on X
Synonymous With Greats, Kempton is Braced for Extinction by @LydiaHislop thoroughbreddailynews.com/op-ed-synonymo…
Greyhound racing has around 2 million annual attendances. Hardly a niche pursuit.View quoted post on X
Greyhound welfare data is public, transparent and improving. Deaths have more than halved since 2017. Almost all dogs are now successfully rehomed.
The same scrutiny does not apply to the dogs Matt and his colleagues actually own. Dachshunds have a 1 in 4 lifetime risk of a painful spinal condition caused by how they are bred. No vet checks. No welfare data. No transparency.
One question worth asking: is Gamban using publicly awarded safer gambling funds to attend a campaign conference in London? That would be an interesting use of money meant to protect problem gamblers.
A big-priced winner of the Grade 2 novices' hurdle 👀
Kingofthefrontier strikes 👊
@oddschecker | @CheltenhamRacesView quoted post on X
Gambling Commission this week reveals policymakers were misled about official statistics on youth gambling; and that, despite children being unable to tell the difference between real life and computer games, we should believe them anyway.danwaugh.substack.com/p/jumping-the-…View quoted post on X
