New Posts For Thread: The Irish Turf Club finally grew a pair of balls......https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-ballsonly joking, do pigs fly?, could you imagine the holier than though uproar from every trainer, jockey and owner if these penalties were introduced in Ireland, screaming blue murder about their civil rights and threatening libel, oh I can only dream oi was in the company of a trainer one day and he said his horse had so much painkiller in him that if you hit him with a sledge he wouldnt feel a thing..nice individualhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529295105#529295105i was in the company of a trainer one day and he said his horse had so much painkiller in him that if you hit him with a sledge he wouldnt feel a thing..nice individualSat, 23 Feb 2013 14:38:45 -0600It's against regulations to tube them near race day.Chttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529295009#529295009It's against regulations to tube them near race day.CSat, 23 Feb 2013 14:35:09 -0600Wildman you can tube but the operative word is "illegal"https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529294987#529294987Wildman you can tube but the operative word is "illegal"Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:33:57 -0600Thanks for the clarification GANT,why are the Australians so set against it.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529294879#529294879Thanks for the clarification GANT,why are the Australians so set against it.Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:30:01 -0600I didn't know that gant ....https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529294683#529294683I didn't know that gant ....Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:25:01 -0600Workrider......Paul Nicholls hobdays nearly all his horses.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529294605#529294605Workrider......Paul Nicholls hobdays nearly all his horses.Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:22:40 -0600Wildman....It's not to administer milkshakes but I'm sure some do...90% of the time it's used to get legal substances/medicines into the animals system quickly. If it's placed in the food like normal it can take ages to work or the animal may be a pihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529294529#529294529Wildman....It's not to administer milkshakes but I'm sure some do...90% of the time it's used to get legal substances/medicines into the animals system quickly. If it's placed in the food like normal it can take ages to work or the animal may be a piSat, 23 Feb 2013 14:20:31 -0600kavvie , i'll try and help , it was possible in heavy or loose ground , for it to sometimes clog up the windpipe , if by chance it got stuck there ...You're right , part politics had it done ....https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529294465#529294465kavvie , i'll try and help , it was possible in heavy or loose ground , for it to sometimes clog up the windpipe , if by chance it got stuck there ...You're right , part politics had it done ....Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:18:20 -0600Nothing wrong with tubing to help a horse breath and it's a fairly common and simple procedure carried out by a vet.The tubing case in Australia is different supplements/medicine were tubed down a horses neck by a trainer......a horse does not gag whhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529294357#529294357Nothing wrong with tubing to help a horse breath and it's a fairly common and simple procedure carried out by a vet.The tubing case in Australia is different supplements/medicine were tubed down a horses neck by a trainer......a horse does not gag whSat, 23 Feb 2013 14:14:36 -0600I think it is now banned on the cruelty level,they used to be called roarers,the current meaning as kindly explained by GANT is administering what is colloquially known as a milkshake to a horse via a tube.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29784597/the-irish-turf-club-finally-grew-a-pair-of-balls?post_id=529294261#529294261I think it is now banned on the cruelty level,they used to be called roarers,the current meaning as kindly explained by GANT is administering what is colloquially known as a milkshake to a horse via a tube.Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:11:38 -0600