The Melbourne Newsroom

Jumps racing should be banned in the only two Australian states where it is still practiced because of the unreasonable and unsafe expectations placed on horses, according to human-animal studies expert and research fellow in the University of Melbourne's School of Political and Social Enquiry, Dr Siobhan O’Sullivan.

Dr O'Sullivan said NSW banned jumps racing in the 1990s, which leaves only Victoria and South Australia "hanging on" to this practice which raises very serious problems for animal welfare. 

A drug banned in Australian horse racing significantly reduces the risk of bleeding in to the lungs in thoroughbreds during racing, a groundbreaking study has found.

The study, which will be published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) on July 1, 2009, is the first to draw a definitive link between use of the medication furosemide (also known as frusemide, Lasix or Salix) and the prevention of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH).

A drug banned in Australian horse racing significantly reduces the risk of bleeding in to the lungs in thoroughbreds during racing, a groundbreaking study has found.