While driving around town the other day my ear picked up at a story on the radio, and it occurred to me that it might be of interest to my daughter Sal and my son’s partner Gracey who both happen to be good athletes and very good soccer* players. Daughter Jade, a hooper, might also take note. I saw Gracey (who just happens to have a crook knee) the next day and I told her about … [Read more...]
Research shows whipping horses doesn’t make them run faster, straighter, or safer — let’s cut it out
Like many others I have always viewed horse racing with ambivalence. Previous and current generations of my extended family have had strong equestrian links but, on the matter of horse racing, opinions of family members have been split down the middle for decades. Attitudes were so powerful and entrenched that it was strictly forbidden, at family gatherings, to mention to Aunty … [Read more...]