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Professor gets $1M to write a report THE five-member Committee appointed by Cabinet to “enquire into the root causes of the problems identified and shown by crime statistics, particularly as it affects Trinidadian males, and to suggest solutions to problems they identify” has hit a snag over money. The delivery read more…

Minister Cadiz to reveal report on dope test probe
March 23rd 2012 12:14 PMTrade and Industry Minister Stephen Cadiz (under whose portfolio racing falls) said he will meet with stakeholders in the racing industry to discuss the report on the Boogie Blues dope test probe. Cadiz told TnT Mirror that he read the report, which was submitted by Jamaican attorney Terry Ann Barrett, read more…

TTRA holds emergency to deal with dope tests issues
March 18th 2012 3:49 PMStakeholders in the racing industry are to meet next week to discuss whether there are changes now in dope test for horses and if the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA) has now established threshold levels for prohibited drugs. This follows a call by the Racehorse Trainers Association (RTA) for read more…

ARC CEO Ogeer gets ‘golden handshake’
January 13th 2012 12:20 PMTALK in racing circles is how Arima Race Club (ARC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ken Ogeer is being given a “golden handshake” of over $200,000 at the end of his contract this month. Ogeer was given a three-year contract in which it was agreed to pay him a bonus every read more…

Champion trainer O’Brien faces a ban
January 13th 2012 12:19 PMTRAINERS are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the hearing into the illegal drug use on Joezel, trained by John O’Brien. The Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA) has scheduled a hearing for Thursday for the champion trainer to explain the use of a painkiller procaine, which Joezel was tested positive read more…

Trainer slapped up for bounced cheque
January 13th 2012 12:16 PMTALK among trainers is how a sports writer, who is a trainer, got a few slaps for allegedly issuing a bounced cheque recently. This column was told that a man came to the racetrack with a walking stick, inquiring about a trainer early in the morning. He was told that read more…

Objection to Task Force Chairman!
January 13th 2012 12:15 PMSome racing officials have raised the ‘red flag’ in another controversy ANOTHER controversy is brewing in the racing industry. This time it has to do with the recent appointment of Michael Scott to head the newly-appointed Government task force to turn around the flagging fortunes of the racing industry. Finance read more…



