2015 WTC

Official Twitter feed of the 2015 World Trotting Conference (WTC) & World Driving Championship (WDC) in Sydney in February/March 2015.

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#wtc15 #wdc15 National database in Australia has approx 1 million horse starts recorded via Veterinary Incident & Injury Report Form

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Andrew Kelly, CEO HRA - Injury & Incident Database

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Discusses the problem of barefoot & shoes during the harshness of nordic winter, associated problems and solutions

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Second speaker is Goran Akerstrom from Sweden - Does the Shoe Fit?

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Tim Tetrick has gnerously donated his sulkie (bike) used in Aust to standardbredsunharnessed

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#wtc15 #wdc15 http://t.co/p26XsYhyYo

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Founded in 1992, not-for-profit and has rehoused 5500 horses, 450 per year.

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Equine welfare progress - Ashley Tetrick from the USA speaks about New Vocations Success Story (Adoptions Program)

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#wtc15 #wdc15 'expose or hide issues?' - today it is impossible to hide anything

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Our second speaker is Glena Hughes from NZ 'Crisis Preparedness and Management'

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#wtc15 #wdc15 'Constantly reassess everything you do & how it impacts the horse'

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#wtc15 #wdc15 HRA has worked closely with the RSPCA to address issues realting to whip use and implemented changes

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Whip use removal in Australia will occur one day - Heather Neil RSPCA

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#wtc15 #wdc15 The twe questions to ask - Is it ethically acceptable? And, What's in it for the horse?

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#wtc15 #wdc15v We cannot fallout with community expectations.

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#wtc15 #wdc15 RSPCA CEO Heather Neil our first speaker - Community Expectations of Equine Welfare within the Racing Industry

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Good morning and welcome to our sixth and final day of the 2015 WWTC. Today we focus on Equine Welfare issues.

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Some exclusive photos from the 2015 World Driving Championship tour #harnessracing #wdc15 http://t.co/Un1zZDz5LX

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#wtc15 #wdc15 Adding global T/O is addressing the decline in domestic figures but co-mingling could add more stimulus to domestic players

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#wtc15 #wdc15 For 2015 - Australia 184 Yonkers meetings to be covered, in France 31 meetings. Big growth in figures.