{"id":244964,"date":"2025-07-07T09:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244964\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T09:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:58:17","slug":"serious-consequence-for-owners-racing-australia-persists-with-foal-compliance-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244964\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Serious consequence for owners\u2019 – Racing Australia persists with foal compliance crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breeders who fail to comply with foal ownership declaration (FOD) rules risk having their horses deemed ineligible to race, the national racing regulator has confirmed.<\/p>\n

\"Foals\"Racing Australia is cracking down on delays on foal documentation. (Photo: Bronwen Healy – The Image Is Everything)<\/p>\n

Racing Australia is pressing ahead with stricter enforcement of the rules related to the 30-day foal declaration obligations placed on breeders.<\/p>\n

In a media release published on its website, RA reiterated that foals that are not registered within 60 days of birth will be flagged as ineligible to race.<\/p>\n

Breeders are charged $140 to lodge a FOD and $360 for an overdue declaration of between 30 and 60 days.<\/p>\n

\u201cFODs that are lodged after 60 days will be accepted and charged the current fee of $140 but the foal will be flagged as not eligible to race. An email will be sent with an option to appeal the ineligibility,\u201d the RA release said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Appeal can only be upheld if special or exceptional circumstances are proven and supported by documentation. A fee of $500 will be charged for the appeal which will be heard by an independent third party.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the appeal is successful, the ineligibility to race will be removed and the appeal fee will be refunded and the late fee of $360 charged.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Straight reported in May that Thoroughbred Breeders Australia raised concerns about the ramifications of a hardline stance set to be taken by RA over non-compliance with the FOD rules.<\/p>\n

One in six of the 11,666 foals born in Australia in 2024 did not have their mandatory ownership and location declarations lodged with the Australian Stud Book inside the 30-day deadline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2018Sole and absolute discretion\u2019 – one in six foals could be banned from racing under RA crackdown<\/p>\n

Racing Australia\u2019s hardline compliance with foal registration deadlines presents a major welfare concern and could leave a significant number of the 2025 foal crop being banned from racing, according to Thoroughbred Breeders Australia president Basil Nolan.<\/p>\n

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RA chief executive Paul Eriksson told this publication in May that unregistered foals born in 2024 spanned the hobby and large-scale commercial breeders.<\/p>\n

He said 27 per cent of foal declarations were lodged after the deadline in 2023 but a greater proportion of breeders met their obligations under the rules of racing in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat (figure) dropped last year to 16 per cent, which is a great result but out of that really there’s only 5 per cent of the overall foal declarations that are really problematic that we will want to focus on,\u201d Eriksson said at the time.<\/p>\n

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As promised by Eriksson, RA has merged the Australian Stud Book mare return and FOD steps to a single process to make it easier for breeders to meet the deadline.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRacing Australia recognises that ineligibility to register and race your horse in Australia is a serious consequence for owners failing to comply with their lodgement obligations,\u201d the RA release said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, enforcement of the rules is paramount to ensuring ongoing improvements in horse welfare and traceability.\u201d<\/p>\n

In outlining the rules, RA said owners who sell an unregistered horse must disclose to potential purchasers whether there has been compliance with the lodgement obligations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breeders who fail to comply with foal ownership declaration (FOD) rules risk having their horses deemed ineligible to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-244964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114811365712193734","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}