Mr. Michael Grassick:

I will take that. That is a good question. I have asked that question of the IHRB, with regard to the training of the authorised officers. I asked for the manual on that and I have not been furnished with it yet. From what I can gather, with regard to the in-training inspections outside the racecourse, before, a panel of vets and IHRB personnel would do those tests. Since the authorised officers came in, seemingly a number of those people who did the previous tests did not want to take up the position of authorised officer because they felt it was a conflict with themselves. Knowing their day-to-day work with the trainers, they did not want to be involved in that sort of a situation. They said they had to work with them under normal circumstances and they did not want to be going into yards with the authorised officer's status. All I know is there are 12 authorised officers. They have been split up do all of these inspections and no vet has been present at some of those inspections. That is wrong but that needs to be put back to the IHRB.