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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Agatyn

Tasmanian trainer fined $2,000 for animal cruelty after repeatedly whipping racehorse

The legs of racing horses
Liandra Gray was found guilty of one count of causing unreasonable and unjustifiable pain to 7-year-old thoroughbred gelding The Bolt by striking him repeatedly with a padded racing whip. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

A Tasmanian racehorse trainer has been fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to animal cruelty for whipping a horse more than 40 times in four minutes.

Liandra Gray was found guilty of one count of causing unreasonable and unjustifiable pain to 7-year-old thoroughbred gelding The Bolt by striking him repeatedly with a padded racing whip.

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