Subsidy paid to jumpers

NZPA - July 23, 2008

New Zealand Jumps Inc says it will pay a travel subsidy to the owners and trainers of hurdlers and steeplechasers that compete outside their home region.

The subsidy would be a small way of easing concerns over the costs of travel because of high fuel prices, NZ Jumps Inc secretary Andre Klein said.

The subsidy will be paid retrospectively to the owners of horses that have already competed...Read more

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