alberto purdon

[thesushitrain]

this is a f** joke..how can he receive a 3k fine for presenting fly like an eagle to the races with clenbuterol in its system

this is the 2nd time hes been caught with a bronchdilator in the system of his horses and he walks away with a fine thats a weeks wages for him

i dont care how it got in his system, this is the biggest joke of all, the horse went on to win the final (60k to the winner) when he shouldnt have even been allowed to race in the final he should have been immediately disqualified from the series

if i owned village red i would be presenting m purdons owners with a bill for 3k that they should have received for making the final if their horse wasn't beaten by a doped horse

[aussiebreno]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIl5RxhLZ5U

But yes I agree with your sentiments

[mightymo]

this is a f** joke..how can he receive a 3k fine for presenting fly like an eagle to the races with clenbuterol in its system

this is the 2nd time hes been caught with a bronchdilator in the system of his horses and he walks away with a fine thats a weeks wages for him

i dont care how it got in his system, this is the biggest joke of all, the horse went on to win the final (60k to the winner) when he shouldnt have even been allowed to race in the final he should have been immediately disqualified from the series

if i owned village red i would be presenting m purdons owners with a bill for 3k that they should have received for making the final if their horse wasn't beaten by a doped horse

the horse won 2 heats of the series. would be interesting what would happen if he had only won the heat when he tested positive. There would be a good argument then that he wasnt eligible for the final

[Flashing Red]

Without knowing this case or its circumstances, I cannot believe that clenbuterol is a fine in NZ whereas one can loose a race with DMSO. THAT is the bigger joke, IMHO!!

[triplev123]

Without knowing this case or its circumstances, I cannot believe that clenbuterol is a fine in NZ whereas one can loose a race with DMSO. THAT is the bigger joke, IMHO!!

Good luck to Mark. At least he fronts up and takes his lumps like a man which is more than I can say for most of them (Geoff Small, I'm looking in your direction) however...that is EXACTLY what I was about to Post here Flashing. Great minds think alike. That is nothing short of an ABSOLUTE FREAKING SHAM. Clenbuterol scores a fine, DMSO might see them drop what???? 400k? GIMME A BREAK!

[aussiebreno]

Doesn't mean its alright to use anything illegal though just because of 'weird' scaling of consequences.

[triplev123]

Doesn't mean its alright to use anything illegal though just because of 'weird' scaling of consequences.

[VVV] No, of course not. It does however, on a relative basis, make absolutely no sense at all. Clenbuterol is a Schedule 4 controlled drug as I recall. On the other hand, you can buy DMSO on E-bay.

[Don Corleone]

Right with you guys on this one. It's JOKE.

[eljay]

Have you Aussies read the report of the hearing?

[Don Corleone]

No. Because it's in english.