Hi Rich, yes, I can still remember the name of the horse hadn't won a race for four years sat in the death seat over 2500 metres at Pinjarra in a top-class field. Fifty to one in the country back then was the equivalent to 100/1 in the city. Think I was 22 at the time and into my third year of training. I had $20 each way. My driver later to be a big name in the sport got a punter in on the same horse two weeks later. Started at 10/1 horse in front of him broke and knocked my bloke completely out of the race got going again and ran second no big collect though.
Owners thought they had a champion decided to train the horse themselves sat three wide almost entire race at its first start and ran second. Stewards thought it was too good to be true swabbed the horse and they got five years for caffeine. What shocked me though was they still had me down as the trainer of the horse no steward enquiry so obviously a miss print in the book. But that was the end of the trainer and horse.
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I really think the fine for not keeping an up to date log book of treatments should be much bigger. Many of the top stables have been done for this and it's usually a $250 fine.
Don't die wondering !
i am disgusted at the miserable penalty handed out to a.jordan...this person is a drug cheat working hand in hand with the notorious g. pullacino. one can only guess at how long they were doing this before he was nailed...hrv is slowly killing trotting in vic.with their lenient penalties...it was april last year when jordan was caught and it has taken them 12 mths to decide whether they should hand him a penalty or not....no doubt he will appeal it and will see it strung out for months or even years [as we seen with the demmler case].
In my humble opinion, Anyone that is caught out and in cahoots with a person that is barred should be automatically suspended with no grounds of appeal, Just an automatic sentence and I’m thinking at least 2 years and if doping is also proven, That penalty can be added later
http://www.harness.org.au/media-room...?news_id=37179
NEXT!!!!!! wonder whos turn it is now??
Fence post excuse is getting a bit thin
Visiting trainer at someone elses property......get out of jail card right there lol
That would be pretty lame if that’s the case Lasse
It will be interesting to see why they felt they had to declare R2 at Ararat a No Race
They had to steer around a fallen horse in the sprint lane but the winner was always going to be the winner
Maybe the winner veering into the 3rd horse a bit may have cost it 2nd but in the scheme of things I think they could have let the race stand
(no vision on HRV but was still available on Sky replays)
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