Race Fixing Arrests over Airborne Magic's Cobram win

[Messenger]

http://www.harness.org.au/media-room...?news_id=50255

Jack, Pitt and Bartley county court appeals successful

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https://harnesslink.com/australia/co...-fixing-probe/

Now a complaint has been made to the Racing Integrity Commissioner

[Messenger]

Nathan Jack has his license back

[Showgrounds]

Just a reminder for old trots followers who may have forgotten what "The Cobram Three" have ultimately been found not guilty of, here is the result of race 4 from Cobram on Monday 22 June 2015.

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...s/?mc=CO220615

Nathan Jack drove the leader Tooram Lad. In the first lap of the race he turned his head to see what the opposition was up to 8 times, 5 times to the right and 3 times to the inside.

He only turned his head to the right 3 times in the last lap, no doubt because his horse was running its back straight quarter in an incredible 27.1 seconds! He didn't have to turn his head after that because the winner was right beside him.

The stewards made no mention of Jack's ever swivelling head or allowing his horse to run a crazy 27.1 third quarter of its last mile. The only mention is that Tooram Lad pulled hard in the middle stages of the race. Apparently a driver of Jack's experience couldn't settle the horse. It didn't stop him from hitting the horse with the whip from before the 400 metre post though.

Had Brian Gath been able to spoil the party (beaten a short half head) this whole affair may never have seen the light of day.

The law moves in mysterious ways. As of today Nathan Jack is a re-licenced A grade trainer and driver. Don't bother watching the race replay 'coz the kid is innocent! And Santa Claus has traded his his herd of reindeer on a pen of flying pigs.

[Messenger]

As Danno said in a post pages/years ago, if the stewards had acted on the day and given him 6mths it would have been all over 6yrs ago

[Showgrounds]

Yep. A long drive home on a Monday for overworked stewards though. POQ.

[thepacingman]

Nathan Jack has his license back

What about Adelaide for him and Turnbull? Has that been swept under the carpet?

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What about Adelaide for him and Turnbull? Has that been swept under the carpet?

The fact that thirteen and a half months after stating charges would be laid against Amanda Turnbull WOULD be laid yet still haven't suggests the rug has been lifted, dropped and it is business as usual.

This is total BS and makes a mockery of any stewards action against any perceived or proven wrongdoings by licenced persons. Regardless of Jack's success in overturning his conviction with his alleged co-conspirators in the Cobram disgrace he was an unlicensed person entrusted by Turnbull to take horses to Adelaide and train them on her behalf. There cannot be a claim of innocence in this fact. Then there is the often overlooked prior by Jack for a similar offence:

https://integrity.thetrots.com.au/ne...tammy-gibbons/

Jack thumbed his nose at the entire industry by taking charge of those horses on the Adelaide trip. Then there is his girlfriend Amanda. More protected than koalas? It appears so. Who else could plead guilty for presenting a horse to race with a prohibited substance, be given a 3 month disqualification then lodge an appeal and be given a seemingly open ended "stay of proceedings"? Had thylacines been granted such liberties they'd still be running wild in Tasmania.

The karma bus always has its engine idling. This duo seem to believe they are impervious to application of the rules of harness racing. Busted authorities such as HRSA only add to this perception by its inaction. Unfortunately thinking you have got away by pulling a swift once, twice or even three times leads habitual cheats and rorters into believing the situation will never change.

But the karma bus is always running. Now it is crewed by highly peeved HRV stewards and Victorian cops who will be keeping very close observations on the activities of the two.

[Showgrounds]

Mark Pitt was also re-licenced on 18 January.

[Messenger]

Trev and Stephen, I don't know what has happened to the SA charges but I do know from my dealings with Chief Steward Graham Loch that he would have / would be doing everything possible to ensure integrity in racing over there.