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    Quote Originally Posted by Messenger View Post
    https://integrity.thetrots.com.au/ne...tammy-gibbons/

    Some will never believe the rules apply to them
    Fifty lashes with a wet Maccas' lettuce leaf. An absolute joke and Russell Jack got off very light. Can't recall any reports of the raid at the time. If not, why not?

    Never mind, this is just the prelude to the SA shenanigans is yet to play out. Would N Jack be dumb enough to run the "I didn't know" defence? Perhaps then blunt-brained SA stewards would fall for that.

    Whatever, the trots has zero credibility when it talks integrity while these grubs continue to thumb their noses at authority.

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    Graham Loch has been acting SA Chairman of Stewards for a while now, so I think they are pretty 'sharp'
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    They are not mucking around in America (this all stems from a couple of years back when the FBI got involved)

    A racehorse dope dealer who pleaded guilty to running a years-long performance-enhancing drug distribution outfit was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Tuesday.

    Scott Robinson, 48, of Tampa, Florida, will also have to turn over more than $3 million and face three years of supervised release as part of his punishment for the distribution ring, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said


    https://nypost.com/2021/03/09/raceho...ths-in-prison/

    And this is from The Meadowlands Media Relations Department

    Management at The Meadowlands has become aware that Rene Allard is training a stable of horses in South Florida. As a result, The Meadowlands, Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs will exclude any horse being trained or that has been trained in that stable in any stake and is actively investigating who owns the horses that are or have been in his stable this winter.

    Those owners who currently have or have had horses in Allard’s stable this winter are advised that all horses owned wholly or in part by them will be excluded from participation in all the races at The Meadowlands, Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs and that all of horses owned wholly or in part by them will be deemed ineligible to for any/all administered stakes races at The Meadowlands, Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs for a minimum of three years.

    If owners affected by the above are a minority partner on horses with owners that are not affected by the above and are being trained by accepted trainers, they must legitimately divest their interest in those horses, which will be required and demonstrated to the satisfaction of The Meadowlands before the March 15 stakes payments will be accepted on those horses.

    The affected owners should notify their partners on the horses that fall into the above category immediately.

    “This news is particularly disturbing after the indictments of March and a later superseding charge in December of last year,” said Jeff Gural, president of The Meadowlands. “We, along with the Jockey Club, spent much time and money employing the Five Stones investigators to prepare a case to get the Feds interested which led to all of those indictments. We will continue to partner with the Jockey Club to fund the continuing investigation by Five Stones. We could use support in this initiative and welcome anyone who would like to aid in the funding of this necessary and important endeavor.

    “To learn that people actually give this guy horses to train after what was discovered by the Federal investigation boggles the mind. The only reason to do this, that I do this, is to clean up racing so we might have a future and to protect the guys that do try to follow the rules.

    “Horsemen seem to have this absurd unspoken bond that they protect each other. Well let me be perfectly clear, trainers that break the rules and use Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) are stealing from you, not me. They are beating your horse with a PED enhanced horse then, they are buying or claiming your horse and them beating you with your own horse. I just don’t get it.”


    The beauty of privately owned tracks being able to say - we don't want your horses
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    Imagine if Jeff Gural owned Mildura
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    I will be interested to see what the protest was against Bulleys Delight, the winner of the Tasmania Cup
    Was it the stewards for Rhys Nicholson's dropped foot or his whip action - he deserved to lose it

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#EHM13032110
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    I don't know how many weeks Rhys Nicholson was suspended for but, from my half-century's experience, it won't have been enough.

    Took out the favourite at the start when his horse appeared to be steered into it at a 45 degree angle. Then, with the leader mysteriously drifting up the track, he swept towards the lead wildly throwing his reigns at the horse and pole-axed Triple Eight in the process. He clearly did not have control of his horse. From there, he appears to have made a complete mockery of the whip rules, throwing the kitchen sink at the horse to the finish. Once in the straight he dropped his right leg from the cart and appears to make contact with the horse's right rear leg several times. In other words, he was kicking it.

    Aware he was low on gas, he then allowed his horse to run at least four cart widths up the track taking the second and third placed horses with him. You can clearly see this in the head on replay on the Tas racing website.

    The race caller, Blind Freddy, seems oblivious to all of this which just adds to the farce. Whoever the stewards were in charge last night may have been patting their guide dogs while the race was being run.

    Their needs to be an independent inquiry into all aspects of this race. Talk is cheap and all the talk is about integrity. Anybody who disagrees that this disgraceful exhibition is not detrimental to the image of the sport - or what is left of it - needs to pull out a dictionary and look up the meaning of integrity.

    Rhys Nicholson deserves a very heavy suspension for the multiple instances of interference and other blatant rule breaches he committed. Unfortunately, I doubt he will get it. Well done son, you've just won Tasmania's premier race by using whatever tactics necessary. Here's your trophy, go and celebrate.

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    It didn't take long. Tasmanian stewards this afternoon announced it will be conducting an inquiry into race 7 (the Tasmanian Cup) to consider invoking rule AHHR 174(1) with the connections of Bullys Delight, the winner, to attend.

    This rule relates to Disqualification and Horse Related Matters. I cannot recall this rule being invoked before, certainly not for a race as high profile as this one.

    I'll cut the Tas stewards some slack here because it would have been impossible to dig out and invoke this rule in between races last night. It does signify they mean business and I cannot see how Bullys Delight keeps the race given what I outlined in the previous thread. And Rhys Nicholson might be seeking a new vocation.

    See punters.com.au/news for a more in depth story, Chief Steward Steven Shinn is heavily quoted and explains the decision.

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    The Stewards Report

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/ste...l/?mc=EH130321

    Additionally, although Stewards were able to confirm that Mr Nicholson had indeed ‘hocked’ BULLYS DELIGHT numerous times in the home straight as well as utilising his whip on numerous occasions outside the requirement of the rules, Stewards could not be comfortably satisfied that had this not occurred the placings would have changed. At a subsequent inquiry, Mr Nicholson pleaded guilty to a charge issued under the provisions of AHRR168(1)(e) – improper driving, in that in the home straight on the final occasion, Mr Nicholson dropped his right foot from the sulky stirrup and deliberately made contact with the hind leg of BULLYS DELIGHT (hocking) on numerous occasions. Stewards fined Mr Nicholson $2000 and in addition suspended his driver’s licence for a period to commence midnight 13th of March 2021 and expire midnight 20 March 2021. Additionally, Mr Nicholson pleaded guilty to a charge issued under AHRR156(2)(a), in that in the home straight on the final occasion, he utilised his whip with more than a wrist only flicking motion whilst engaging force from his elbow and shoulder as well as failing to maintain a rein in each hand. Mr Nicholson was fined $1000 and his driver’s licence was suspended for a period to commence midnight the 28th of March 2021 and expire midnight the 25th of April 2021 these suspensions being cumulative. In determining penalty, Stewards took into account the infractions occurred in the LADBROKES TASMANIA CUP as well as Mr Nicholson’s blatant disregard for the rules in both instances. All parties were informed at the conclusion of the protest hearing that Stewards would be conducting an inquiry into whether AHRR174(1) should be invoked.
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    If this appeal had been heard last week, it might have saved a bit of embarrassment

    https://integrity.thetrots.com.au/ne...hys-nicholson/

    The VRT imposed a 4-month suspension of Mr Nicholson’s drivers licence
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    Quote Originally Posted by Messenger View Post
    If this appeal had been heard last week, it might have saved a bit of embarrassment

    https://integrity.thetrots.com.au/ne...hys-nicholson/

    The VRT imposed a 4-month suspension of Mr Nicholson’s drivers licence
    The karma bus has many wheels.

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