Brad

You have missed the point when HRNSW stewards dealt with this matter it was not recognized that this substance could be and most likely was, given the time of year, ingested naturally.

My point is these people would have under the new penalty guidelines been disqualified for a minimum of 12 months ... the clarity of hindsight would say that was not appropriate but how do you give them the time back.

There is no doubt the RAD board and Racing NSW before them have got it right, its HRNSW who got it wrong a couple of years back through no fault of their own as the information was not available.