there is an exception for drug cases
i'm with ringman here, these blokes will have nothing substantial to be taken even if they do prove how they got it
for all the money he supposedly spent on suits he never bothered to shell out to get them tailored properly
Ringman writes [For a square head you profess to know a lot about law hmmmmmmmmm sure your not a part of this rort ?]
I'd like to apologise to the forum for giving that imbecile Oxygen by way of responding. I'll not make the same mistake again.
Last edited by triplev123; 09-10-2011 at 03:50 PM.
How far away are we from realistically having some people charged or asked to front inquiries? I realise it's a delicate balancing act - the need for everything to be done correctly against the need for some swift action to be taken to prevent wrong doers continuing to prosper. If I recall in the CJ Gleeson case at some point he was actually stood down and the horses all transferred to other trainers. I remember backing a friendless Coloresque at 7-1 on a Friday night at his first run for DR Hancock prior to his unfortunate demise.
Coloresque eh? Geeze. There's a blast from the past. Years later by absolute chance I met the person formally known as Paul Skinner in of all places a Pub at Drummoyne. Thought he looked familiar but for quite a while I couldn't place his face. He was still betting on Harness Racing as I recall.
Just to put this whole saga into perspective in comparison to Chris Gleeson and the Coloresque scandal back in the mid 90's, think of this. Gleeson deliberatley pulled his horse with a fake gear problem in one race, and backed the opposition, the only people this would have had a detrimental effect on would be the punters who backed Coloresque in that one race, and the owners of the horse (and thats if they did not know what was going on). Gleeson was swiftly made an example of and rubbed out for 'life' (I believe his disqualification was overturned last year, some 14 years after the event).
And now:
We have several trainers and drivers, bribing officials to get 'the green light' so they will not be swabbed after a particular race, and proceed to 'juice' their runners and plunge on the horses in those races. If there were 10 runners in the race, it has a detrimental effect to all the owners of the 9 other horses, all the trainers of the 9 other horses and all punters who backed the 9 other horses. Now thats just from one race, this has happened in multiple races over many, many months, so add all that up. And what are HRNSW doing now it's all come out into the open? They are sheltering those involved, and they are actually letting them continue to participate in our sport. It is an absolute joke. I believe HRNSW would be wise to hit this nail on the head as soon as possible, name and shame these cheats, rub them out and worry about the ramifications later. The longer this drags on the more and more honest people will keep walking away from our sport.
Last edited by The Rainmaker; 09-15-2011 at 09:55 PM. Reason: punctuation
here here rainmaker, couldnt agree with you more. Stop this pussyfooting around and start taking action