One of my favorites is " If you have nothing intelligent to add than add nothing" I agree with all that has been said.Originally Posted by Shawshank Redemption
One thing of interest there was a similar case in the gallops in Queensland recently the jock got 2 years later downgraded 18 months on appeal rode it perfect then forgot to ride it out to the finish it ran second.
The main reason the penalty was so high was the stewards were confident they had linked him by phone records to a big punter who had lay the horse big and backed the dangers.
The punter got 3 years but was exonerated on appeal only last week.... go figure.
I had a look at last weeks drive there was not a snowballs hope in hell the stewards could have placed a charge there.
Under our current rules as I have explained before to breach 149 the decision of the driver has to be unreasonable at the time it was madet and last week while it looked bad it would not have been considered unreasonable by any judge.
If you guys have time read some of the decisions of the judges you will understand how tuff it can be making charges stick some one once likened it to pushing rope up hill ... pretty accurate.
