Kathy O'Hara

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On exposed form, you’ve got to stick fat.

These electronic gadgets are another addiction that needs to be heavily punished when straying from the rules.
Road deaths , suicides ,Domestic violence etc. ,   related to addictions are huge.

   They put a dent in SP betting , Tobacco Smoking when it suited and they can reduce the other scurges with the same approach .
HIT OFFENDERS HARD with mandatory sentences , like periods of detention if necessary.

To my knowledge every. jocks room had an attendant at the door to ensure things were running smoothly and although there's no excuse for this jocks behaviour this should have been nipped in the bud from the very start because of prior's , race clubs where these calls were made from need a hard look at themselves as well , as for duckworth, he got of light,....very light imo.

It’s not like this is a new rule either.
It’s been around FOREVER!!

Back in the day you couldn’t even have a phone on the racecourse!

Sixty five.

Great girl good person average rider

hatch wrote: Three months is far to severe, she did no harm with the calls, what is the problem ? She is an underrated rider .

You have any idea of her winning strike rate,if she’s not leading on the turn?

Three months is far to severe, she did no harm with the calls, what is the problem ? She is an underrated rider .

What’s Duckworth’s excuse?

“No, it’s ok mate. I’m Chris Waller’s Racing manager. I’m just sending the missus some instructions.”

Is he ‘only’ a dozen or so of the 65?... is there an expectation of celebrity privilege?

Not sure how they ascertained 65 times, but it’s stated that it was over a 12 month period.

Yeah, it is lengthy, but it’s warranted imo.
The rule is there for a reason.

I’m also surprised they don’t deposit their phones on their way in.
But the other couple of hundred jocks don’t seem to have a problem with self control.

Hard to split the two 🤔

Jockey Kathy O'Hara has been suspended for three months after being found guilty of using her phone on 65 occasions during race meetings over the past 12 months.

O'Hara, who was previously charged under the same rule, was caught out at Kembla Grange races on August 8.

O'Hara has lodged an appeal against the heavy penalty.

Meanwhile her partner, Chris Waller's Racing Manager Charlie Duckworth, was fined $2000 after stewards found him guilty of knowingly messaging O'Hara during a race meeting, and engaging in a conversation.

Duckworth is also appealing the ban.

During the enquiry stewards noted that there were no racing integrity issues.

* Comments have been turned off due to the ongoing nature of the enquiry

Yeah can not agree more rusty.

Who was the other licensed person requested to appear at this inquiry?

Both the number of calls and the penalty seem excessive. Looking forward to whole story.