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change is simply a destination on a journey reached by taking the first step (i said that) lol
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change is simply a destination on a journey reached by taking the first step (i said that) lol
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acacia alba
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Righto Take 2. We get ya.
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animals before people.
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Gay3
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However, I don't understand why RV have deemed her ineligible for Premiership & award winning status.
Where's the precedence? |
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Brudder_A
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Wore a jockstrap back to front instead of a bra....
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Second Chance
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Good one Brudder.
Don't believe there's a precedent Gay, but have been wrong before. Hang on I'm wrong, I haven't been wrong before. ps it's called RVL stewards pettiness/vindictiveness writ large. pss did I earlier mention they couldn't get their legs over in a bordello? No wonder they're often referred to as the keystone Cops.
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djebel
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This comes back to the Darren Weir case. If a trainer or jockey are likely to win a premiership but have been disqualified from racing they are not entitled to win the premiership. Not sure why though Kah would be in that situation ?
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reductio ad absurdum
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Second Chance
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Believe you've hit the nail on the head djebel, given she's never been disqualified.
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djebel
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Jamie Kah was disqualified ?
I thought she was suspended ? |
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reductio ad absurdum
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Shawy38
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Trainers who have opted not to get the COVID-19 vaccine can continue to operate in Victoria under strict conditions, Racing Victoria has confirmed. Under the Victorian Government's vaccine mandate for authorised workers, anyone working in the racing industry was required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 26 in order to continue to work at racetracks around the state, unless they have been granted a medical exemption. While more than 98 per cent of participants have complied with the directive, Racing.com understands that at least one Stakes-winning Victorian trainer has chosen not to get vaccinated. Racing.com has talked to the trainer but has elected not to name the person. That trainer will be able to continue to operate from a private training facility but, while they can handle horses and work treadmills or walkers, they won't be permitted to have any face-to-face contact with staff at their stables. They will also be unable to attend trackwork, trials or races at public tracks and training centres. Another apprentice jockey, who Racing.com has also spoken to, has been sidelined from trackwork and race riding while they consider their options, including getting vaccinated or moving interstate. In a statement, RV clarified the conditions under which unvaccinated participants can continue to operate in the industry. "For unvaccinated persons participating in the racing industry, they must work at home and must not cross over with other racing participants whilst working," the statement said. "Employers are responsible for ensuring their staff have complied with the vaccination requirements. "However, RV has also been in communication with some participants who have sought further clarity on what is possible under the mandatory arrangements. "For clarity, a non-vaccinated trainer is able to continue operating from a private training facility provided they don't participate in the industry outside their own property and do not interact with other participants whilst working." |
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Trainer Mitch Freedman has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Victorian Racing Tribunal more than two-and-a-half years after his horse Pearl De Vere returned a positive to cobalt. At the penalty hearing on Thursday, it was decided that the Ballarat-based horseman was not culpable for the elevated reading and would not be penalised. The charge followed a race at Geelong in June 2019, after which Freedman's horse Pearl De Vere recorded 111 micrograms of cobalt per litre of urine, above the 100-microgram threshold. A confirmation sample returned a reading of 130 micrograms. Freedman had entered a guilty plea to the charge of presentation, but his lawyer Damian Sheales explained that the result was due to a feeding regime of a commercially available product that contained much higher than advertised levels of cobalt. Stewards accepted the explanation, having previously conducted testing on the feed in question, which confirmed that it contained cobalt levels excessively higher than what was advertised on the packaging. Despite this, Racing Victoria's lawyer Daniel Bolkunowicz asked that a fine of $4000 be imposed on Freedman to act as a general deterrent to the industry. But this was rejected by Sheales, who said Freedman's only action that led to the cobalt positive was the purchase of a widely used feed product and any sanction would serve little purpose as a deterrent to others. "It's not low culpability, it's zero culpability," Sheales said. "The point of general deterrence is to deter others from engaging in similar conduct but here the conduct is the purchasing of feeds that the entire industry uses. "Racing Victoria have not put out a memorandum telling the industry to no longer use the feed in question. "So the submission about general deterrence in this case is just incongruous because the action done by Mr Freedman is the purchase of a feed that the whole industry buys and as a result he got a positive. "I know that eminent cobalt expert of more recent times, Dr Grace Forbes, says in her expert reports that if one follows what she says to do, the prospect of a positive approaches zero. "Well we know that's not true, but the reality is that you're entitled, as is Mr Freedman, to rely on such an eminent expert as Dr Forbes in this area. "You can't have it both ways." Ultimately, the VRT agreed with Sheales and determined that no penalty would be imposed on Freedman, other than Pearl De Vere being officially disqualified from the race at Geelong. Speaking to Racing.com after the hearing, Freedman said he is keen to put the case behind him. "I'm glad it's been resolved after such a long and stressful process," Freedman said. "I just hope that the stigma and the talk that was around when the positive came out will disappear now. "A large part of the evidence was the records we keep for treatments and everything we do in our stable is above board. "I'm proud of the way the staff have conducted themselves throughout the investigation and the way that they maintained those practices we have in place." |
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And yet the stewards still tried to impose a fine of K4, what does that tell you about the mentality?
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Same result, but some serious questions.
1. What is the feed and why have they still not advised other trainers what it is? 2. After years of claiming no feed can do this, would they like to reverse some other decisions? 3. Why did only one horse in the stable get a positive? 4. How could they have tested the feed, it would have been long gone by the time the elevated reading rolled around? If manufacturers keep samples of feed, surely more would have been affected? 5. Why did the reading fluctuate so wildly?
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to the victor
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Bonjour
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I believe it's Hygain release.
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linghi11
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Should this information not be available to the trainers?
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to the victor
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Absobloodylutely!
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Shawy38
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Supplementary report Flemington 18/12/2021 Stewards interviewed trainer Ciaron Maher today regarding comments attributed to him in a Herald Sun newspaper article published on 1 December, 2021. Mr Maher was reported to have referred to jockey Jamie Kahs recent length of suspensions as a joke. Mr Maher gave evidence that it was not his intention to comment on the suspensions but did do so when asked during the interview. He added that his comments within the news article were intended to be positive in relation to Jamie Kahs return to race riding and it was never his intention to comment about the length of the suspension. Mr Maher agreed that he used a poor choice of words and assured Stewards that he would be far more judicious in future when expressing his personal views. After taking into account all of the circumstances, Stewards severely reprimanded C Maher for making a comment which could be viewed as prejudicial to the image and or interest of racing. |
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Gay3
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Racing Victoria StatementToday, an RV spokesman made a statement on integrity cases, and the need for the process to be sped up, whilst improving the PRAs communication around similar issues. We acknowledge there have been some cases, including Mr Freedmans, that have taken longer than is optimal for all parties. This has principally been as a result of the complex evidentiary nature of these cases, each of which has its own set of circumstances, and, to a lesser degree, the COVID pandemic. That said, we are committed to continuous improvement and will be exploring whether there are enhancements that can be made. In the first quarter of 2022 we will be doing some work to consider any potential roadblocks that have prevented cases being resolved quicker and whether anything can be done about that into the future. This work will be supported by the Integrity & Equine Welfare Sub-Committee of the Board and give consideration to such things as the role of expert witnesses and processes followed. The same project will also consider processes around the public
communication of positive swab results, which currently occurs following
receipt of two positive samples (A and B), to determine what is in the
best overall interests of the sport moving forward. |
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RV Stewards' Report - Tony NoonanRacing Victoria Staff@RacingVictoria 18 January, 2022 Subsequent to their investigation, the Racing Victoria ( (2) Subject to subrule (3), if a horse is brought to a racecourse for the purpose of participating in a race and a prohibited substance on Prohibited List A and/or Prohibited List B is detected in a sample taken from the horse prior to or following its running in any race, the trainer and any other person who was in charge of the horse at any relevant time breaches these Australian Rules.
The presence of Meloxicam was detected in the Sample by Racing Analytical Services Limited and the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory. The charge issued against Mr Noonan will be heard before the Victorian Racing Tribunal on a date to be fixed. |
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RV Stewards' Report - Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr.Racing Victoria Staff@RacingVictoria 31 January, 2022 Subsequent to their investigation, Racing Victoria ( … (2) Subject to subrule (3), if a horse is brought to a racecourse for the purpose of participating in a race and a prohibited substance on Prohibited List A and/or Prohibited List B is detected in a sample taken from the horse prior to or following its running in any race, the trainer and any other person who was in charge of the horse at any relevant time breaches these Australian Rules.
The presence of Lignocaine and its metabolite, 3-Hydroxylignocaine was detected in the Sample by Racing Analytical Services Limited and the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory. The charge issued against Mr Price and Mr Kent Jnr will be heard before the Victorian Racing Tribunal on a date to be fixed. |
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STEWARDS' REPORT - TRAINER GERARD MOLONEY Trainer Gerard Moloney pleaded guilty to a charge under AR232(b) for failing or refusing to comply with an order, direction or requirement of the Stewards or an official in that after receiving a Positive COVID-19 result, he failed to properly self-isolate for a short period during the following seven days in accordance with the requirements of the prevailing Government Orders and the Racing Victoria COVID-19 Base Protocols. It was established that whilst self- isolating at home, Mr Moloney had attended his licensed premises at Cranbourne alone on three separate occasions, out of normal working hours, for a brief period, to prepare feeds for the stable horses. After considering Mr Moloneys guilty plea, his remorse, candid evidence and outstanding disciplinary record over a long period of time, together with the importance of licensed persons complying with COVID-19 protocols and the potential ramifications of non-compliance, Mr Moloney was fined $1000. |
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Drunk trainer suspended Racing Victoria (RV) Stewards have concluded their inquiries into matters concerning the conduct of licensed trainer Sarah Zschoke at the Kyneton Racing Club meeting on Thursday, 16 December 2021. On Monday, 7 March 2022, RV Stewards issued three charges to Ms Zschoke and these charges were heard on Friday, 11 March at the Cranbourne Turf Club. The charges and particulars are summarised as follows: (1) A horse handler breaches these Australian Rules if: (a) a banned substance under AR 137(1) is detected in a sample taken from the horse handler; On 16 December 2021, Ms Zschoke brought Ranmard (the Horse) to Kyneton Racecourse to run in race 6 over 1112 metres (the Race). Following the running of the Race, Ms Zschoke provided a sample of her breath for analysis, with the breath analysing instrument detecting a blood alcohol concentration in excess of the permitted level (the First Sample). A further sample was collected approximately 15 minutes later, with the breath analysing instrument detecting a blood alcohol concentration in excess of the permitted level (the Second Sample). Alcohol, at a blood alcohol concentration in excess of 0.05 %, is a banned substance pursuant to AR 137(1)(d) of the Australian Rules of Racing. Ms Zschoke pleaded guilty to the charge and was issued a fine of $1000. A person must not: (a) fail or refuse to comply with an order, direction or requirement of the Stewards or an official; Following the Samples, Ms Zschoke was directed by the Stewards not to handle any horses until such time as she was able to provide evidence that she was no longer under the influence of a ‘banned substance’ pursuant to AR 137(d) (the Direction). On 16 December 2021, following the Direction, Ms Zschoke handled the horse in the tie up stall area and led it to a horse float and departed the racecourse with Ranmard in her horse float. Ms Zschoke’s conduct, in handling the Horse without having provided the requested evidence was in breach of the Direction and, accordingly, AR 232(b). Ms Zschoke pleaded guilty to the charge and was issued a six-week suspension commencing Friday, 11 March 2022 and concluding on 22 April 2022. Acting under AR283(7), Stewards deferred the period of suspension for seven days to allow Ms Zschoke to make arrangements for horses under her care, however she is not permitted to race or trial a horse in this period. A person must not engage in: (b) misconduct, improper conduct or unseemly behaviour; At the Kyneton Racing Club meeting on 16 December 2021, Ms Zschoke did engage in improper conduct whilst being interviewed by Stewards, whereby she did use offensive and abusive language on multiple occasions throughout the interview, such conduct in the opinion of Stewards being improper. Ms Zschoke pleaded guilty to the charge and was issued a fine of $1000. In issuing penalties for all charges Stewards considered Ms Zschoke guilty pleas, personal and professional circumstances and record, however, were also mindful of the serious nature of the charges and the conduct displayed was well below that required of a licensed person. Ms Zschoke has lodged an appeal on penalty to the VRT which will be heard on a date to be fixed. |
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No ‘gunslinging' from new Racing Victoria sheriffNew Racing Victoria chief steward Rob Montgomery has forecast little change from predecessor Robert Cram's approach to the tough job of policing the sport. Montgomery as deputy to Cram and previous chief steward Terry Bailey before RV confirmed his appointment to the top job last Friday. The appointment marked a long journey that started at 15 as an apprentice jockey in New Zealand and took Montgomery to the old Epsom racecourse where he rode work for trainers such as Jim Moloney and John Hawkes. Montgomery became a steward in 1998, taking 25 years to ascend to the chairman's role. Montgomery said starting his racing life as a jockey then working alongside some of Australia's top trainers was a great grounding for life as a steward. "John Hawkes was like a mentor to me and he taught me that hard work gets you on the right track and you'll find your place in life if you work hard," Montgomery said. "We had all these young trainers like Mick Price, Pat Carey and Danny O'Brien so there were good people coming through. "It all rubs off on you so you learn a fair bit through those situations. "You know a lot of successful trainers but there's also a lot of trainers doing it tough so you get to know how to treat people. "I think treating people with respect goes a long way." Cram adopted a low-key approach to his time in the role, operating quietly but cementing a reputation for fairness and calmness among the sport's participants. Montgomery said he wanted to continue in the same fashion, ruling out an overtly aggressive approach to enforcing the rules of racing. "I think I've got a good enough rapport with the jockeys and the trainers that they know I'm not going to come at them as a gunslinger or anything like that," Montgomery said. "I think they know I'm going to work with the participants and try and keep things going. "That's what it is at this point in time, just steering the ship." Montgomery said his focus was on dispensing penalties, reprimands or advice as needed while remaining consistent and fair to all involved in racing. "I think it's important that everyone is treated with respect, jockeys and trainers," Montgomery said. "We're working with participants seven days a week so we get to know them pretty well. "The days of us against them are gone. "I think we work pretty well and I think they know if they cross the line they'll cop a penalty but it will be done with respect and everyone treated the same. "I think as long as we're fair, everyone will be happy." |
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Jockey John Robertson has been charged by stewards for breaking the Australian Rules of Racing. He placed two $10 bets ($10 each way) on a horse racing South Korea in July.
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Trainer Rebecca Waymouth has been fined $10,000, of which half is suspended, after a Victorian Racing Tribunal hearing on Friday into a positive for the steroid trendione. The VRT disqualified her runner Maliepo from a BM64 win at Moe on July 6, but fined rather than imposed a term of suspension or disqualification on the trainer, who the tribunal found had likely been misled by her veterinarian over the use of the oral mare’s product Ovumate. A period of suspension for the breach of ARR 240 (2) was not sought by Racing Victoria’s counsel Jack Anderson, despite industry warnings against the use of similar products containing altrenogest being issued in 2018 and again in 2022. “Stewards submit that although the substance in question is a steroid and one that is prohibited at all times in racing, a disqualification would not be appropriate or fair in the circumstances,” Anderson told the tribunal. “In an interview with the trainer, it was noted that the mare had, on vet’s advice, been given the product Ovumate because she was quite hormonal, was quite temperamental and had handling difficulties. “Ovumate contains altrenogest and (an) industry notice issued by Racing Victoria in August, 2022 and earlier in 2018 had specifically warned participants that batches of commercial products contain altrenogest were tested and were found to contain, in varying levels, the steroid trenbolone and its metabolite trendione. “The stewards, having taken into account the evidence, were satisfied that the finding of trendione in the horse was not due to an administration and was most likely the result of the altrenogest contained in the substance.” Anderson, however, said the trainer has full responsibility for presenting their horses to race free of prohibited substances. “Racing operates on the basis that trainers are given a privilege of a licence and the privilege carries with it a number of obligations, not the least of which is the expectation that trainers will keep themselves informed of matters which the regulator has specifically brought to their attention,” he said. Waymouth lamented her situation where she took the recommendation of an industry registered vet, who offered incorrect advice as to the withholding period of such a substance. “I fully understand the stewards’ point of view and I am certainly not trying to use the vet’s advice as a shield, however, as a licensed trainer under Racing Victoria rules, I am obliged to use a registered Racing Victoria vet, which I did, and his advice is how I went about using the product,” Waymouth explained. “Like I said, I am not trying to use this as a shield, but where are you meant to get your correct advice from if you can’t rely on someone that is mean to to be under the same rules and protocols as yourself?” VRT chairman Shane Marshall said that despite the circumstances, the panel had no option but to sanction Waymouth and to stand-down Maliepo from racing. “In setting a penalty, we have taken into account general deterrence and the importance of maintaining a level playing field by having a drug-free industry,” he said. “We also take into account Ms Waymouth’s early guilty plea, her excellent, unblemished record and her full co-operation with the stewards. “Ms Waymouth no longer uses the vet who advised her to use Ovumate and no longer uses Ovumate or similar substances. “We have also taken into account Ms Waymouth’s good character as attested to in several character references. “In all the circumstances, we impose a penalty of a fine of $10,000 with $5000 suspended for a period of 12 months pending no further breaches of the rules of racing regarding prohibited substances.” Fellow trainers Matt Laurie and Daniel Williams have also been charged with trendione positives with Racing Victoria continuing investigations into those matters. |
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