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Couldn’t have happened to a nicer pair. Good riddance. Should have been for life in my opinion but better than nothing.
You have to have evidence in a civil court, transcripts of the original stewards enquires not being available due to destruction would not be tolerated.
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What always angers me with these corruption cases is the deplorable attitude of racing insiders to stick by their own and give these low lifes a sympathetic ear. What we need is some exemplary justice, life bans should be the norm with heavy fines.
Wouldn’t have a lot of racing then im affraid.
Blockley has been banned before and come back – I assume the same will happen again.
Failing that, perhaps he can get Russ Wilman to resurrect his training career.
Under the Gambling Act 2005 can jockeys be prosecuted, and possibly receive a prison sentence, if found guilty of not allowing horses to run to their merits?
If so, it would seem fortunate that transcripts etc. can be lost/destroyed.
On a second point, because trainers do not need to give written riding instructions, they could deny everything and let the jockeys take the rap.
Dreary, the offences have not been that heinious..get a life..
I suppose in the grand scheme of things – life, death, humanity, etc, it’s not much of a big deal at all, I agree,
Then again, comparing the penalties to the same thing, they’re no big deal either, quite trivial in fact.
Ally Down has credibility so when I read this from his column
It has been an open secret in racing for a good 20 years there was a culture of deceit among some jockeys in the North.
Several made it through to retirement without being detected largely because, going back 10 years, there was no audit trail of betting activity such as the one now provided by Betfair.
I am angered to the core and was completely unaware of the north-south divide when it comes to corruption in racing.
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