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Leading trainer Karl Burke has been disqualified for 12 months following a British Horseracing Authority (BHA) inquiry into alleged race-fixing.
The Yorkshire-based handler, who saddled Lord Shanakill to Group One success in France this month, was investigated after the BHA concluded its review of evidence from the Old Bailey trial in 2007, where jockeys Darren Williams, Fergal Lynch and Kieren Fallon were all acquitted of any wrongdoing.
The BHA disciplinary panel decided to postpone the start of Burke’s penalty until the day after the time allowed for lodging an appeal – July 28, 2009 – because "it would be wrong to cause what may be irreparable damage to Burke’s business in that time if he does intend to appeal.
"It will be for the Appeal Board to decide whether to extend that stay of the penalty if he does in fact appeal."
Fallon did not have to face any further charges from the racing authorities but Williams, Lynch and Burke – who was arrested but released without charge as part of the original police investigation – were called before the disciplinary panel along with former owner Miles Rodgers, who has been warned off for life.
Williams, Lynch and Burke faced charges concerning their relationships with Rodgers and whether they supplied him with inside information over 12 races in 2004.
Lynch and Williams admitted those charges on the first day of the hearing as well as failing to supply information requested by the BHA team.
Lynch also owned up to a charge of betting via Rodgers and stopping a horse from running on its merits.
Williams was banned for three months while Lynch, who is now based in America, paid a STG50,000 ($A101,000) fine and agreed not to apply for a British licence for 12 months.
The disciplinary panel said it was "very conscious of what it was told of Burke’s personal situation and training operation" and that it was recognised "a penalty of disqualification has a potentially very serious effect on his owners and employees especially."
But despite that, the panel "felt driven to conclude that it was necessary to impose a disqualification on Burke, and that the proper period was 12 months, bringing into account the various features of this case."
Burke declined to make any comment until he had spoken to his legal team.
AFP
Please delete the racist post ITK.
Not sure whether it is allowed in Australia, but it certainly is not in Britain.
oh how British of you
I am a wog & it is not considered racist here in OZ
how is that pom bashing Adrian, I’d love to see a UK horse have a crack at the BEST race in Australia.
as for quarantine, i am aware it creates difficulties for everone in varying degress……….we do supply a lovley spacious training track for the purpose. We are proud of the fact we keep most of the nasties out , hence we CAN go straight on to the track there
I did actually post some of our rules of racing of which i’m sure the pro Mark (gee I’m a qualified vet) johnston ones didn’t read
Do you go by monikers like Hillbilly or Mattgloss on Australian forms MDeering ?
Tourbillon , ah ha, now that would make sense, i think you have sniffed him out
Update on Jockey Paul Goode [06/07/2009]
Injured jockey Paul Goode is making a slow, steady recovery from surgery following a race fall at Queanbeyan last Monday.Understandably the recovery process requires that Paul receives continued medical attention. To assist this process Paul’s doctors have requested that hospital visits are restricted to his immediate family for the foreseeable future. A further notice will be provided once doctors advise these visitation restrictions may be lifted.
Paul and his family wish to pass on their immense appreciation of the support that Paul has been receiving, and their heart felt thanks to his friends and the NSW racing industry.
Maybe some Australian trainers have a bit of an idea. In the 70’s a prominent UK owner sent out a son Of Sassafras to be trained for the Melbourne Cup as they were considered dour stayers. The horse was placed with a Rasndwick trainer called TJ Smith. The horse was called GALWAY BAY.He won the Gp1 Craven A stakes 1200 at Flemington on Derby Day, The G1 George Adams, 2nd Doomben 100,000, Stradbroke, etc etc etc. Mark Johnston I am sure has a good record but Mr T J Smith also had a clue
John Brown from SydneyGrant Pritchard-Gordon of Badgers Bloodstock sent the following letter to UK Racing Post in response to Mark Johnston’s comments.
At a time when there is a concerted effort to promote British Bloodstock around the world, I find Mark Johnston’s comments on his website about SCENIC BLAST to be negative in the extreme. It is particularly important for British racing to attract overseas runners to our tracks to test the quality of our own bloodstock.
If I am to travel the world as a Bloodstock Agent and sing the merits of ‘British bred’ horses, then I need to be able to say that our horses are able to perform to the highest standard on the International stage. Fortunately we have trainers and owners who are minded to travel their horses extensively overseas and have considerable success. However, we must also be encouraging similar international competition on our own tracks under our ‘clean’ regulations.Johnston’s website ‘bletherings’ were highly inflammatory and also wholly inaccurate. SCENIC (the sire of SCENIC BLAST) has been a highly successful stallion in Australia where he is currently third on their leading sires table with earnings this year of more than A $ 8 million.( The fact that Johnston suggests that he is a moderate National Hunt sire can only place considerable doubt over many of his other remarks.) As for his comments on the physical attributes of Scenic Blast, then I must ask him why he never made similar naïve comments about one of our homebred sprinting champions in Sakhee’s Secret?
Johnston’s website comment raises the question of the ‘smoking syringe’. Yet in today’s Racing Post he criticises the BHA’s integrity budget for being over the top. He campaigns to eradicate anabolic steroids in any athletics, yet apparently does not trust our authorities to fully monitor foreign runners in our own races. Will he please make up his mind whether he wants to uphold our reputation for having the cleanest racing in the world or let ‘milkshakers’ rule the roost.
Of course the BHA must maintain the strictest vigilance on this particular practice and we must also trust them to maintain testing standards that enables us to sing the praises of any horse that wins in England… whether they be British, Irish, French, Australian or American trained. Foreign owners and trainers must be made welcome and not be laid bare to such sniping comments as came from Johnston. It smacks of sour grapes and is not becoming of one of our senior trainers.Grant Pritchard-Gordon
Newmarket, Suffolk
QUEENSLAND – BRISBANE
Date Track Race Name Prizemoney Distance Race Type
May09-09 Doomben BTC Cup $400,000 1200m Open WFA
May16-09 Doomben XXXX Doomben Cup $500,000 2020m 3yo+ WFA
May23-09 Doomben Doomben 10,000 $650,000 1350m Open WFA
May30-09 Eagle Farm Queensland Oaks $400,000 2400m 3yoF SW
Jun06-09 Eagle Farm The TJ Smith $500,000 1600m 2yo SW
Jun06-09 Eagle Farm Stradbroke Handicap $1,000,000 1400m Open Hcp
Jun06-09 Eagle Farm Queensland Derby $500,000 2400m 3yo SW
Jun20-09 Eagle Farm Winter Stakes $500,000 1400m F&M WFASOUTH AUSTRALIA – ADELAIDE
Date Track Race Name Prizemoney Distance Race Type
Mar21-09 Morphettville Australasian Oaks $300,000 2000m 3yoF SW
Mar21-09 Morphettville Robert Sangster Stakes $300,000 1200m F&M WFA
May02-09 Morphettville Goodwood $300,000 1200m Open SWP
May02-09 Morphettville SA Derby $300,000 2500m 3yo SWWESTERN AUSTRALIA – PERTH
Date Track Race Name Prizemoney Distance Race Type
Nov21-09 Ascot Railway Stakes $1,000,000 1600m 3yo+ Hcp
Dec05-09 Ascot Kingston Town Classic $500,000 1800m 3yo+ WFA
Apr11-09 Ascot WATC Derby $500,000 2400m 3yo SWNEW SOUTH WALES – SYDNEY
Date Track Race Name Prizemoney Distance Race Type
Oct03-09 Randwick Epsom Handicap $600,000 1600m 3yo+ Hcp
Oct03-09 Randwick Flight Stakes $400,000 1600m 3yoF SW
Oct03-09 Randwick Spring Champion Stakes $400,000 2000m 3yo SW
Oct03-09 Randwick The Metropolitan $600,000 2400m 3yo+ Hcp
Mar07-09 W. Farm Chipping Norton Stakes $300,000 1600m 3yo+ WFA
Mar14-09 Randwick Randwick Guineas $550,000 1600m 3yo SW
Mar21-09 Randwick Ranvet Stakes $400,000 2000m 3yo+ WFA
Mar21-09 Randwick Coolmore Classic $600,000 1500m F&M Qlty
Mar28-09 Rosehill Rosehill Guineas $500,000 2000m 3yo SW
Apr04-09 Rosehill Golden Slipper Stakes $3,500,000 1200m 2yo SW
Apr04-09 Rosehill The BMW $2,250,000 2400m Open WFA
Apr04-09 Rosehill George Ryder Stakes $400,000 1500m Open WFA
Apr04-09 Rosehill Queen Of The Turf Stks $400,000 1500m F&M WFA
Apr04-09 Rosehill Storm Queen Stakes $400,000 2000m 3yoF SW
Apr11-09 Randwick AJC Australian Derby $1,600,000 2400m 3yo SW
Apr11-09 Randwick The Galaxy $350,000 1100m Open Hcp
Apr18-09 Randwick AJC Australian Oaks $500,000 2400m 3yoF SW
Apr18-09 Randwick Doncaster Handicap $2,000,000 1600m 3yo+ Hcp
Apr18-09 Randwick Sires Produce Stakes $450,000 1400m 2yo SW
Apr18-09 Randwick TJ Smith Stakes $500,000 1200m Open WFA
Apr25-09 Randwick All Aged Stakes $400,000 1400m Open WFA
Apr25-09 Randwick Champagne Stakes $400,000 1600m 2yo SW
Apr25-09 Randwick Queen Elizabeth Stakes $500,000 2000m Open WFA
Apr25-09 Randwick Sydney Cup $700,000 3200m Open HcpThe Australian racing season runs from August to July each year and below you will find all the Group 1 races held each year on the racing calendar.
Australian Group 1 Races
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VICTORIA – MELBOURNE
Date Track Race Name Prizemoney Distance Race Type
Sep12-09 M. Valley Manikato Stakes $403,000 1200m Open WFA
Sep19-09 Caulfield Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes $353,000 1400m Open Hcp
Sep19-09 Caulfield Underwood Stakes $353,000 1800m 3yo+ WFA
Oct03-09 Flemington Turnbull Stakes $502,000 2000m 4yo+ SWP
Oct10-09 Caulfield Caulfield Guineas $1,000,000 1600m 3yo SW
Oct10-09 Caulfield Yalumba Stakes $353,000 1600m Open Hcp
Oct10-09 Caulfield Toorak Handicap $403,000 2000m 3yo+ WFA
Oct14-09 Caulfield Thousand Guineas $503,000 1600m 3yoF SW
Oct17-09 Caulfield Caulfield Cup $2,500,000 2400m Open Hcp
Oct24-09 M. Valley Ws Cox Plate $3,050,000 2040m 3yo+ WFA
Oct31-09 Flemington Myer Classic $502,500 1200m 3yo SW
Oct31-09 Flemington LKS Mackinnon Stakes $753,500 2000m Open WFA
Oct31-09 Flemington Coolmore Stud Stakes $502,500 1600m F&M WFA
Oct31-09 Flemington AAMI Victoria Derby $1,510,000 2500m 3yo SW
Nov03-09 Flemington Melbourne Cup $5,650,000 3200m Open Hcp
Nov05-09 Flemington Crown Oaks $1,005,000 2500m 3yoF SW
Nov07-09 Flemington Age Classic $502,500 1200m Open WFA
Nov07-09 Flemington Emirates Stakes $1,005,000 1600m Open Qlty
Jan01-09 Flemington Lightning Stakes $500,000 1000m Open WFA
Feb07-09 Caulfield CF Orr Stakes $300,000 1400m Open WFA
Feb14-09 M. Valley Australia Stakes $400,000 1200m Open WFA
Feb21-09 Caulfield Blue Diamond Stakes $1,000,000 1200m 2yo SW
Feb21-09 Caulfield Oakleigh Plate $350,000 1100m Open Hcp
Feb28-09 Caulfield Futurity Stakes $700,000 1600m Open WFA
Mar07-09 Flemington Australian Cup $1,000,000 2000m Open WFA
Mar07-09 Flemington Newmarket Handicap $1,000,000 1200m Open Hcp
Mar07-09 Flemington Australian Guineas $750,000 1200m 3yo SW
