JOCKEYS Paul Doe, Greg Fairley, Kirsty Milczarek, Jimmy Quinn and former rider Paul Fitzsimons, who is now a trainer, have been charged by the BHA with serious breaches of the rules of racing, including deliberately not riding a horse to obtain the best possible placing.
The charges focus on horses being laid to lose on betting exchanges in ten races that took place between January 17, 2009 and August 15, 2009.
Licensed owners Maurice Sines and James Crickmore have also been charged, as have six other unlicensed individuals Peter Gold, Nick Gold, Shaun Harris, David Kendrick, Darren May and Liam Vasey.
All 13 individuals have been charged with a breach of rule (A)41 in that it is alleged they conspired to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice. The penalty guideline for that is six months to ten years disqualification, with an entry point of three years.
mainly all weather racing and its a sickener - my earlier posts already show my falling out of love with the new trends and falling off of the integrity of racing at the minnow tracks
OK these guys are not convicted and have not had their hearing - but they are names in the frame that you would never suspect to be there - such is life but its a bigger blow to racing than most people will think at this stage - its the boys at the top who have to get their acts together,poor prize money poor races and driven by the bookies rather than the sport itself. Each and every whiff of corruption will kill this medieval sport - like having a banquet next to the dunny it will surely kill the appetite - more racing poor prize money and corruption - what a formula Less racing will not kill the sport -It is so intensive now it will soon pale like having Christmas every day. ( just too horrible a thought to contemplate.)
Bob
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