Damien Oliver has received his penalty for placing a $10,000 bet in 2010. Stewards disqualified Oliver for 8 months, and he also has a 2 months suspension after that.
I’m sure everyone knows the story that he placed the bet from his phone in the jockey’s room. Let’s get it clear that he has not been accused of ‘pulling horses up, or ‘not giving them every chance’. That is not the case. Many people have blown up at the penalty handed down as being light, but after recent cases that on the surface looked a far bigger deal and went over a much longer time, it seems like the right decision and it would be wrong to give him more time off for what looks a smaller case of betting?
That is just my opinion and that’s what’s good about racing, we can all have our opinions but the at the end of the day the ruling bodies decision is the only one that matters.
*In other news the RAILWAYS STAKES Group 1 Field and Barriers have been announced.
No.- Horse – Barrier – Weight
1 LUCKYGRAY 12 58kg
2 FAT AL 4 57kg
3 PLAYING GOD 2 57kg
4 WALL STREET 16 57kg
5 YOSEI 18 55kg
6 WESTRIVER KEVYDONN 6 54kg
7 LORDS RANSOM 15 53.5kg
8 BATTLE EMBLEM 7 53kg
9 GOD HAS SPOKEN 1 53kg
10 KING SAUL 13 53kg
11 MASCHINO 9 53kg
12 MR MOET 5 53kg
13 NIBLICK 8 53kg
14 RANGER 10 53kg
15 ROSIE ROCKET 14 53kg
16 ZESTER 17 53kg
EMERGENCIES:
17 SHAMARDASHING 3 53kg
18 OUR OL’ FELLA 11 53kg
