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Mitch Pateman suspended for 4 weeks!
West Australian Racing
Flanders
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https://www.rwwa.com.au/steward-inquiries/thoroughbred-stewards-inquiry-jockey-mr-mitchell-pateman-and-trainer-mr-nicholas-carapellotti-theres-a-chance/
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It was seen on Sky Thoroughbred Central, otherwise it probably never happened.
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1. If it wasn't seen on TV, this probably isn't even a thing.
2. Lucky the horse won. If it got beat (especially a small margin), MP was probably in deeper dung than this.
3. If it did get beat, they probably wouldn't have had the camera on them, therefore we are back to point 1- never happened.
4. Should there be a "general" camera trained on the mounting/dismounting areas, with the footage reviewed later?
5. Does this/has this, happened before (suspect yes is the answer), how often/how do they get away with it?
6. If he weighed in overweight, without being dodgy about it/misleading the stewards/making them look stupid, he probably gets a fine.
I guess most of this comes back to the stewards and their ability and focus on being able to keep an eye on these things.
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Yep, it makes a complete joke of the penalty and the stewards by delaying it while they maximise the upcoming races (in this example it is ALL of the Kalgoorlie carnival).
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