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Monday, 3 December 2012: Racing Victoria, embarrassed by the much publicised instances of treatment rule infringements by trainers over the spring carnival, has made an extensive commitment to manage and protect the integrity of Victoria’s thoroughbred racing industry with a series of enhancements announced today.
The RV Compliance Assurance Team, responsible for overseeing investigations, stable raids, bet monitoring and out-of-competition testing, will be boosted with an additional two full-time members.
Treatment rules will also be tightened with the practice of stomach tubing to be prohibited from one clear day before race time instead of the current 24 hours.
Under the rule changes it will be an offence to administer alkalinising agents in any way during the prohibition period.
In the case of a horse being entered to race on a Saturday, the prohibition period for stomach-tubing or the administration of alkalinising agents will commence at midnight on Thursday.
RV chief executive Bernard Saundry said strengthening the rules relating to the administration of substances on race day will assist in ensuring all horses are presented for racing free from prohibited substances.
“There is no place for raceday administration and these rule changes will not only serve as a further deterrent to those wishing to breach or push the limits of the rule, it will increase the window for detection by the stewards," Saundry said.
The Compliance Assurance Team conducted 117 stable "raids" during the spring carnival with five resulting in stewards’ inquiries.
Two of the inquiries have been completed and resulted in trainers being found guilty of rule infringements and heavily penalised.
Racing Victoria will also strengthen Local Rule 71A pertaining to a person who is the subject of an exclusion order by the Chief Commissioner of Police under the Racing Act.
Under the change, when a person is excluded from racecourses by the Chief Commissioner, there will be a clear power for the stewards to warn-off or disqualify that person under the Rules of Racing.
A review of the introduction of minimum penalties for serious racing industry offences has commenced and will be finalised by the Australian Racing Board in January.
“We are undertaking an extensive review of the introduction of minimum and maximum penalties which would serve as a further deterrent for those considering breaching the rules,” Saundry said.
"The introduction of harsher penalties definitely has merit and will be given very strong consideration.
“We want anyone who does anything that compromises the integrity of our sport brought to account and penalised.”
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A good move but I would hope that it also includes the actions and activities of racing investigators and current administrators both there and here.
Funny how creating lurid fictional allegations and attempting to ruin people's lives doesn't come under the banner of compromising the integrity of the industry.
its done and dusted...blood under the bridge sort of thing, do not let it be an all consuming vendetta. life is too short for that sort of thing.
I am going to continually expose and harass them at every opportunity because while they're still in power they can inflict the same sort of misery upon others and that is totally unacceptable.
Everyone else in the industry from strappers to trainers, owner etc are held accountable for anything they do how is it that those in power aren't, shouldn't they be held to the same standards and level of accountability.
I think the changes in Victoria are great and will no doubt bring about a few sudden form reversals if they're applied and enforced across the board rather than just targeting the no name industry participants but it's extremely hypocritical of administrators and officials to expect industry participants to adhere to these integrity rules when they're a number of officials that themselves compromise racing's integrity through their continued dubious to say the least activities and the very fact that they're still present within the industry.
he is a good bloke and you never know, may do it pro bono if it generates publicity...just find a journo not glued to the racing desk.....