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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Racing stewards penalising corruption and doping without legal authority<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/matthew-benns">Matthew Benns</a> and <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/ashleigh-gleeson">Ashleigh Gleeson</a>, The Daily Telegraph<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>an hour ago<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subscriber only<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/superracing/the-golden-eagle-rosehill-to-host-australias-second-richest-race/news-story/a64b5a871564327846f743db9df79ce5">$7.5 million turf race unveiled for Sydney</a></b><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Racing stewards have been penalising trainers, jockeys, stable hands and owners for offences like doping or corrupt conduct for years without the legal authority to do so.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>A decision by the Racing Appeals Tribunal yesterday said stewards were not empowered to use the tough rule that has been the basis for a <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/superracing/stewards-widen-net-in-racing-corruption-inquiry/news-story/97a97ca537c50285422a906d7f280107">string of high profile convictions in recent years.</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>But Racing NSW CEO Peter V’landys has assured racegoers that the decision has highlighted a legal glitch that has already been fixed and that all existing penalties and suspensions still stand.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys. Picture: Britta Campion<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The legal technicality came to light when trainer Carl Poidevin appealed against a stewards’ decision to disqualify him for giving false evidence about injecting his horse Master Agar before a race at Kembla Grange in April.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The stewards used powers delegated from Racing NSW under Australian Rules of Racing rule 175 to penalise the trainer but during the appeal it became clear those long assumed powers had not been delegated correctly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Racing Appeals Tribunal head David Armati yesterday ruled that stewards are “not empowered to penalise under AR 175.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The same rule has been used to convict some of the biggest names in racing. Under AR 175 trainers Darren Smith and Sam Kavanagh received lengthy bans for cobalt use and John Singleton received a $15,000 fine for the More Joyous scandal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mr Poidevin’s solicitor Paul O’Sullivan said stewards had used AR 175 for years to disqualify and suspend trainers, jockeys and owners for offences contained in the act.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>“Today’s decision in Poidevin confirms they don’t have the power to do so,” he said.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mr V’landys dismissed suggestions the ruling would open the floodgates for suspended and disqualified racing figures to appeal against the decisions made against them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>“We don’t believe this will have any repercussions what so ever. The people are no less guilty than they were before this and their punishments still stand.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>He said the ruling by the Racing Appeals Tribunal was a “procedural deficiency that has already been rectified”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The powers used by stewards to police racing had been correctly delegated to Mr V’landys as the CEO of Racing NSW but were then delegated to the chairman of stewards rather than a committee of stewards as required. Those powers have now been correctly rectified.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>However there are suggestions other racing figures who have fallen foul of the stewards could use the decision to try and appeal their suspensions and disqualifications.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>“They would simply be wasting their time and incur unnecessary legal fees,” said Mr V’landys.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>“I still have the power and I will confirm the conviction and the penalties that have been applied. Nothing changes.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>