Pro punter Glen Pollett summoned over comments about jockey welfare

They have no authority over him.

Which book?

How do the stewards propose to Jedi mind control him and make him care?

BTW I have no doubt that's his actual opinion and the apology caused his pants to combust.

Kevin, is that you Kevin?

Thursday, 30 June 2016
Stewards Report - Glenn Pollett

The Stewards today conducted an inquiry relative to comments made by Mr Glenn Pollett during the online broadcast of The Punters Show on 6 June 2016. Evidence today was taken from Mr Pollett who was assisted by Mr D Baker.

Mr Pollett pleaded guilty to the following charges.

1. Conduct prejudicial to the image &/or interests of racing –

AR 175A. Any person bound by these Rules who either within a racecourse or elsewhere in the opinion of the Committee of any Club or the Stewards has been guilty of conduct prejudicial to the image, or interests, or welfare of racing may be penalised.

2. Improper Conduct –

AR 175. The Principal Racing Authority (or the Stewards exercising powers delegated to them) may penalise;

(q) Any person who in their opinion is guilty of any misconduct, improper conduct or unseemly behaviour.

3. Making comments that were obscene, offensive and abusive on a social media channel-

AR 175. The Principal Racing Authority (or the Stewards exercising powers delegated to them) may penalise;

(qq) Any person who in their opinion, is guilty of engaging in the publishing or posting on any social media platform or channel any material, content or comment that is obscene, offensive, defamatory, racist, threatening, harassing, discriminating or abusive to any other person or entity involved in the racing industry.

The details of the charges being;

1. On the 6 June 2016 he was a presenter on The Punters Show which is a forum that discusses thoroughbred racing;
2. The Punters Show on 6 June 2016 was broadcast on the website www.puntersshow.com.au and YouTube on 6 June 2016;
3. During the said broadcast he made the following comments.

G POLLETT: …from the punter’s perspective.
M LAMBOURNE: Well punters are waiting all week for their Saturday races.
G POLLETT: Exactly.
M LAMBOURNE: They’re waiting all week!
G POLLETT: People like Tye and jockeys like that, they think we care about them, if they fall. We don’t care. We want to bet. And they should understand that.
M LAMBOURNE: We want a game to play.
G POLLETT: Absolutely. If they, do anyone thinking about Ray Silburn sitting in his wheelchair down the back of Goulburn. Not me. But it’s an awful thing what happened to him. But life goes on. We want to bet. It’s funny you know.
M LAMBOURNE: But that’s collateral damage…(in audible)… in the cross lines
G POLLETT: Harry Singh. How’s Harry, Peter V’landys “we’re going to look after Harry Singh.” Harry ****g who. Who is he? Do you know who he is?
M TAYLOR: No.
G POLLETT: He’s a jockey, used to ride all the time. He had a bad fall.
M LAMBOURNE: Yeah
G POLLETT: Indian boy, nice boy. Punters don’t care. We want to bet.
M TAYLOR: Ok.
G POLLETT: So just let the jockeys out there know. I don’t care.

4. The segment of The Punters Show – 6 June 2016 whereby he said the comments detailed particular 3 were then embedded and posted (in two parts) on the Twitter page @ryanRobertson01. Such posts being viewed approximately 50 times.

The Stewards having given consideration to the matters in respect to penalty, including Mr Pollett’s 36 years involvement in the industry without antecedence, his guilty plea entered at the first available opportunity, an apology issued by Mr Pollett on the 6 June 2016, genuine remorse displayed by Mr Pollett and his personal circumstances at the time of the offence, issued a fine totalling $10,000. Under the provisions of AR196(4) the Stewards stayed the operation of $5000 of the penalty on the provision that Mr Pollett does not breach the Rules of Racing in respect to his conduct for a period of 2 years.
Mr Pollett was advised of his rights of appeal.

Well that's what I thought too. But I guess Racing NSW could refuse him entry to any racecourse if they wanted. It wouldn't be discrimination because he has said these comments that do bring racing into disrepute (I don't think there's any doubt about that).

While I know that many/most serious punters don't give a fk about anything but the horses they've backed or layed, I doubt any of us really want to see harm come to anybody, unless the person is an utter grub, and there are some in this industry.

On a similar note, I've no qualms at all saying that I'd like to see Fred Nile, Tony Abbott, Cory Bernardi, Eric Abetz, George Christensen all dead - and the sooner the better. But I'm not going to do it, nor am I going to encourage anyone else to cause harm to those despicable pricks.

What Glenn said may well have been his truthful opinion, but it was silly to say it via a medium that aims to promote racing and wagering.

I guess his options include not paying the fine, but who is he really penalising by doing that? Himself I think as RNSW can do without $5K, but he couldn't stand to be exiled from racecourses. And that's what they'd do to him I think.

wow, that's an incredible story.... poor glenn... he must have wanted to ki..ll the p....k !!!! He should have done what M. Faulk,,r (was a rails bookie in melb.) did to a close friend of mine .... made him accept a drip feed of a substantial amount and my m8 was fully paid after 6 fkn months.

Typically I completely disagree with Let's Elope.

Sure - people have the right to free speech, but it comes with responsibility and it also comes with consequences, and this is what bigots and ignorant fools completely disregard in their endeavour to express hatred.

Everybody has the freedom to murder. Yet if you commit murder, the consequences will be death to another person, and most likely be jail for you, grief to a number of others, and possibly fear to a greater number of others. So, the responsibility that comes with the right to murder is - to not murder. And the reason why is because it causes all of those terrible things I've mentioned.

So, voicing an opinion that you don't care whether jockeys suffer race falls and die is certainly a right we all have. But the consequences of that right are that it will cause disappointment and upset to jockeys and those people who know them, and if you are a person that is involved in the racing game, you should expect some of those people who are disappointed with you to do all they can to stop you from expressing that opinion to others.

If you are in any way involved in racing, then you are a participant, and as a participant you have an obligation to say and do things of benefit and not harm, otherwise you should expect consequences. So, the responsibility is to not say or do anything that may cause harm to others.

You're an idiot.

only an imbecile would interpret what I wrote the way you have.

Thinking person? You're a fk-wit, nothing else!

pc stands for political correctness. I detest the term actually but what it is - is actually seeking to not cause harm to others. If youy believe political correctness is bull, then you are seeking to cause harm to others - which is really fkd.

and the reason they have that right is because those expressed comments are not in the best interests of racing.

He is a participant in several ways, as an individual punter and as a person who gains from a weekly video program this is on the subject of racing. By expressing his freedom of speech, which he is quite entitled to do, his comments which are not in the best interests of racing have the potential to influence others.

And if anyone wanted to challenge that in court they would win, they have no factual or lawful basis upon which to fine him or prevent them from entering their premises.

They have no problem letting drug dealers and known criminals on their courses but hey someone who expresses an opinion we don't like, can't have them here please, you're sounding dumber and dumber by the minute.

He hasn't wished them dead, he's just said he doesn't care about them or their lives, it is an opinion, an appalling one from a total moron and a racing scam merchant who should be arrested for impersonating a tipster(not surprisingly he's your hero or was) but nevertheless it is an opinion, we're still allowed to express opinions in this country.

His comments haven't broken a single rule of racing, to think past generations of my family sacrificed themselves for this country in order to guarantee freedoms such as these for the likes of your good self only for you to then turn around and spit on those same freedoms, makes me sick.

Why don't you do the world a favour and slither back under the rock that you came from you self loathing, narcissistic, prat.

His comments haven't broken a single rule of racing
Let's
Judge8B quoting AR175(qq)

Must admit don't know the guy or the show but changing times brings changing attitudes
ARules get longer each year to appease the Animal protection society.
As is society's tolerance, but not my platform to canvas beliefs.
In finishing
Use to correlation of worldly comedians that state if your joke is made at the expense of anyone else...then it shows an inferior skill as a comedian
So relating that
If it's only an opinion would the person have the fortitude to voice his opinion IN FRONT of injured jockey's and/or their families ?
Think not.

8b, I am well aware of that bs rule which by the way is unconstitutional and unenforceable if someone who was a non licensed person had the balls and resources to legally challenge a charge made against them in that regard, if they tried to fine me or harass  me for stating Peter know it all is a low life scumbag whose only concern is to serve his monstrous ego and that he should have been chucked out of one of his jobs years ago for bullying and harassment of a young female employee which I witnessed I would tell them to go fucck themselves.
But that's beside the point merely admitting that he doesn't care about their welfare does not in any way shape or form constitute abuse, callous indifference but not abuse.

AR 175 qq
Any person who in their opinion, is guilty of engaging in the publishing or posting on
any  social  media  platform  or  channel  any  material,  content  or  comment  that  is  obscene,
offensive, defamatory, racist, threatening, harassing, discriminating or abusive to any other
person or entity involved in the racing industry.

A steward's  or racing official's opinion is not law and would  not hold up in court, the rule of law trumps bs racing rules any day of the week and twice on Sundays and it would be nice to see someone with the resources to do so publicly expose this fact in court.

..... dont take it so hard hondo, no one hates you, just like discussing philosophy and trying to prove how right we are.... a self preserving human trait that depressed people don't have. Iti's healthy.

My preferred pronouns are feminine ones Let's, not gender neutral.

Indeed I did stoop to personal insults with you Let's - that's because you're an intollerant, ignorant pig.

But what you and other like you fail to understand, and where people like TINS, Very and Whoopi are totally different from you (thank goodness), is that they understand, as I do, that when somebody makes a statement, everyone else has the right of reply, whether they agree or not.

Of course I think I'm right, so do you, and I accept that others have different opinions, but once they post them, they are up for critique, which means that you can attack the flaws if there are any. Attacking the flaws in somebody else's argument in not being intolerant. It is not denying that they have the right to have voiced their opinion in the first place, and it does not imply that I don't expect others to try to argue any flaws they see in my argument.

That is debate, not intolerance you foolish, intolerant, ignorant scumbag.

I'm not wishing people dead pal for no reason, never have, never will and you're intolerant of anyone who doesn't subscribe to your supposedly "enlightened" views.

Intolerant, what rot you know zip about me or in reality anyone else on this forum, ignorance, intolerance try looking in the mirror. It's funny how people like your good self never practice what you preach but are all too ready to lecture others.

I have and always will treat people no matter who, what they are or where they're from as I would expect to be treated myself but you are and have repeatedly illustrated that your nothing but a tool of the highest order.

you're

Objection overruled ....correctly used originally--

you're intolerant of anyone

weight right correct weight weight is right....placings stand...

you're is correct

Stewards inquiry into ---
that's because you're an intollerant, ignorant pig.

---intolerant not intollerant

Hold all tickets

he is a pig, but I'm amazed that he resists using feminine pronouns for me.

Time for Spec Savers