New Posts For Thread: Former jockey banned....https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-bannedhttp://www.attheraces.com/article.aspx?hlid=555139&lid=&raceid=&title=Three-year+ban+for+former+jockey&ref=PA+Racing+Feed&nav=&sub=&day=FriApologies if this has been previously highlighted.Who blew the whistle on him? If it was 365 then why not act sooner. Something fishy about the timing of this, or perhaps just coincidence it happened about the same time he took Dixon to a tribunal.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545296379#545296379Who blew the whistle on him? If it was 365 then why not act sooner. Something fishy about the timing of this, or perhaps just coincidence it happened about the same time he took Dixon to a tribunal.Sat, 27 Jun 2015 14:00:03 -0500No owner should face a ban for their horse failing a drugs test unless they are proved to have adminstered drugs themselves or to have given consent for drugs to be administered.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545295225#545295225No owner should face a ban for their horse failing a drugs test unless they are proved to have adminstered drugs themselves or to have given consent for drugs to be administered.Sat, 27 Jun 2015 11:49:55 -0500Point taken. Perhaps I'm just a touch cynical.......yes I'm sure I am.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545295027#545295027Point taken. Perhaps I'm just a touch cynical.......yes I'm sure I am.Sat, 27 Jun 2015 11:33:08 -0500I don't doubt for one minute enpassant that in some (key word there) cases big names are treated differently to small fry but you can't just say it happens across the board in all circumstances, otherwise it's actually that that would be naive. If ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545294899#545294899I don't doubt for one minute enpassant that in some (key word there) cases big names are treated differently to small fry but you can't just say it happens across the board in all circumstances, otherwise it's actually that that would be naive. If aSat, 27 Jun 2015 11:23:28 -0500ima_mazed66 : with all due respect and on a broader scale, that seems a little naive given the history of large scale corruption and cover up's rife in this wonderland we live in.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545282083#545282083ima_mazed66 : with all due respect and on a broader scale, that seems a little naive given the history of large scale corruption and cover up's rife in this wonderland we live in.Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:25:31 -0500I love how the line about big fish/little fish gets trotted out in all circumstances merely because it might have some validity in other circumstances where it might actually be relevant. Do people seriously think Matthew Hopkins has done nothing wrohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545281985#545281985I love how the line about big fish/little fish gets trotted out in all circumstances merely because it might have some validity in other circumstances where it might actually be relevant. Do people seriously think Matthew Hopkins has done nothing wroFri, 26 Jun 2015 11:19:36 -0500facts: no moreso than the rest of us OUTSIDE the game.sorry think you deserve an exclamation too !https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545281191#545281191facts: no moreso than the rest of us OUTSIDE the game.sorry think you deserve an exclamation too !Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:02:08 -0500Witchfinder General! This guy is worse!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545280989#545280989Witchfinder General! This guy is worse!Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:45:17 -0500enpassant 26 Jun 15 14:42 Sean Lock (imo a very funny fella) was making his usual out there jokes when the subject of sport came up. "Racing is the most bent sport there is."Enough said I think.And as a comedian, I suppose he's an expert in thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545280831#545280831enpassant 26 Jun 15 14:42 Sean Lock (imo a very funny fella) was making his usual out there jokes when the subject of sport came up. "Racing is the most bent sport there is."Enough said I think.And as a comedian, I suppose he's an expert in theFri, 26 Jun 2015 09:37:22 -0500Pathetic no brains or understanding of the real world.Short ban and guidance would be correct for a first offence where clearly the integrity of racing was not in question.No doubt the decision was made by the same arrogant pri**s who were able to clhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30534047/former-jockey-banned?post_id=545280635#545280635Pathetic no brains or understanding of the real world.Short ban and guidance would be correct for a first offence where clearly the integrity of racing was not in question.No doubt the decision was made by the same arrogant pri**s who were able to clFri, 26 Jun 2015 09:23:33 -0500