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Central Queensland jockey Beau Appo has been suspended for three months after striking a horse 12 times with his whip prior to a race.
Appo was hit with two charges under a section of the rules of racing which states “a person must not engage in misconduct, improper conduct or unseemly behaviour”.
The specifics of the first charge were that Appo, at the Rockhampton race meeting on March 13, conducted himself in an improper manner when he struck his mount Isis Brumby with his whip 11 times (including forward of the shoulder on the neck region and in the vicinity of the head on six occasions) during the preliminary of Race 6.
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Thangool horse trainer Damien Rideout has been fined $2500 and disqualified for six months after being found guilty of charges including race day treatment of a horse.
Rideout has appealed the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission’s ruling and continues to train on a stay of proceedings, pending the outcome of a QRIC internal review.
QRIC stewards recently concluded an inquiry into an injury sustained to the race mare, Lady Sheilack, en route to Rockhampton Jockey Club on August 25, 2020.
Rideout was hit with three charges under the rules of racing including failing to report to stewards that Lady Sheilack had injured her head en route to the Rockhampton racecourse on August 25, which may have affected the horse’s performance in her race.
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Gladstone trainer Denis Schultz has had his licence to train suspended for 12 months following an inquiry into the death of a racehorse in his care.
Schultz has appealed the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission’s ruling and continues to train on a stay of proceedings, pending the outcome of a QRIC internal review.
This month QRIC stewards concluded an inquiry into the events and circumstances surrounding the treatment and care of a registered three-year-old (Citiwyse - Lady Long Legs) filly, who was in the care of Schultz prior to being euthanised on veterinary advice on September 3 last year.
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Central Queensland jockey Chris McIver has successfully had a 12-month disqualification overturned.
In February, McIver was banned for misconduct by the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission after he kicked a horse at the barriers before a race in Rockhampton in January.
QRIC stewards found McIver guilty of misconduct after he twice forcibly stomped on the hindquarter of his mount Or Else. Jockey Chris McIver at the Past Brothers Junior Rugby League race day in 2014. Photo Luka Kauzlaric/The Observer.
But McIver appealed the decision and was successful, as part of the QRIC internal review process, in having it set aside.