The Mauritius turf club,take things seriously (tu)

Six jockeys suspended
The Racing Stewards opened an enquiry this morning as regard to the handling of some horses in the first race of the 40th meeting. Their jockeys and trainers were heard and after listening to their explanation, they sanctioned six jockeys.

They are :
1. Nishal Teeha (Manta Ridge) who pleaded guilty under the rule 160 (A) a of Rules Of Racing. He was suspended for 12 meetings.
2. Jean Roland Boutanive (Drug Squad) was found guilty under the rule 160 (A) e of Rules Of Racing. He was suspended for 18 meetings.
3. Reehaze Hoolash (Infinite Destiny) was found guilty under the rule 160 (A) a of Rules Of Racing. He was suspended for 14 meetings.
4. Swapneel (Rama) was found was found guilty under the rule 160 (A) a of Rules Of Racing and was suspended for 14 meetings.
5. Mayeven Chinapiel pleaded guilty under the rule 160 (A) a of Rules Of Racing and was suspended for 12 meetings.
6. Dinesh Sooful (Surprising Dream) was found guilty for not riding his horse to the satisfaction of Racing Stewards and was suspended for two meetings. He will also have to pay a fine of Rs 25 000. Furthermore, he was warned for disrespectful behaviour during the enquiry.

To enable our readers to have a better understanding of the charges that have been retained against the six jockeys, we are publishing hereunder the Rules of Racing under which they have been sanctioned. Rules Of Racing 160 a (a) : take all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure that, throughout the race, his horse is given full opportunity to win or obtain the best possible place
in the field.
Rules Of Racing 160 a (e) : not ride in a slack, careless, improper, incompetent, foul or reckless manner.

It is to be noted that the MTC will refer this matter to the Police.

Our NHA board and officials will read this and be scratching their heads wondering what on earth all the fuss is about............

Rules?..........what rules!!!!!!

rob faux Wrote:

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> Our NHA board and officials will read this and be
> scratching their heads wondering what on earth all
> the fuss is about............
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> Rules?..........what rules!!!!!!


We are clean in SA Rob- only happens in Mauritius, Hong Kong, England, Australia, USA etc - I wonder if they still use VHS tapes at NHRA head quarters to review races?

mr hawaii Wrote:

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> rob faux Wrote:
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> > Our NHA board and officials will read this and
> be
> > scratching their heads wondering what on earth
> all
> > the fuss is about............
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> > Rules?..........what rules!!!!!!
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> We are clean in SA Rob- only happens in Mauritius,
> Hong Kong, England, Australia, USA etc - I wonder
> if they still use VHS tapes at NHRA head quarters
> to review races?


Or maybe they still have small screens to watch the races - much like rugby's TV refs - they always seem to have to make close calls based on what the can see on a small monitor - why don't they get bigger screens ?

If you read the rules they quote,the mind boggles.................It would seem that jockeys that have the opportunity for a clear run but choose to weave through traffic,and consequently have to check,would qualify for as much as 3 months, for example..................slack,careless,incompetent ?????????

mr hawaii Wrote:

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> rob faux Wrote:
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> > Our NHA board and officials will read this and
> be
> > scratching their heads wondering what on earth
> all
> > the fuss is about............
> >
> > Rules?..........what rules!!!!!!
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> We are clean in SA Rob- only happens in Mauritius,
> Hong Kong, England, Australia, USA etc - I wonder
> if they still use VHS tapes at NHRA head quarters
> to review races?

They are upgrading to VHS next year Mr H. Still using Beta at present

RACE REPLAY

Jock with the white body and blue cap on the horse with blinkers should get life ! Our racing might not be straight but I cannot recall such a crooked ride.

The MTC certainly have their own way of deciding when to act. In the nineties jockey Boutanive was susupended for a much longer time, a year if I recall correctly. He offered to tell the cops and the MTC the names of the people involved in race fixing in Mauritius...and they did squat....

Aaaahhhh, Mauritian racing, you gotta love it boet !

I wonder what they would make of "gagging" your horse after 30m and then going so slow that half the field are pulling their mounts heads off - Where does that happen? Cape Town in any stayers race - or they let one horse go 10 lengths clear and then when there's 400m to go they start riding like men possessed and wonder why they get beat - I'm convinced that most of the UK Jumps races are run at a faster pace than those Cape farces - Sometimes I think the stipes have the monitors turned off for the Stayers events

I can just picture the NHRA reporting to the police. I mean really...

All six jockeys sanctioned following the running of Race 1 of Meeting 40 have appealed against their sanctions. They are Jean Roland Boutanive, Nishal Teeha, Reehaze Hoolash, Swapneel Rama, Dinesh Sooful and Mayaven Chinapiel.