Herman Brown stuck in the middle!!!

Copied from racing post ...


Australia: Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov is at the centre of a political storm in Australia after it was revealed two of his horses, both winners in Britain this year for trainer Gary Moore, are being aimed at high-profile races in Melbourne this autumn.

Australian Green Party leader Bob Brown said neither Mourilyan or Bankable, nor their owner, should be allowed to enter the country because of Kadyrov's suspected involvement in a series of murders, kidnappings and torture.

"If this nasty character were to get his hands on the Melbourne Cup it would be the lowest point in Australia's sporting history," Brown told the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday.

Human rights activists allege Kadyrov runs Chechnya as his personal fiefdom with backing from Moscow, and his regime has been linked to the murders of political opponents as well as the killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who described him as "a Stalin of our times" in her final interview. He has denied any responsibility for the deaths.

March Stakes winner Mourilyan has been targeted at the Melbourne Cup while Bankable, a Listed winner at Sandown last week, looks likely to sidestep the Totesport.com Cambridgeshire, for which he has been allotted top weight, in favour of the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on October 31.

Both went into quarantine last week and will be under the care of South African trainer Herman Brown if they go to Australia.

Are they good enough?

Bankable has the hibby squiggle...Wouldn`t back it with a Jambo`s money..

Geez now they have the weight of a suspected dictator,murderer, alltogether bad man on their backs too!!!!!!!!

I'm not sure all of these will fit in the starting stalls!!

ha ha haha

Aussies a bit Anal to us Ramzan Kadyrov would be considered for Knighthood.

Sissies

The Russian sounds like he has all the right credentials to be a top international owner.

Like the gambler says in "Guys and Dolls," 14 arrests...no convictions...so what's the problem?

Andrew rode Racecar Rhapsody for him in the Russian Derby in Moscow and finished a poor 4th

And lived to ride again!! I always regarded that ride as the bravest ride of the season by any living jockey!!!!

LMAO Brave ride of the Season LOL

Tell you one thing..mustnt give Frank or Herman a hard time or we might find ourselves cut into little pieces and plastered all over the planet.

Another couple of recruits heading to Brown from the dictator Mikhail Glinka and Fencing Master

Does Mugabe or Bin Laden own any horses? We could have a dictators conditions plate race every year where the jockeys are allowed uzi's or ak47's...:S