JCA TREAT CODES DIFFERENTLY

[LongOwner 217]

Why does the private school code get fined / suspension start at say $100 but the public school code get fined / suspension start at say $500 ?

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[Tony 159]

You are right on the nail LongOwner. Racing Royalty is treated different to the peasants. The inconsistencies in penalties is glaringly obvious.

I don't agree  with P4P. Harness an Thoroughbred have the the same starting points for penalties. (ie Presenting starting point $8000 for both codes) The same concession or discount for 1st offence. If the penalties are to be different for each code then this would be written in some rules some where. I would love to see this. Is it written in a Constitution, Mission Statement or some  hidden away rule book. 

And who are these people handing down the penalties. Take the statement in the recent Dickson case.

39] We were told initially that Ms Pickford was the only person to feed the horses, yet Mr Dickson confirmed that he and another person may at times take care of feeding duties, depending on the nature of the day. It is apparent that there is a fairly relaxed approach to feeding and further highlights the need for a more formalised regime in place as it is apparent that Ms Pickford was in fact not solely responsible for administering the horse’s feed. It is entirely possible that three different persons could be involved in the feeding of the horses at the premises on any one day. This is a form of negligence that we would not expect from a licensed trainer with the level of experience that Mr Dickson has. 

If Ms Pickford was to take her horses to the races at New Plymouth she will be away all day and probably not home till well past feed up time. Obviously somebody has to feed up or you will start to run in to animal welfare issues. I would think this form of negligence is happening across the whole country and across all 3 codes. That's if you can call this negligence