Determinations and hearings

Determinations made by the Racing Penalties Appeal Tribunal.

Hearings

Hearings are held at the State Administrative Tribunal, Perth.

Determinations

Determinations made by the Racing Penalties Appeal Tribunal.

Applicant

Paul James Harvey

Result

Appeal allowed, penalty varied

Decision

Suspension for 2 months for improper riding under Rule 137(a). Appeal dismissed, penalty varied to a suspension of 4 weeks.

Racing type

Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred racing rules

PDF Rules of Thoroughbred Racing 2019 (PDF 2203 KB)

Offence type

Conduct

Precedent

We are of the opinion that the penalty in this case was so excessive as to manifest error. The offence may be categorised? For that reason we reduce the penalty to a period of 4 weeks suspension to run from today's date.

Paragraph number: 3

Decision file

.pdf Determination of decision 191.pdf (160 KB)

Determinations and hearings Racing precedents

Page reviewed 09 January 2024

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