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OFF TOPIC => WORLD NEWS => General => Topic started by: Ugly Mongrel on November 29, 2013, 14:09:23

Title: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: Ugly Mongrel on November 29, 2013, 14:09:23: Wow!!!! Who remembers the "Fine Cotton" affair?

Fine Cotton trainer allowed back on track after 29 years (http://brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/fine-cotton-trainer-allowed-back-on-track-after-29-years-20131129-2ygs3.html)
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: asathorny on November 29, 2013, 15:27:01: I wonder why they've gone soft on him, I always suspect ulterior motives when inexplicable things happen????? :Shocked: :Shocked: :Shocked:
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: Phil №❶ on November 29, 2013, 19:05:30: Life ban should be, for life. :disapp:
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: beerman on November 29, 2013, 20:47:47: Quote from: Phil №❶ on November 29, 2013, 19:05:30
Life ban should be, for life. :disapp:

Exactly, I was going to point out that he is not dead....
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: Just Rick on November 30, 2013, 06:57:48: Yet another sentence not carried out,gotta love justice(or the lack of it)like Phil said Life to me means Life.
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: Ugly Mongrel on November 30, 2013, 07:13:21: Quote from: Rick-without the P on November 30, 2013, 06:57:48
Yet another sentence not carried out,gotta love justice(or the lack of it)like Phil said Life to me means Life.

Rick, it wasn't a life "sentence" imposed by a court of law. Hayden Haitana, the trainer, received a life ban from attending race tracks by a sports governing body, Racing Queensland.

Hardly anything to get worked up about that after 29 years he's allowed to go back to a race meeting at a race track.
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: Just Rick on November 30, 2013, 07:29:50: UM,well aware of who handed down the sentence,whether a court,governing council of a sporting body or hobby body,life means life,anyhow since this happened all those years ago and yes I do remember it,he probably has still had his finger in the pie.
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: Ugly Mongrel on November 30, 2013, 07:39:18: Rick, my point was that it's not a "sentence", it's a ban.
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: The Gonz on November 30, 2013, 07:39:50: And here I thought this thread was about Alan finally making it out of the HOS. :head_butt:
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: Phil №❶ on November 30, 2013, 10:05:12: A life ban in this instance should be a life ban, as it is a ban on an occupation, not personal liberty. For 29 years, the dude has been able to live with it.
Title: Re: A life time ban is finally over.
Post by: Doggie 1 on November 30, 2013, 10:55:54: Quote from: The Gonz on November 30, 2013, 07:39:50
And here I thought this thread was about Alan finally making it out of the HOS. :head_butt:

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