Say it aint so, Damien

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I think Danny is an idiot but they have much bigger problems to worry about so he was a distraction. HIs comments weren't so threatening.

It is farce.

Disagree about Oliver being stripped of his earnings... that's the mans living.

I have such mixed feelings about all of it.

Disappointed though. I truly thought he was one of the good guys who would never ever ever...

Yes, it is his living but he should have thought of that before having $10,000 on a horse. He's trying to say that's been the only time he did it...... I'm sorry, but if you're willing to have $10,000 on a horse (which isn't the one you're riding) it's not the first or last time you've done it!

Today he was given a total of ten months? WTF..... he's a cheat, a fraud, he's brought the Australian industry into disrepute, he should have been given a life ban. A joke of a decision.

If this had have been a 'nobody' doing the exact same thing, he or she would have been gone for life. No doubt.

So Nikolic has been banned for two years, for something which hasn't been proven? Pathetic.

All this says is that any jockey can have $10,000 on any horse they want and get an eight month ban. So what is stopping them all doing it. If I was a lower ranked jockey and knew I could make upwards of $40,000 by placing a bet which I could make that result happen and only be banned for eight months, I wouldn't think twice!