Magic Feet or not?

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> > > > My suggestion is this, with a " error" and
> I
> > > say
> > > > the loosely because I don't believe it was
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> > > > error of this magnitude, a full
> investigation
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> > > > a panel independent of the NHRA should have
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> > > > headed up, It is too easy to cover up
> things
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> > > > internal cover up i mean "investigation".
> > > Perhaps
> > > > it may be an idea to have and ABC
> > investigative
> > > > team setup, would be interested in the
> > findings
> > > as
> > > > the NHRA are by no means transparent. My
> > > > enjoyment in this game has been so
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> > > To be fair this was not covered up and had
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> > > stipe not noticed the error and reported it
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> > > would be none the wiser until the horse ran
> > again
> > > and was scanned. I do think it was an error
> not
> > > anything sinister - The horse started
> > friendless
> > > and that owner can shorten his horses
> > drastically
> > > when he wants to, the identifier has been
> > > dismissed which with our Labour Law is not to
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> > > taken lightly. I would like to see what
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> > > the NHRA will hand out to Hodgson who is the
> > > initiator of this fiasco as is the person
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> > > gave the identifier employment.
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> > I didn't say it was covered up, what I said was
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> > is too easy to cover things up in an internal
> > investigation, how long does it take for dope
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> > results, isn't the winner always tested, and if
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> > doesn't the horse get scanned again, sorry once
> > again forgive my stupidity
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> but if you look through the stipes reports you
> will often see horses with incorrect passports
> being scratched so the stipes(identifiers) do do
> their work in general in this area - I think this
> incident was caused by human error alone and that
> there was no criminality involved - The NHRA needs
> to find out who appointed this lady and why they
> did so and they should also be fired and the
> trainer must take responsibility because without
> his complete sloppiness this would not have
> happened.

In a verification process surely there should be 2 people checking this kind of thing like the lotto you have the caller and the auditor, when are the horses scanned,upon arrival or when? There is always going to be a lot of disagreement on this, many people have been turned off by this episode and will always feel done by....

IMO as I have stated from when this first surfaced is that there was a total lack of MANAGMENT from ALL sides. I admit that the Stipes did identify that there was a MIX UP with the Horses and this was actioned by disqualification. Also that the 'HORSE IDENTIFYER' got sacked, and rightly so, because she/he was accountable, as the Checking was either non existant or not done correctly. But where is the Transparency wrt the investigation. Who else took the fall or are Management not RESPONSIBLE to ensure that their Employees are competent to do the job they were employed for, so wtf is Management's role then. Do we really believe that people can be appointed in any position and then just left to do whatever they want. I for one would like to see the Training, past Disciplinary record of this Employee, etc of this employee as maybe she/he will end up at the CCMA and be re-instated.

IMO this Maqnagement responsibility is being covered up, makes one think that these last two incidences MIGHT only be the tip of the Iceberg.

And Hodgson did nothing wrong???????????

the sporting post say this lady was scared of horse. fogwils is 100% management must take responsibility for employ her. how can she ever do the job properly if she is scared of the thing she must do.

Tommy_Hotspur Wrote:

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> And Hodgson did nothing wrong???????????

Isn't this the same trainer who some years ago had a run-in with the racing authorities for one or other irregularity?

Will the real Magic Feet please stand up.

Carded to run in Race 1, as a first timer at odds of 25/1.

Has the horse identifiers credentials been verified?

Magic feet ran today.....finished 18th - only 15 lengths behind the winner:

R10k fine for Hodgson, very lenient

Well ignition lady running saturdy 2ndrace opend 5-1 backed into 2-1 wth BW

hibernia Wrote:

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> R10k fine for Hodgson, very lenient


The fine was reduced to R1000 this week........

BATMAN Wrote:

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> The fine was reduced to R1000 this week........

Thanks for the update - any idea why the fine was reduced as R10k seems lenient - R1k is pocket change:S

What a bloody joke! The fine should have been much more to prevent this type of transgression never ever be repeated.