Graeme Bate Penalty Increased On Appeal From GRV
Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has, for the first time, appealed a decision of the independent Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board (RADB) for being too lenient.
The decision of the GRV Stewards to appeal the decision was made on Friday 13 June and was taken in light of the strict approach of the current administration in relation to the use of prohibited substances.
GRV will continue to test for these substances and penalise any person that breaks the rules.
Yesterday, VCAT increased the penalty in the case of Graeme Bate by one (1) year, with the total disqualification period now three (3) years.
Graeme Bate pleaded guilty to five serious offences under the Greyhounds Australasia Rules (GAR) before the RADB on Tuesday 10 June this year. The charges included; administering a prohibited substance to a greyhound under his care, administering a prohibited substance to greyhounds trained by another person, procuring tablets for the purpose of administering to greyhounds and making a false and misleading statement.
GRV Chairman Peter Caillard said this sends a strong message to those who try to gain an unfair advantage adding that GRV's clear view is that prohibited substance use will not be tolerated.
“We are committed to eradicating any type of prohibited substance use in Victorian greyhound racing,” Mr Caillard said.
“The original decision to disqualify Mr Bate for just two years was too lenient and we believe the decision of VCAT to increase Mr Bate's penalty vindicates the Stewards decision to appeal.
“We have increased our swab numbers by 25 per cent in the past year taking close to 4300 individual swabs. We now test out-of-competition, pre-race and post-race in addition to freezing and storing samples for retrospective testing.
“We will continue to address the use of prohibited substances in greyhound racing which will allow the
punter to continue to have confidence in the integrity of our product.”
ARG Opinion:
The key factor here is that the GRV cop the wrath of the greyhound community for fines/suspensions/disqualifications being too lenient or harsh, when in actual fact it's the RADB that are deciding the penalties imposed within Victoria for serious offences. The RADB are not bound by the guidelines and are completely independent of GRV. The guidelines for penalties for different drug offences are in place as a suggested penalty but are not binding. It comes down to a RADB decision as to the penalty. Well done to the GRV for standing their ground in this case and appealing the decision. Is this just the first of many?
Right…now stop them from still training them but putting them in other peoples names after they have been done
Jared Della Casa
Robyn Hunt people can say alot when they don’t know the first thing about greyhounds or the sport. ^ especially when they throw names around like rat and Muppet. How mature.
Adam Norris YOU are the ONLY MUPPET as all else nos :) & as for your RAT” Comment ” cant wait to see you again with the flea ridden poor dogs u show up with at wangaratta ?;) ur a hypercrit & a perfect example of the reputation u have as thee– —- ? that u liv upto .every single day. you belong in a hole fr just useing the rat word you fool! you . ! smurf.
What a joke!!!!!
Dave Allen
Travis Walker
Hahahahahahaha
I think jail might be a bit harsh Evan
Damien Oborne just wondering how the RADB are “completely” independent when current registered participants or former participants and track general managers sit on the board?
What about prize money and repayment? All other trainers are expected to pay back what they have won if a positive sample has been proven from a race win. Am I correct?
Couldn’t agree with you more Anita. 100% true U0001f60a
And what would you know about greyhound racing and it’s rules , I’m pre sure your in harness racing , way different !! Are you serious ?!? I’m pretty sure the punters don’t make the industry And it does become personal when they don’t know the man from a bar of soap and can sit there and degrade him ,
Anita you have no clue dear..i have been in gryhounds for nearly 20 years…was the judge at wentworth park for 5 years and worked at various tracks for 10 years….along with owning them and training them…and if u think that they dont put them in thier relatives names etc and still train them well then my dear u are living in a massive hole so please dont offend me by making out i have no clue..i have lived amongst it for many years…and besides i did not slander anyone….
Graeme hasn’t stepped foot on the property since he was put out so your wrong in saying he still training them , and my appoligise for saying you slandered him , but who cares if there in Jenny’s name , she works damn hard for all those greyhounds and has worked with them for many years before becoming a trainer and owned a fair few too , she is a trainer like you and I .
Kylie Hunt what do you think of this? Everyone seems to have opinion when they wouldn’t have the slightest clue, and wouldn’t know the first thing about running a SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS for 40 years!!
Sorry but you are all a bunch of hypocrits, and are only jealous of success. You shouldn’t call people names such as ‘rat’, ‘muppet’ and be put ‘behind bars’ use all should be ashamed of yourselfs.
and …. so the small ” no good pathetic wanna bee’s that have the dash to call emselfs trainers are still’ SITTING ON YOUR BIG USELESS ASSES dribbling utter SHIT ! for shit sakes get yaselfs a life insted of running ya big mouths off on a DECENT person such as graeme when the majority of u above are nothing more than just that ” a nothing ! :) and as for anitas ;) comments . well said anita and if there heads aint already up there big asses ” id do the honour of shuving there heads up there… Read more »
Garth Roese get off grv and go and play with ya bowling balls ya old bustard . n who wants to no ur shit career haa ur pathetic .
Get real the family have been training dogs for years u idiot
Maybe look at the grv hearings there is more then just him on there , font see u mentioning them , know all the facts before u start slandering him
Paul what would you know about greyhound racing , stick to your harness sport and all the drugs cheats in that before u put u two cents in
Wow I see a lot of uneducated morons throwing names around towards Graeme bate how about a little respect no one said u had to like the guy .This man had built a greyhound empire as I would frase it working with greyhounds for decades and producing more winners seconds and third placings than anyone u have to work hard to achieve anything near what he has achieved and I find it very disturbing when small minded maybe jealous peolple want to be Graeme trainers out there are slandering him in every way possible if you can’t handle racing against… Read more »
Good
Evan Kounavelis I personally do not no you or infact would not want to no you . at all.! you say u had respect 4 graeme to Anita Courts . and uv been in the greyhound industry or :) infact just a GAMBLER” for 10 years .and speak as if u no him ?? when I can say ” iff I dont no u or ever heard of u or your name threw graeme “” then i can say you dont no him . or the way ur trying to act / & say u new him :) AT ALL… Read more »
Couldn’t agree more !! Well said :)
It’s called family u idiot his family has trained dogs for years when u have a business do u not hand it down to yr kids n family so they can learn to do things yr so friggen dumb
Again….did i mention names? please don’t slander me with names as i didnt even mention anyone in my post…what i said in my statement happens all over australia and you live under a rock if u dont think its true…but if you are going to get all defensive about it then it must say something about yourself and the situation
Don’t get me wrong Evan I agree with the new sentence handed down to Graeme and I’m sure that he would accept it too and move on just as the many trainers that get done for positive swabs maybe in future though the powers that be could maybe think of reduced penalties for the bigger names in the sport because of all the personal attacks on them which therefore puts immense pressure on their families and friends which results in a harder penalty being served than if it was a so called backyard trainer even though I don’t know Graeme… Read more »
Cheat u say? Are you saying he has cheated every race he has won ? So your also saying that the Stuards are cheating to if that’s the case ! Get real mate
Slander? Isn’t that what u have been doing here or do I need my eyes checked? Scroll down maybe u need to read comments again dumbo
Well said Brett
Yr living in a hole Anita and I’m living under a rock apparently garth has our addresses
which mongol u talkin bout kylie . ? there all or soree majority ate judt pathetic n honestly need a good kikk in da teeth . . bur was 1 ill say LOUD N CLEAR whoever u maybe Brett Smith :) exact words ud used is appreciated and about time sumbody besdes family told it how it is n honestly openly said good words on graeme all around . wich are the correct and only correct saids on graeme . although sum just may take brett smiths ” honesty to hard :) and he jyst may find hell be personally… Read more »
Evan yr mum just called the street light are on time for bed
Funny how when the facts are put too them they shut up like books hey Kylie ? I look forward to his visit then ;)
jail?Hey Evan I got a better idea lets just hang him or even better burn him at the stakes we could bbq at the same time
Make sure you BBQ that fucker hard cheating scumbag
How much money would of bate made off cheating if he drugged the dogs he could of told people to back em
He built an empire on cheating anyone can do that. If your going to be the best play fair or don’t play at all. If you say he is the best why does he need to drug the dogs. Disgraceful by him should have got more time.
Evan Kounavelis
Cheating is not good enough
Well said well said
That’s harsh on me. I’m a good kid. Have a punt here or there but i don’t like what he did. It’s just not good enough
Wow good point any time you seem to have ignored the fact i was in the greys for years while you were still in nappies… But as long as you’re happy to be narrow minded and opinionated that’s all good
Oh here we go again wat do u mean more time ? Why don’t we hang him or burn him at the stakes n bbq at the same time I love marsh mellows . Evan reakons jail lol how can a trainer cheat every race u fool
Hey u were harsh before saying he deserves jail stop contradicting yrself
Make sure you grill him like a charcoal chicken
He’s a pig his middle name should be satan
I have never mentioned u or your family…let me clarify…when i say “them” im talking about all the trainers australia wide who put the dogs in family memebers names after they have been disqualified for a period of time..it was not a personal attack on the hunts or on mr bate so back the fuck up hey with all the unnecessary insults whore bag
Alex Cavallaro