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?
Airing your smelly undies in public is so great for the sport…..not!
who are you ya little peice of shit Alex Cavallaro and who do you even thonk your big enough to be branding as a ‘ mole ” ! ??? ya no u and ya Nick Lalli and ya Salvatore Fazzari are 3 little tirds that get on here and call grown women moles etc and grown mem cheats etc . well whooopii . as for ya stating HUNTS are cheats as well as bates .. right thete is ” ya slap in ya big mighty mouths im.personally going to give yas :) and ya slander yas are gunna get !… Read more »
put the glass pipe down Robyn Hunt, its damaging your family.
i would stop to say hi graeme, your a fucking cheat, and keep walking
to all the hunt family i hope one of graemes juiced up greyhounds bends you over and fucks you in the ass. hey, you might even enjoy it ;)
WhT dont u understand about u all pik on him wat about the others huh u smart azz half retarted over grown bull frog
Get a life alex u got too much time on yr hands lol
Ill catch u at the track
Yr the joke running yr mouth off on every coment u dont no graeme loke i said we are sick of everyone coming down on him for whats happened when others i repeat OTHERS dont get this treatment how many times i gotta repeat this to you alex do u understant english we get people can have an opinion but its way over board just coz its graeme bate
That is how i feel about this situation have an opinion but he was called a rat n more that is a joke he has helped so many in this industry and not for his own gain its parrasites like u who try n bring out the worst in people and not thinking of the good they have done too
First u say crawl back into my hole then u say u wish me well lol condesending like everything u post
U should maybe go back to where u cone from im pretty sure its not australia
Lol theese twits think he has to cheat to win bunch of wankers as if
Maybe in yr country u treat yr woman like grubs but not here go back to where u come from pigs
Im sure u would u are all a bunch of two faced condesending pigs
Salvatore Fazzari YOU FILTHY MOUTHD DOG ! UR FUKKED WEN I SEE U BIT dont b jalous its my turn on the ol glass pipe ill share with ya wen after I belt ya with it
So why cheat then explain it.
We both got to much time on our hands. Lol catch me at the track see YA there buddy
He cheated bottom line.
Racist bitch
Alex Cavallaro you little mutt . haaaa I no who the f u are now u little pissweak mouthy dog ! . naa u wont be seen me at the travk ill be at ur door today ! :) hope uv got the same big mouth wen im in ya ferret face to bakk up all ur mouthy shit uv rote . or ring ya mummy coz ya gunna efging neef sum one im teling u . youve used ya mouth like a man so you get belted like one too ya peice of shit and ricky make sure hes… Read more »
Salvatore Fazzari I cteep wog dog ! hunt family bate family dont do drugs ya got that . !
garth evan alex and the mutts that have descriminated myself and kylie and the hole hunt & bate family . u lot iv mentioned are all going to cop what use deserve . mak my words . !
who the fuk are u Angelo Arambatzis stikking ya beek in . kylie aint a racidt or a aboriginal and tho I am so watch ya mouth :) nother dog
Wait…how did this get back to greyhounds?….arent there some more ‘classy’ comments from people who have never met my immediate family and/or havent seen us for decades yet seem to know all the facts???
Oh yeah I’ll catch ha done u worry buddy
Lol I wish I was aboriginal it would be better than being a desert rat camel fucker like you
Hey why don’t u all go ring Graeme coz u need to no something about greyhounds or need a favour like has do then come stab him in the back on here ha two faced cunts
dumb dumber and dumbest camel rooting condescending two faces back stabbing nonsense talking pig dog drooling scum rats
Family of desert rats and u say I live in a hole you all live in a bunker lol with yr camels
Tag all yr desert rats in every post to all read lol learn about greyhounds instead of riding camels
Don’t sit here Alex and complain about my posts when CLEARLY yr post are just as insulting or worse get yr facts straight before u comment on people’s personal lives back up what yr saying coz I’m pretty sure u don’t no anyone of us hunts nor do u no Graeme bate but u just jump on the ban wagon with yr big mouth because yr immature and try to be big behind yr key board
Yr PATHETIC
Paul if u wants my dad’s number I’m more then happy to pass it on to you , then we can clear the whole thing up ?? I’m sure you’d enjoy the call but not as much as dad !!
Oh and as for working in the g/hound industry , I’m sure working at the g/hound paper doesn’t count !! You never owned nor trained any , now who’s classy ??
What does that even mean u freak
Phew…i was getting bored as nothing good on tv and knew the bait would get a bite!…i thought we were meeting up so you and your dad can sort out my father and i!..also fyi…i haved owned… just another thing you dont know! But i should thank you for breaking my boredom youre a gem
Your welcome :) never said I was meeting up with him said said I’d pass on your claim of them borrowing 21926 , name the dog u owned , I’ll look it up ??
You wrote your dad would be “delighted” to pay me and my dad a visit to sort it out! Then i said “tell me when youd like to visit” to which u replied ” look forward to it, so does dad”…so wen?
Someone needs a english lession…i would reply to all your rubbish comments but i simply cant understand it from all the bad grammar
Quality human being
What the name of your dog you owned ??
Lol…i dont need to prove anything to a nobody…but good deflection of other topic….how bout footy now…Carlton is much better than Collibgwood!
Garth Roese be my teacher lol pffft . yeh top of the class in high school I was u spastic . yep id agree on only 1 normal thing uv said ” and its my spelling missed a wrong button e as trying to keep up on u and the rest of dramatisers that are nothing but cruel and desgust me on all the comments directed at graeme my yep thats right stepfather of 30 years and ill defend my family every single ether pathetic or wrongfully cruel and vandictive thing u or any say . all the way ill… Read more »
oath ! my oath im a quality human being ! dont brand dumbody ypu do not no and do not eva underestimate me . !
You will bump into me one day im like a bad night mare
Lol yr mum is a troll
Well i owned crown tittle back in 2000 and we trained you idiot so wats yr dogs name fuk face
Get a life paul
Go get some klenex u fuking sook dont fuk with us then ya maggot