Jockey given 'very large penalty' after horse dies

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A jockey has been suspended for six weeks for his relation successful the fearfulness autumn that forced the abandonment of the Perth Cup and resulted successful the decease of a horse.

Chili Is Hot had to beryllium euthanised successful beforehand of astir 10,000 spectators aft the fall, which happened astir 200m into the race. The contention was abandoned for the archetypal clip successful its 136-year history.

Another horse, Dom To Shoot, suffered abrasions and was recovered to beryllium somewhat lame successful the off-foreleg, portion jockeys Peter Knuckey and Jordan Turner were fortunate to flight wounded aft the incident.

The autumn was triggered erstwhile Chili is Hot clipped the heels of the equine successful beforehand of her, Buster Bash.

Buster Bash's rider, Joseph Azzopardi, pleaded blameworthy to careless riding for shifting outwards erstwhile not wide of Chili Is Hot.

"A suspension of six weeks to a nonrecreational jockey is simply a precise ample penalty, it efficaciously deprives him of his livelihood for that period," said Racing and Wagering WA (RWWA) main racing integrity serviceman Denis Borovica

"The determination of wherever this incidental occurred is what required the contention to beryllium called off, arsenic the tract was going to person to traverse that conception of way connected the 2nd lap."

Perth Racing brag James Olding has defended moving the past contention astatine Ascot aft the abandoned Perth Cup, but conceded moving the dormant equine down the location consecutive successful beforehand of spectators should not person happened.

"People were determination to spot racing," helium said.

"The racing manufacture is simply a precocious hazard sport. Racing goes connected contempt incidents specified arsenic the cupful tragedy.

"We volition person different look astatine our procedures, erstwhile taking enactment aft different contention autumn calamity that costs a horse's life. We indispensable person a amended statement to transport a deceased equine with dignity and distant from an upset crowd.

"There was a batch of unit connected officials to marque speedy decisions aft Chili Is Hot was euthanised. She should person been taken the different way, on the backmost consecutive alternatively of down the location straight."

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