Eddie Ahern banned for 10 years

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Just been on ATR that he has been banned for 10 years for stopping a horse and Neil Clement banned for 15 years.

The story from the racingpost before the punishment was announced

Eddie Ahern found guilty of corruption by BHA

By David Baxter 2:00PM 22 MAY 2013
EDDIE AHERN and ex-footballer Neil Clement have been found guilty of corruption by the BHA , with a hearing to determine the penalties for the breaches set for later on Wednesday afternoon.
The BHA released the results of the inquiry on Wednesday, with Ahern and Clement found in breach of three separate rules each, while punters Paul Hill and Martin Raymond have been cleared of all charges.
Under the rules of racing, Ahern has been found guilty of conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice (A) 41.2, communicating inside information for reward (A) 36.1 and intentionally failing to ensure a horse was run on its merits (B) 59.2.

Clement was also found in breach of rule (A) 41.2, as well as (E) 92.2 for placing a lay bet on a horse which he then owned, and (A) 50.2 for failing to provide phone records.

The allegations made by the BHA were dealt with in three parts, firstly centering on five Ahern rides between September 10, 2010 and February 11, 2011. Ahern and Clement were charged with engaging in a conspiracy using inside information supplied by Ahern to support Clement's lay betting.

Clement, along with four other individuals; James Clutterbuck, Martin Raymond, Paul Hill and Michael Turl, were alleged to be using inside information for lay betting on Stoneacre Gareth at Lingfield on March 9, 2011, with the then-seven-year-old finishing eighth of 14 runners.

The final set of allegations were made against Clement only, in that he had a lay bet on Hindu Kush, who he then owned on February 2, 2011.

Prior to the results of the inquiry into Ahern and Clement, the BHA had disqualified Turl for two years and levied a £10,000 fine at a separate hearing. While Hill and Raymond have been cleared of all charges, James Clutterbuck was given a two-and-a-half year ban in another separate inquiry.
Ahern could be facing a lengthy ban from the sport, with each of his breaches carrying severe penalties.
The entry point for rule (A) 41.2, conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice, is disqualification for three years with a range of six months to ten years.
Rule (A) 36.1, the passing of inside information for reward also carries an entry point of disqualification for three years, with a range of 18 months to five years.
Finally rule (B) 59.2, failing to ensure a horse is run on its merits, carries the stiffest punishments with an entry point of eight years disqualification for deliberately not riding to obtain the best possible placing for reward or knowing that it had been laid to lose with a range of five to 25 years.
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Posters on the Betfair forum, often characterised as swivel-eyed loons, can pat themselves on the back on this one. Many of Ahern's rides have come under scrutiny on there over a number of years and I think this demonstrates that it wasn't all pocket talk.
 
He's one of many so called top jockeys I'm wary of despite his obvious talent.

No sympathy. Do the crime do the time.
 
Lot of crap all this.
Get rid of handicaps and racing will be straight.
Totally bent game....always has been
 
harry said:
Lot of crap all this.
Get rid of handicaps and racing will be straight.
Totally bent game....always has been
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not sure about that Harry...I'm not seeing how commiting fraud has much to do with handicaps tbh.

do you think US racing is straight?..not many handicaps there
 
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The handicapping system works perfect and that's the honest truth, but one must wonder what goes through anyone's mind to think they are bigger than that system and attempt to manipulate the process.
 
harry said:
Guys, seriously do you think that racing is straight???
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Not totally and it never will be.

But you posted: "totally bent game...always has been." I responded to that because I think it's a ludicrous statement, the sort I used to hear all the time in betting shops when I used to frequent them.

If you bet on decent class racing on the better courses you can largely - largely - avoid the dodgy stuff. You'll sometimes fall foul of it but you'll also occasionally unwittingly benefit from it. Bravo anyway to the BHA for their efforts in this and other cases. Thirty years ago nothing at all would have been done and all we'd have would be the occasional dark mutterings about "jockeys' races" in the press.

Do you bet on it if you think it's totally bent? You didn't answer that question.
 
Oh Wankety Wankety keep the heid ffs

Eddie Ahern is as thick as 2 short planks for letting these people into his life. All they lose is a trip to the races whereas he loses everything he lives for and goes out of racing as a cheat..

No worries a bout the ban being just but these maggots who prey on jockeys should be jailed. They make there way through life using and abusing others who always end up taking the rap.
 
I thought this story was significant until I got to the second last paragraph, after which I'm not sure.


Ahern appeal against
ban backed by PJA

By Peter Scargill 2:05PM 23 MAY 2013
EDDIE AHERN'S planned appeal against a ten-year ban for corruption imposed by the BHA on Wednesday received the backing of the Professional Jockeys Association on Thursday.

Ahern, 35, was warned off by the disciplinary panel after being found guilty of ensuring Judgethemoment failed to run on his merits at Lingfield in January 2011 and passing on information for reward on four other beaten runners between September 2010 and February 2011.

Former champion apprentice Ahern was described as being "absolutely devastated" by the judgement although his plans to appeal were thought to be in some jeopardy with legal costs forecast to be at least £30,000.
However, the Classic-winning jockey is moving ahead with his appeal with the support of the PJA, which has "concerns" with the judgement and reasons given for suspending Ahern, who claimed the ride on Judgethemoment was "a moment of madness".

Paul Stuthers, chief executive of the PJA, said: "The PJA agrees that corrupt conduct cannot be tolerated within a sport where integrity is absolutely vital.

"However, Eddie Ahern is adamant that he is not guilty of the corrupt charges found against him and plans to appeal. We are supportive of this position given the concerns over the judgement and written reasons of the disciplinary panel. It would be inappropriate to go into specifics at this stage pending his appeal."

He added: "It is the PJA's role to support its members prior to and leading up to any disciplinary proceedings, and to provide any subsequent advice and non-financial support that is required following the conclusion to those same proceedings. Our condemnation of corrupt conduct does not alter that, particularly so when a member is appealing."

Ahern, who was warned off alongside former professional footballer Neil Clement, has until 5pm on Friday to appeal against his ban.
 
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