Fine Cotton ring-in trainer allowed back at races
The lifetime ban imposed on Australian racehorse trainer Hayden Haitana has been lifted yesteryear Queensland authorities.
Haitana was at the middle of the Fine Cotton ring-in scandal inwards 1984, inwards which open-class performer Bold Personality was made upwards to await similar Fine Cotton, a novice. The ring-in Equus caballus duly won a race at Eagle Farm inwards Brisbane, on August 18, 1984 as well as backed from 33-1 to 7-2 inwards a nationwide plunge.
Bold Personality was a desperate last-minute replacement purchased amongst a banking corporation check that bounced later the master copy ring-in horse Dashing Solitaire was injured.
Substituting the horses was no slow task, considering the horses were unlike colours. Fine Cotton was at the fourth dimension aged eight, as well as was dark-brown amongst white markings on his hind legs. Bold Personality was aged 7 as well as was bay amongst no white markings. Reportedly Clairol pilus colouring was applied to Bold Personality. But on race day, mortal forgot to bleach his legs to jibe Fine Cotton, as well as hence white pigment was applied. The enamel pigment failed to stick to the horse’s hair.
The commutation was noticed earlier whatever coin was paid out.
The scandal rocked the racing scene inwards the mid 1980s, as well as Haitana was 1 of half dozen people banned for life yesteryear the Queensland Racing Board. The Australian Jockey Club warned off bookmakers Bill as well as Robbie Waterhouse as well as 7 others for having prior noesis of the ring-in.
Haitana, similar a shot 68, served 29 years of the ban as well as half dozen months of a 12-month prison theatre sentence. The Waterhouses were reinstated inwards 1998, as well as an application yesteryear Haitana inwards 2003 to convey his ban lifted was denied.
Robbie Waterhouse was given viii months periodic detention for lying to the Racing Appeals Tribunal, as well as his wife, Gai, was denied a trainer’s licence until 1992. She won her get-go Melbourne Cup early on final calendar month amongst Fiorente.
Fine Cotton died at the historic menses of 31 in Queensland inwards February, 2009.
A twelvemonth later the scandal Fine Cotton was sold to moving painting producer John Stainton, who equally good bought the rights to the story. But for legal reasons the cinema was never made.
Fine Cotton was used equally a riding Equus caballus merely was retired at the historic menses of 19. He died at Stainton’s belongings inwards Brookfield, due west of Brisbane.
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