Punters Warned Off Over No Show
- Monday, 26 July 2010 05:59
Gold Coast punters Alessandro Alaimo and Kevin McFarland have been warned off indefinitely for failing to attend the Danny Nikolic inquiry in April.
Alaimo and McFarland did not attend Monday's Racing Appeals and Disciplinary (RAD) Board hearing in Melbourne and did not enter a plea.
Racing Victoria's Integrity Services manager Dayle Brown appeared on behalf of the stewards.
Alaimo and McFarland had both been charged over their failure to attend the inquiry on April 20.
They had been called to give evidence after their betting activities on Betfair linked them to the Nikolic investigation.
Last month the jockey was cleared by the RAD Board of two charges of engaging in improper practice and two of conduct prejudicial to the image of racing after an exhaustive inquiry.
Queensland Racing stewards warned off Alaimo, McFarland and Victorian punter and commission agent Neville Clements after an investigation into the defeat of $1.30 favourite Baby Boom, trained by Nikolic's brother John, who finished fourth at the Sunshine Coast on January 3.
Clements was warned off indefinitely on March 24 over the Nikolic investigation, for his failure to hand over his phone records from last September to February to RVL stewards.
He has appealed to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal with the decision set down for October 4.
