An impassioned intervention by John Gosden was not enough to turn things around for his jockey Rab Havlin, who failed in his efforts
Amos Youth Jersey to kill off a drugs ban imposed by the French authorities. Havlin hotly denied taking cocaine, which France Galop claims was found in a urine sample he gave at Saint-Cloud last autumn, but he will now have to serve the entirety of a six-month ban which ends on 4 October. After two appeals in France against the original ban were rejected, Havlin went to the British Horseracing Authority on Tuesday with an application that the final seven weeks of the suspension should not be reciprocated. His solicitor, Rory Mac Neice, argued that the ban should have been backdated to the point when he was first suspended in France, shortly after the positive sample was declared, as had been done in a 2013 case involving Frankie Dettori. Talking Horses: Hoping The Twisler can twist again like he did in 2015 Read more Mac Neice argued Havlin had in fact served an eight-month suspension and should now be allowed to return to the saddle. He pointed to a letter from France Galop which appeared to give the BHA permission to make its own decision about when the ban should have started. Having sat through 90 minutes of argument and procedure, Gosden intervened as the panel rose to consider its verdict, silencing the room by sheer force of will and returning those present to their seats. “If I can just say something,” called out the two-time champion trainer. “I’ve worked with Mr Havlin for 17 years. I would not have stood by him if I thought he’d been a fool, I wouldn’t be here. “I believe he has suffered an appalling miscarriage of justice. He has been through eight months of Kafkaesque hell and I hope you are able to end it. The door has been opened by France Galop and I hope you feel able to walk in.” However, a BHA disciplinary panel ruled there had been no breach of natural justice by France Galop and therefore it had no power to do anything but reciprocate the ban. “We do have sympathy
http://www.officialauthenticsaintsstore.com/Nike-Alvin-Kamara-Jersey.html for Mr Havlin, who has maintained his innocence throughout this unfortunate affair,” said Patrick Milmo QC, delivering his verdict. “But sympathy alone is not sufficient to allow us to interfere with the reciprocation of a suspension.” Advertisement Earlier, Milmo had caused consternation on Havlin’s side of the room when he appeared to prejudge the outcome. During an argument with Mac Neice over the meaning of France Galop’s letter, he said: “As far as we’re concerned, the suspension runs to 4 October.” “Are you saying you’ve reached that view before the hearing? Or that you’ve reached it now as a panel?” responded Mac Neice, showing obvious concern. At length, he was reassured that the three panel members had not actually formed a final view on the issues at stake and that Milmo had not intended to suggest otherwise. At the core of the case was Havlin’s decision in January to cease riding in Britain after the news of his positive sample. At that point he was subject to a “medical suspension” in France but not a disciplinary suspension that the BHA would have been obliged to reciprocate and, because of a gap in the rules, the BHA might not have been able to prevent him from riding at that time. Havlin relinquished his licence voluntarily, having, he said, been advised
http://www.authentichurricanestore.com/cam-ward-jersey_c-442.html by his French lawyers that the time served would be taken off any eventual ban. But France Galop said it had changed its policy in 2014 and no longer reduced its bans in that manner, so that Havlin’s six months did not start to run until the appeal process ended in early April. “It’s disappointing but I’m going to have to wipe my mouth and move on,” Havlin said. “Throughout the whole case, we’ve tried to do everything that we thought was right and tried to help the relevant authorities... We gave them 100% help. Obviously, it’s fell on its knees yet again.” He will continue with a claim against France Galop in the French courts, where he seeks damages for defamation and loss of earnings. “This has cost me into six figures, fighting it in France, legal fees plus loss of earnings. But I would do it all again because [otherwise] I can’t look my children in the eye in 10 years’ time, when they start going on Google. They’d say: ’Why did you not fight it if you didn’t do it?’” “He’s an innocent man,” said Gosden, adding that Havlin had missed riding four Group-race winners for him while suspended. “I don’t think the French have followed their own protocols. This’ll come out in the French law case. And he’s played it absolutely straight ... and yet he has suffered for playing it absolutely straight and correctly. I don’t think that’s a good message to go out. “If he’d done something silly, he’d be the first to come and tell
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