The head on vision from the Launceston trots on the 13th of February 2022 is there on the Tasracing website.
It is there for race 5 too.
But it has mysteriously disappeared for race 4.
The race in which a horse named Magician was backed to win more than $10 000.
One and the same race where the driver of the winner deliberately kicked the horse that was about to run straight past him in the guts, and caused he and his driver to fall.
The stood down Chief Steward Steven Shinn was in charge of this meeting.
Has Shinn let it happen, and made the tapes disappear?
Were bets were placed in a State other than Tasmania?
If so, it might have seemed smart at the time to stupid people, but it was very, very dumb indeed.
This is now cross-state crime.
The Australian Federal Police are involved.
Is someone going to be charged with serious crimes?
Will someone go to jail?
Does someone need to hope to hell that he doesn’t strike an eager young AFP investigator with some knowledge of racing and betting, or a keen desire to learn, and the drive to look back further.
If he does it is going to get worse for someone mark my words.
A whole lot worse indeed.
