Bold Personality was selected, obviously on ability more than appearance. The Waterhouse involvement was set alight by the Australian Jockey Club committee, which cut its law enforcement officer, John Schreck, loose on the case.ĭue to a similarity, the talented Dashing Soltaire was the first horse chosen to switch with Fine Cotton but he ran into a barbed wire fence and so another had to be found on short notice. Robbie returned in 2001 while his father, who strongly denied previous knowledge, was given a bookmaking licence again in 2002. He was also sent to jail.Īnother major player, John Gillespie, was also jailed while bookmakers Bill Waterhouse and son Robbie Waterhouse were warned off for having prior knowledge. Subsequently Haitana was warned off Australian racecourses for life by stewards until the ban was lifted in 2013. There wasn't a public whisper at Eagle Farm before the event but hooters chanted "ring-in" when the horses returned to the enclosure prompting official action and disqualification of "Fine Cotton", eventuating with all bets on him being lost. "You wouldn't put a zac into an operation featuring Hayden Haitana," one wag told me. Going on the whispered word, it was being offered for weeks previously in Sydney betting circles, but shunned by most. I was at Warwick Farm and 10 minutes after the race knew the details and wouldn't have been in the first 1000 to hear of the planned sting.Ĭertainly it had the whiff of a double whammy. "Some have weakness for the drink, some for women, some for the punt, and some for the con – but I'm lucky I've got the lot," Haitana is quoted in Fine Cotton and Me (Angus and Robertson), a memoir written with Graham Bauer.īold Personality, racing as Fine Cotton, scored a short half-head win from Harbour Gold after being backed from 33/1 to 7/2 with as little as 6/4 being offered at the corresponding Warwick Farm meeting in Sydney where the big money arrived regarding the worst-kept secret of the turf. * Lazarus wins Inter Dominion but Purdon cops lengthy suspension
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* Top Australian harness driver accused of fixing races for gambling gains
* SPCA waiting on forensic evidence in investigation of live-bait use * Not even a nose could separate the outsider and the favourite "Just ignore the people that have no respect."Īs yet no-one has accepted the challenge.* Fine Cotton racing scandal trainer Hayden Haitana dies in South Australia "You could have been at home curled up on the couch but no you were out working your butt off. Gail Anderson said: "Good on you girlfriend." Her stand has already attracted supporters in Toowoomba. "It it goes ahead and people would like to be spectators there will be a small charge and all money will go to Zenon Fitness' preferred breast cancer fund," Ms Ruse said. "I will book in the time with my trainer Robert Gillis." "Personal message me so we can organise a day and time," she said. She said if the men weren't too scared, they could accept the challenge by responding to her post. "If I win you have to make a public apology." "If you win I will pay for a personal training session with the trainer of your choice at Zenon Fitness.
"How about you put your money where your mouth is and join me in a training competition," she wrote on a popular car site. Instead of backing away, Ms Ruse has publicly challenged the men to a fitness challenge. While driving away in an orange Holden Commodore they yelled out "run fatty run" to Ms Ruse. She was working as a delivery driver, and running between jobs, when two men decided to yell abuse at her, taking aim at her weight. "Why would you go to the gym if you're made to feel like you don't belong?"ĮARLIER: It's the kind of abuse that's way too common.īut Toowoomba woman Rebecca Ruse wasn't going to let it fly. Mr Gillis said people who were trying to make a change in their lives should be encouraged. "We all know exercise is good for anyone at any level - whether you're fit or not." He said it was verbal and mental abuse and applauded Ms Ruse for calling the men out. "You don't know someone's back story and you have no right to abuse them in that way." "It's essentially bullying, there's just no need for it.
"I'm incredibly proud to have Bec as a client and as a friend as well."
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