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In a fresh harness racing scandal, a Canterbury trainer has been suspended after being caught injecting a suspected illegal substance into two horses. ....
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Ovens said he would get “Mitch the help he needs to tackle the terrible addiction disease he has”. “And helping his amazing parents who are sticking by him even though their lives have been destroyed by their son’s disease as well. Kirk Hargreaves/Stuff Trainer Paul Kerr celebrates with his son, Mitchell, after Pay Me Christian won the NRM Sire s Stakes Series final at Addington in 2005. “I have raced horses with Paul (Mitchell s father) for 35 years, and he is a dedicated, talented, respectful person, trainer and father.” Ovens suggested the media coverage so far contained a number of mistakes but did not say what they were. ....
The concerns relate to Kerr over-selling shares in horses he bought to train and race. The process of a trainer putting together a syndicate to own a horse and pay its expenses is not unusual. But Kerr, according to allegations made to the RIU, sometimes sold shares in horses equal to almost twice their value. This is called over-syndicating. Syndicate owners have therefore found that instead of owning 20 per cent of a horse they actually own only 10 per cent. Stuff understands some owners have absorbed the loss and left their horses with Kerr so he can pay his debts by training. ....