Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) stewards have enacted Local Rule 64A (4) and (6) and declared licensed trainer John Finn as a defaulter due to the non-payment of a $72,950 debt owed to GRNSW.
Of this amount, $68,500 relates to the failure to return prizemoney that was paid to Mr Finn.
The prizemoney was earned by the greyhound Winsome Charlee after that greyhound returned a positive urine sample following her win in a 2013 Golden Easter Egg Semi Final, and was retrospectively disqualified from its second placing in the Golden Easter Egg Final. This decision was recently confirmed on appeal by the Racing Appeals Tribunal.
The remainder of the debt comprises of associated inquiry expenses.
Under Rule 99 of the Greyhound Racing Rules, a person who is declared to be a defaulter shall not nominate a greyhound for any event or train a greyhound.
