Surely with all this abnormal betting and questionable behaviour this should have been noticed by the feds but it appears no one has been asked.Certainly don't swallow the tongue tie story .The horses gear is checked off as they leave the stabling area and if anything is left off the trainer is dealt with accordingly.I agree with Freda that all gear must be put on at the cross ties and you can't just add stuff willy nilly.I would certainly hope that something will be done about this.
We already have the race fixing issue in racing going on at the moment,the Wier/Currie situation in aussie and now this {on a smaller scale} This clip was forwarded from overseas and our integrity image is already extremely poor.The only people that can deal with this is the RIU.The stipes that day ,Davidson,Oatham,Wadley, and McLaughlin so they need to be watching a bit more closely and switch on to the jobs they are all paid to do.