Glyn Schofield
Trainer Brent Stanley and top Sydney jockey Glyn Schofield will face charges relating to the sale of a horse to Hong Kong.
The pair faces charges surrounding their alleged conduct during the transaction that sent the unraced Equita to Hong Kong for $290,000 in May last year.
A stewards’ investigation found that Equita’s original owners received funds for a $200,000 sale but it will be alleged at a Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board hearing that the Hong Kong purchaser paid $290,000 for the horse.
Schofield faces one charge of becoming involved in the “buying, selling, trading or leasing of thoroughbred bloodstock” without the express permission of the Principal Racing Authority that has issued his licence.
Stewards allege Schofield retained $20,000 of the sale before giving Stanley $20,000 in cash on or about May 20 last year at Randwick and transferring the remaining $250,000 to a bank account in the name of the trainer’s wife.
Stanley faces four charges, including one of allegedly engaging in dishonest, corrupt, or improper practice and three others of giving false or misleading evidence at a stewards’ inquiry.
The stewards allege Stanley “retained proceeds of the sale totalling $70,000” without the knowledge or consent of Equita’s owners.
The RAD Board will hear the case on a date to be fixed.
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