PHILRACOM RESOLUTION NO. 21-10 S. 2010, June 23, 2010

[ PHILRACOM RESOLUTION NO. 21-10 S. 2010, June 23, 2010 ]

PENALTY OF SUSPENSION IMPOSED ON AN ERRING JOCKEY MAY BE REVIEWED AND MODIFIED

WHEREAS, the Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) has the exclusive jurisdiction and control over the conduct of Horseracing including the framing and scheduling of races, the construction and safety of Horse-racing, the allocation of prizes and the security of racing as provided in Presidential Decree No. 420;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the said mandate, the PHILRACOM Board of Commissioners have the power to impose penalties such as but not limited to fines and disqualification.

WHEREAS, a penalty of suspension imposed by the Board of Stewards may be appealed by an aggrieved jockey to the Office of the President within seventy-two (72) hours from receipt of the decision:

WHEREAS, a penalty of suspension imposed on an erring jockey may, upon the latter’s instance, be reviewed and modified if circumstances so warrant upon payment of a fee of Php 1,500.00 despite the lapse of the seventy-two-hour-period to appeal.

NOW THEREFORE, the PHILRACOM Board of Commissioner approves, as it hereby approved, that a penalty of suspension imposed in an erring jockey may, upon the latter’s instance, be reviewed and modified if circumstances so warrant upon payment of a fee of Php 1,500.00 despite the lapse of the seventy-two-hour-period to appeal.

APPROVED and SIGNED by the undersigned Chairman and Commissioners of the Philippine Racing Commission, this 23 rd of June 2010 at Makati City, Philippines.

(ORIGINAL SIGNED)