Sean Tarry – cleared by NHA
The National Horseracing Authority confirms that an Inquiry Board, Chaired by Adv John Myburgh SC, was convened to establish if any of the NHA Rules were contravened by Mr Sean Tarry by inter alia filing an affidavit which recanted his earlier evidence given at the Khumalo Inquiry.
The Tarry Inquiry Board concluded the hearing on 11 September 2015 and gave its findings on 17 September 2015.
After hearing the evidence presented by Mr Tarry, the Board accepted Mr Tarry’s version of how it came about that he recanted his evidence. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, it concluded that Mr Tarry could not be found to have contravened any of the NHA Rules.
The Inquiry Board also dismissed the criticism that this inquiry was a ‘witch hunt’ and stated that the NHA, in furtherance of its objectives, namely to promote and maintain honourable practice and to eliminate malpractice and to regulate the sport of thoroughbred horseracing, was entitled, and indeed obliged, to investigate whether Mr Tarry had breached any Rules by recanting his evidence.
