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Sentenced ... Jockey Damien Oliver outside Racing Victoria Headquarters. Source: David Crosling / AAP
An emotional Damien Oliver has vowed to return to the saddle after he serves a 10-month ban for making a "spur-of-the-moment decision", when he backed a rival horse at Moonee Valley.
Oliver made an emotional plea to stewards saying the bet was made during "the worst period of my life''.
However, stewards disqualified Oliver for eight months and added another two month suspension on the betting charge after the champion hoop made a $10,000 bet on rival horse Miss Octopussy at Moonee Valley in 2010.
They also suspended him for one month for using a mobile phone from inside the Moonee Valley jockeys' room to place the bet with that penalty to be served concurrently.
Oliver revealed during a hearing his life was in turmoil and his marriage on the rocks when he made the bet.
He said he had developed a drinking problem and was battling a variety of psychological issues at the time.
"It was a spur-of-the-moment decision that I will regret for the rest of my life and beyond,'' Oliver said in a statement released after the hearing.
"There are no excuses for the fact that I breached the trust of many people in the industry and I broke a fundamental rule in racing.
Oliver has support in VJA Executive Officer Des O'Keeffe who said the jockey will pay a heavy price for his actions but the VJA will continue to support him.
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"For his mistake Damien Oliver will pay a heavy price, both personally and professionally," Mr. O'Keeffe said.
"There's no doubt Damien Oliver will be his own harshest critic in the days and months ahead and we will continue to offer him support."
O'Keeffe also called on ruling bodies to revamp the information and education provided to all jockeys so that riders absolutely understand and adhere to their obligations under the Rules.
Former jockey and Sky Racing expert Alf Matthews echoes O'Keefe's sentiments but believes Oliver should face the consequences.
"Do the crime, do the time, and people will forgive. And so they should," Matthews said.
"He didn't murder anybody, remember that, he broke a rule. He broke a long-standing rule that has been broken many times before but gone unnoticed."
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