7 days ago
Jockey Justin Huxtable has conditions on riding license removed after police charge is discontinued
A police charge against Queensland jockey Justin Huxtable has been discontinued and conditions on his riding license have been removed.
The jockey was arrested by police in north Queensland last October following a complaint from a young female.
He was later charged under section 227A of the Queensland Criminal Code, recording in breach of privacy.
The act states it is illegal for a person to observe or visually record another person in circumstances where a reasonable adult would expect to be afforded privacy.
Huxtable was initially stood down from riding by racing stewards, but last November the Queensland Racing Appeals Panel (RAP) allowed him to return to riding under certain conditions.
Those conditions included being banned from riding anywhere in Queensland north of Rockhampton and also being barred from doing any pre or post race media interviews.
The matter returned to the RAP on Wednesday with Huxtable's lawyer Corey Cullen telling the appeals panel that the police charge against the jockey had been dismissed and discontinued last month.
Cullen said there were no proceedings afoot against his client in relation to the matter.
Cullen submitted that the conditions that had been imposed on Huxtable's jockey license should be removed.
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission lawyers did not oppose the application.
RAP chairman Kerry O'Brien said the situation regarding the matter had changed 'in light of subsequent events' since it was last before the panel last November.
He ordered that all conditions on Huxtable's riding license be set aside and removed.
Huxtable, who has ridden 482 winners in his career to date, is a South Australian-born jockey who was crowned Queensland apprentice of the year in 2020-21.
During the recent Queensland winter carnival, he scored a Group 1 placing when he rode Chris and Corey Munce-trained Payline into third in the Doomben 10,000.
