IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF MAURITIUS

In the matter of:

Kersley RAMSAMY, residing at Morcellement Dhunputh, Belle Vue' Chemin

Grenier
Plaintiff

v/s

L St6phan De chalain, c/o The Mauritius Turf club, situate at Dr Eugdne Laurent
street, Port Louis
2. The Mauritius Turf Club (MTC), represented by its CEO, Mr M' Rishworth'

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service to be effected at Dr EugCne Laurent street, Port Louis

3.AlainRousset,c/oTheMauritiusTurfClub,situateatDrEugcneLaurentstreet'
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Port Louis
YYI\ i 4.JuliaKeevy,c/o,TheMauritiusTurfClub,situateatDrEugdneLaurentStreet,Port
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Louis
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12' Sir William Newton
5. Paul Beeby, of G.R.A, situate at Newton Tower, Level
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street, Port Louis
i: 6. The Gamble Regulatory Authority (GRA), of Newton
Tower' Level 12' Sir

William Newton street, Port Louis

Defendants

PRAECIPE

1. Plaintiff is a person of good character and reputation

and enjoys the esteem and

respect of his relatives, friends and members of the

public' Plaintiff is a well-known

jockey, horses at race meetings in South Africa, Abu Dhabi'

France as well as in
riding
Mauritius. Plaintiffhas numerous fans in those aforesaid countries'

Perdrau stable recognised

2. Plaintiff in Mauritius rides horses belonging to the Alain
since race meetings of 2017 '
by the defendants, and Plaintiffhas been doing so ever
3. Defendants 1, 3 and 4 are prdposds of Defendant No.2 and Defendant No.5 is the
prdposd of Defendant No.6.

4. Plaintiff was selected by Defendant No.2 to ride as jockey for different existing
stables in Mauritius at intemational racing events that took place on Saturday 30

November 2019 and Sunday I December 2019.

5a. On Saturday 30 November, Plaintiff was convened to a meeting of the Mauritius

Turf Club at which were present the following members of the M.T.C Board and GRA:
(a) Mr Stdphan De Chalain, Chief Stipe;

(b) Mr Alain Rousset;

(c) Mr Paul Beeby, Chairman of the Gambling Regulatory Authority;
(d) Mrs Julia Keevy, a South African citizen who sits on the board of The Mauritius
Turf Club:
5b. Plaintiff was not told prior to his said attending the meeting the reason for being
summoned.

6. At the aforesaid meeting, Plaintiff was told by Defendant No. l, in the presence of
the other persons mentioned at Paragraph 4:"there are rumours going around lhat you

are involved in race fixing. You have to step down for the inrernational race events
scheduled for 30 November 2019 and I December 20j9, and ifyou do not step down
by yourse$ you will be forced to do so".

7. During the same meeting, Defendant No.5, the chairman of the Defendant No.6
GRA, then stated the following to the Plaintiff: "The betting factor can affect the public
and you should step down".

8. During the same meeting, Defendant No.4 (Ms Julia Keevy) asked the plaintiff
whether he was prepared to make a statement. The plaintiff then said: ,,yes I am
prepared to make a deposition", and Plaintiff was then asked if he can submit his mobile
phone and bank statement to the Board. Plaintiffsaid he was prepared to do so. He was

then asked to leave the room for the persons present to discuss amongst themselves and

that he would be called back.

g. After about 20 minutes, Plaintiff was convened again to the said meeting and

DefendantNo'lsaidtoPlaintiff..Coupleoftrainersareagainstyouforridingduring
reason and he was told that there
the intemational events". Plaintiff then asked for the

were rumours about his race fixing'

No. t told plaintiff "you better step down' because if

you are allowed to
10. Defendant
come and complain and it will
ride and there is a fault on your part, the trainers might
what he should explain to the
not look good for your career". Plaintiff then asked
1 then replied' "You
joumalists and any queries about his not riding' Defendant No'
decided not to ride at those
shoutd tell them that you have yourself voluntarily
intemational races".

lla.OnSundaylDecember20lg,therewasacommuniquethatappearedonlineat
as follows: "Race Fixing all6gud: Ia GM
et Ie MTC enquArc "' Les
www.lexpress'mu
alldgations font itat, selon te Chief Stipe'
d'une tentative de pervertir les rdsultats des
s'est
courses au programme hier, samedi 30
novembre' L'iquipe des Racing Stewards
dc-'
retrouvie avec un dpinew dossier hier' samedi 30 novembre' avant le ddroulement
graves all|gations de tentative de
la premiire manche du week-end international' De
RaceFixingluisontparvenuesetavaientdgalementattdrrieSdlaGamblingRegulatory
Chdlain a' en iin de journde' confrmd it
Authority (GM) Le Chiei Stipe, Stdphan de
d I'effet qu'un bookmaker aurait
la presse que des rumeurs circulaient avant lajournde
sdjournent les cavaliers participant au
weeK'
6td vu dans l'dtablissement h6telier oit
selon le Chief Stipe' d,une |entati\)e de
end international. Les altdgations font dtat,
La prdsence d'un propridtuire
pervertir les rdsultats des courses au programme hier'
au dit h6tel serait dgalement dicrid;
de Tcourses a rdagi
'En prdsence de ces informations' I'dquipe des commissaires
jockeys avant le ddbut de la journie' dont
promptement et a questionnd plusieurs
montes' lron lholf' engagde dans la 8e
Kersley Ramsamy, par rapport d une de ses
Tout en ref ant ces alldgations'
courseet qui avait dft r:|s prisie au niveau du betting

Kersley Ramsamy a prdfdrd step down

pour le week-end' Face au board des

commissaires, il s'est dit trds perturbd

par ces rumeurc et aurait exprimd son souhait
pol4mique
de peur qu'il ne puisse y avoir de
de ne pas prendre de risques et monter'
I'ouverture d'une enqu7te sur toute
par rapport d ses montes Le Chief Stipe a annonci
 cette afaire qui vient dclabousser les courses hippiques. Celle-ci sera mende par paul
Beeby de la GRA' ;

I I b. In Le Mauricien of 2 December 20 I 9, at page 29 thereof, under title: Tentative de

Comrption, forfaits de jockeys, etc., it is mentioned therein as fqllows:
'Pire, avant mAme b ddbut de la compdtition, plusieurs jockeys ont dtd pointds du
doigt pour complot.dans le but de < fix a race ,. Dans cette conjoncture, le jockey
Ramsamy a ofiiciellement prdfbrd ddclarer forJizit, ce qui est contestd par l,entourage
dujockey, qui prdtend avoir dft ( stepped down >. [Jne enquerc ouverte par les
Racing Stewards, tiryed apparemtnent pdr un jockey dtranger, faisant 6tat de la
prdsence dans I'Hotel de rdsidence des jockeys internationaux de la prLsence de
plusieurs jockeys montant a Maurice, d'un bookmaker, ddjd sanctionnd pour une

catamaran party avec des jockeys et qui a quand meme obtenu sa licence de ta GM
pour cette saison, et un propridtaire notoirement connu pour ses proximitds avec la
classe politique. Des inages CCTC confrment ces prdsence et des tdmoignage sur
place semblent confirmer le conplot. La GM a pris le relais de I'enquete, qui a dt6
conJide a Paul Beeby' .

12. It of the plaintiff that the following appeared on

has come to the knowledge
Facebook: Defendant No.l stated that his board (MTC board), ,,a cherchd des
explications auprds de cinq jockeys soit Kersley Ramsamy (ptaintffi, N. Juglall,
D.
David, J. Allyhosain, R.Simons, ce matin (Saturday 30 November 2019) suite
ir des
informations communiqudes par certaines personnes et ra GRA. Le Chief stipe
a aussi
ajoutd que c'est le jockey Ramsamy, vu res rumeurs circurant autour de rui qui
a rui
mAme demandd d ne pas monter et que le board a agrdd d sa demande':

13.Plaintiffavers that at no time he agreed and consented to step down and not to ride.
Plaintiff never said so to Defendant No.1 and to the members present sitting at that
meeting where he was convened.

14. Plaintiff avers that all allegations made against him are false, wicked and
unfounded. Plaintiffavers that he had not been given a fair hearing and the opportunity
to refuse all the false allegations made against him. plaintiffalso avers that he has never
been involved in any attempt for race fixing.
 15' Plaintiff avers that as a result
of the unlawful acts and doings
of Defendants, his
reputation and hisjob as ajockey
has taken a sharp blow and
his reputation has been
tamished in Mauritius and abroad
and is suffering great mentar
anguish and prejudice.

l6' Plaintiff avers that he has been forced

not to ride
at those intemational events due
to false' wicked and unwarranted
rumours espoused by the defendants,
although his
name already appeared on the
race cards and in all racing magazines
for both
intemational meetings.

17' Plaintiff avers that of all the jockeys

against whom there were rumours,
as
mentioned in paragraphs a and
llb above, he was the only one who had been
prevented from riding horses
at the internationar events on 30
November 201g nd 1
December 2019.

18. Plaintiff avers that he had in

the circumstances, been deprived
of the great
opportunity to participate for the
first time in an Intemational horse racing
event in
Mauritius organised by the Defendant
No.2.

l9' Plaintiff avers that the 'commettants"

Defendants No' l 4 and 5, are jointly
'3
caused to the plaintiff.
Defendants No.2 and 6 and the ,prdposds,
and in solido liable for the damage
and prejudice

20' Plaintiff avers that as a result

of the unlawful acts and doings of
the Defendants
which constitute a faute; he has suffered
damage and prejudice which
he values al 5
million rupees' which sum the defendants
are boundjointly and in solido
to make good
to the Plaintiff. However, praintiff
voluntarily reduces his craim to Rs.2,000,000
so as
to meet the jurisdiction of this Court.

21. Plaintiff therefore humbly prays

from this Honourable Court for a judgment
ordering the Defendants j ointry and
in solido to pay to him the sum of2
million rupees
as damages and this, for the reasons set forth above, together
rnterest at legar rate as
from the date entry of the plaint till final payment. With costs.

Under all legal res€rvations

Dated at Port Louig this 04 December
2019
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