Shultz, who finishes on Friday, made the parting shot ahead of starting his new position at Ballarat as regional manager with Racing Victoria stewards.

Although Shultz didn't name specific trainers, Mitch Beer, Gordon Yorke, Norm Loy, Laura McCullum and Garry Worsnop have all faced Shultz and his disciplinary panel over the past 18 months.

"It's just childish, the behaviour down there," Shultz told The Daily Advertiser.

"I won't say from all of them but a small minority of them, basically.

"The large majority do the right thing but a small percentage of the racing population are letting the larger population down."

Loy was disqualified for three months last week for a drunken Facebook rant directed at NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian.

He has since appealed the ban.

Yorke was also outed last week for four and a half months on a misconduct charge which also involved Loy.

Worsnop was slapped with a $400 fine for an inappropriate comment directed towards Yorke during his inquiry last week.

McCullum was handed a four-month disqualification in July last year after being found guilty of providing false evidence during an inquiry.

Mitch Beer was fined $500 in June, which was stayed, after a verbal stoush with fellow Albury trainer Denise Wise at Wagga races.

Wise's partner Clayton Smith escaped with a warning at the inquiry.

Two of Beer's staff in Amber Coomb and Emma Johnstone were also handed four and five month disqualifications respectively last September for a breach of COVID protocols.

Shultz said stewards would continue to come down hard on those who break the rules.

"Penalties are seen to be deterrents and a message to stop such actions," he said.

"It doesn't look good for the image of racing when events such as these occur."

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Shultz also revealed he was forced to travel to Albury previously to issue trainers with a stern warning regarding their behaviour towards each other.

"It would have been just over 12 months ago, I'd had enough of it down there, between the club and myself, we made them all come down and basically told them that they need to pull their heads in," he said.

Shultz resigned as chief stewards of the SDRA in July.

He has been based in the SDRA for the past five years, the last two of which he has been chief steward.

In his new position with Racing Victoria Shultz will oversee Ballarat and the western districts.

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