Racing integrity
‘It’s hard seeing the horses leave’: Weir’s daughters say banned trainer deserves another go
As Darren Weir’s daughters oversee the removal of more than 100 racehorses from his property, they say their father is being shut out of the industry for longer than he deserves.
- by Danny Russell
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Horse trainer Darren Weir banned until 2026 spring carnival
Darren Weir’s bid to return to the training ranks has suffered a huge blow at the Victorian Racing Tribunal, and he now has just seven days to clear his pre-training property.
- by Danny Russell
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The positive swab, the trainer and his 12 mobile phones: A fight for racing’s integrity
Aaron Goadsby has refused to comply with an order from NSW stewards to hand over his devices for an investigation and is taking his battle to the Supreme Court.
- by Chris Barrett
Black Caviar’s final foal dies days after champion mare’s death
The owners of Black Caviar confirmed the news in a tragic postscript to the sprinter’s death.
- by Adam Pengilly and Chris Roots
Latham launches extraordinary attack on Racing NSW chief Peter V’landys
Racing NSW supremo Peter V’landys has hit back, challenging the upper house MP to repeat the claims outside the “coward’s castle” of parliament.
- by Max Maddison and Michael Koziol
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‘I will destroy you in court’: Top jockey’s night of drunken, racial abuse of police
Chad Schofield was meant to be in Wagga for a lucrative horse racing carnival, but instead ended up in custody after a wild confrontation with police.
- by Adam Pengilly
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Darren Weir handed two-year ban over the use of jiggers
The disgraced trainer has been issued a further disqualification for using an electronic shock device on three racehorses in 2018.
- by Andrew Wu
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Horse racing
Top executive quits AFL to take the reins at VRC with McLachlan in racing’s wings
Kylie Rogers is the second AFL executive to have departed for another major sporting organisation after missing out on the top job at league headquarters. Meanwhile, the Gillon McLachlan waiting game continues.
- by Danny Russell
Watch: The unremarkable Sandown race that was referred to betting investigators
This is the footage of the last 150 metres of a low-profile race at an unremarkable, barely attended Sandown meeting in the winter of 2022 that caught the stewards’ eye – and, after questioning the jockey and trainer, was referred to racing’s betting intelligence unit.
- by Danny Russell
The horse that never hit the ground: mysterious case of the disappearing thoroughbred
Two weeks ago, a horse died in a trial ahead of the Warrnambool jumps carnival. Find out why the death went unreported, the evidence scrubbed from the record.
- by Danny Russell
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Horse racing
How a ‘four-leaf clover’ analogy helped Darren Weir beat corruption charge
Darren Weir was back before the Victoria Racing Tribunal on Wednesday as the verdict was delivered on three corruption charges.
- by Danny Russell
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