Racing identity Richard Callander spotted laying turf at Allianz Stadium

RACING identity Richard Callander has had a spectacular fall from grace - and was spotted laying turf at Allianz Stadium on Wednesday.

Racing identity Richard Callander has been spotted getting his hands dirty.

RACING and media identity Richard Callander has had a spectacular fall from grace since he decided to take a cut of a horse he sold to a syndicate in Hong Kong, in breach of the Australian Racing Rules.

Disqualified from racetracks for six months and fined $10,000 for dishonest and/or fraudulent conduct relating to the sale of Lil Caesar to buyers in Hong Kong, Callander turned up in the strangest place on Wednesday.

Sporting a big red beard, Callander was laying turf at Allianz Stadium.

The man who used to boast that he had media contacts above and beyond anyone else in Sydney is now working for a turf farm contracted to do the job at Moore Park.

He told our operative that he was moving to Melbourne to kickstart his media career again.

From high roller to heavy roller, Callander’s confidence apparently hasn’t deserted him, outlining in no uncertain terms to our contact which of Sydney’s racing and media bosses he had in his sights for the damage he claimed they caused him.