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‘Strikes at the heart of racing integrity’: Pro punter warned off tracks after betting for jockey

‘Strikes at the heart of racing integrity’: Pro punter warned off tracks after betting for jockey

The Victorian Racing Tribunal has come down heavily on a punter who operated secret betting accounts.

  • by Danny Russell

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Four years after a pro punter befriended a jockey, they won $350,000 in secret bets

Four years after a pro punter befriended a jockey, they won $350,000 in secret bets

Racing Victoria stewards have called for a former pro punter to be warned off tracks for 15 years over a betting scandal involving jockeys.

  • by Danny Russell
Payne baffled by horse’s positive test to breast cancer drug

Payne baffled by horse’s positive test to breast cancer drug

The brother of a Melbourne Cup winner says he is working with racing authorities to find the source of his banned horse’s contamination.

  • by Danny Russell
‘Ridiculous’: Master trainer vents after stewards take his Cup fancy out of race

‘Ridiculous’: Master trainer vents after stewards take his Cup fancy out of race

Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien disagrees with the stewards who withdrew Jan Brueghel from the Melbourne Cup, and believes its absence is a stroke of fortune for the other runners in the race.

  • by Peter Ryan, Danny Russell and Rob Harris
Darren Weir heads to Supreme Court to challenge two-year ban

Darren Weir heads to Supreme Court to challenge two-year ban

Darren Weir has lodged papers with the Supreme Court over a two-year ban that would keep him out of the sport until the 2026 spring carnival.

  • by Danny Russell
‘False and defamatory’: V’landys hits back at Latham claims, defends dual roles
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‘False and defamatory’: V’landys hits back at Latham claims, defends dual roles

The powerful sports supremo has said he’s personally delivered more than $500 million in benefits to racing in NSW, while batting away criticism of how he runs Racing NSW.

  • by Adam Pengilly and Chris Barrett
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‘Orwellian’: Racing NSW under fire over culture and conduct

‘Orwellian’: Racing NSW under fire over culture and conduct

The powerful regulator has been accused of acting as a “lawless organisation” as it faces claims it tried to identify whistleblowers to a parliamentary inquiry.

  • by Chris Barrett
Star jockey Jamie Kah banned, out of Caulfield Cup after guilty verdict

Star jockey Jamie Kah banned, out of Caulfield Cup after guilty verdict

The Victorian Racing Tribunal has returned its verdict on Jamie Kah’s controversial ride at Caulfield last month. She was charged with failing to give her horse every chance to win.

  • by Danny Russell
How a ‘wretch’ and two big mistakes landed Jamie Kah in trouble

How a ‘wretch’ and two big mistakes landed Jamie Kah in trouble

Jamie Kah has scored a big win on a Melbourne Cup hopeful at Flemington, but it was her ride a fortnight ago that led to racing charges that still has everybody talking.

  • by Danny Russell
Kah’s spring under a cloud after stewards lay ‘serious’ charge

Kah’s spring under a cloud after stewards lay ‘serious’ charge

Jamie Kah, one of the headline acts of the coming spring carnival, faces a stint on the sidelines. She has been accused of not giving her horse every chance to win.

  • by Danny Russell
‘It’s hard seeing the horses leave’: Weir’s daughters say banned trainer deserves another go

‘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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