Racing integrity
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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‘Poor culture and toxic’: Female board members accuse Melbourne Racing Club of bullying
The board battle at the MRC is becoming increasingly bitter, as two members join John Kanga’s bid for change.
- by Danny Russell
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Rob Hulls was racing minister. He wants to end jumps racing in Victoria
Former Labor deputy premier and racing minister Rob Hulls has called for jumps racing to stop after a weekend ended with three horses being euthanised.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Jamie Kah was ‘immature, irresponsible’, but white powder case dismissed
The star jockey will not face any penalties after footage of Jamie Kah cutting lines of white powder at her home was widely circulated.
- by Carla Jaeger
‘Deny, deny, deny’: Text messages revealed, stewards accused of ‘smear campaign’ in Kah hearing
Star jockey Jamie Kah says she didn’t know stablehand Ruby McIntyre was recording her cutting lines of a white powder on a plate with an ID card, footage which has become central to a charge of conduct prejudicial to racing.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Trainer Darren Weir hit with fresh animal cruelty charges over jigger video
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir has been hit with fresh racing charges relating to his use of a jigger on three horses on the eve of the 2018 Cup carnival.
- by Damien Ractliffe
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‘I’m a kid. Who’s going to believe me?’ Racing Victoria apologises to abuse victims after confronting report
Victims of historical sexual and physical abuse in the Victorian racing industry will be eligible for restitution if racing’s three codes adopt a recommendation handed down in a confronting report into decades of harm.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Kah free to ride in spring carnival, with white powder hearing to be held after Melbourne Cup
Star jockey Jamie Kah intends to plead not guilty to charges of bringing racing into disrepute over images of her pictured cutting lines of a white powder.
- by Damien Ractliffe
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Syndicate pulls horses from Ryan’s stable after fresh police investigation
A Sydney-based racehorse syndicator has decided to pull all of its horses from the stable of Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou, following a fresh police investigation into allegations of historic sexual assault against Ryan.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Who else was involved in Aquanita scandal? Decision on phones means that ‘can never be answered’
Victoria’s racing integrity commissioner Sean Carroll says Racing Victoria’s decision to hand back phones as part of its Aquanita doping investigation means we’ll never know who else may have been involved.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Abuse survivor calls for more ex-jockeys to speak up in complaints process review
Eighty-eight abuse survivors have taken part in a review into how the Victorian Racing Industry handled complaints. But one ex-jockey says more should speak up.
- by Damien Ractliffe
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