Racing integrity
‘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
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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
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Spring racing carnival
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
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
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
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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