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Darren Weir and his former champion horse Yes Yes Yes.

Weir's my cut? The fight over a commission from the sale of star horse

A little over a month after he was disqualified from the industry, Darren Weir's best horse was sold. What followed was a year-long fight over a training commission.

  • Adam Pengilly

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Darren Weir.

Jockeys did not cooperate with police, says informant in Weir case

The police informant at the centre of Darren Weir's animal cruelty case said jockeys he spoke to did not cooperate with police.

  • Damien Ractliffe
Darren Weir arrives at court on Wednesday.

Darren Weir's right-hand man accused of betting on jigger-trained horse

Melbourne Cup-winning horse trainer Darren Weir and fellow trainer Jarrod McLean have fronted court charged with conspiracy and animal cruelty offences.

  • Adam Cooper
Jarrod McLean arrives to the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Racing crisis: Trainer embroiled in EPO doping scandal

Jarrod McLean, the long-serving right-hand man of disgraced trainer Darren Weir, is fighting allegations he injected the blood-boosting drug EPO into one of his horses.

  • Chip Le Grand and Damien Ractliffe
Darren Weir was disqualified for four years after pleading no contest at a Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board hearing to possessing the jiggers and conduct prejudicial to racing.

Racing into trouble

The criminal charges laid against horse trainer Darren Weir shine an uncomfortable light on the industry and cast a pall over the spring carnival.

  • Greg Baum
Darren Weir.

'Jigger' video links Darren Weir scandal to Melbourne Cup

Distressing video showing a horse being tormented with an electronic jigger may be a crucial piece of evidence in case against disgraced trainer and his associates.

  • Damien Ractliffe and Chip Le Grand
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Darren Weir has been disqualified for four years, effective immediately.

Prized Flemington race at centre of Weir criminal probe

After an investigation that lasted more than a year, detectives from Victoria Police's Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit charged the 49-year-old with nine offences on Wednesday. 

  • Chip Le Grand, Simone Fox Koob and Damien Ractliffe
Darren Weir has been disqualified for four years, effective immediately.

Champion trainer Weir charged with animal cruelty and conspiracy to defraud

After an investigation that lasted more than a year, detectives from Victoria Police's Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit charged the 49-year-old with nine offences on Wednesday. 

  • Simone Fox Koob and Damien Ractliffe
Whip hand: Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy on Cross Counter at Flemington.

Trainers want less whip, stronger jigger bans under bold proposal

The NSW Trainers Association has launched a campaign to shake up Australia's whip rule and hand down heftier bans for Darren Weir-type offences.

  • Adam Pengilly
Young jockey Ben Allen has not fared as well as some of his more established counterparts since Darren Weir was disqualified.

Trainers make hay with ex-Weir horses but for jockeys it's a mixed bag

Many trainers have already been able to boost their win tallies with former Darren Weir horses, but for the men who rode them it's a new life and a mixed bag.

  • Michael Lynch

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