Racing integrity
‘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.
- Danny Russell
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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.
- Danny Russell
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.
- Danny Russell
- Updated
- Spring racing carnival
‘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.
- Peter Ryan, Danny Russell and Rob Harris
- Updated
- Horse racing
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.
- Danny Russell
- Exclusive
- Development
‘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.
- Adam Pengilly and Chris Barrett
‘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.
- Chris Barrett
- Updated
- Horse racing
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.
- Danny Russell
- Analysis
- 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.
- 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.
- Danny Russell
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