Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mike Moroney was farewelled at a Flemington memorial service on Tuesday.
Bernadette Payne,a member of Victoria’s best-known racing families,has died at 51.
The Victorian Racing Club says the Melbourne Cup is a huge money-spinner for the economy,despite the club operating at a loss.
The Flemington-based trainer became instantly recognisable around the world after his stayer Brew captured the 2000 Melbourne Cup.
Anti-gambling crusader Reverend Tim Costello believes it’s highly inappropriate for an AFL field umpire to be on the payroll of a major betting company as a horse racing analyst.
Esprit Racing was sent into liquidation this week,almost two months after the trainers’ $464,000 cut of last year’s Melbourne Cup prizemoney was paid into the company’s account by Racing Victoria.
Three months have passed since 80-1 winner Knight’s Choice won the Cup,but trainers Sheila Laxon and John Symons are still waiting to be paid their share of the prizemoney.
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Victoria Racing Club members have voted for an unchanged board to lead the financially stricken club into the future despite the Flemington organisation losing $70 million across the past four years.
The Victoria Racing Club axed 40 jobs – three weeks before Christmas – after losing $70 million across the past four years.