Zahra’s spring racing earnings the basis for appeal against three-month ban

Zahra’s spring racing earnings the basis for appeal against three-month ban

Caulfield Cup-winning jockey Mark Zahra will present his earnings over the past three spring carnivals in his appeal against the severity of a three-month ban for attending an illegal Airbnb party.

  • byDamien Ractliffe

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‘Fair hearing is all we want’:Three jockeys appeal Airbnb party bans

‘Fair hearing is all we want’:Three jockeys appeal Airbnb party bans

Mark Zahra,Ben Melham and Ethan Brown have lodged appeals against the severity of their three-month bans for attending an illegal Airbnb party in Mornington.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Top jockeys slapped with further charges over Airbnb saga

Top jockeys slapped with further charges over Airbnb saga

Each of the five jockeys implicated in the Mornington Airbnb saga have been charged by stewards for allegedly providing false or misleading evidence to stewards in an inquiry.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Fifth jockey hit with three-month ban for attending Airbnb party

Fifth jockey hit with three-month ban for attending Airbnb party

Champion jockey Mark Zahra has been hit with a three-month ban after stewards on Saturday learned that he too attended an illegal gathering at a Mornington Airbnb.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
RV asked to investigate whether stewards breached racing rules
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RV asked to investigate whether stewards breached racing rules

Racing Victoria has been asked to investigate whether the conduct of two stewards,which jeopardised a doping case,breached the Australian rules of racing.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Pre-Cup scan could have revealed danger to Anthony Van Dyck:report

Pre-Cup scan could have revealed danger to Anthony Van Dyck:report

A post-mortem report into the death of Anthony Van Dyck found that had the horse been scanned in the lead-up to the Cup,it may have identified the potential for serious injury.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
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Champion horse was lame before fatal 2020 Melbourne Cup run
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Champion horse was lame before fatal 2020 Melbourne Cup run

A Racing Victoria report into the death of last year’s Melbourne Cup favourite,Anthony Van Dyck,reveals the horse was given a nerve block – an anaesthetic administered to determine the cause of lameness – at the start of his spring carnival campaign.

  • byChip Le Grand andDamien Ractliffe
Slated changes from review into Cup deaths could deter internationals

Slated changes from review into Cup deaths could deter internationals

Terry Henderson believes increased vetting of horses before they leave the UK will pillar Racing Victoria’s review into deaths in the Melbourne Cup,even if it deters European stables from sending horses this year.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Inside Running:RV staff to be put under oath regarding Laming bungle

Inside Running:RV staff to be put under oath regarding Laming bungle

Up to a dozen people involved in the bungled Richard Laming Victorian Racing Tribunal case have been called to give evidence at an independent inquiry starting next week.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Integrity commissioner to conduct own review into RV bungle

Integrity commissioner to conduct own review into RV bungle

Phone records will be extracted as part of an investigation by Victoria’s racing integrity commissioner Sean Carroll into the reasons why stomach-tubing charges were dropped against racehorse trainer Richard Laming.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Laming to consider legal action after RV review into bungled case
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Laming to consider legal action after RV review into bungled case

Racehorse trainer Richard Laming says he will consider his legal options after senior steward Dion Villella was demoted from his managerial position and placed on a period of leave for serious misconduct.

  • byDamien Ractliffe