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