Racing Victoria puts a stop to unauthorised technology trial
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Racing Victoria puts a stop to unauthorised technology trial

A Racing Victoria staff member allegedly organised to provide a group of professional punters with a direct Racing.com feed as part of an unauthorised techonology trial.

  • byDamien Ractliffe

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Cup-winning trainer Weir committed to stand trial

Cup-winning trainer Weir committed to stand trial

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiracy to defraud after he was committed to stand trial in a Ballarat Magistrates'Court.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Court rules RV can use police information in McLean doping case

Court rules RV can use police information in McLean doping case

Jarrod McLean's bid to prevent Racing Victoria from using police information has been thrown out of the Court Of Appeal.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Melham free to ride in spring carnival after hearing postponed

Melham free to ride in spring carnival after hearing postponed

Group 1-winning jockey Ben Melham will be free to ride through the spring carnival after his hearing into betting-related charges was again postponed.

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

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.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
'Jiggered'horses showed no fear,scientist tells hearing

'Jiggered'horses showed no fear,scientist tells hearing

A behavioural scientist asked by police to analyse footage of four Darren Weir-trained horses being'jiggered'while running on a treadmill believes the horses showed no signs of fear.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
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Weir,McLean booked in for virtual committal hearing

Weir,McLean booked in for virtual committal hearing

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir will face a virtual committal hearing next month relating to charges of conspiracy to defraud stewards and animal abuse.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Weeks,not days,before Aquanita decision

Weeks,not days,before Aquanita decision

Retrospective prizemoney will not be paid to the connections of horses beaten by doped Aquanita runners until all avenues of appeal have been exhausted.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Alligator Blood disqualified,trainer fined $20,000

Alligator Blood disqualified,trainer fined $20,000

Alligator Blood has been stripped of his Magic Millions 3YO Guineas win and trainer David Vandyke has been fined $20,000 after the gelding tested positive to prohibited substance altrenogest.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Police should have kept EPO syringes to themselves,says McLean

Police should have kept EPO syringes to themselves,says McLean

Victoria Police says it acted lawfully when it informed Racing Victoria that it found six syringes containing traces of EPO in a bedside drawer of trainer Jarrod McLean's Yangery home in January 2019.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Not enough evidence to say Politeness was doped in 2015 Emirates Stakes:stewards

Not enough evidence to say Politeness was doped in 2015 Emirates Stakes:stewards

The 2015 group 1 Emirates Stakes placings will remain unchanged after stewards deemed they"could not be comfortably satisfied"that Politeness was administered performance-enhancing substances on the day of the race.

  • byDamien Ractliffe