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

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Slated changes from review into Cup deaths could deter internationals
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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
Group 1-winning jockey Hyeronimus has betting ban reduced on appeal
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Group 1-winning jockey Hyeronimus has betting ban reduced on appeal

Adam Hyeronimus has been given a lighter penalty after initially being rubbed out for three years.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Gone to the dogs:Racing NSW sniffs out world first in integrity
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Gone to the dogs:Racing NSW sniffs out world first in integrity

Dog days are just beginning for Racing NSW,with detection canine,Bear,joining the governing body’s integrity team.

  • byChris Roots
Trainer has three-year ban for animal welfare charges overturned
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Trainer has three-year ban for animal welfare charges overturned

Trevor Sutherland had been given the biggest penalty ever handed down in NSW,but is poised to return to training.

  • byAdam Pengilly
You've been warned:Jockeys sent text to prevent Cup whip chaos
Melbourne Cup

You've been warned:Jockeys sent text to prevent Cup whip chaos

The race that stops the nation has been embroiled in controversy from overuse of the whip the last two years. All riders have been warned ahead of Tuesday's race.

  • byAdam Pengilly
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What are the rules on racehorses being slaughtered?
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What are the rules on racehorses being slaughtered?

Is it illegal to send off a former racehorse for slaughter? How are horses tracked once their track career is over? And what other racehorse welfare issues are still in the spotlight?

  • byAdam Pengilly
Racing NSW launches investigation after racehorses continue to be slaughtered
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Racing NSW launches investigation after racehorses continue to be slaughtered

Hours of footage obtained by animal activists revealed up to a dozen identified former racehorses or recently retired breeding mares were killed at one knackery this year.

  • byRob Harris andLatika Bourke
Darren Weir's lawyers call on magistrate to drop conspiracy charge
Darren Weir

Darren Weir's lawyers call on magistrate to drop conspiracy charge

Melbourne Cup-winning horse trainer must wait before he learns if he'll face trial on charges of conspiring to cheat officials and animal cruelty offences.

  • byAdam Cooper
Weir's my cut? The fight over a commission from the sale of star horse
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Weir's my cut? The fight over a commission from the sale of star horse

A little over a month after he was disqualified from the industry,Darren Weir's best horse was sold. What followed was a year-long fight over a training commission.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Melham's Singapore charges deemed invalid
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Melham's Singapore charges deemed invalid

Charges of betting on races in Singapore against Ben Melham have been deemed invalid after Victorian Racing Tribunal chair judge John Bowman determined the Australian Rules of Racing did not cover other jurisdictions.