Latham launches extraordinary attack on Racing NSW chief Peter V’landys

Latham launches extraordinary attack on Racing NSW chief Peter V’landys

Racing NSW supremo Peter V’landys has hit back,challenging the upper house MP to repeat the claims outside the “coward’s castle” of parliament.

  • byMax Maddison andMichael Koziol

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‘I will destroy you in court’:Top jockey’s night of drunken,racial abuse of police
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‘I will destroy you in court’:Top jockey’s night of drunken,racial abuse of police

Chad Schofield was meant to be in Wagga for a lucrative horse racing carnival,but instead ended up in custody after a wild confrontation with police.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Darren Weir handed two-year ban over the use of jiggers

Darren Weir handed two-year ban over the use of jiggers

The disgraced trainer has been issued a further disqualification for using an electronic shock device on three racehorses in 2018.

  • byAndrew Wu
Top executive quits AFL to take the reins at VRC with McLachlan in racing’s wings

Top executive quits AFL to take the reins at VRC with McLachlan in racing’s wings

Kylie Rogers is the second AFL executive to have departed for another major sporting organisation after missing out on the top job at league headquarters. Meanwhile,the Gillon McLachlan waiting game continues.

  • byDanny Russell
Watch:The unremarkable Sandown race that was referred to betting investigators

Watch:The unremarkable Sandown race that was referred to betting investigators

This is the footage of the last 150 metres of a low-profile race at an unremarkable,barely attended Sandown meeting in the winter of 2022 that caught the stewards’ eye – and,after questioning the jockey and trainer,was referred to racing’s betting intelligence unit.

  • byDanny Russell
The horse that never hit the ground:mysterious case of the disappearing thoroughbred

The horse that never hit the ground:mysterious case of the disappearing thoroughbred

Two weeks ago,a horse died in a trial ahead of the Warrnambool jumps carnival. Find out why the death went unreported,the evidence scrubbed from the record.

  • byDanny Russell
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How a ‘four-leaf clover’ analogy helped Darren Weir beat corruption charge

How a ‘four-leaf clover’ analogy helped Darren Weir beat corruption charge

Darren Weir was back before the Victoria Racing Tribunal on Wednesday as the verdict was delivered on three corruption charges.

  • byDanny Russell
Five horses from five stables tested positive to a breast cancer drug. No one knows why

Five horses from five stables tested positive to a breast cancer drug. No one knows why

The mystery of how traces of a breast cancer drug appeared in urine samples taken from five different thoroughbreds,trained by five different stables and racing at five different tracks,might never be solved.

  • byDanny Russell
‘It’s not an ideal lead-up’:Horse death casts shadow over Warrnambool carnival

‘It’s not an ideal lead-up’:Horse death casts shadow over Warrnambool carnival

Warrnambool Racing Club was left reeling after a former Melbourne Cup runner had to be euthanised on Monday and two jumps races were called off because of safety concerns. But the club is confident they can overcome the setbacks in time for the May carnival.

  • byDanny Russell
‘It makes me sick when I watch the film’:Behind the scenes of the Weir jigger scandal

‘It makes me sick when I watch the film’:Behind the scenes of the Weir jigger scandal

Spy cameras,underperforming horses and the illegal plan that led to the downfall of Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir.

  • byDanny Russell
‘It didn’t work. That’s why I never tried it again’:Weir faces tribunal on animal cruelty charges

‘It didn’t work. That’s why I never tried it again’:Weir faces tribunal on animal cruelty charges

Darren Weir attempted to corrupt the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup by using an electronic device on his sole runner Red Cardinal a week before the race,the Victorian Racing Tribunal heard on Monday.

  • byDanny Russell