Glen Boss is closing in on his first jockeys’ premiership but on Thursday he notched a significant achievement of another kind. Boss set a new record for a jockey for prize money earned on Victorian racetracks during a season, despite going winless at the Ballarat meeting. The champion jockey’s fourth [...]
Glen Boss is a lot closer to the end of his career than the beginning – and as close as he’s ever been to winning a jockeys’ championship. Boss goes into Saturday’s Flemington meeting with 99 wins for the racing year and seems destined to ride at least one winner [...]
The “unequivocal evidence” accepted by stewards that Damien Oliver was not a betting man is enough to have charges against trainer Robert Smerdon thrown out, his lawyer told his appeal hearing on Monday. Smerdon is charged with bringing racing into disrepute by passing on $10,0000 in cash from a mutual [...]
Trainer Robert Smerdon would have insulted top jockey Damien Oliver if he had asked him if money he passed to him from a mutual friend was the proceeds of a bet on a horse, a tribunal has heard. Smerdon is appealing against his conviction for having brought racing into disrepute [...]
New regulations aimed at creating transparency among jockeys has been introduced by Racing Victoria in the wake of the Damien Oliver betting controversy. Under the new rules announced on Monday is a requirement for jockeys to sign a declaration each year asserting they have not bet on thoroughbred racing anywhere [...]
Champion jockey Damien Oliver says his 10-month ban has allowed him to spend precious time with his young children and may ultimately extend his race-riding career. Australia’s highest-profile hoop is halfway through a 10-month disqualification for placing a $10,000 bet on a rival horse – Miss Octopussy – in a [...]
Embattled jockey Danny Nikolic has been offered “a way back” from racing exile by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal which has reduced his two-year disqualification. Nikolic, who was banned after being found guilty of threatening and abusing chief steward Terry Bailey, had his penalty varied to a one-year disqualification [...]
Group One winning jockeys Michelle Payne and Michael Walker have been called to front stewards over alleged betting activities along with fellow rider Anthony Darmanin. The inquiries will be held in Melbourne on Tuesday after a lengthy investigation by Victorian stewards following a routine audit of wagering service providers’ betting [...]
Prominent Victorian trainer Robert Smerdon played a fundamental role in an illegal bet placed by jockey Damien Oliver on a rival horse and should be dealt with accordingly, a racing tribunal has heard. Smerdon is charged with engaging in conduct prejudicial to the image of racing by passing on the [...]
Racing authorities have confirmed tough minimum penalties for offences ranging from tubing horses to betting by jockeys in the wake of the scandal-plagued spring carnival. First-time offenders who break the rules relating to tubing horses within 24 hours of a race will be disqualified for at least 12 months. Jockeys [...]
