Industry News

• Victoria to stay with gross revenue model

  Victorian racing authorities have rejected the turnover model used by Racing NSW to charge wagering operators and will stay with its preferred method of charging based on a percentage of gross revenue.

   
• Racing Victoria to target overseas horses

  Racing Victoria’s recruiter Leigh Jordon leaves for Asia on Sunday to try to attract horses to the Melbourne spring carnival.

   
• Gold Coast Turf Club chairman banned

  Gold Coast Turf club chairman Andrew Eggleston has been banned for two months following a Racing Queensland Limited inquiry into allegations of “unseemly behaviour”.

   
• Stephen Fletcher disqualified over betting scandal

  Professional punter Stephen Fletcher has been disqualified over his involvement in a Brisbane racing scandal.

   
• Brian Fletcher confident about Hawkesbury racing

  Brian Fletcher has no concerns about the Hawkesbury meeting going ahead on Saturday despite Sydney’s wet weather this week.

   
• Ben Melham outed for 11 meetings

  The Lee Freedman stable will have to find a new rider for promising two-year-old Spatha at Caulfield on Saturday after Ben Melham was suspended for careless riding.

   
• Shane Scriven granted stay of proceedings

  Shane Scriven has been granted a stay of proceedings against a five-month suspension for stealing a whip from a rival rider in an Ipswich race earlier this month.

   
• Shane Scriven outed for five months

  Veteran Queensland jockey Shane Scriven has been handed a career-threatening five-month ban for stealing an apprentice’s whip during a race at Ipswich last week.

   
• PAtinack Farm to match it with Darley

  Patinack Farm will match Darley for numbers in a bid to thwart the rival breeding and racing operation’s bid for the Sydney two-year-old triple crown.

   
• Whip incident inquiry to resume Thursday

  An inquiry into leading jockey Shane Scriven’s use of another rider’s whip in a provincial Queensland race will resume on Thursday.

   
• Tinkler spends big at Inglis broodmare sale

  Nathan Tinkler’s sporting shopping list for the week hasn’t stopped with a rugby league supercoach.

   
• Floods affect Yarra Valley racing

  The flood ravaged Yarra Valley track could be as much as two years away from holding its next thoroughbred race meeting.

   
• Bobby El-Issa denied stay of proceedings

  Jockey Bobby El-Issa has been denied a stay of proceedings by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) pending his appeal against a two-year disqualification.

   
• Victorian jumps season marred by fatality

  A horse fatality has marred the start to the Victorian jumps season at Warrnambool.

   
• High profile punter charged

  Queensland stewards have laid a charge against one of Australia’s best-known punters during an inquiry which has already led to a leading jockey’s disqualification.

   
• Bobby El-Issa disqualified for two years

  Jockey Bobby El-Issa has been disqualified for two years for his handling of a horse in a race at Eagle Farm in February.

   
• Gordon Yorke fined $7000

  Coffs Harbour trainer Gordon Yorke has been fined $7000 for Mooltan having elevated levels of testosterone in his system in a race in January.

   
• VRC and TVN in 15-year media rights deal

  The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has extended its media rights agreement with ThoroughVisioN (TVN) for the next 15 years.

   
• $38 million sale paves way for new track

  The development of a world-class racing and training facility in Melbourne’s southeast is a step closer after the $38 million sale of Pakenham racecourse.

   
• Robbie Waterhouse’s TAB bet dispute resolved

  A dispute between bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse and the TAB can’t be resolved under the rules of racing, a stewards’ inquiry has found.