Damien Oliver fails breath test at races

Champion jockey Damien Oliver has been stood down from riding at the famous Grand Annual meeting at Warrnambool for failing a Racing Victoria stewards breath test.

Oliver registered 0.038 on his initial breath test and 0.035 on a secondary one with the legal limit set at 0.020.

Jumps jockey Paul Hamblin has been already been suspended for a month after he also failed a breath test, forcing his mount Shiny Manners to be scratched from the first race at Warrnambool.