Horse Racing

Sport and drugs should never mix: end of story

Michael Lynch For all sport, drugs are a problem. For racing, they could become an existential one.

Gai bowls over the 'bool

Michael Lynch Flamboyant trainer Gai Waterhouse entertains a capacity crowd of Warrnambool women at the first day of the famous country racing carnival, putting the More Joyous affair behind her.

Horseracing

Gai keeps up appearances

Michael Lynch Waterhouse watchers had a field day at Warrnambool on Tuesday as the first lady of racing, who is at the centre of a he-said, she-said storm with prominent owner John Singleton, entertained a...

Royal Descent's on the rise after stunning Oaks display

Michael Lynch Anything you can do I can do better. That might have been the message from Chris Waller's crack filly Royal Descent to last week's Australian Derby winner It's A Dundeel after she spreadeagled the...

Horse racing

RV strengthens integrity in bid to protect image

Michael Lynch LIcensed jockeys cannot involve themselves in punting anywhere in the world.

Jet Away has Hayes dreaming of spring

Michael Lynch David Hayes had a sense of deja vu when Jet Away built on the huge impression he made winning his Australian debut at Bendigo by following up in the group 3 Easter Cup at Caulfield.

Racing Victoria drafts ex-police to tackle cheats

Michael Lynch Racing Victoria is stepping up its campaign to stamp out racing's cheats by drafting two experienced police officers, including one from the Purana taskforce.

Integrity key to racing

Michael Lynch Having set the betting dog running, the stewards have no option but to pursue the quarry.

Waller believes Foreteller can make the cup grade

Michael Lynch and Patrick Bartley Sydney galloper on target for Australian Cup after giving Dwayne Dunn his second winner.

Horseracing

It's horses for courses

Michael Lynch Former champion Darwin trainer Stephen Brown has felt right at home in Melbourne's heat.

Racing

Melham's work doesn't go to waste

Michael Lynch Ben Melham can vouch for boxing training as a way of shedding pounds in a hurry.

RVL vows crackdown on industry cheats

Michael Lynch Racing Victoria bosses announce initiatives to boost integrity and policing.

'We will stamp out cheating'

Michael Lynch Racing cheats will be caught, no matter how hard they try to break the rules.

No hiding place for cheats - Saundry

Michael Lynch RACING VICTORIA chiefs say trainers who try to cheat integrity investigators will be caught, and that no counter-surveillance measures will prevent it.

Horse Racing

Maund fined $10,000, and counts his luck

Michael Sharkie and Michael Lynch Trainers warned to expect harsher penalties for race-day treatments from now on.

Racing Victoria defends timing of Oliver case

Michael Lynch Racing Victoria did not stand down jockey Damien Oliver from a series of lucrative rides during the Melbourne spring carnival because it feared that to do so would stop him admitting that he had bet...

Racing

Out for 10 months: Oliver banned for illegal bet

Michael Lynch Disgraced jockey Damien Oliver has been disqualified for eight months after admitting to placing a $10,000 bet via a third party on a rival horse in a race in which he rode in 2010.

Champion jockey's 'single, isolated lapse of judgment'

Michael Lynch DISGRACED jockey Damien Oliver has been disqualified for eight months after admitting to placing a $10,000 bet via a third party on a rival horse in a race in which he rode in 2010.

Horse Racing

'Right decision' to keep Oliver on Cup favourite: owner

Michael Lynch, Andrew Eddy and Nick McKenzie The owner of the Melbourne Cup favourite Americain, Gerry Ryan, learned yesterday afternoon that the betting storm over his big-race rider Damien Oliver was set to break.