Horse racing

RV strengthens integrity in bid to protect image

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

Integrity key to racing

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

Horseracing

Smerdon guilty, fined $10,000

Michael Lynch Top trainer Robert Smerdon has been found guilty of engaging in conduct prejudicial to the image of racing and been fined $10,000.

Horse Racing

Oliver 'right' to stay silent

Michael Lynch RVL chairman says jockey within his rights to say nothing during investigation.

Lane on the fast track to success

Michael Lynch ONLY the top-range apprentices manage to ride out their claim in the city, perhaps one in 10 of their generation.

Horse Racing

Lane closes in on milestone

Michael Lynch Only the top-range apprentices manage to outride their claim in the city, perhaps one in 10 of their generation.

'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.

Bet on it, no one cares

Michael Lynch If a tree falls in the jungle and no-one sees it, did it really fall? Punters say, yes.

Cool as a cucumber, Oliver takes the Derby points

Michael Lynch Damien Oliver is never more comfortable or composed than when he is in the saddle.

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.

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

Frenchman cuts stylish figure on Australian tracks

Michael Lynch Some trainers run horses only where they can win, then there's Alain de Royer Dupre.

Luck rains on rich and poor alike at Flemington

Michael Lynch All men are equal on the turf - and under it. It has been proved true again at Flemington.

Maluckyday has eyes on the main prize

Michael Lynch With overseas raiders dominating the order of entry and betting for the Melbourne Cup, Australia could certainly do with a home grown standard-bearer - even if he is a recovered crock who has battled...

Moment of Change gives Nolen more success

Michael Lynch Group One winners can come from anywhere - even from unfashionable Saturday provincial meetings in far flung locations. Like Murtoa.

Horse Racing

Stars align for night of nights

Michael Lynch Victoria's Thoroughbred Racing Awards night has as much capacity for intrigue and surprise as the Brownlows.