Just Horse Racing News
Melbourne Cup winning trainer to face RAD Board
By AAP Champion trainer Darren Weir will front an inquiry which will confirm a disqualification relating to outlawed electronic devices known as jiggers in his stable. After a show cause hearing on Monday, Racing Victoria stewards issued a statement saying ... Read More »
Weir won’t fight charges, faces 4-year ban
By AAP Champion horse trainer Darren Weir, who is facing a four-year suspension, will not contest charges over banned electronic devices known as jiggers that were found in his stables. His assistant, licensed trainer Jarrod McLean, will fight a charge ... Read More »
Darren Weir will plead guilty to charges
By AAP Champion Victorian trainer Darren Weir’s career is in tatters as he looks at a four-year ban for possessing illegal electronic devices known as jiggers. Weir has spent 11 hours at a show cause hearing conducted by Racing Victoria ... Read More »
Extra Brut steps out in Cranbourne trial
By AAP Extra Brut has impressed jockey Michael Walker in a Cranbourne barrier trial in the colt’s first public appearance for the Ciaron Maher Racing stable. The three-year-old colt is one of a number of well-performed horses who have been ... Read More »
Philip Stokes plans to keep SA stable going
By AAP Phillip Stokes is loving his new Pakenham base in Victoria but the trainer is also planning to keep his Adelaide stable going despite his concerns about the future of South Australian racing. Stokes opened a new stable complex ... Read More »
Weir/McLean at RV for show cause hearing
By AAP Trainer Darren Weir has arrived at Racing Victoria to front a show cause hearing as to why he should be allowed to continue training ahead of an inquiry into charges to be heard by the Racing Appeals and ... Read More »
Weir name missing from Sandown fields
By AAP The name of champion Victorian trainer Darren Weir is missing from acceptances for upcoming meetings ahead of a show cause hearing to determine whether he should be allowed to continue training. Weir had large numbers entered for both ... Read More »
Is this Australia’s best broodmare?
By Ric Chapman March 23 is shaping up as not just racing’s biggest early day of the year, but breeding’s as well. And it could very well be historical. It is of course Golden Slipper day, the 1200m race this ... Read More »
Weir/McLean could surrender licences
By AAP Champion Victorian trainer Darren Weir could relinquish his licence before a Racing Victoria hearing to determine whether he should be allowed to continue training. Melbourne’s Herald Sun is reporting Weir and his assistant, licensed trainer Jarrod McLean, could ... Read More »
Alizee’s odds firm for $5m All Star Mile
By Morgan Payne Following her emphatic victory in yesterday’s Expressway Stakes at Rosehill, Alizee has tightened into $4.50 outright favourite with TAB for the All-Star Mile to be run at Flemington on Saturday, March 16. Despite a raceday betting drift ... Read More »
