By: Daryl Timms STEWARDS are yet to determine whether Darren Weir will be charged over the positive Signoff returned after winning the Lord Stakes at Caulfield on Boxing Day. Weir is regarded as an innocent party after the stayer Âtested positive to the banned race-day drug Ibuprofen. The drug had been used on Signoff as
By Matt Stewart SIGNOFF’S part-owner Sandy McGregor has challenged racing authorities to “make a call, immediately’’ on Ibuprofen, a drug that threatens to skittle the careers of a number of high-class horses. Trainer Darren Weir on Friday scratched Signoff from a 2400m race at Caulfield on Saturday, the fourth time this campaign the stayer has
By Michael Manley PETER Gelagotis on Friday became the second trainer this week to be suspended for three months for race-day treatment. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board found the Moe trainer guilty of using medication on Axis Point before the mare was engaged to run at Warrnambool on May 5. Gelagotis’s suspension begins on
Trainer Brendan McCarthy has been suspended for three months after pleading guilty to race-day treatment charges. The McCarthy-trained Zedi Knight was engaged to race at Caulfield on April 4 but was scratched after Racing Victoria's Compliance and Assurance team found a puncture wound to its neck. McCarthy pleaded guilty to the charge of injecting a
By: Tom Biddington Caulfield trainer Brendan McCarthy will front the Racing Appeals and Discipline Board after being charged with illegally treating Zedi Knight earlier this month. Racing Victoria stewards confirmed the two charges on Tuesday, stemming from a race-day stable inspection by the Compliance Assurance Team. The stewards allege McCarthy administered an unknown substance by
Maund faces stewards investigation over suspected raceday treatment By: Michael Lynch Cranbourne trainer Ricky Maund​ will now be the subject of a Racing Victoria stewards investigation after officials ordered the scratching of one of his horses, Uncle Keithy​, at Caulfield on Saturday, because they suspected possible raceday treatment. Chief steward Terry Bailey explained that RV's
Trainer Mark Riley facing more drug drama after revelation of Grand Gallop positive test in December By: Matt Stewart TRAINER Mark Riley faces a second drug drama as he attempts to save his career. Riley, who will attempt to fight a three-year ban at the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal on Monday, is being investigated over
The owners of leading Blue Diamond Stakes contender Of The Brave will have to find a new trainer following the disqualification of Mark Riley. The Victorian trainer was given the ban for a bi-carb offence on Monday, a day before acceptances for Saturday's Group One race at Caulfield. Chief steward Terry Bailey says the owners
Racing Victoria puts deadline on cobalt investigation into leading trainers LEADING trainers Peter Moody, Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh will know within four to six weeks whether they will be charged with cobalt chloride offences. Racing Victoria investigators announced on Tuesday the deadline for the completion of the investigations. Moody, Kavanagh, O’Brien and father-son training
By Daryl Timms FATHER-and-son training team Lee and Shannon Hope are under investigation after another of their horses returned a positive test to an elevated level of cobalt. Racing Victoria stewards revealed last month the Hope-trained Windy Citi Bear and Best Suggestion had tested above the 200 microgram threshold. It was the first elevated levels
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