Tag: 'Aquanita'

RV rejects Webb’s bid for training licence

Racing Victoria has denied Stuart Webb's application for a trainers' licence and stablehand registration.
Robert Smerdon

Smerdon wants Aquanita life ban, fine cut

Three trainers banned over the 'Aquanita eight' doping case want a tribunal to cut their bans, after being found guilty of a reduced number of...

Smerdon challenges ‘Aquanita eight’ ban

Banned Victorian trainer Robert Smerdon has challenged a racing tribunal's power to sanction him for cheating once he handed in his licence.

Aquanita trainers want bans overturned

Lawyers for Racing Victoria and four trainers are making closing submissions in the 'Aquanita eight' case.

Wife concerned about risks with top-ups

The wife of a float driver who admitted giving horses illegal race day treatments has told a tribunal she was worried about the risks her...

Stablehand gave no Melbourne Cup top-ups

A stablehand who has admitted administering illegal race day treatments to horses says it did not happen on Melbourne Cup day.

Aquanita driver admits race day treatments

A stablehand says he and trainer Robert Smerdon had an agreement about giving horses illegal race day treatments via "top-ups".

Stablehand denies involvement in top-ups

A truck driver disqualified over the Aquanita doping scandal maintains he had no involvement in any race day treatments.

Stablehand says not involved in top-ups

A truck driver says he had no involvement in any Aquanita race day treatments.

Melbourne Cup references in Aquanita case

Four trainers are fighting their disqualifications over the Aquanita eight race day treatments scandal.

Stablehand to appear at Aquanita appeals

The appeals of four disqualified trainers over the "Aquanita eight" race day treatments scandal has begun in a Victorian tribunal.

Appeals begin over Aquanita eight scandal

An appeal hearing over the Aquanita racing scandal is set to begin in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Stablehand to appear at Aquanita appeal

The appeals of four of the "Aquanita eight" in the race day treatments case will likely be heard in December.
Liam Birchley

Birchley, Vasil can train as appeal bans

Trainers Liam Birchley and Tony Vasil have been granted stays of their respective one- and three-year disqualifications in the Aquanita case while they appeal.

Aquanita – Aust racing’s biggest scandal

A Victorian racing tribunal has found all eight people charged in the high-profile Aquanita race day treatments inquiry guilty.
Racing Victoria

Disqualifications send strong message: RV

Racing Victoria chief executive Giles Thompson is looking forward to reading the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board's decisions on the Aquanita penalties.
Liam Birchley

QRIC to enforce Liam Birchley penalty

Queensland officials will enforce the one-year disqualification of former Aquanita trainer Liam Birchley meaning he can no longer train in the state.

Lengthy disqualifications to Aquanita 8

The eight people charged in the Aquanita case have been disqualified for varying lengths of time by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board.

RADB hands Smerdon and Nelligans life bans

The eight people charged in the Aquanita case have been disqualified for varying lengths of time by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board.

RV after life bans for Smerdon/Nelligans

Racing Victoria is calling for life bans for Robert Smerdon and Greg and Denise Nelligan in the Aquanita case.

Penalties for Aquanita eight to be decided

A Victorian racing tribunal will hear submissions before deciding on penalties against the eight people involved in the Aquanita "top-ups" scandal.

Biggest racing scandal could end careers

A racing tribunal has found all eight people guilty in the Aquanita race day treatments case, labelling it one of Australian racing's darkest chapters.

Aquanita 8 guilty in biggest race scandal

A Victorian racing tribunal has found all five trainers and three stable employees guilty in the Aquanita race day treatments case.
Robert Smerdon

Tribunal finds Aquanita eight all guilty

Victoria's Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board has found all eight people charged in the Aquanita race day treatments case guilty.
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Aquanita ‘top-ups’ case decision next week

Victoria's Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board will hand down its decision next week in the Aquanita race day treatments case.