Darren Weir and staff charged, also issued show cause notices
Darren Weir and two of his horse training associates have been slapped with several charges by Racing Victoria.
Weir, along with Jarrod McLean, has also been issued with show cause notices in which they must convince racing authorities why they shouldn’t lose their training licences.
Stewards expect to release a report based on hearing submissions later today.
All of Weir’s and McLean’s runners this weekend have since been scratched by order of the stewards.
Stablehand Tyson Kermond is also facing charges.
All three have been accused of failing to co-operate with authorities.
These are not police charges.
THE CHARGES:
DARREN WEIR
- Three charges of possessing an electric apparatus capable of affecting the performance of a horse.
- Failure to give evidence at an inquiry.
- Failure to comply with a direction of the stewards.
- Conduct prejudicial to the image, interests or welfare of racing.
JARROD McLEAN
- One charge of possessing an electric apparatus capable of affecting the performance of a horse.
- Failure to give evidence at an inquiry.
- Failure to comply with a direction of the stewards.
- Conduct prejudicial to the image, interests or welfare of racing.
TYSON KERMOND
- Failure to give evidence at an inquiry.
- Failure to comply with a direction of the stewards.
RACING VICTORIA has also issued show cause notices to trainers Weir and McLean, requesting them to show cause as to why stewards should not;
- suspend their training licence
- prevent any horse owned (or part-owned) or leased by them from participating in any race or official trial.
- decline any nomination or entry for a horse trained by them.
- in respect of the nominations or entries which have been received, to reject those nominations or entries.