RV Board deny McLean's bid for Weir's base

Wednesday 27 March 2019, 6:43pm

The Racing Victoria Board has denied Jarrod McLean's application to take over the Warrnambool stables of disqualified trainer Darren Weir.

McLean was in charge of Weir's Warrnambool base while also training a team of his own horses which include Group One winner Traps For Fools.

"Acting in the interests and image of Victorian racing, the Board determined that Mr McLean's application cannot be approved while serious charges laid by RV Stewards are pending hearing and determination by the RAD Board and while the current Victoria Police investigation remains ongoing," RV said in a statement.

McLean was arrested on the same day Weir's stables were raided by Victoria police last month.

RV stewards charged McLean with being in possession of an electrical device capable of affecting the performance of a horse and of conduct prejudicial to the image, interests or welfare of racing.

Because McLean was contesting the charges, conditions were imposed at a show-cause hearing that included McLean not being permitted to receive any horses that had been in Weir's care before the end of January.

McLean's RAD Board hearing is not expected to be heard until late May.

– AAP

Latest News

Prime Thoroughbreds - We have a Host of Leaders in our Team

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Prime Thor­ough­bred’s cur­rent rac­ing team is putt­ing to­gether quite a re­cord. We have 22 hors­es that have raced in our team at pre­sent. Six­teen of th­ese are win­n­ers in­clud­ing the Stakes win­n­ing trio Ru­bisa­ki, Fituese and Xtreme­time with Miss Di­vine Em and Miss In Charge run­n­ing 4th in Stakes races. This sees a stakes win­n­er to win­n­er ra­tio of 18.75% with a stake’s per­formed to win­n­er ra­tio of 31.25%. Th­ese are ex­cep­tio­n­al fig­ures.   More »

Freedmans land maiden Group One win

Saturday, 27 February 2021

Un­der-rat­ed fil­ly For­bid­den Love has emerged as an au­tumn car­ni­val smokey with a bril­liant per­for­mance to win the Sur­round Stakes at Rand­wick.  More »

Capriccio completes Damian Lane treble

Saturday, 27 February 2021

In a big day for coun­try-trained hors­es, War­r­nam­bool fil­ly Capric­cio has tak­en out the In­glis Dash for Daniel Bow­man.  More »

More news headlines »