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WEST Australian trainer Adam Durrant has been fined $10,000 by stewards after a stable raid which resulted in a charge involving treatment of his star galloper Mr Moet.

The Racing Victoria News Bulletin also highlights the weights released for the Newmarket Handicap and looks ahead to the Australian Guineas on Saturday

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RACING VICTORIA senior handicapper Neil Jennings has today allocated versatile Western Australian galloper Luckygray topweight of 58kg for the $1 million G1 Lexus Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Super Saturday, 9 March.

The Gino Poletti-trained five-year-old is being primed for a first-up tilt at Australia’s premier sprint race, having won the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic over 1800 metres at his most recent appearance at Ascot, WA on 8 December 2012.

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UNBEATEN champion Black Caviar’s place in the nation’s sporting history has been officially cemented with her induction this evening into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.

The Peter Moody-trained superstar, who claimed her 23rd win last Saturday in the renamed Black Caviar Lightning, joins dual Cox Plate heroine Sunline as the only horses to be inducted whilst still racing.

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THE Racing Victoria News Bulletin is over-flowing today with a look ahead to the big races on Saturday, spearheaded by the Blue Diamond.

There is also an item on Sunday's Kilmore Cup and the outcome of a couple of interesting apeals.

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GEOFF Lane, a former champion Victorian apprentice who became an elite senior rider in Australia and Hong Kong, will be inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame tomorrow night.

Lane will be one of 10 racing greats bestowed the sport’s highest honour when he’s welcomed into the Hall of Fame at the 2013 induction ceremony at Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt.

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RACING Victoria (RV) stewards today conducted inquiries into alleged betting activities by licensed jockeys Michelle Payne, Michael Walker and Anthony Darmanin.

The inquiries were opened following the completion of a lengthy investigation that commenced in mid-2012 with a routine audit of wagering service providers’ betting accounts.

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TRAINER Tony Vasil has been fined $10,000 of a charge of illegally administering a substance that saw the late withdrawal of Classic Elle from a race at Moonee Valley in January.

In other items on the Racing Victoria News Bulletin, SKY Channel will show live the Hall of Fame inductions in Melbourne on Thursday night and Black Caviar heads the entries for the William Reid Stakes. 

 

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SOME of racing's rogue elements are more difficult to rein in than others.

MATT STEWART reports in the MELBOURNE HERALD SUN that blogs and forums are rogue territory and near-impossible to be held to account for accusations that would not survive the first legal test of traditional media.

A racing website called Lucky 88 posted two scandalous blogs earlier this month.

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RVL Chief Steward Terry Bailey is running out of patience with champion rider Glen Boss and his celebrations when winning a big race.

NEALE DONNELLEY reports for TVN that Boss is a rider of rare talent, balance and poise, and he loves to celebrate his wins on the winning post.

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CHAMPION mare Black Caviar will have seven rivals when she attempts to take her unbeaten run to 23 straight in the Group One Lightning Handicap at Flemington on Saturday. She has opened at $1.05 with sportsbet.com.  

In other news of the day, rising staying star Tuscan Fire will be set for the Caulfield Cup after winning the Mornington Cup in great stuyle. 

 

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