Star jockey Matt Cameron will return to race riding tomorrow after being granted an exemption from his racing ban for an indecent assault conviction.
Cameron had his riding licence revoked by New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing after being convicted of indecent assault on an adult male in July 2021.
Cameron, who is openly gay, was sentenced to 90 hours of community work and ordered to pay $900 to his victim, who is not employed in the racing industry.
While not defending the incident, Cameron says he was drunk at the time and his actions, and the repercussions, caused him to change his life and behaviour. He has not drunk alcohol for 22 months.
Cameron had to be granted permission to enter a racecourse by an exemption committee made up of members of all three racing codes and two independent panelists. That was granted on September 1.