In a decision that has left many shaking their heads in disbelief, Darren Weir has escaped the serious charge of attempting to corrupt the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup, with the judge in charge of the VRT – a former shareholder in horses trained by Weir – describing his use of a jigger on his planned Cup runners as merely akin to supersticious trainer “breaking into a racecourse to spread four-leaf clover on the track”.
Where to From Here for Darren Weir?
