I am curious to know if anyone else thinks D Oliver pulled up Toorak Toff in the Guineas. A mate of mine who works at Sportsbet said everyone there knew. The ride is apalling. Does anyone else know? I have known D Oliver has been pulling up horses for years but just didn't realise how much money must be involved these days. Apparently Toorak Toff was backed to win $1.4m with Sportsbet many weeks ago so I can understand when D Oliver will only get $50k for winning why he might be easily led astray. I spoke to the stewards and they agreed but said that they are basically impotent in policing this.

Anyway just wanted to know any other info people might have. I'm not sure how you fix this - keep in mind D Oliver and numerous other Australian jockeys have been kicked out of Hong Kong (where their stewards are much harder) - if only our stewards were as powerful.

Good punting !!

Dexter