MULTIPLE CHARGES AGAINST DARREN WEIR & GUILTY PLEAS

Let’s start with a little history about horse trainer Darren Weir — courtesy of RACENET. It includes everything from using banned and abusive “jiggers” on horses, to falsely identifying horses, to having horses test positive for illegal substances, and using abusive language towards a trackwork supervisor. A more comprehensive list of violations and guilty pleas dating back to 2010 may be found here.

DEC. 2022 ABC REPORTS WEIR

PLEADS GUILTY TO ANIMAL ABUSE 

On Wednesday (December 14, 2022), Weir, former assistant trainer Jarrod McLean and stablehand Tyson Kermond fronted the Warrnambool Magistrates’ Court where they pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges.

These charges related to the use of a jigger — a small, taser-like device — on three racehorses during the 2018 Spring Racing Carnival.

The possession and use of jiggers is banned in horseracing.

ABC NEWS

During the court mention, CCTV footage was shown of the trio training racehorses Red Cardinal, Yogi, and Tonsen Basil at Weir’s Warrnambool stables on October 30, 2018.

The cameras, which were secretly planted, captured a jigger being used on each of the horses.

In 2019, Weir was found guilty by Racing Victoria’s racing appeals and disciplinary board of possessing three outlawed electric-shock devices, and one charge of conduct prejudicial to the image, interests or welfare of racing.

The former Melbourne cup-winning trainer was subsequently handed a four-year ban from the sport which is due to end on February 6, 2023.

ABC NEWS

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