Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir has been cleared of three charges of trying to corrupt a race.
The Victoria Racing Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed three charges against Weir, which included claims about the 2018 Melbourne Cup.
Weir’s runner Red Cardinal finished 23rd in the great race that year.
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Vision was later found of the trainer using an electronic jigger on that horse – as well as two others – prior to the Melbourne Cup.
In the video played during the hearing Weir used a jigger on Red Cardinal seven times, on Tosen Basil nine times, and on Yogi nine times while the horses were running on treadmills.
The video was filmed a week before the 2018 Melbourne Cup. Red Cardinal crossed the finish line last, while one runner failed to finish.
Stewards charged him with trying to corrupt races with the use of a jigger.
While three charges were dismissed on Wednesday, Weir had already plead guilty to three charges of using a jigger and three charges of animal cruelty, and one charge of improper and dishonourable conduct – all related to the same video.
He was banned from training for four years in February 2019 for possessing jiggers – a device which gives the animal an electric shock in order to make it run faster.
He now works pre-training race horses for prominent trainers around the country, which he is legally permitted to do.
Weir famously won the 2015 Cup with Prince Of Penzance, ridden by Michelle Payne who became the first female jockey to win the coveted 3200m Flemington feature.
