What will Ollie say? Latest reports say embattled Damien Oliver is expected to make his first public statement today (Tuesday) after he fronts a stewards' inquiry over an illegal $10,000 bet. The champion jockey has admitted to placing the bet and using a phone in the jockeys' room and is facing a ban of up to a year by racing authorities.Today's hearing will include evidence about Oliver's relationship with a high-profile punter who allegedly placed the bet for him. News Ltd says Oliver is expe
What will Ollie say? Latest reports say embattled Damien Oliver is expected to make his first public statement today (Tuesday) after he fronts a stewards' inquiry over an illegal $10,000 bet. The champion jockey has admitted to placing the bet and using a phone in the jockeys' room and is facing a ban of up to a year by racing authorities.Today's hearing will include evidence about Oliver's relationship with a high-profile punter who allegedly placed the bet for him. News Ltd says Oliver is expected to make a statement about the bet at the end of the hearing.
Steven King, one of the great jockeys of the last 20 years, is off to Singapore. He says: ''I want to be out of here by January...Singapore is a beautiful part of the world and what appeals to me is that the racing is twice a week, and it looks as though it's going in the right direction...I know Michael Freedman and I have had a lot of luck with the Freedmans over the years, so that might help. I know Laurie Laxon, Steve Burridge - there are a lot of Australians and New Zealanders up there...I am 43 and I look at the situation here in Melbourne, I haven't got a stable and to be competitive you have to ride nearly every day of the week and there is a lot of travelling involved. To be happy and enjoying my riding, I would rather be doing it over there at the one racecourse twice a week."