Danny Nikolic will know his fate on Tuesday when Victoria's Racing and Appeals Disciplinary Board releases its findings in the long-running case involving the jockey and a professional punter.Nikolic has pleaded not guilty to two charges of improper practice and two of conduct prejudicial to the interests of racing.Racing Victoria stewards issued the charges after months of investigation into several of Nikolic's losing rides which punter and commission agent Neville Clements laid to lose on Bet

Danny Nikolic will know his fate on Tuesday when Victoria's Racing and Appeals Disciplinary Board releases its findings in the long-running case involving the jockey and a professional punter.

Nikolic has pleaded not guilty to two charges of improper practice and two of conduct prejudicial to the interests of racing.

Racing Victoria stewards issued the charges after months of investigation into several of Nikolic's losing rides which punter and commission agent Neville Clements laid to lose on Betfair.

Nikolic's counsel, Richard Smith, SC, told last week's hearing there was no evidence to prove that Nikolic gave information to associates including Clements that his mounts couldn't win or that they should be laid to lose.

"I can't stress enough in this case that there is not a whiff of evidence that Mr Nikolic gave information that his mounts couldn't win or told people to go out and lay them which has been put forward as the stewards case," Smith said.

Smith said the stewards' case centred around Nikolic giving information to associates which led them to lay a number of his mounts with confidence.

He said they had "danced around" the more sinister connotation that "this horse isn't trying today" even though he had not been charged over any of his rides queried during the course of the stewards' investigation.

"There is no such rule that says you can't communicate with people," Smith told the Board.

Smith submitted that there was no rule against jockeys tipping their mounts and that lay bets were legal.

Smith said Nikolic had admitted right from the outset of the inquiry he had a relationship with Clements and that he rings him "all the time".

Paul Holdenson QC, representing the stewards, said an inference could be made that Clements, a former rails bookmaker, was a layer of horses and that Nikolic knew that.

Clements has been warned off in Victoria for failing to provide his telephone records.

He and Gold Coast-based punters Kevin McFarland and Alessandro Alaimo have been warned off by Queensland stewards for failing to attend a separate inquiry in Queensland.

McFarland and Alaimo were also charged by RVL stewards last week for failing to attend or give evidence to the Nikolic inquiry.

Nikolic has steadfastly maintained his innocence.