More fallout...Robert Smerdon has been charged by Racing Victoria stewards for handing over $10,000 to Damien Oliver after the champion rider placed an illegal winning bet. The Victorian Racing Appeal and Disciplinary Board will hear the charge at a date to be fixed. Smerdon denies any knowledge of why Oliver was to receive the money. He says he was the middle man asked by commission agent Mark Hunter to give the money to Oliver.
More fallout...Robert Smerdon has been charged by Racing Victoria stewards for handing over $10,000 to Damien Oliver after the champion rider placed an illegal winning bet. The Victorian Racing Appeal and Disciplinary Board will hear the charge at a date to be fixed. Smerdon denies any knowledge of why Oliver was to receive the money. He says he was the middle man asked by commission agent Mark Hunter to give the money to Oliver.