{"id":444011,"date":"2025-03-18T20:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T21:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=444011"},"modified":"2025-03-18T23:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:11:36","slug":"disgraced-aussie-jockey-banned-for-10-years-in-bets-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=444011","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced Aussie jockey banned for 10 years in bets scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\ufeff disgraced Victorian jockey has been banned for 10 years for deliberately losing races in a major betting scandal.<\/p>\n

Lewis German, 25, will not be allowed to ride for a decade after being found guilty at the Victorian Racing Tribunal.<\/p>\n

\ufeffGerman admitted to riding his mounts to lose races between April 21 and August 31 in 2022.<\/p>\n

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The tribunal was told professional \ufeffpunter Noah Brash placed a total of 89 lay bets – wagering that a horse will not win a race – on German rides during that period.<\/p>\n

Brash is said to have wagered around $2.5 million on this bets and profited $259,494 in total.<\/p>\n

German claims to have not profited at all.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Lewis<\/p>\n

"I am not here to tell a sad story," German told the tribunal.<\/p>\n

"I am here to apologise to the racing community and to everyone who trusted in me.<\/p>\n

"I feel like I let them down.<\/p>\n

"I have not received any money. I believed there was going to be money.<\/p>\n

"I was told that I would be paid at the start but I was probably gullible at the time."<\/p>\n

Fellow jockey Michael Ploy has also been charged in the same scandal.<\/p>\n

Ploy will face the tribunal on March 31.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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