Top Sydney jockey banned over betting scandal

Leading Sydney jockey Tommy Berry has been banned from racing for much than 12 months implicit a betting scandal.

Berry, 31, fronted a NSW stewards proceeding connected Tuesday wherever helium was disqualified for 11 months and 2 weeks for "accepting a consideration".

He has besides been suspended for a further 4 weeks for mobile telephone offences. Jockeys are not permitted to usage mobile phones wrong the rooms during a contention meeting.

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Stewards recovered Gold Coast butcher and big-time punter Zaid Miller transferred $15,000 to a household subordinate of Berry's aft helium won much than $100,000 connected races pursuing proposal from the jockey.

Sydney jockey Tommy Berry. (Photo by Jeremy Ng/Getty Images) (Getty)

Berry is acceptable to entreaty his disqualification.

He is 1 of the best-known and well-liked hoops successful NSW, having won 34 Group 1 races and much than 1500 first-placings to his sanction passim his career.

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