GREATEST RACING SCANDALS

THE BIGGEST BETTING SCANDALS - 10 of the most significant betting trangressions ever seen

BILL WATERHOUSE - Big Bill" was the most fearless bookmaker, who took on all of Australia’s biggest punters and beat them

HAYDEN HAITANA - The farcical Fine Cotton ring-in affair

GEORGE BROWN - The worst crime in Australian racing history

FELIPE YSMAEL - The Filipino Fireball loved to bet big

TONY MOKBEL - Jailed drug kingpin Tony Mokbel is perhaps the most infamous modern-day example of an Australian racing criminal.

BARNEY CURLEY - A plan, a horse and a desire to win big. The man who beat the bookies

THE MISSILE STAKES FARCE - Bogged barriers and a ‘flagless’ flag start made for a comedy of errors, and a massive upset

THE DARREN WEIR SCANDAL - Darren Weir wants redemption, but how many owners would place their horse with a convicted animal abuser

GEORGE FREEMAN - Destined for a life of crime, George Freeman would rise to the Top of the criminal underworld in Sydney

THE MORE JOYOUS SCANDAL - John had a skinful and heard his horse had a health issue - the bust up was explosive

LES SAMBA - The murder in Middle Park

ROCKET RACER - Rocket Racer won the 1987 Perth Cup by a staggering nine lengths, but died only weeks later

THE AQUANITA 8 - The group led by trainer Robert Smerdon engaged in "systematic cheating" in relation to over 100 horses in a seven-year period.

PABLO'S PULSE - Incredibly, Jamie De Belin rode two roughies to victory that went out at the highest ever winning odds in Australia, 500-1

BIG PHILOU DOPING - The greed of a few caused Bart Cummings champion to miss the 69' Cup due to being doped

ERBIE - The King of Ring-ins fooled many, racing as four different identities until he was exposed by the fearless scribe, Bert Wolfe

SIMBA - The backing of Gagoola in the Rothsay Trial Stakes was a sensation in the 1930’s….but where was the real Simba?

REGAL VISTA - Regal Vista shared a striking resemblance to Royal School and Tricky Ricky had a plan to prosper big time

THE DEATH OF PHAR LAP -The grief of a nation over the death of a champion was replaced with suspicion and anger

KIWI’S CUP SCRATCHING - Snowy Lupton had the big stayer ready to go and Jimmy Cassidy knew he could go back-to-back, until…

MEL SCHUMACHER LEG PULL - There were 80,000 people there and you could have heard a pin drop….it was like a funeral, my funeral