Overview
- The Victorian Racing Tribunal on Wednesday disqualified Anthony and Sam Freedman for 28 days to be served concurrently and fined their stable A$1,500 for failing to keep treatment records.
- The penalties stem from a stable inspection on August 16, 2025, when stewards found two Freedman-trained horses, Kira and Moonhaven, hooked to nebulisers and scratched from Caulfield races.
- The tribunal said the pair’s early guilty pleas and cooperation justified a reduced penalty from the longer suspension Racing Victoria sought, but it criticised lax raceday procedures at the Cranbourne yard.
- The Freedmans chose to start the bans immediately and have transferred horses into trainer Clayton Douglas’s name so the stable can continue to operate and protect staff and owners.
- Nebulisers are legitimate breathing devices but Australian racing rules ban any medication on race day, and the tribunal issued a public warning that future breaches will attract heavier sanctions.