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Sydney Jockey Tells Stewards: "Check My Phone Calls"
One of Sydney's "most talented jockeys has provided stewards with his phone records & financial statements in a bid to quell damaging rumours linking him with a leading punter" reported The Daily Telegraph. Racing NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy confirmed he had "a clandestine meeting with the jockey yesterday but would not reveal the rider's identity". The jockey requested a behind-closed-doors discussion with Murrihy "after recent media reports raised concerns about the company the rider was keeping off the racetrack". Murrihy said last night: "I had cause to speak to this jockey previously at Canterbury last Saturday week about this very matter; but following another newspaper article about the issue, he approached stewards for a meeting. These rumours have been circling for some weeks in Sydney racing & this jockey wanted to set the record straight. I told him this industry is fairly small as we are dealing with the same group of people & rumours do get legs. But he maintains he has had no association with the punter in question & was willing to lay out all his records as proof of evidence. He has given stewards permission to peruse his telephone records & financial statements. I have to say he came across as a person who wants to do what is necessary to put this matter to bed." Murrihy said the jockey's name would not be released publicly "because there is no evidence of any wrong-doing". (Dec 6)