Racing Victoria stewards have concluded their investigation into the fall that occurred during the Caulfield Cup, clearing all jockeys who faced scrutiny.
In Saturday’s Caulfield Cup, Mark Zahra and Jye McNeil fell from Half Yours and Ohope Wins, respectively. Both riders were transported to the Alfred Hospital for medical assessment and observation.
Zahra was discharged that same night, and McNeil the following morning.
While Half Yours regained its footing and cantered off the track, Ohope Wins suffered a severe racing injury and was humanely euthanised.
RV stewards gathered initial evidence on Saturday from Rachel King, the rider of Green Spaces, apprentice jockey Jabez Johnstone (Kings Valley), with assistance from Victoria Jockeys’ Association Chief Executive Matt Hyland, and Ethan Brown (Zahrann).
The inquiry reconvened on Tuesday at RV headquarters, where evidence was taken from the five jockeys and Hyland.
“Following a thorough review of the evidence of the riders along with Mr Hyland, which was inclusive of numerous camera angles, Stewards could not attribute the incident to the careless actions of any one particular rider,” RV stated in a release.
“The Stewards are of the view that the marginal shifts from both Green Spaces, when under pressure, and Kings Valley resulted in both those runners becoming unbalanced and shifting in ultimately resulting in Half Yours being tightened and falling.
“Further, Stewards were satisfied Zahrann and Half Yours had both established a clear run prior to Half Yours meeting with interference.
“Stewards found that Rachel King and Jabez Johnstone had both taken the necessary corrective measures to straighten and relieve any pressure caused by their mounts to Half Yours.
“Furthermore, Ethan Brown rider of Zahrann had not contributed to Half Yours being tightened for room.
“As is routine practice, prior to resuming racing Stewards conducted an inspection of the track where the incident occurred and found no safety issues with the racing surface.
“Race 10 was subsequently conducted without incident.”
Co-Trainer Tony McEvoy reported that Half Yours had received treatment for lacerations and abrasions and was recovering well, but would now be spelled.
McNeil has since been cleared of any injury and is expected to resume riding at Geelong on Wednesday. Zahra was due to consult his doctors again on Tuesday, with a decision on his potential return to riding anticipated after that. Find the best betting sites for all the upcoming racing action.

