Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir pleads guilty to animal cruelty charges over use of cattle prod
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#66THY)
Three people were captured on covertly-installed cameras using an electronic prod, poly pipe and blinkers on three racehorses in 2018
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Melbourne Cup-winning horse trainer Darren Weir has admitted cruelly using an electronic cattle prod on three horses, blaming the pressure of expectations on him.
His Warrnambool-based trainer Jarrod McLean and stablehand Tyson Kermond also pleaded guilty to three animal cruelty charges on Wednesday.
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