Oliver Fined for Lack of Vigour

Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00

Premiership winning rider Damien Oliver was today fined by Melbourne stewards who ruled that he failed to ride out one of his mounts at today's Sandown meeting.

Stewards fined Oliver $300 for failing to ride Just Like Kelly out to the line in the Galway Handicap. That galloper finished fifth in the race.

The Galway Handicap was won by the Russell Cameron trained Umatilla gelding Prospector's Dream.

The six-year-old scored a fighting half length win over the John Hawkes trained Periscope.

Cameron made it a double later in the afternoon when Brett Prebble guided Bella Moxie to a strong win in the last race of the day, the Leopardstown Handicap.

Meanwhile, experienced hoop Brian Werner rode his first city winner of 2002 when the Blakey trained Sergio proved much too strong in the Sport 927 Handicap.

PIC - Quentin Lang.