Ban for pair over absence

GREG and Denise Nelligan, both central figures in the infamous Aquanita Inquiry, have been banned from setting foot on all Victorian race tracks and training establishments after failing to front stewards.

The pair was scheduled yesterday to answer a second show cause notice stemming from their “no contest” plea at last week’s Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board directions hearing into Aquanita Inquiry.

Stewards were told the Nelligans would not appear at Racing Victoria headquarters yesterday, on legal advice.

Denise Nelligan has been on full pay since voluntarily standing down from her role as an office worker for Aquanita Racing, now Neerim Lodge, in January.

Under the stewards’ ruling, that income will stop.

Greg Nelligan was sacked in October after being allegedly caught administering a sodium bicarbonate “top-up” to Lovani on Turnbull Stakes day at Flemington.