Australian jockey Mark Goring died on Monday as a result of severe head injuries he suffered when his mount Starbond fell in a three-horse pile-up during a maiden race at Tatura racecourse on Sunday.

AUSTRALIAN trainer Steve Wolfe has been suspended for two years for improperly administering a drug to the horse that collapsed and killed the brother of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Damien Oliver.

VINNIE ROE is being nursed into next Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup after failing to fully recover from the long flight to Australia, his trainer Dermot Weld said here yesterday.