REVEALED: Fresh developments in Chris Munce CCTV probe

Melbourne Cup winner Chris Munce has been summoned to a new three-day stewards' inquiry after hundreds of hours of his stable CCTV footage were forensically reviewed.

Punters can reveal previous racing charges against the legendary jockey-turned-trainer, which had stemmed from CCTV footage seized from his Eagle Farm stable in 2020, have now been vacated by stewards.

Stewards' charges against Munce's foreperson son Corey have also been vacated.

A new stewards' panel has been convened to hear "evidence afresh" early next month.

"Trainer Chris Munce and his foreperson Corey Munce will face a QRIC stewards' inquiry on 3, 4 and 5 July 2023," a Queensland Racing Integrity Commission spokesperson told Racenet.

"The inquiry follows an investigation into CCTV footage from the Munce stables seized in October 2020.

"The seizure of the footage resulted from a pre-race inspection at the Munce stables on 2 October 2020.

"A fresh stewards' panel has been convened to conduct the inquiry and hear the evidence afresh.

"Mr Tim Ryan KC will be counsel assisting the stewards. As this is a fresh inquiry, all previous charges have been vacated."

In July last year, Punters reported details of the now vacated charges against Munce and his son.

At the time, QRIC said it had charged Chris Munce with "six counts of injecting racehorses within one clear day of them competing".

Munce was also charged with "two counts of administering an alkalinising agent to horses on raceday".

Corey Munce was charged with "two counts of being party to the administration of an alkalinising agent to horses on raceday".

Rules of racing state horses must not be injected with anything within one clear day of racing without permission of stewards.

All previous charges have now been vacated.

The matter dates back three years to when racing authorities seized stable CCTV footage after an inspection of Munce's stables.

It resulted in Munce initially being suspended for three months on a treatment charge involving the mare Lady Brahmos, with Munce's ban subsequently reduced to a $5000 fine on internal review.

Both Munces have consistently denied all allegations of impropriety.

At a previous stewards' hearing into the matter, barrister Jim Murdoch told stewards that much of the CCTV footage seized from Munce's stable was ambiguous or inconclusive.

"We have studied it in depth and are of the fairly strong persuasion the (CCTV) footage is ambiguous," Murdoch said at the time.

In July last year, Munce wrote to owners saying: "I am confident that I have no case to answer."

In 2015, Munce quit riding to become a trainer.

He had enjoyed a 30-year career as a jockey in which he became one of a small band of jockeys to complete the grand slam with wins in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, Cox Plate and Golden Slipper.

Munce, searching for his first Group 1 win as a trainer, has mare Palaisipan racing as a $17 chance in Saturday's Group 1 Tattersalls Tiara at Eagle Farm.

Eagle Farm Race 7  Form Guide WIN PLACE
Tattersall's Tiara (1400m)
16th 1  Electric Girl (2) Jaden Lloyd 57.0kg		23	21	23		21	19.5	24	21	21	21	21	21
12th 2  Kiku (13) Kerrin Mc Evoy 57.0kg		31	31	41		34	38	70	34	33	31	29	34
1st 3  Palaisipan (12) Kyle Wilson-Taylor 57.0kg		13	14	13		15	27	40	20	12.8	15	13	15
6th 4  Foxy Frida (16) Billy Egan 57.0kg		8.5	8	8		8	13.5	15.5	7.5	7.8	8.5	8	8
4th 5  Chain Of Lightning (5) Damien Thornton 57.0kg		9	8.5	8.5		8.5	7.4	8.4	8	8.1	8.5	8	8.5
2nd 6  Roots (6) Tim Clark 57.0kg		23	23	26		21	21	25	20	23	21	21	21
13th 7  Mirra Vision (14) Larry Cassidy 57.0kg		81	71	71		67	50	80	51	49	61	61	67
3rd 8  Chaillot (7) Ben E Thompson 57.0kg		11	10	12		10	11	11.5	10	10	10	10	10
11th 9  Lady Of Honour (1) James Orman 57.0kg		31	46	51		35	19.5	24	26	39	31	29	35
7th 10  Excelida (9) Celine Gaudray 57.0kg		71	61	81		61	55	140	61	71	61	61	61
8th 11  Comrade Rosa (3) Ryan Maloney 57.0kg		16	15	19		18	16.5	20	18	15	17	17	18
17th 12  Charmmebaby (10) Andrew Mallyon 57.0kg		126	101	151		101	90	320	101	101	101	101	101
14th 13  She's All Class (8) Jake Bayliss 57.0kg		34	34	41		35	21	40	34	34	34	34	35
15th 14  Tycoon Evie (11) Mark Du Plessis 57.0kg		151	101	151		101	100	1000	126	101	101	101	101
10th 15  Ruthless Dame (15) John Allen 55.5kg		4.8	4.8	4.8		4.8	6.4	7.8	5	4.85	5	4.8	4.8
5th 16  Opal Ridge (4) Tyler Schiller 55.5kg		4.2	4.2	4.4		4.2	3.8	3.95	4.4	4.6	4.2	4.4	4.2
9th 17  Revolutionary Miss (17) Joshua Parr 55.5kg		18	19	17		17	30	85	17	15.2	19	17	17
Market percentage		118	120	114		120	113	93	120	122	119	123	120
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