Melbourne Cup-winning trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon are yet to be paid their prizemoney from last November due to an administrative error from Racing Victoria. Rank outsider Knight's Choice ($81) flashed home to win the race that stops a nation at Flemington, landing the trainers a cool $464,000.
![[The total prizemoney was a whopping $4.4million - and while jockey Robbie Dolan (pictured) and the horse's owners have received their share, Symons and Laxon are waiting nervously for their $464,000]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/01/93981755-14272889-image-m-76_1736560447468.jpg)
The total prizemoney on offer was a whopping $4.4million - and while jockey Robbie Dolan and the horse's owners have received their share, Symons and Laxon are waiting nervously. It is alleged the payment was deposited to a bank account the pair no longer have access to.
![[It is alleged the payment was deposited to a bank account which the trainers no longer have access to (pictured right, Knight's Choice after winning the Melbourne Cup)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/01/93981669-14272889-image-a-77_1736560599793.jpg)
Understandably, the concerned trainers have been in contact with lawyers in an bid to rectify the situation. 'John and Sheila raised this matter with the ATA Queensland a few weeks ago when the prizemoney payment error was first recognised,' Queensland ATA representative Cameron Partington told Racenet.com.au.
Melbourne Cup-winning trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon are yet to be paid their prizemoney from last November due to an administrative error from Racing Victoria. The total prizemoney was a whopping $4.4million - and while jockey Robbie Dolan (pictured) and the horse's owners have received their share, Symons and Laxon are waiting nervously for their $464,000.
It is alleged the payment was deposited to a bank account which the trainers no longer have access to (pictured right, Knight's Choice after winning the Melbourne Cup). 'In turn, I involved the federal ATA office and CEO Stephen Bell given Racing Victoria's role here in being responsible for Melbourne Cup prizemoney payments and the significance of the issue.
