Jockeys Casey Waddell and Amy Graham stood down by stewards after white powder videos emerge online

Racenet has seen the two separate videos, which run for a combined total of 11 seconds.

The first video goes for five seconds and shows Graham, 28, snorting a white powder substance from a saucer while leaning over a kitchen bench, with music playing in the background.

She then stands up, smiles at the camera and waves two fingers on her right hand.

The six-second video of Waddell, which has no sound, shows the jockey dipping the pinky finger of her right hand into a thimble-like container.

While looking slightly away from the camera, Waddell then rubs onto her gums what also appears to be a white powder substance.

“I know the two people who were with me at the time and I was unaware I was being videoed,” Waddell told Racenet on Monday night from Rome.

“The video taken of me was done in a private setting. I had no idea I was being recorded.”

Racenet has contacted Graham for comment.

“We are aware of the two videos that were published in the media over the weekend,” Queensland chief steward Josh Adams told Racenet.

“We have taken proactive action, standing both riders down, pending a clear urine sample.

“We will be inquiring into both the videos and we’ll be hoping to deal with both videos this week. We’ll make sure we investigate it thoroughly.”

It is not known exactly when or where the videos were filmed.

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The 28-year-old Graham’s last rides were at Queensland provincial track Kilcoy on Sunday, September 7.

Waddell has not ridden since competing at the Gold Coast polytrack on August 9.

A Gold Coast trainer, who did not wish to be named, said he was shocked when Waddell “suddenly disappeared” from the local racing scene last month.

“I heard she needed an ankle operation but she never contacted us to say she’d be unavailable,” the trainer said on Monday.

It is understood Waddell and Graham previously lived together in a unit on the Gold Coast but are no longer on speaking terms.

“We did have a falling out, that happens when people grow apart,” Waddell confirmed on Monday night.

Waddell said she had written a detailed submission to stewards while on her European holiday and planned to return to Australia on September 22.

Another Gold Coast trainer, who has spoken to Graham since the videos were published online, said the jockey was “very upset”.

Graham went for a late-night swim with fellow jockey Chris Caserta at Surfers Paradise in December 2021 when Caserta tragically drowned at age 26 after being caught in a rip. She was lucky enough to make it back to shore.

“He was my biggest supporter, he was always telling me I could do it and become a jockey,” Graham told Racing Queensland’s website in September 2022 about the late Caserta.

Adams told Racenet that the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission had an extensive drug testing regime – both human and equine.

“As part of that process we do targeted and also random testing,” Adams said.

“The industry should see that we’ll continue to test as part of that regime.”

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