Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys has had a spectacular fallout with the state’s trainers over criticisms of the sport’s governing body.

NSW Trainers Association representatives Richard Pegum, Richard Callander and Brett Cavanough met with former NSW health minister Brad Hazzard on Wednesday as part of his review of the $3.3 billion industry.

Hazzard was appointed by the Minns government to review the widespread powers of Racing NSW and has been meeting industry figures far and wide.

At Wednesday’s meeting in Sydney, the trio were at times critical of the way the sport is governed, said sources with knowledge of the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were confidential.

Aspects of the meeting were conveyed to Racing NSW, and V’landys was left fumin

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