Racing Victoria integrity team probes BC3 Thoroughbreds Nordic Empire has been cleared to continue racing. Former Purana Taskforce detective Tim Robinson and ex-Seymour police detective Rhys Melville have spent the past two days at crisis-torn BC3 Thoroughbreds' Victorian farm at Torquay trying to piece together evidence as the company unravels. The two former police officers are part of Racing Victoria's anti-corruption team and they, along with Racing Victoria industry liaison officer Simon Quintner, have been quizzing administrators and staff about the scandal-plagued operation whose owner, Bill Vlahos, has leapt from relative obscurity to the front pages of newspapers in a matter of days. "We have been down there trying to piece together evidence," said Dayle Brown, Racing Victoria's head of integrity. We have also sent a vet there to inspect the horses and they are in good health. Bernard Saundry, the chief executive officer of Racing Victoria, said his integrity team would be given "as long as it takes" to get to the bottom of the affair, which has plunged racing into a public relations nightmare with tales of missing millions and investors losing their life savings having been taken in by Vlahos' punters club's promises of easy riches. The punters club is a separate entity to the BC3 Thoroughbreds operation which has also now crashed spectacularly. Racing Victoria has no jurisdiction over that because it doesn't involve licensed people. The administrators of BC3, Moore and Stephens, are allowing horses in which the company has shares to run in forthcoming races. But, says Brown, if any of those gallopers earn prizemoney, the share that would normally go back to BC3 will be frozen - although other shareholders will be able to pick up their dues. That is good news for owners of two-year-old Nordic Empire, an impressive debut winner at Caulfield last month, who trainer Mick Price intends to aim at the $2 million Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast next month. BC3 has been one of the most high-profile and active buyers at recent major yearling sales. It spent $5 million on the half-brother to Black Caviar which was sold at the Inglis Easter Sales this year. The colt, named Jimmy, has been in the headlines himself after suffering a life-threatening illness and has been at the Werribee Veterinary Clinic being treated for laminitis.