Bailey was reported to have come out of his house following the shooting armed with a baseball bat. Chief racing Stewart Terry Bailey outside his house, after his front door was fired upon on Sunday night. Credit:Joe Armao It also emerged that Dayle Brown, Racing Victoria's head of integrity, reported a security threat a week ago, after he spotted a man described as a "bikie" lurking outside his house on the afternoon of October 18. Mr Brown noticed the man, wearing a skull bandanna over his face, parked outside his house. He appeared to look in the house and neighbouring properties before leaving. Racing Victoria have increased security the houses of Mr Bailey and Mr Brown after the troubling incidents, and are believed to have offered security to other staff.

Speaking outside his home on Monday, Mr Bailey said: "I was pretty angry. There's no need for that - it's below the belt. Terry Bailey's front door. Credit:Joe Armao "It's a job we're in and we've had similar incidents over the years. We're accustomed to it now." Mr Bailey said he had not been recently threatened - despite a report he was the subject of death threats two months ago. He expects to return to work on Tuesday. Police at the sideline of chief steward Terry Bailey's house after shots where fired at his front door. Credit:Joe Armao

"There are 900 trainers in Victoria, a lot of people relying on us to make sure the place is run on a level playing field and we'll keep doing that," he said. "I'm not going to walk away from that. The show must go on." Chief racing steward Terry Bailey. Credit:Joe Armao Police spent much of the night at Bailey's home in the eastern suburbs and returned again on Monday morning to carry out more tests and gather spent shells. He said his wife and family were well and were "out the back of the house" when the shooting occurred.

"It was such a warm night that we were outside when we heard this burst of bullets," Mr Bailey said. "Just as we ran, neighbours came running when they heard the gunfire." Mr Bailey and his team of stewards have introduced a stronger and tougher culture to Victorian racing, cracking down on integrity issues in the sport. He has shown a willingness to expose the underbelly of the racing industry. The current spring carnival is Bailey's most hectic season as he watches over three of the most important races in Melbourne's spring: the Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup.

Mr Brown, who also spoke outside Bailey's house on Monday, said that the threats would only reinforce the tough stance racing authorities had taken against those who would seek to undermine the sport. "We'll keep administering the rules of racing without fear or favour and we'll keep treating everyone equally. "We'll apply the rules as they need to be applied and this will not deter us from doing so." Racing Minister Martin Pakula said on Monday morning that he had been told about the increased security, but had no doubt Bailey would remain staunch. "There's been extra security provided for Terry and his family and I'll simply say this to those involved: if anybody thinks that Terry Bailey or racing integrity officials will be deterred in any way from providing and ensuring the highest standards of integrity for Victorian racing, they have another thing coming," Pakula said.

"I know Terry, I know Dayle Brown and all of those connected with integrity at Racing Victoria; they are determined to ensure that we have the highest standards of integrity. "Terry Bailey is one tough cookie. Of course he'll be concerned for the safety of his family and he'll be concerned about this incident, but if I know Terry Bailey, those people that might want to deter him or racing integrity officials from doing their job and doing it properly, will be sadly disappointed. "Stewards have a very difficult job to do and in doing that job, sometimes upset people and that goes with the territory. But I've not seen this sort of direct assault on the home of a steward before. And of course it's the sort of thing that no one connected with the racing industry wants to see." Pakula said he didn't think Bailey or Racing Victoria knew what the shooting was about. "That'll be a matter for Victoria Police and others involved in investigating," he said,

"I think the priority now is to catch those individuals who were involved in this appalling attack on Terry Bailey's home." Pakula was confident that that spring racing carnival would not be marred by the shooting. "Of course this is not something that racing needs but we've had a magnificent Cox Plate day, no doubt we will have a magnificent Flemington Carnival, we had a magnificent Caulfield Carnival, and people that love racing will not be dissuaded by this sort of appalling attack," he said. with Suzanne Carbone, Chris Roots