Johnny Ward: Elliott deserves punishment but he should get a break too
The trainer often gave others a second chance, something he now needs himself.
By Johnny Ward
Wednesday 3 Mar 2021, 6:39 PM
Mar 3rd 2021, 6:39 PM
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Gordon Elliott: at the centre of a publicity storm.
Image: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
Image: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
GORDON ELLIOTT HAS had a week of horror you would not reasonably wish upon anyone.
He has been a victim of trial by social media, which is never good, and barred from having a runner in Britain without due process having taken place in Ireland.
When I gathered on Saturday evening that the image of him sitting astride the dead horse, Morgan, was indeed real, I put it around on WhatsApp that some context or explanation was needed, that a picture can and will mislead. He at least deserved to explain himself.