WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Elliott, who led horse Tiger Roll to back-to-back Grand National wins, has confirmed he is co-operating fully after the image was widely shared.
Elliott, 42, came under fire after the shocking pictures were shared on social media on Saturday, and he has apologised profoundly and confirmed he was fully co-operating with an investigation.
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Elliott, who led horse Tiger Roll to back-to-back Grand National wins, has confirmed he is co-operating fully after the image was widely shared.
The triple Grand National-winning trainer Gordon Elliott faces the possible loss of his licence after a “shocking” picture emerged on social media that showed him sitting on a dead horse on his
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IHRB chief executive Denis Egan believes the six-month suspension handed to Charles Byrnes due to negligence in the Viking Hoard case should act as a wake-up call to trainers about leaving horses unattended at racecourses, warning that they could be penalised in future.
Speaking during a Zoom press conference after the appeals panel announced its verdict on Thursday, Egan suggested the saga would not have occurred if Byrnes had not left his horse alone on two occasions at Tramore in October 2018. The reason we ended up with this particular case is because the trainer didn t do what he was supposed to do, he said. We did what we had to do, we dealt with the case that came up.