Racing’s new leaders will need to attack poisonous gaming betting
Talking Horses
A racing certainty? What a Labour government would mean for the sport
January 2024
Milton Harris stripped of training licence after ‘bullying’ and ‘inappropriate behaviour’
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Talking Horses: Sunday night races may result in serious jockey burnout
August 2023
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Talking Horses: Heat needs to be turned down fast in sauna-gate
‘Bizarre’: stewards investigate Quickthorn win over Goodwood rivals
July 2023
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Hillsin, Dylan Kitts and one of the most talked-about races of 2023
Before joining the rush to suggest that a 22-year-old conditional rider with 94 rides to their name should be banned for life, it is probably best to wait for the investigation to conclude
‘We don’t stop horses’: trainer Chris Honour hits back over Hillsin’s ban
Hillsin’s trainer has insisted he would ‘never tell someone not to win’ after the horse’s run under Dylan Kitts at Worcester drew attention
Hillsin performance at Worcester leads to ban and BHA referral – video
Kitts has been referred to the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) for further investigation
June 2023
Racing chiefs reject Animal Rising’s call for TV debate amid Royal Ascot threat
The British Horseracing Authority refuses to be ‘coerced into any activity by threats of protests’ before next week’s Royal Ascot
February 2023
Grand National: Irish horses to dominate field for second year running
Gordon Elliott faces inquiry after Champion Hurdle third tests positive
January 2023
Former jockey Danny Brock faces long ban from racing for betting conspiracy
A BHA panel has found that Danny Brock, a jockey on the Flat from 2009 to 2021, deliberately stopped three horses to profit from betting on their races
December 2022
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Talking Horses: BHA will consider backtrack on whip rule changes
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Talking Horses: whip splits sport again as riders call rules ‘ridiculous’
November 2022
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Talking Horses: racing’s factions bury differences in bid for brighter future
New structure to run the sport could end the factionalism and squabbling that has dogged the Turf for decades
July 2022
Racing heavyweights’ plan for radical shake-up of sport too narrow in focus
Simply throwing money at the top tier of Flat racing is likely to have unpredictable and irreparable consequences
Sportblog
The aim of whip rule changes is to influence behaviour, not issue penalties
Greg Wood
Although disqualification for excessive whip use is now on the table, its enforcement is likely to be vanishingly rare
Riders face disqualification for whip breaches under new BHA rules
A ban on jockeys using their whips in the forehand position and an option for stewards to disqualify horses over whip rule-breaches are to come into force this autumn
March 2022
Robbie Dunne ban for bullying Bryony Frost reduced to 10 months on appeal
Robbie Dunne has had his 18-month suspension for bullying and harassing fellow jockey Bryony Frost reduced to 10 months on appeal
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