A UK jockey who rode roughshod o'er horse racing integrity rules has found himself banned from the feature for 15 years for his component part in a “betting conspiracy.”
The British Horse Racing Authority (BHA) determined that Danny Brock deliberately “stopped rides,” or failed to mount his gymnastic horse to its best possible placing, inwards 9 races between December 2018 and Sep 2019.
He was also found to have relayed insider information to V gamblers so they could profit from betting on the fraudulent races. The authority was alerted to the existence of a possible cabal after unusual betting patterns were detected.
‘Never Tolerated’
“This receive outcome sends a powerful message that lead of this nature will never follow tolerated,” said the BHA.
“The conduct of the individuals found inwards breach in this display case risked undermining trust inwards our sportswoman and flagrantly disregarded the knockout work and inscription of people upward and down feather the rural area who carry come out their duties inwards undecomposed faith.”
Brock was a truant at a BHA public hearing into the infractions lastly month. He claimed that appearing could take to threats against him and his family. The BHA argued this was a pretext to avoid questioning.
He hasn’t ridden since he was handed a 30-day ban in 2021 for whiplash offenses. Since then, he has reinvented himself as a greyhound trainer. The Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB), which regulates greyhound racing, told the BBC it had temporarily suspended his preparation license, pending a total review.
Slow Out of the Stalls
The BHA tribunal heard that inwards I of the suspicious races, at Southwell inward March 2019, Brock’s horse, Samovar, was noticeably slack out of the stalls. Brock then failed to right Samovar when the Equus caballus veered to the left.
His V coconspirators, Saint Luke Olley, Luke Howells, Prince Eugene of Savoy Maloney, St. Andrew Perring, and Sean McBride, all bet on the winner inward the race, Tricky Dicky, making a £100,000 (US$124,000) profit for the group. Samovar ruined arcsecond inwards the race at 2/1, 10 lengths behindhand Tricky Dicky.
Four of the gamblers refused to cooperate with the investigation and were subjected to long racing bans. McBride, helper to his father, Newmarket trainer Charlie McBride, was the only when member of the group to attend the hearing. He was disqualified from the sportsman for VII years.
“It is vital that supporters and bettors feature faith inwards the equity and unity of our sport,” the BHA said. “At the same time, participants must have infrangible confidence that they are competing on a unwavering playing field. We are grateful to the venire for their industry inward audition and expiration sound judgement on this important case.”
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