Cases

Fahey v Jockey Club

Facts

Appeal by the trainer of the filly, Market Avenue, against the decision of the Jockey Club's Disciplinary Panel on 15th December whereby it found that: (i) in respect of his riding of Market Avenue in the Whitby Handicap at Redcar on 28th October 2003, Dale Swift was in breach of Rule 157, in that he had intentionally not asked the filly for sufficient effort; (ii) the Panel was not satisfied that Swift’s ride was a consequence of a failure on his part to comply with the instructions given to him by Fahey because it considered it unlikely that a rider of Swift’s experience, riding for his employer, would have ridden in that way if to do so was contrary to instructions he had been given. Consequently it found Fahey was in breach of Rule 155(ii). (iii) the Panel imposed a fine of £1600 upon Fahey; and (iv) the Panel suspended Market Avenue from running for 40 days.

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