Beverley

• Encouragement To Cheat
• 17th, Jun

 Henry Cecil wasn’t famous for bluntness. Wry humour was more the late master-trainer’s speed. But one thing he was consistently and admirably blunt about was handicaps. He hated them; described them as an encouragement to cheat. And he was right. Everyone knows he was right. So why are we surprised when cheating actually occurs? And [...]

Injured Jockeys

• E F Power - Fractured three vertebrae in a fall at Kilbeggan Fri, 3rd May
• Mr D O'Connor - Fractured left leg in a fall at Dawstown pt-to-pt Mon, 6th May
• B J Cooper - Fractured left leg (femur) in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
• P T Enright - Fractured both hands in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
• T P Treacy - Fractured tibia and fibula in a schooling accident Mon, 13th May
• D G Lavery - Fractured pelvis in a fall at Wexford Fri, 17th May
• T C Carroll - Suffered a collapsed lung & fractured ribs in a fall at Cork Fri, 24th May
• K C Sexton - Double fracture right collarbone in a fall at Cork Fri, 24th May
• Megan Carberry - Fractured hand in a fall at the Curragh Sat, 25th May
• M P Burke - Fractured left collarbone in a fall at Tramore Fri, 31st May
• No Jockey - Fractured left collarbone in a fall at Tramore Fri, 31st May
• R P Cleary - Suffered concussion in a fall at Leopardstown Thu, 13th Jun

Suspended Jockeys

• D G Hogan - Five day whip ban at Cork, starts Fri, 7th Jun
• B Hayes - Ten day ban for making insufficient effort at Tramore, starts Fri, 14th Jun
• D M Grant - Five day ban for dropping hands & failing to gain best finishing position at Tramore Sat, 15th Jun