Emirates Racing Authority awaits transcripts The Emirates Racing Authority has requested written reasons and a transcript of Pat Cosgrave's appeal hearing after the jockey was successful in his application to the British Horseracing Authority to not reciprocate the four-month ban he incurred in Dubai. Cosgrave, 32, was initially handed a six-month suspension by the ERA following his performance on the Mike de Kock-trained Anaerobio at Meydan in March. The rider was found to have moved his mount off the rail in the straight to allow stablemate Vercingetorix through on the inside to win the Group One Jebel Hatta, with Anaerobio eventually third. Cosgrave's ban was reduced to four months following an appeal to the ERA in May . The jockey asked the BHA not to impose the suspension, which was due to expire on July 16, in this country and had been free to ride until the hearing on Tuesday morning. John Zucal, chief steward for the ERA, is now awaiting the reasoning why the BHA chose not to reciprocate the ban. He told Press Association Sport: " I have got the decision of the BHA and I have asked for reasons and a transcript of the hearing, which I am sure I will get. Apart from that, I won't be making a comment as I think it is inappropriate from a personal, and an ERA, point of view. We shall let the dust settle first." Cosgrave told the Guardian that he has every intention of returning to Dubai to ride. He said: "It's been a rocky few months, but I'm pleased with the result. Thank God it's over now and I can look forward and get back to doing my job in racing and knocking in a few winners. I think I've been riding pretty well since I got back (from Dubai). The first week was hard but after that, when I got really race fit again and got my eye in again, everything was going pretty smoothly. "Riding was good for me. I think if you are just sitting at home it would probably play on your mind more, but when you're busy driving up and down the country, it keeps your mind off it. It means you sleep better at night too because you're so tired. "I hope to go back to Dubai. I don't see any reason why I shouldn't. It's just one of those things, I've been pretty successful in Dubai over the last four or five years and it's a nice place to ride. It's just unfortunate that this has happened this year. Hopefully that's the end of it and we can move forward. "I'd like to thank the PJA (Professional Jockeys Association). Paul Struthers (PJA chief executive) has been instrumental in the whole thing and he's been top class. Without the likes of Paul and the PJA, this would have been very hard to get sorted." Last October, the BHA also refused to reciprocate a 56-day riding ban given to Martin Dwyer by the Royal Western India Turf. Robin Mounsey, media manager of the BHA, said: "BHA's starting position was set out in the rules of racing which state that penalties imposed by overseas recognised racing authorities will be reciprocated, a position which is echoed by the International Agreement. "However it has also been established in previous cases in regards to reciprocation that a suspension should not be reciprocated if, for example, the panel believe that the relevant disciplinary and appeal processes followed were procedurally unfair or did not accord with the relevant racing authority's rules. Decisions on reciprocation are formally delegated to the disciplinary panel. "We cannot comment further on the decision until we have the panel's full reasons." Cosgrave was represented at the BHA's High Holborn offices on Tuesday by Graeme McPherson QC, who said: "I'm delighted for Pat to carry on riding. These cases are never straightforward, but we felt there were enough prospects to make the application in the first place. The panel obviously agreed.
