An amateur jockey has detailed his battle against cocaine addiction as he was banned from horse racing for six months on Thursday.
George Gorman, 28, who works for trainer Gary Moore, tested positive for a metabolite of the illegal drug when he was riding at Chelmsford in December last year.
He told a BHA independent disciplinary panel that he had taken cocaine during a period when he was recovering from injury. But he said he was glad he had been caught as it had forced him to seek the help he needed to try to cure his issues for good.
