Horse racing trainer Ronan McNally has been banned from Irish racing for 12 years and fined €50,000 in costs after being found guilty of breaking a number of racing rules following an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board investigation and hearing.
The IHRB’s referrals committee ruled the Armagh man breached a number of rules, including one charge of running and training his horses in a manner “prejudicial to the integrity, proper conduct and good reputation of horseracing” following a four-day hearing in October.
McNally was determined to be at least partially in breach of 10 of 11 alleged rule infringements, with the verdict announced in December ahead of sanctions being unveiled on Tuesday.