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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Greg Wood

Former jockey Danny Brock faces long ban from racing for betting conspiracy

Danny Brock after a race in April 2018
Danny Brock was beaten in the races investigated after a series of four-figure lay bets were placed against his horse. Photograph: Ian Headington/Racingfotos/Shutterstock

Danny Brock, a jockey on the Flat from 2009 to 2021, will face a significant ban after the British Horseracing Authority’s independent disciplinary panel decided on Tuesday he had deliberately stopped three horses as part of a conspiracy to profit from betting on their races.

The BHA’s case against Brock and five other individuals, including Sean McBride, the son and assistant of the Newmarket trainer Philip “Charlie” McBride, concerned three races at all-weather tracks between December 2018 and March 2019.

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