A day after Australian ‘poster boy’ jockey Tommy Berry was banned for over a year, his sister-in-law Kayla Nisbet was hit with a two-month disqualification over links to a professional punter and racehorse owner known as ‘The Bear’.
Star rider Berry is facing being unable to ride until 2024 after being found guilty of receiving a consideration, which involved gambler Zaid Miller paying money into the jockey’s mother’s bank account after being given winning tips. He has since lodged an appeal.
Nisbet, whose sister Sharnee is married to Berry, was found to have links with another punter Jacob Hoffman, nicknamed ‘The Bear', after New South Wales stewards seized the mobile phones of both her and another rider Jack Martin last year.
