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Talking Horses: Russell back on track for Festival with Kennedy sidelined

Davy Russell has high hopes of adding to his 25 Cheltenham Festival winners after Kennedy misses flagship meeting

The Guardian - UK

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls demands BHA show "bit of backbone" and stand up for racing

The 13-time champion jumps trainer said he has been "livid" over the British Horseracing Authority's decision to implement changes to the whip rules before the Cheltenham Festival

Daily Mirror

Jockeys stunned as first week of new whip rules sees 20 suspensions given

Charlotte Jones was one of 19 riders found to have broken the BHA’s latest whip rules in the first seven days of the new regime

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Ted Walsh "absolutely shocked" with Any Second Now's Grand National weight

The 11-year-old was allocated 11st 12lb by BHA Chase Handicapper Martin Greenwood, with the weights being unveiled at a lunch in Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon

Irish Mirror

Gordon Elliott fined £1,000 after ‘mystery’ positive test at Cheltenham

Gordon Elliott has been fined £1,000 by the British Horseracing Board’s independent disciplinary panel and his hurdler Zanahiyr disqualified from last year’s Champion Hurdle

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Elliott horse disqualified and trainer fined over positive test

The Meath man has been fined £1,000 after Zanahiyr tested positive for a banned substance.

Irish Mirror

Gordon Elliott fined and Zanahiyr disqualified after testing positive for banned substance

The Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National-winning trainer accepted the charges but neither he nor the BHA were able to establish the source of the prohibited substance lidocaine

Daily Mirror

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Gordon Elliott faces hearing after Cheltenham horse tests positive for banned substance

Gordon Elliott's horse Zanahiyr placed behind Honeysuckle in the 2022 Champion Hurdle. A BHA hearing has been arranged for Wednesday when panel members will consider the case

Daily Mirror

Oisin Murphy cleared to return from 14-month ban but must stay sober and avoid drugs

Three-time champion Flat jockey Oisin Murphy will have to undergo enhanced drink and drug testing when he returns to action from next Thursday, February 16, as a condition of his licence

Daily Mirror

Oisin Murphy secures ride in €1.4million race as BHA release statement on his return

The jockey is approaching the end of a 14-month suspension imposed by the British Horseracing Authority

Irish Mirror

Jockey Oisin Murphy secures ride in £1.25 million race on comeback from 14-month ban

The three-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy's suspension for misleading the BHA when he broke Covid rules in 2020 and failing two alcohol breath tests is due to expire next week

Daily Mirror

Harry Cobden says winning Cheltenham ride on Il Ridoto did not deserve 24-day ban

Paul Nicholls's stable jockey Harry Cobden claimed stewards indicated he would have received a 24-day ban for his use of the whip at Cheltenham had the controversial new rules been in force

Daily Mirror

Jockey Danny Brock disqualified for 15 years over horse racing betting corruption

Danny Brock had been found guilty of corrupt or fraudulent practices in relation to horse racing after passing inside information to individuals who used it to make substantial profits from betting

Daily Mirror

Grand National winner Noble Yeats to miss race as he doesn't qualify for it

The Emmet Mullins-trained eight-year-old provided amateur rider Sam Waley-Cohen with a fairytale success in the Aintree spectacular last year

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The Guardian - UK

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

A BHA panel has found that Danny Brock, a jockey on the Flat from 2009 to 2021, deliberately stopped three horses to profit from betting on their races

Daily Mirror

Grand National hero Noble Yeats out of Lingfield trip due to issue with vaccination record

The Grand National winner was due to run in the Fleur de Lys Chase before the Cheltenham Gold Cup but was found ineligible to run because his vaccination record had not been completed

Daily Mirror

Mark Johnston claims BHA most to blame for public perception of jockeys' whip use

Britain's winning-most trainer argues that rules governing whip use should never have been introduced, were all about public perception and have little to do with horse welfare

Daily Mirror

Jockeys win concession over whip changes as backhand only rule removed by BHA

The new restrictions to whip use set to limit jockeys to using the whip in the backhand position only have been withdrawn after last minute concerns were raised by leading jump jockeys

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New rules on how many times jockeys can whip a horse during a race

There is also a change in the rules on how the whip can be held when the horse is being hit

The Guardian - UK

Talking Horses: BHA will consider backtrack on whip rule changes

Authority may be ready to make adjustments to proposed regulations after recent lobbying from jockeys

Daily Mirror

Ex-jockey Danny Brock faces disciplinary panel amid allegations of breaches of BHA rules

The rider, who last rode in July last year, will face a BHA independent disciplinary panel on Wednesday amid allegations of serious breaches of the rules

The Guardian - UK

Talking Horses: whip rules row brings more questions than answers

The new whip rules that come into force in February will be a key talking point in the run-up to the Cheltenham Festival

The Guardian - UK

Talking Horses: whip splits sport again as riders call rules ‘ridiculous’

Leading jockeys fear the run-up to the Cheltenham Festival will be littered with bans over new riding restrictions

Daily Mirror

Nico de Boinville blasts new racing whip rules as "badly thought out" and issues warning

Nico de Boinville believes there will be "terrifying" number of bans as a result of changes to the whip rules. The jockey, in winning form at Cheltenham's International Meeting, spoke out with colleague Harry Skelton

Daily Mirror

Horse racing crackdown as whip rules to be introduced in time for Cheltenham Festival

New horse racing rules have been confirmed by the British Horseracing Authority which will mean jockeys will be disqualified for serious breaches of whip guidelines

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