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What on earth is going on? First Gordon Elliott and now this jockey doing the same thing.
“Cheltenham Festival-winning amateur rider Rob James has confirmed he is the individual sitting on a dead horse in a video circulating on social media.
James has issued an apology over the clip, which is being investigated by the the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB).
Just days after racing was left reeling following the circulation of an image of trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse, the footage – apparently from April 2016 – shows the former champion novice point-to-point rider sitting aboard a deceased five-year-old mare on an unidentified gallop.
James told the Irish Field: “I have become aware of a video circulating of me on social media. I would just like to apologise for my actions which were wholly inappropriate and disrespectful to a lovely five-year-old mare, who unfortunately suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while at exercise earlier that morning, April 30, 2016.
“I sincerely apologise to the owners of the mare, the staff who cared for her, the horseracing industry and all followers of horseracing for my actions.”
Both of them have wrecked their careers.
Haven’t bothered looking at it, suspect it was a case of great craic with lads to be sure. Good luck to Mr James in any career switch.
People heard laughing in the background what a sick individual he must be and like Gordon Elliott he should pay the price and step away from racing for some time.
Any news on who released that nasty piece of footage and why? Makes you wonder how many more to come and of whom.Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Elliott and James proving Mark Prescotts old quotation about Jockeys and brains correct.
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GT – it would seem not. It’s a different gallop, apparently the gallop of a prominent point to point trainer but I do not know if that is true.
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