Gordon Elliott will face an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board hearing tomorrow following the image posted online of him sitting astride a dead horse on the gallops at his training yard.
But has the backlash gone far enough? Can he be allowed to apologise for his mistake, take a punishment as decided by the IHRB, and then get back to racing?
Kieran Cunningham is Chief Sports Writer with the Irish Daily Star and he joined Kieran Cuddihy to discuss.
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