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Gordon Elliott: Has the backlash gone far enough?

Gordon Elliott will face an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board hearing tomorrow following the ima...

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18.31 4 Mar 2021


Gordon Elliott: Has the backlash gone far enough?


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18.31 4 Mar 2021


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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