Racing:Jockey Jason Behan and trainer Eamon Tyrrell have been disqualified for three years for not running Casela Park on his merits at Newcastle.
The British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel found the pair guilty of the offence after they concluded that Behan’s ride amounted to “deliberately preventing a horse from winning” the register sportpool.co.uk Handicap on August 4th.
The five-year-old, sent off at odds of 17-2, finished sixth off top weight of 9st 13lb, beaten two lengths. He went on to run again two days later at Musselburgh, finishing fourth on that occasion.
He has not raced since, and has been suspended from running for 42 days from Wednesday. Behan and Tyrrell’s disqualification period commences from the same day.