RACING: Former National Hunt jockey Graham Bradley said he intends to appeal against yesterday's Jockey Club decision to warn him off for eight years after he was found in breach of a series of the Rules of Racing.

The ban means that Bradley, who retired from race riding in 1999, would not be able to continue to earn his living as a bloodstock agent as he has been declared a disqualified person.

The former rider expressed his disappointment in a short statement after the three-day hearing concluded with Bradley facing the prospect of being barred from all premises licensed by the Jockey Club until December 2010, and with fines totalling £2,900.

Bradley said afterwards: "This will be short and sweet. I am obviously very, very, very disappointed. I will definitely appeal. That is it, basically. I can't say anything else."

Bradley (42) received his eight-year ban after being convicted of a series of charges. These included the passing of privileged information in return for monetary consideration. Bradley was in addition fined £2,500 for bringing racing into disrepute as he told the disciplinary committee that a passage in his autobiography claiming that he had attempted to have the 1987 Cheltenham Gold Cup abandoned in the interests of particular bets was false.

Since his retirement Bradley has earned his living as a bloodstock agent, with Vicious Circle, the 2000 Ebor winner, being one of his most successful purchases. Bradley has until next Friday to formerly lodge his appeal.