UPDATED 6:01PM, MAR 9 2021
The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) hearing into a video of Cheltenham Festival-winning amateur rider Rob James mounting a dead horse in April 2016 will take place on Wednesday.
Just days after the image of trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on the ill-fated Morgan circulated on social media, former champion novice point-to-point rider James confirmed his identity in the separate video and issued an apology over the inappropriate and disrespectful act.
The IHRB confirmed last week an investigation into the matter was underway, but that has now concluded and the evidence will be presented before the referrals body.
Rob James: champion novice point-to-point rider in 2014
6:45PM, MAR 9 2021
A Cheltenham Festival-bound jockey in Ireland has tested positive for Covid-19 but will have served his required self-isolation period in time to ride at next week s meeting, provided he tests negative before travelling to the UK.
A single rider among the more than 30 sampled in the second round of pre-Cheltenham testing returned a positive result for the virus, but the individual has no racing-related contacts, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board stated.
The jockey does not wish to be named and the regulator did not provide any details about his identity.
An IHRB spokesperson said: In preparation for the Cheltenham Festival, the IHRB has conducted a series of Covid-19 testing and one rider out of over 30 riders tested has returned a positive test at the second round of testing.
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We move a step closer to the Cheltenham Festival, which is now just eight days away, with competitive jumps meetings in Britain and Ireland.
The potentially class horse could come in the 2m1f beginners chase at Leopardstown (4.00), in which the Joe and Marie Donnelly-owned Breaken bids to get off the mark over fences. The seven-year-old has not run since a fall in December 2019, but may prove hard to beat if back to the form of his maiden hurdle win earlier that year.
Wetherby stages a 0-135 handicap hurdle (4.20) in which Pay The Piper bids to make it a perfect three from three, while there is also a jumps card from Southwell before evening action at Wolverhampton.
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