Punishment for Gordon Elliott must reflect the damage done to racing The trainer has put so many jobs at risk, if not the sport’s future funding, writes Johnny Ward. Johnny Ward By Johnny Ward Tuesday 2 Mar 2021, 1:04 PM Mar 2nd 2021, 1:04 PM 9,577 Views 15 Comments HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GORDON Elliott. Imagine the utter horror his mind greeted this morning, presumably many times, as he woke from a nightmare to be greeted by something much worse. And for racing, particularly Irish racing, things somehow got even more demoralising on social media on the morning marking two weeks until the Cheltenham Festival. What a build-up.