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Images of a jockey and a trainer sitting astride their horses... it's not something that would normally whip up online outrage.

Irish trainer Gordon Elliott's reputation was in tatters after he was banned from the sport for six months over a shocking photograph of him sitting on a dead horse. Elliott received a 12-month ban from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board but six months was suspended. He was also fined €15,000 (£13,000).  In a strongly worded statement, the referrals committee of the IHRB said Elliott's actions had 'damaged the reputation of the Irish racing industry and the thoroughbred industry'. They added that his actions had shown a 'complete lack of respect for the horse'. The IHRB accepted the t...

Support OneGreenPlanet Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content. Please support us! Support Us An Irish racehorse trainer has sparked fury on social media after a photo surfaced of him mocking a horse’s death. With a peace sign in the air and a wide grin on his face, trainer Gordon Elliot straddled the dead body of a thoroughbred who suffered from a heart attack on the track. “New work rider this morning,” the Snapchat screenshot reads. The outrage that ensued within hours of the photo’s leak prompted Elliot’s ban from...

To those organising the anti-lockdown gathering in Cork this weekend let me say this: I know how you feel. We are all fed up with the lockdown and feel like going out into the street and screaming. But the purpose of the lockdown is to limit the spread of the virus and the more successfully this is done, the sooner the lockdown can be gradually ended. Now, if a large number of people come together, it will be impossible to maintain social distancing and if some of those present, without realising it, have the virus, they will inevitably spread it to others.

I CAN’T say for sure how I would react if I was faced with the body of a dead horse, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t sit on the animal and pose…