BULLY PROBE: END IT Bryony case plea
RACING bosses are being urged to drop the case against jockey Robbie Dunne in the Bryony Frost bullying probe.
The Professional Jockeys Association (PJA) believes “a fair hearing is impossible” after confidential documents were leaked.
It emerged that Dunne, who denies the allegations, was charged with “conduct prejudicial to the integrity or good reputation” of the sport.
The PJA said the details of the investigation, revealed in a data leak, should only have been available to the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), Dunne and his legal team.
“The matter cannot now be permitted to proceed and we call upon the BHA to bring this matter to an end, however unsatisfactory that is,” the PJA statement added. The BHA’S 120-page report, which was leaked to a Sunday newspaper, is said to contain complaints from Frost about her weighing room colleague’s behaviour over several years.
These include Dunne (right) allegedly swearing at her after pulling up after a race.
Frost first revealed the difficulties she was facing in December after winning the King George VI Chase on Frodon having already lodged a complaint with the BHA. The PJA also criticised the length of time it has taken in bringing the case to a conclusion and that members were upset by the negative headlines about the “weighing room culture.”.
The BHA declined to comment. RACHAEL Blackmore returned to winning ways on potential Gold Cup contender Eklat De Rire at Wexford yesterday.
The grey, 33-1 with Paddy Power for the Festival highlight, took the Betvictor M.W. Hickey Memorial Chase. Blackmore, who had been sidelined through injury, said it was “great to be back.”