Former jockey Brock banned for 15 years after corruption verdict

FORMER jockey Danny Brock has been disqualified for 15 years after a British Horseracing Authority independent disciplinary panel found him in breach of the rules regarding corruption and fraud.

The rider was subject to a BHA disciplinary hearing in December alongside five other individuals who were collectively found to have conspired to profit from Brock’s corruption.

The breaches related to three races on the all- weather between December 2018 and March 2019, though the panel were also asked to consider six further races to highlight the contrast between rides in which Brock was attempting to win the race and occasions on which he was not.

The five other parties were Sean McBride, who is assistant trainer to his father Philip ‘ Charlie’ McBride in Newmarket, Luke Olley, Eugene Maloney, Andrew Perring and Luke Howells.

The panel considered there to be an evident pattern between the outcome of the races in question and the betting habits of the other individuals involved in the hearing – with

Brock seemingly riding to attain a profitable result for his co- defendants.

An example put forward was a five- furlong contest at Southwell on March 7, 2019, when Brock was aboard Samovar and his co- defendants had collectively staked a five- figure sum on the only other runner in the two- horse race, Tricky Dicky.

Samovar dwelt in the stalls and the panel deemed Brock to have been late in removing the horse’s blindfold before making little effort until a furlong from home, with the horse eventually beaten by 10 lengths.

Of the six individuals involved, only McBride chose to cooperate with the hearing and give evidence before the panel, with Brock opting not to take time away from his new career as a greyhound trainer to attend.