A picture has surfaced of trainer Gordon Elliott sitting astride a dead horse giving a peace/victory sign. It's not a good look. (Image here should you want to see it: https://twitter.com/ianbevis/status/1366348468588081155?s=20 )
However all is not as it appears, according to Elliott, who has issued a statement that includes the following:
Betfair have already ended their relationship with him.
However all is not as it appears, according to Elliott, who has issued a statement that includes the following:
The photo in question was taken some time ago and occurred after a horse had died of an apparent heart attack on the gallops.
At what was a sad time, which it is when any horse under my care passes away, my initial reaction was to get the body removed from where it was positioned.
I was standing over the horse waiting to help with the removal of the body, in the course of which, to my memory I received a call and, without thinking, I sat down to take it. Hearing a shout from one of my team, I gestured to wait until I was finished.
Such background information may seem trivial at this time and will not allay the concerns of many people both within and outside the world of horse racing.
At what was a sad time, which it is when any horse under my care passes away, my initial reaction was to get the body removed from where it was positioned.
I was standing over the horse waiting to help with the removal of the body, in the course of which, to my memory I received a call and, without thinking, I sat down to take it. Hearing a shout from one of my team, I gestured to wait until I was finished.
Such background information may seem trivial at this time and will not allay the concerns of many people both within and outside the world of horse racing.
Betfair have already ended their relationship with him.
