The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) is investigating a video circulating on social media which shows an individual believed to be a jockey sitting on a dead horse on what appears to be a gallops.
After the video circulated on social media on Monday night, the IHRB released a statement on Twitter on Tuesday morning which read: “The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board is aware of further social media content circulating and the matter is under investigation.”
The video shows a stricken horse on the floor and the individual involved moving to straddle the dead animal. It appears the body was set to be moved when the video was recorded.
Three others are shown in the close vicinity and laughs can be heard after the individual sits on the horse. The individual then pats the horse as he dismounts before the video ends.
A spokesman for the BHA said the regulator was aware of the video but would not be commenting further at this stage.
The video comes just days after an image of leading trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse emerged on social media.
Elliott subsequently told the Racing Post he has let down the racing industry, his owners and his staff with an “indefensible moment of madness”, with the sport uniting in condemnation of his actions and the BHA banning him from having runners in Britain while an investigation by the IHRB takes place.
No date for a hearing into the Elliott case has been confirmed by the IHRB.
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FIRST PUBLISHED 9:23AM, MAR 2 2021
