Jockey Darren Williams has admitted that he has been suspended for three months following a British Horseracing Authority inquiry.
Jockey reveals he has been suspended for three months
Jockey Darren Williams has admitted that he has been suspended for three months following a British Horseracing Authority inquiry.
Williams, along with fellow jockey Fergal Lynch, trainer Karl Burke and former owner Miles Rodgers, face a disciplinary panel on Thursday.
And although the hearing was expected to last a week, Williams accepted that he had breached the rules in associating with a disqualified person in Rodgers as well as admitting to passing information for reward on five occasions.
But while Williams was banned for three months, Lynch, who now rides in the US, is believed to have agreed not to race in Britain and to pay a record fine after admitting to six charges of passing information, betting on 15 races and a breach of the non-trier rule.
And although the BHA have yet to confirm the results of the hearing, Williams is clearly upset at receiving the heavier punishment.
"I don't really want to get into a slanging match with the BHA," he told the
Racing Post.
"I just thought to suspend me for three months was very harsh when you look at what happened to Fergal Lynch, and you take into account what he actually admitted to and what submissions he made, and what they found with me and him.
"I thought it was very difficult to swallow to be honest."
