Not a good look for horse racing.

Tikay10

Gordon Elliott's explanation;



"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.

Tikay10

https://twitter.com/RacingPost/status/1366326966610190338

rabdeniro

Bit of a sick joke.

tai-gar

Did he then take a trip to Barnard Castle to check his eyesight?

goldnballz

That is shocking & quite upsetting to see

vaigret

oh dear oh dear, his explanation has him banged to rights in my opinion, no feelings for the horse in this pic.

OSCAR66

deary me, what was he thinking. His reasoning is desperate stuff, the photo not being recent is irrelevant.
I'm hearing that owners with horses with him can still run them at Cheltenham but only through a different trainer as per the BHA.

thefall

Has to have a lengthy ban anyone who loves the game will be shocked by that picture. Never have seen anything like that nor do I want to again shame on you Gordon.