Harry Findlay Appeals Against Horse Racing Ban

One of horseracing’s most famous professional gamblers, Harry Findlay, is to appeal against a six-month ban from horse racing at a hearing in London this morning. Findlay was given the ban after betting against two of his horses in the past two years.

Although he did also bet on them to win in the same race and the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) accepted that there was no corrupt motive, Findlay was in breach of strict BHA rules which restrict owners, trainers and jockeys from betting against their own horses.

Findlay, who had 30 horses in training including 2008 Gold Cup winner Denman and fourth placed Grand National horse Big Fella Thanks, has now given up and/or sold all of his horses and has vowed “I will never own horses in Britain again.”

Denman, the 2011 Grand National betting favourite, is now solely owned by Paul Barber, the man who previously co-owned the horse with Findlay, whilst Big Fella Thanks is still officially owned by Findlay’s mother and will be unable to run whilst the ban is in place.

Findlay maintains that there is a vendetta against him within the BHA, and the fact that he never stood to make any profit from the races in question should hold in his favour at the hearing today.

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Posted on:- 14/07/2010 - 10:09 AM
Filed in:- Horse Racing Betting News