FERDY MURPHY has hit out at the British Horseracing Authority after being handed a £9,500 fine following a disciplinary panel hearing.

Ferdy Murphy has hit out at the British Horseracing Authority after being handed a £9,500 (€10,200) fine following a disciplinary panel hearing.

Trainer Ferdy Murphy has been fined £9,500 (€10,200) and conditional jockey Ewan Whillans hit with a 42-day ban over the running and riding of Mansonn Leda at Catterick last month.

After his usual steady start to the season Ferdy Murphy is now beginning to hit form and there was plenty to like about the performance of Elzahann in the Streetlam Mares’ “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle at Catterick.