Bookie: Horse racing body kept £100k prize bond win

HORSE Racing Ireland is facing a six-figure claim for damages amid allegations that it kept winnings owed to an on-track bookmaker and never told him about his windfall.

Denis Carey, a bookmaker from Co Meath, has taken a High Court case claiming a prize bond win of £100,000 was wrongfully retained by HRI, formerly the Racing Board and Irish Horseracing Authority, in 1995.

The details did not come to light until 2005, following rumours in the racing community.