Diarmuid Connolly slams the 'sick' targetting of Gordon Elliott

Six-time All-Ireland winner Connolly, who is a keen racing fan, felt sorry for Elliott over dead horse controversy

Diarmuid Connolly of Dublin in the 2019 All-Ireland SFC final

Dublin great Diarmuid Connolly has emerged as an unlikely ally of racehorse trainer Gordon Elliott, describing the delayed leaking of the controversial photograph of him sitting on a dead horse as 'kind of sick'.

Leading trainer Elliott was hit with a 12-month ban, with half of that suspended, after the infamous picture made its way into the public domain in the run up to the Cheltenham festival.