Twelve month ban for Farrier

FARRIER Michael McAteer was made a disqualified person for 12 months at an appeal hearing before the Stewards of the Governing Bodies at the Curragh yesterday.

He appealed against a penalty imposed by the Appeals and Referrals Committee in April after an inquiry into the running of Carapuncha in unrecognised meetings in 2004.

The committee had made him a disqualified person, with a recommendation that this should be for at least two years. His 12-month ban starts today.