Browne banned for 20 years

Self-confessed horse-doper Dermot Browne was hit with a 20-year ban at a hearing of the Jockey Club’s disciplinary committee today.

Self-confessed horse-doper Dermot Browne was hit with a 20-year ban at a hearing of the Jockey Club’s disciplinary committee today.

The former jockey and trainer was first warned off by the Jockey Club in 1992 and has not been seen at a racecourse in Britain since.

But his 10-year-ban officially lapsed last month when an interim suspension was imposed.

He appeared at Portman Square today in relation to allegations that in 1990 he doped horses between August 3 and September 20.

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