Ex-Newmarket trainer Mahdi awaits sentence

Former Newmarket trainer Kamil Mahdi is due to be sentenced at Mildenhall Magistrates Court tomorrow after admitting five counts of causing unnecessary suffering to racehorses.

Mahdi admitted the charges in a hearing at Bury St Edmunds Magistrates Court in England last month and was warned that he could face a jail sentence.

The charges relate to the treatment of Desert Warrior, Chillisima, Hamardeen, Awassi and Mount Holly who were taken by the RSPCA after neighbours raised concerns over the welfare of the horses.

After the RSPCA vet Peter Green examined the horses he concluded they were the victims of “wilful neglect” and recommended that one of the horses, Desert Warrior, was in such poor condition the only humane solution was to put him down.

The Jockey Club will now wait to see what sentence is passed on Mahdi before imposing any penalty of their own.

Jockey Club spokesman John Maxse said: “We will wait and see what happens tomorrow.

“He had not been a licensed trainer for over a year when the incidents came to light.”