Blow to Irish bookies in BHB row

Irish bookmakers, who are taking action against the British Horseracing Board, today suffered their second reversal in Dublin’s Commercial Court in the last seven days.

Justice Peter Kelly has refused to hear their application for future payments to BHB to be made into a holding, escrow account rather than direct to the BHB.

The Judge adjourned the bookmakers’ motion until the start of the trial, which begins on November 8, and centres around the layers who are suing the BHB for a refund of the payments they have made for data.

“The Judge said that the Court had given the bookmakers an escrow option in June but they turned it down, and also said that he didn’t regard their application as urgent enough to be heard before the trial itself in November,” said BHB communications manager Alan Delmonte.

“We will continue to enforce the commercial contracts and the direct payment of monies due to British racing.”