Mullins loses Royal appeal

Trainer Willie Mullins has lost a High Court action over “a serious injustice” he says occurred when Be My Royal was disqualified from first place in the 2002 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup.

A judge ruled the Jockey Club appeal board’s decision to uphold the disqualification after the horse failed a post-race drugs test for morphine was “not amenable to judicial review”.