Large fine for Hexham

Hexham Steeplechase Company, the managing executive of Hexham racecourse, have been fined £7,000 (€10,200) by the Jockey Club’s disciplinary panel for breaching medical regulations on September 30 last year.

The Northumberland track was found by the panel to have flouted the regulations concerning the club’s requirements for the provision of racecourse medical services and the responsibilities of racecourse medical officers and other medical staff.