Friday morning start for Gordon Elliott hearing

The top Irish trainer has subsequently become subject to a temporary British Horseracing Authority ban

Gordon Elliott pictured at Fairyhouse last November. Elliott has been “cooperating fully” with the IHRB investigation. Picture: Healy Racing.

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board’s referrals committee will begin hearing evidence at 9.30am on Friday, in the Gordon Elliott investigation.

Elliott has been “cooperating fully” with the IHRB investigation since it was announced after a photograph of him sitting on a dead horse was posted on social media last weekend.