Talking Horses: Gordon Elliott deserved a ban - but not a career-ending punishment

So much has been said and written about the image that emerged on social media of Elliott sighting astride a dead horse but some things bear repeating

So much has been said and written about the image that emerged on social media of Elliott sighting astride a dead horse but some things bear repeating, writes Darren Norris

IT’S often said that a week is a long time in politics but the last seven days must have felt like an
eternity to Gordon Elliott.

It’s possible the biggest worry he had in the early part of last Saturday might have been the threat Tritonic might pose to stable stars Zanahiyr and Quilixios in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival after Alan King’s horse bolted up in the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton.