Jockey Rob James receives one-year ban, with final eight months suspended

James apologised last week after a video from 2016 showed him mounting a dead horse
Jockey Rob James receives one-year ban, with final eight months suspended

Rob James rode a winner at the Cheltenham Festival last year. Picture: Healy Racing

Wed, 10 Mar, 2021 - 22:21
Stephen Barry

Jockey Rob James has been banned from horse racing for a year, with the final eight months suspended, after an IHRB hearing on Wednesday.

James apologised last week after a video from 2016 showed him mounting a dead horse.

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