Hanlon has suspension of licence reduced to six months
REPRIEVE: John 'Shark' Hanlon has been partially successful in an appeal against the severity of his recent suspension. Picture: John Walton/PA
Trainer John 'Shark' Hanlon has been partially successful in an appeal against the severity of his recent suspension, seeing it reduced from 10 months to six, with the possibility it could be further reduced to three months.
Hanlon, who trains last year's King George VI Chase hero Hewick, was found by the Referrals Committee of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) to have acted in a manner that "caused significant prejudice to the integrity, proper conduct, and good reputation of the sport of racing" in the removal of a dead horse from his yard earlier this year.
