An amateur jockey has apologised after a video of him climbing on a dead horse was posted on social media. Rob James has confirmed he was the person in the video which began circulating online , in which he was seen straddling the dead horse while others watched and laughed. The apology from James follows one of the country’s leading trainers, Gordon Elliott, being banned from entering runners in British races because of similar conduct in a photo that was also circulated online. James, who rode an Elliott-trained winner at the Cheltenham Festival last year, said his actions were “wholly inappropriate and disrespectful” and that he was “heartbroken by the damage” he has caused. James told The Irish Field newspaper: “I would just like to apologise for my actions which were wholly inappropriate and disrespectful to a lovely five-year-old mare, who unfortunately suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while at exercise earlier that morning, 30 April, 2016. Advertisement “I sincerely apologise to the owners of the mare, the staff who cared for her, the horseracing industry and all followers of horse racing for my actions. “To try defending my stupidity at the time would add further insult and hurt to the… Read full this story
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