21-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Jamie Richards fined HK$100,000 for failing to report horse's lameness before trial
Jamie Richards has been fined HK$100,000 for failing to report that Celestial Colours was lame in his right fore leg before trialling at Conghua last week.
Richards was found guilty of a charge under rule of racing 50 (6), which states that 'each trainer shall, as soon as practicable, report to the veterinary officer or the veterinary surgeon any condition, abnormality, injury or sickness to any horse under his care'.
After 'sustaining an injury to its right fore leg when it competed in batch one of the Conghua barrier trials on May 13', Celestial Colours was officially retired last Friday.
'In determining penalty, the stewards took into consideration his clean record in approximately 13 years of training racehorses, the nature and circumstances of the breach and that Mr Richards had, prior to May 13, been providing the appropriate veterinary care to the horse,' said Jockey Club chief steward Marc van Gestel in a statement.
